I shall now give you a brief Account of the City and Castle of _Heidelberg_: The City stands on the Banks of the _Neckar_, with high Mountains on each Side, and only a narrow Passage between them, from which however there’s a Prospect of the noblest Plain in _Germany_. In this City there was formerly a famous University, founded by _Rupert the Ruddy_, Count Palatine and Duke of _Bavaria_ in 1346. Here was to be seen one of the finest Libraries in _Europe_, but General _Tilly_ carry’d it off in 1622, and sent it to _Rome_, where it makes a considerable Part of the _Vatican_ Library. _Lewis_ the Dauphin of _France_, Grandfather of _Lewis_ XV. made himself Master of _Heidelberg_ by a Capitulation in 1698. nevertheless, all manner of Disorders were committed in it; a Part of the Electoral Palace was blown up, the City was burnt, and the very Corpses of the Electors, which were in the Coffins with the Ornaments of their Dignity, were dragg’d out of their Graves into the Square: And the _French_ would undoubtedly have committed greater Cruelties, if the Army of the Empire had not advanc’d towards _Heidelberg_, of which the _Germans_ made themselves Masters; and the Governor was prosecuted for Treachery, and sentenc’d to have his Choice, Whether to die by the Sword, or to have his Coat of Arms defac’d, his Sword broke, to be kick’d by the Hangman, and turn’d out of the Army with his Life: But he was so mean-spirited, as to prefer Infamy to Death, and retir’d to _Hildesheim_, where he has the Misfortune to be still living.