Batavia illustrata; or, A view of the policy and commerce of the United Provinces . m the Third,the Town has exercifcd that Priviledge. The ancient Bishops of Utrecht were,as wc have feen,more intent on their Conpefis,and ttie Enlargement of their Dominions^ thananxious for the Encouragement of Arts and^ciemes^ Content to the RevenuescfiliQ church. They never thought of ere£t-ing an Academy at Vtrecht ; an HonourTiiey left to the new RepuM/c, which in5631. founded the University ot thatCity, and furnijflied it with able Profeflbrsin a!i Faculties. Tl>e principal of thefehavebeen/(?
Batavia illustrata; or, A view of the policy and commerce of the United Provinces . m the Third,the Town has exercifcd that Priviledge. The ancient Bishops of Utrecht were,as wc have feen,more intent on their Conpefis,and ttie Enlargement of their Dominions^ thananxious for the Encouragement of Arts and^ciemes^ Content to the RevenuescfiliQ church. They never thought of ere£t-ing an Academy at Vtrecht ; an HonourTiiey left to the new RepuM/c, which in5631. founded the University ot thatCity, and furnijflied it with able Profeflbrsin a!i Faculties. Tl>e principal of thefehavebeen/(?(;/i^^i, who left his Name to his Vifciples, in Oppofition to thofe of Cocc^ius,with Wlvjm He had very gfeirt DifputeSi as well Part. I. Illustrata, is^c. well as with Des Cartes, whofe ThtlofophyHe derryed. After Him we may reckon hisSoYiy with Burntan^ and the celebrated Gr^vi-us Leusden, Leydecker, and Reland,areNimesof great Reputation in the learnedWorld, and ibme of the prefent Members ofthis Academy, are Perfons of diftinguiihedAbilities. O F T H E Province of r S T O R Y does not afford anyExample of a People who havebeen more eminent Lovers ofLiberty, or that luve aiTerted itv/ith greater Bravery than theisoNs. Drusus, (^) however, havingcut a Communication between the Rb/fieand the /(fel, entred the Zuider-Zee withFleet ; And having furprized thevoid of any Apprelienfion, the Fr IS People (a)Dio. Hift. L. 4 and L. 5. p. I2(5. 128, whole 5>p B A r AV I A Part L whole Nation was at once feized with a pa-nick Fear, and proved an eafy Conquefl to theRomanS But Drutus being dead, Theyimmediately threw off the Yoke, crucified theRc7rian Tax-Gatherers, beat the Forces thatwere lent to reduce Them under the Com-mand of ApRONrus, and regained their an-cient Liberty with irefli Acquifitions of Gloryand Reputation. Their Ensbassadors who appeared atRome in the Time of Nero, maintained theHonour of the Proviftce mih a great Deal ofGallantty. Tacitus records the Na
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