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 least, for a born subject to be Ambassador to his Sovereign—His Majesty hath heard his embassage from the remote Persian, PURCHAS, Pilgrims, ii. lib. 10. c. 10.

Doctor NICHOLAS WOTTON, uncle to Sir HENRY WOTTON, was Privy Councillor to four successive Sovereigns, viz.: King HENRY VIII, King EDWARD VI, Queen MARY, and Queen ELIZABETH. He was nine times Ambassador for the crown of England; to the Emperor, the Kings of France and Spain, and other Princes. CAMDEN, History of Queen ELIZABETH.

Sir THOMAS ROE, after many Embassies—to almost all the Princes and States in Christendom—all which were managed with admirable dexterity, success, and satisfaction; was last of all, Ambassador Extraordinary to FERDINAND III, Emperor of Germany: who gave him this character, "I have met with many gallant persons of many nations; but I scarce ever met with an Ambassador till now."

Paris, Rome and Constantinople are the Court of the world; Venice, Genoa and Lisbon the City; Provence, Andalusia and Italy, the Garden; Africa and America, the Desert and Wilderness. FLECKNOE'S Relation [of ten years' travels, &c.] Letter xxii.

JOHNSON in his Relation of the many famous Kingdoms, lib. i. Of Travel; adviseth a traveller to take heed of the pride of Spain, the poison of Italy, the treason of France, and the drink of Flanders.

Sir BENJAMIN RUDYARD—whose discourse and speeches were full of apothegms—was wont to say, "France is a good country to ride through, Italy a good country to look upon, Spain a good country to understand, but England a good country to live in."

So wishing the traveller a prosperous voyage: I here cast anchor.