mind, that, regardless of felf-prefervation, he feizes the inftrument of death, draws the trigger, and experiences a fmart ftroke on his fkull, which he at first imagined to proceed from the ball, but which, however, did not leave the least mark behind. Having fince affifted at the initiation of many candidates, he difcovered, that on thefe occafions the pistol was always changed; and that one of the affiftants flood by to fuperintend the operation, and to give the mafon elect a blow upon the head, fo as to make him imagine he had been wounded." Here follows the judgment: "Jofeph Balfamo, attainted and convicted of many crimes, and of having incurred the cenfures and penalties pronounced against formal heretics, dogmatifts, herefiarchs, and propagators of magic and fuperftition, has been found guilty, and condemned to the cenfures and penalties denounced as well by the Apoftolic laws of Clement XII. and of Benedict XIV. against those who, in any manner whatever, favour or form facieties and conventicles of Free Mafons, as by the edict of the council of itate against those who are guilty of this crime at Rome, or any other place under the dominion of the pope. "Notwithstanding this, by way of fpecial grace and favour, this crime, the expiation of which de mands the delivery of the culprit over to the fecular arm, to be pus nifhed by it with death, is hereby changed and commuted into perpe tual imprisonment in a fortress where the culprit is to be strictly guarded, without any hope of pardon whatever. And after he fhall have made abjuration of his offences, as a formal heretic, in the place of his im prifonment, he fhall be abfolved from ecclefiaftical cenfures; and certain falutary penance is to be prefcribed to him, to which he is hereby ordered to fubmit. "The manufcript book which has for its title Egyptian Mafonry, is folemnly condemned, as containing rites, propofitions, a doctrine and a fyftem, which open a road to fedition, as tending to destroy the Chrif tian religion, and as being fuperftiti ous, impious, heretical, and abounding in blafphemy; this book fhall, therefore, be burnt by the hand of the hangman; and alfo all the other books, inftruments, fymbols, &c, appertaining to this fect." REVIEW OF HISTORICAL BOOKS, The king appointed Monceaux, in or der to accommodate the duke, who was not able to take fo long a journey as that from Amiens to Soiffons, where he refided. The duke of Mayenne was introduced to the king, while his majefty was walking in the star of the park, attended only by Sully. The duke put one knee to the ground, and joined to his declaration of fidelity his thanks to his majefty, for having delivered him,' he faid, from the arrogance of Spain, and the cunning of Italy. Henry, who had, advanced to meet him, when he faw him approach, embraced him three times, made him rile inftantaneously, embraced him afresh afresh with that goodness which never held out against repentance; then taking him by the hand, he walked with him in the park, where he difcourfed to him familiarly upon the embellishments he was making. The king walked at fuch a quick pace, that the duke of Mayenne, equally troubled with his fciatica, his fat, and the great heat he was in, dragged his thigh with much difficulty, and luffered cruel pain, with out once daring to mention it. The king perceived it, feeing the duke red in the face, and in a violent perfpiration; and faid to Sully in a whifper, 'If I walk this fat man here any longer, it will be an eafy way of being revenged for all the mischiefs he hath done us. Tell truth, coufin,' continued he, addreffing the duke of Mayenne, do I not walk a little too fast for you?' The duke made anfwer, that he was almost ftifled, and that had his majesty held it on but for a little while longer, he would have killed him without intending it. By the Lord, coufin,' replied the king laughing, as he embraced him and clapped him on the fhoulder, this is all the vengeance I fhall ever take on you.' The duke of Mayenne, who was affected in a lively manner by this frank behaviour of the king, attempted a fecond time to kneel and kifs the hand of his majesty, and fwore that he would ever after ferve him even against his own children. I be lieve it,' replied Henry; and that you may be able to love me and ferve me the longer, go reft yourself in the caf tle, and take fome refreshment, for you stand in great need of it. I will go and order you a couple of bottles of the wine of Arbois; for I know very well that you have no diflike to it. Here is Rofny; he fall accompany you, and conduct you to your chamber; he is one of the oldeft fervants I have, and one of those who have received the most pleasure in feeing that you are in clined to love and ferve me with fince rity.' Notice having been given to Henry, that the prince of Joinville, a giddy and volatile young man, was forming intrigues in Spain by means of the count de