A Mofcovite, or Ruffian Man and Woman in

their

proper Dreffes.

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An Account of Moscovy, or RUSSIA.

OSCOVY is the largest Country in Europe, and which comprehends all that vait Country which obeys the Czar, or Czarina: It is bounded by the Northern Ocean on the North; the Rivers Oby and Tanais on the Eaft; the Little Tanais, the Rivers Defna and Sofa, with Leffer Tartary, on the South; Narva, Poland, Sweden, and Norway on the Weft: It contains about forty Provinces; is a marfhy Country, not well inhabited, full of Forests and Rivers; the Winter is long, and very cold: They fow only Rye before Winter, and the other Corn

in May, though their Harvest is in July and Auguft. They have Plenty of Fruit, Melons, Fowl and Fish; and their Commodities are Salt, Brimstone, Pitch, Tar, Hemp, Flax, Iron, Steel, Copper, and Ruffian Leather, much valued in England. They wear long Beards, fhort Hair, and Gowns down to their Heels; are a mistrustful and cruel People, cunning in Trading, and deceive with Impunity, it being counted Industry; naturally lazy and drunken, and lie on the Ground or Benches, all except the Gentry. 'Till Czar Peter the Great, (who polished the People, as well as enriched and improved the Country) they were barbarous and favage; but he fetting up Printing-Houfes and Schools in his Dominions, banished Ignorance, and introduced the liberal Arts. Their Government is hereditary and abfolute, their Religion is that of the Greek Church. They have a Number of Clergy, and divers Monafteries for Friars and Nuns. The Emperor of Mufcovy is called the Czar, and Emprefs the Czarina.

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A French Man and Woman in their proper

Dreffes.

An Hiftorical and Geographical Account of

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FRANCE

RANCE is one of the finest and largeft Kingdoms in Europe, lies in the Middle of the Temperate Zone, is washed by the Ocean to the Weft, by the Mediterranean Sea to the South, joins to the Low Countries to the North, Germany and Italy lie to the Eaft, and Spain to the South. Its Length and Breadth is about 225 Leagues each. Its chief City is Paris; there are ten Univerfities, and many very ftately Palaces, the chief of which is that at Verfailles, about eleven Miles from Paris, where the King chiefly refides. It abounds with all the Neceffaries of

Life, which made the Emperor Maximilian fay, "That if it were poffible he himself were God, "his eldest Son fhould fucceed him, and the "fecond should be King of France." The People are industrious, and the better Sort very polite, well bred, extremely gay in Dress, and civil to Strangers; are very active and fprightly, Lovers of the Sciences, and have a fine Genius; brifk and enterprizing, and of a very gay Difpofition, but treacherous, and much addicted to Flattery: They have a great Veneration for their King, and ready to facrifice Life and Fortune in his Service. Their Commodities are Brandy, Wine, Salt, Silks, Linen and Woollen, Hemp, Canvas, Paper, Soap, Almonds and Olives, &c. The Crown is hereditary, except to Females: Their King, who stiles himfelf Most Christian, is abfolute, and their eftablished Religion Roman Catholic. To take a View of the Country, their Fields are long and open, intermixed with Corn and Vines, and every Hedge fo befet with choice Fruits, that Eyes can hardly have fairer Objects; yet fo miferable are the common People, by Reafon of the great Taxes, that hardly any Subjects in Europe are poorer, though there are few Countries in the World to which Nature has been fo liberal of her choiceft Bleffings as to this.

'Twas in this Country that. Master Tommy Courtly and his Sifter, who went over with their Pappa, learnt all that good Manners and genteel Behaviour which made every Body love and admire them fo much at their Retur 'or Mentz,

ng of Bohemia; the Juke of Saxony; the Marquis

had fuch an Effect on their Brother Jack, (who was a rude, ill-natured, flovenly Boy) that he foon grew better; and to prevent himself being utterly defpifed and turned out of Doors, by his Papa and Mamma, for his undutiful Behaviour, immediately mended his Manners, and in a very little Time was beloved and admired, almost equally with his Brother Tommy.

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An Account of GERMANY,

ERMANY is a large, fruitful and pleasant Country, which has the Title of an Empire. It is bounded on the North by the Baltic D. ark, and the German Ocean; on the refides. It abounds i

Eaft