ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE MANNERS AND HISTORY OF EUROPE DURING THE REIGNS OF CHARLES II. JAMES II. WILLIAM III. AND Q. ANNE. BY JAMES PELLER MALCOLM, F. S. A. LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW. THE ANECDOTES now offered to the Publick were collected during the Compiler's researches for his Illustrations of the Manners and Customs of the British Metropolis; and are authenticated by references to authorities under each title. He sincerely hopes they may appear as interesting to his Readers as they did to him. CONTENTS. ANTIENT Scots Customs Fracas between a French Ambassador and a Grand Vizier The Lady of Loretto, and the Ambassadors of France The Gulph of Venice and the River Po The De Witts Mr. Bruce's living Viands Page 1 2 6 8 9 10 13 Specimen of Wit in the Reign of Charles II. 15 |