Chamnite, one of the minifters of that court, his majesty gave orders that he should be arrested. When he found himself a prifoner, he faid, that he was ready to make a full difcovery, provided it were to the king in perfon, and the duke of Sully prefent. Joinville was brought before them, and declared every thing they wished to know. Henry thoroughly understood the character of this young prince, and, treating him as he deferved, fent for the duchefs of Guife his mother, and for the duke of Guife his brother, to whom he faid in his clofet, Here is the prodigal fon in perfon; he hath got fome foolish notions in his head; I treat him like a child, and pardon him for your fakes, and that of M. de Rofny, who hath interceded for him in the most earnest manner; but it is on condition that you lecture him all three; and that you, nephew,' said he, turning to the duke of Guise, will be anfwerable for him in future. I give him in charge to you, that you may make him wife, if it be poffible.' "It frequently happened that Henry ftraggled from his attendants at the chace, and mixed familiarly amongst fuch perfons as he chanced to meet, in order to learn what was faid of him. This popular condefcenfion fometimes drew him into pleafant adventures, from which he always came off like a man of wit. One day, having wandered from his company, he made towards the nearest village, entered the beft inn in the place, and fat down at a table d'hote along with feveral tradef men, without being known to them. After dinner, the converfation turned upon ftate affairs, and Henry talked of news from court and from the king. Each gave his opinion, and at length the king's converfation became the topic. A grazier, who fat near him, faid, 'Let us not talk of that; the cask fmells always of the herring. Soon after the king rifes from table, pays his reckoning, and places himself at the window. Immediately he fees fome lords, who were come to look for their dinner at the village; he calls out to them, and defires them to come up. Those who had dined with the king, now knew him by the respectful manner in which the courtiers approached him they were ftruck dumb, and could have wished that they had not spoken their minds fo freely. The : king, without fhewing the leaft refentsment for what they had faid to him, clapped the grazier on the foulder, as he was going away, and said to him, Honeft man, the cafk fmells always of the herring on your fide, and not on mine; for you have till fome of the bad leaven of the League in you,' "When Henry was only yet king of Navarre and duke of Albret, he refided at Nerac, a little town in Gafcony. He lived like a plain gentleman, and hunted often in the Landes, a diftrict abounding in all forts of game. In the midft of the diverfion, he frequently went to rest himself, and take fome refreshment, at the cottage of a Berret; (this is a name given to the peasants of Beran, from a woollen bonnet of a particular fhape, which they generally wear.) No fooner did this new PhiLemon and his wife perceive the king coming at a distance, than they haftened forward to meet him; and, each taking one of his hands, repeated, in their Patois, with fatisfaction pictured in their countenances, Good morrow, my Henry; good morrow, my Henry. They led him in triumph into their cot, and made him fit down on a bench. The Berret went to draw fome of his best wine, his wife brought in her wooden tray fome bread and cheese, Henry, more pleafed with the good will and the fimplicity of his hofts, than he would have been with the most delicate entertainment, ate with a good appetite, and converfed with them familiarly upon matters fuited to their capacity. When this meal was at an end, he took leave of the good couple, promifing to come to them as often as the chace thould lead him to that quarter; which frequently was the cafe. After he had obtained peaceable poffeffion of the throne of France, the Berret and his wife heard of the event with a degree of joy which it is not eafy to exprefs. They recollected that he had eaten of their cheefes with pleafure; and, as that was the only prefent in their power to offer him, they packed up two dozen of the beft in a pannier. The Berret determined upon being the carrier himself, embraced his wife, and departed. At the end of three weeks he arrived in Paris, ran directly to the The low dialect of the country. Louvre, faid to the centinel in his dia❤ lect, I want to see our Henry, our wife fends him fome fromages de vachet. The centinel, furprized at the ftrange drefs, and ftill more at the jar. gon of the man, which he did not underftand, fuppofed he was a fool, and pushed him back, giving him fome knocks with his fufil. The Berret, in great trouble, and already repenting of his journey, goes down into the courtyard, and asks himself what could have drawn upon. him fo unpleasant a reception, when he was come with a prefent for the