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NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. m. MARCH si, 1917.

Burgermasters sent their Secretary to .compli- ment me in Italian & to acquaint me they and some of their fellow Magistrates & friends in- tended to sup w*h me. About 7 att night they S,me, accompanyd v* about 20 of r Magistrates gentlemen & Merchants of y e towne, and had privately orderd a great supper of 3 courses of all things in season, at which We wa.nted not y e healths & prosperitys of K. William & Qu. Mary. They added their Presents of Wine fish & fowle, and many hearty Expressions of Zeale to their Ma** 8 & Governm* during our Conversation. The next Morning We had a Large breakfast, w th most of v e same Company, and at my leaving v e Town I could not be p'mitted to pay a farthing. I was accompanyd 3 miles on my way out of y town in y e same manner I was conducted in, & complimented in french, att taking Leave, by v e same Syndic, wth many Zealous Wishes of prosperity to his Ma* followd and ended w> Loud acclamations, to W* I returnd my com- pliment of thanks, & so we took Leave, y e trum- pett sounded, & y e whole troop fir d their pistolls thrice, in salvo's. Continuing on our ]oumy thence towards Zurich, which We doubted not to have reach't in 3 dayes, it fell out most un- happily for me, y* my wife .... [was taken ill tout wth V ery much ado gott to y e Castle of Elg* that belongs to Mons r Hirzel, son to the Elder Burgermaster of Zurich, who reed, us with al imaginable Civility .... I presently writt to y 2 Burgermasters and to y e Stadt-haldter o Zurich, to acquaint them wth what had hapned,. praying them to lett me know what time was most convenient for them y' I should pay them my respects at Zurich ? I having been infonm v' they most earnestly expected me there, and v* they had taken their measures of preparation for my reception from my leaving S* gal, & y unon v' Supposition I should have arrivd a

Zurich on Wednesday last The next da;

they returned me very civill Letters of Comph men*.... Adding y* they left y e time of my re-

ception wholly to me but withall assuring

me y* they were all very impatient to see me ; and y e gentlemen they sent me, assurd me privately their impatience (especially y* of y e common people) and y" preparations they had made and orderd would make my coming very gratefull for Monday next; Upon w ch I have resolvd to gratify their desire ....

I humbly pray Y r Lop: to believe me

My Lord Y r Lops most humble &

most faithfull serv* Elg Castle TH. CoxE.

neare Zurich 16 Novemb. 1689 (O.S.).

The next letter from Coxe, dated Nov. 25 1689 (O.S.), contains an account of his pro- gress to and reception at Zurich on Nov. 18- 28. He was welcomed first at Winterthur with " three discharges of cannon, some Mortar pieces, boxes and other fireworks," and conducted to his inn by the Bailiff and

lis officers, and the next day he passed on o Zurich. Some way from the town he was met by the Stadtholder and Captain of he town at the head of two City Militia roops of horse.

" As soon as they came neare me they made lalte and leaving their subordinate officers t draw these 2 troops into a ring round about me, y e Stadtholdter and Cap* advanc't up to my lorse's head and y e former made me a Compli- ment in high Dutch expressing his owne ]oy and y t O f y e whole Country att y e sight of an Envoy 'rom y e King of England."

vJoxe was then conducted into the town between the two troops of horse, with trumpets sounding as far as the outworks and gates, where he was received " w th all y e Canon, Mortar pieces, Perriers and blunderbusses of y e towne, mix't w th fire- works." A double row of burghers in arms conducted him through the streets of the town to the house which had been hired for him previously at 400 crowns a year. Here they left him, but soon returned m their Counsellor's dress of a " ruff and high crown'd hatt" to compliment him and entertain him to supper. Nor was this all.

" The whole towne [writes Coxe] rang w> joy yt whole day and night, and I should have told v r Lop: sooner y* at my Entry into it they shutt up all their shops and thousands of spectators of all ages and sexes crowded att y' Windows from y e Cellar to y e garretts, and saluted me s continually and civilly as I pass t, y 4 I could not putt on my hatt from one gate of y e City t other."

After these festivities and celebrations Coxe returned to Elgg to await his wif e s recovery, had his baby daughter baptized, and then turned his attention to the busi- ness of the mission. The French Envoys at Zurich and Geneva were of opinion, and perhaps rightly, that too much fuss was made of Coxe. Indeed, one of them dis- misses the episode with the somewhat irreverent remark that he was received as il he had been the Messiah.*

MALCOLM LETTS.

The castle is no longer to be seen. Coxe s wif< gave birth to a daughter there.
 * The castle of Elgg, 11 kilom. E. of Winterthur

THE CORRESPONDENCE OF RICHARD

EDWARDS, 1669-79. (See ante, pp. 1, 44, 81, 122, 161, 205.)

LETTER XVII.

Notice of Robert Freeman.

THE REV. FRANK PENNY has been kind

enough to send me the following note wit]


 * Kilchenmann, op. cit., p. 73.