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 44 NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. VIII.-JA.V. 15, 1921. present thereat. Whatever it is I hope I shal prove my Self no incurious observer. When ] have in some measure satisfyed my Curiosity in that Country, I shall return to Holland, to do the -same, in order to proceed on my Journey to Hanover. Here Your Lordship may perhaps be for asking Me, with respect to y e Court there what M r Feilding did with respect to my desiring to -go aboard my Lady Dutchesses Yatcht, Whether I have any Views of being troublesome to any Body there, on account of my own Interest? to which I can safely say, No. I shall go thither to spend the residue of y Summer Season, as I wou'd to Bath, or Tunbridge, meerly for my own Entertainment ; which from y e Company that will be there may not be y e least improving. What extraordinary Expence I shall be at, will I don't doubt be abundantly made up in the pleasure and Advantage, I shall reap from my 'Travells. I am pretty sure of meeting one good friend there, & that is D r Stagendahl the Kings Physician ; who came over aboard our Yatcht, with whom I had a great deal of Conversation ; & who shew'd Me particular Civilityes ; And told Me that what ever Services he could do Me at Hanover, should I come so far, he wou'd very Teadily perform. This I shall extend to no particular Favours from the King, but onely in -y* way of Conversation & Enjoyment of my Self while There. I shall be very glad, & I am sure I shall receive great Pleasure from it, if Your Lordship will honour Me with a Letter to my Xiord Carteret or any other of your Friends that are there. The abovementiond Lord will I reckon be there near about y e Time I propose to be there my Self. And I shall count my Self particularly happy in y e Honour of his Acquaint- ance. I forbear to mention S r Rob*. Corberts Mis- fortune as supposing Your Lordship has heard it related already in England. I wish his Native Country may restore the poor distempered Gentleman to Himself. I forbear mentioning any thing concerning y e Office of Insurance &c. lately set up in this Town, because I have this day seen a just account of it in our English Papers. Before this comes to your hand I hope Y r Lordsh p will have receiv'd a small Present I have venturd to send You^frqm hence. The Pickle Herrings are just now come in ; & being inform'd that on their first Coming They are made Presents of, to Persons of y e First Quality in Europe, This Reason & my Liking them so much my Self, made Me willing to complement Y r Lordship with a few Choice Ones. They eat them, when they are skin'd with Bread & Butter, & if You please, You may pick the flesh off tneir Bones & mincing it small You may mix it with a 3 (1 part Chalott & Cucumbers with Oyl & Vinegar. I wish they may please Your Taste, <!t those who You shall be pleasd to regale with them. I onely beg the favour of You to pardon the Freedom in sending them. And beleive, that I am & ever will be, My Lord. Y r Lordships most obliged, & most obedient humble Servant, ROB*. WHATLEY. p.S. If Y r Lordship shall you chafe [sic] to honour Me with a Line from You, Be pleasd to uso y e following Address, To Me at M r George Kemble's Merchant hi Rotterdam. II. Ostend July. 22. N.S. 1720. MY LORD, I can't allow My Self to come so near Your Lordship, as I am when at this Place, without paying my Duty to You by the Visit of this Letter. I acquainted Your Lordship in my last with the Reason of nay seing these Countrys, before I had made my Tour of Holland : and indeed I have receiv'd so much satisfaction from the Magnificence with which this Jubilee was celebrated at Brussels, that I should never have pardon'd My Self, if having an Opportunity, I had neglected to gratify my Curiosity on so curious an Occasion. The new Scenes I have met with since I came into these Roman -Catholick Countrys has given Me incredible Delight, and tho' there was an extraordinary Magnificence exhibited both in the Great Church, and streets of Brussels, beyond what I ever saw, or bad even an Idea of before, yet it has not drowned the Pleasure I have had in being Eye-witness to the Delightfulness of the Country, Beauty of the Towns, and Civility of the Inhabitants. But notwithstanding I have had very great Satis- faction in gratifying my Sight with the Variety and Newness of the Objects which have presented themselves to Me on all hands, Yet my most particular satisfaction has been in the Conversa- tion I have had in every Place I have pass'd through, and even on y e Road hi Travelling with the Ecclesiasticks of all Orders. It is impossible to mention with what Civility they receive a Stranger in their Houses, & how ready they are to satisfy one in every Particular that one wou'd desire. I hope I shall live to have the Honour to relate to Your Lordship some part of the Con- versation I have had with Them ; & design further to have before I leave the Country. It would be too tedious to make any mention of it in a Letter ; & I shall content my Self at this Time with making a Remark or two on the Procession we have had on occasion of this famous Jubile. I shall refer Your Lordship to the public accounts You will undoubtedly have at large of the occasion, and august manner in which it has been cele- brated. In order to Honour it, the fjjronts of the Houses in those Streets through which it pass'd were adom'd with Greens from the Bottom to the Top, & embellish'd with the finest Tapistrys and Pictures each inhabitant either had by them or could procure : Besides a vast number of Triumphal Arches set forth after the most beau- tiful Manner with Paintings, Mottos, and other Decorations. I saw the Procession from our Residents (M r Leathes) House ; near it was a most magnificent Triumphal arch, the Inscrip- tions of which were peculiariy calculated for the Neighbourhood. The Jesuits had the Direction of every Thing, and most of their Mottos on all the Arches tended either to establish the Truth of their Hoc est Corpus Doctrine, or to set forth tion of which this Jubile was instituted. The forementi9nd Arch had on each side the Quota- tions out of all the Gospels by which they ordi- larilv prove their Transubstantiation, and in the middle was the following Inscription, Eucharistise Veritas Hasreticis demonstratur.
 * he greatness of the Miracle for the Commemora-