king? After confidering a long time, it at last came into his head, that it was because he had faid fromages de vache; and he was determined to correct his mistake. While the good man is occupied with these reflections, Hen, ry, happening to look through the wine dow, fees the Berret walking in the court. His dress, which was knowa to him, ftruck him immediately; and, yielding to his curiofity, he ordered the peafant to be called up. The latter throws himself at the king's feet, embraces his knees, and fays to him affectionately, Good morrow, my Henry, our wife fends you fome fromages de bœuft.' The king, afhamed that one of his countrymen should make fo grofs a blunder in the prefence of the whole court, ftooped down, and said to him in a low voice, Say, fromages de vache,' The peafant, who ftill thinking of the treatment he had received, made anfwer in his Patois; "I would not advise you, my Henry, to fay fromages de vache; for I made ufe of that mode of fpeaking at the door of your chamber, and a great wag, dreffed in blue, gave me a fcore of knocks with his fufil, and the like might happen to you. The king laughed exceedingly at the fi plicity of the good man, accepted his cheeses, loaded him with favours, and made his fortune, and that of all his family. "Soon after the peace of Vervins, this prince returning from the chace, clad plainly, and attended by only two or three gentlemen, croffed the river at the quay Malaquais, at the fpot where we crofs at this day. Obferving that the boatman did not know him, he + Cheese made of cow's milk. + Ox cheese. afked aked him what the people faid of the peace? Faith, I know not what to think of this fame fine peace,' anfwered the boatman; every thing is taxed, even to this poor old boat, with which I ftruggle to gain a livelihood.' And does not the king,' continued Henry, mean to put those taxes in better order?' The king is a good man,' replied the clown; but he hath a mifirefs who must have fo many fine robes, and fo many toys and washes, and it is we who must pay for all thefe! yet this might pafs, if he was his only; but they fay that the gives her favours to many more befides.' Henry, who had been much diverted with this converfation, fent for the boatman the next day, and made him repeat before the duchefs of Beaufort, all that he had faid the day preceding. The duchefs, in a rage, would have had him hanged. • You are a fool,' faid the king to her; this is only a poor devil, whom want hath put out of humour. I intend that he shall no longer be taxed for his wherry, and I am fure that he will fing every day, Vive Henry, Vive Gabrielle.' "The fame prince, being at a hunting match in the Vendómois, and feparated from his attendants, met à Countryman fitting at the foot of a tree. What art thou doing there?' faid Henry IV. to him. Ma finte, fir, I was there to fee the king pafs by." If thou wilt mount upon the crupper of my horfe,' added the monarch, I will conduct thee to a place, where thou shalt fee him at thy eafe. The peafant mounted, and while they were on their way, afked how he fhould be able to diftinguish the king? Thou needelt look only at him who shall have his hat on, while all the reft are bareheaded. The king rejoins the chace, and all the lords falute him. Well,' fays he to the countryman, which is the king? Ma finte, fir,' replied the ruftic, it must be either you or I; for only we two have our hats on.* This tafte for pleafantry attended him even in matters where he feemed to put on the greatest ferioufnefs. He faid to the deputies of Paris, who were for felling their furrender, and devising pretences to protract the fiege, If they • Gabrielle d'Eftrées. mean to put off the capitulation till they have only one day's provisions, I will let them dine and fup for that day; but the next they muft of neceflity furrender. Inftead of the mifericorde + which I offer them, I will leave out the mifere, and they hall have only the corde; for I fhall be obliged by my duty, being their true king and judge, to hang fome hundreds of them, who, through wickedness, have ftarved many innocent and worthy perfons; I owe this juftice to God.' TRAVELS ROUND THE WORLD, IN 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, AND 1771. BY M. DE PAGES. [Concluded from Vol. III. page 331.} OUR traveller failed from Batavia for Bombay and Surat on the ad of Auguft 1769. "The city of Bombay," he fays, "though well fortified by fea, is in but an indifferent ftate of defence towards the land, being only inclosed by a plain wall mounted with a num. ber of pitiful little baftions. It is furrounded however by a very deep ditch, and a glacis, which is kept in excellent repair, befides that feveral of the gates have the additional advantage of halfmoons. There is in its vicinity an eminence named Hongary, which appears to me to be of the greatelt importance to the fecurity of Bombay. "The city of Bombay, though confiderably populous, and containing a number of handsome houses, is for the greateft part ill built and very irregular. The principal fuburbs are Hongary and Palmeyra, the laft of which is crouded with Indians, and by far the most pleasant. "The ifland is in general extremely narrow, not exceeding in fome places half a league; but fpreads out to a confiderable extent in the quarter of Maheim. It is extremely fteep, furrounded with rocks confifting of gravel combined with a little earth, and is every where difficult of accefs, not excepting even the bay, particularly at low water. The inland country, though not very high, is for the most part of an uneven and rugged furface. But the excellent accommodation it affords to fhipping rendering it the first harbour + Mercy. 1 on the mainland of India, and not the advantages of its foil, was the great inducement to fettle on this ifland. It is a strong hold of infinite import ance to the English, and indeed may be confidered as the bafis of that extenfive dominion they have found means to establish in this part of the world. "The fterility of its foil renders living at Bombay difficult and expenfive; the English, however, are Tupplied in provifions by the Marrattas of Salfet, Baffein, and other parts of the mainland. The late extenfion of the English boundaries in those regions has greatly enhanced the value, as well as added to the fecurity of this fettle. ment." After staying a fhort time in this city, M. de Pagés proceeded to Surat, which place he alfo defcribes. "The city ftands about five leagues from the mouth of the river. In the dry feafon it is only navigable fo high up to fmall veffels of three hundred tons; but in the rainy months the largest fhips of the road fail up and winter at Surat. As foon as we dropped anchor I fet out for the capital; and the castle, which ftands on the border of the river, and within the bounds of the city, was the first object of my attention, a piece of fortification, which though irregular, and executed in a ftyle very different from the European tafte, is not without merit. It confifts in a number of femicircular towers, mutually flanking each other, and commanding the city and river. The adjacent grounds to a confiderable extent are free from all incumbrances; but the main building, originally well conftructed, is very old, and in want of many repairs, efpecially on the fide of the river. The British and Moorif flags are equally difplayed from a bastion of the caftle; but, though the English troops have only poffeffion of certain gates and a fingle baftion, all real authority both in town and country is known to refide in them. The remaining gates are occupied by the forces of the nabob, who however, like all other Indian princes in their alliance, is allowed the exercife of his prerogatives only in matters of little moment. "Two gates in the exterior wall (for properly Surat confifts of two cities, the one erected in the bofor of the other) are in the hands of the Marrattas of Guzurat, who receive a kind of tribute from the inhabitants when they are in condition to exact it by force. "The prodigious extent of this city, its vaft population, the iminenfe wealth of fome, and the affluent or easy condition of the people in general, the numerous carriages, a moft extenfive commerce, the many beautiful houses in the Moorish tafte, the cheapness and abundance of all the neceffaries of life; every object, in short, within the walls of Surat, tends to imprefs the mind of a franger with ideas of its amazing refources and importance. "During my fhort refidence here, I faw the nabob make his appearance in public. His highness was escorted by three thoufand regular troops, befides an equal number of men on foot, on horfeback, or in palanquins; a pro ceffion well calculated to give fome idea of Afiatic pomp and magnificence, In his train was a band of music, re markable only for its noise, a number of camels, and four elephants richly caparifoned. "But what I admired moft is the industrious character of both male and female among the Gentoo Indians. Befides a few of the banians, who attach themfelves to the purfuits of commerce, the Gentoos of the inferior cafts perform all the drudgery and fevere labour of the country. Some of thefe cafts, I understand, are believers in the ancient Metempfychofis.. "There is here a trace of people named Perfians, or Guebres, who ftill retain fome remains of the law of Zoroafter, and who adore the Divinity under the fymbol of fire. They are eminently diftinguished by their works of charity, having erected hofpitals for the accommodation of the fick and dif eafed, as well as for feeding the def titute of the inferior animals. "Many things are related of the Yoguis, or penitential Gentoos, which may feem fomewhat incredible. There are fome among them, I was affured, who pafs their lives with one an ftretched in the air; others, without |