From _Ulm_ I went to AUGSBOURG[4], a very ancient City, where a _Roman_ Colony was planted by the Emperor _Augustus_, from whom it had the Latin Name _Augusta_. It has from time to time undergone several Revolutions: In 1518 _Luther_ came hither to give a public Account of his Doctrine; and in 1530, _Charles_ V. summon’d the Dyet of the Empire hither, which Dyet was famous for the noted _Confession_ of _Augsbourg_, that the Protestants presented to the Emperor. In another Dyet held in 1548, the same _Charles_ V. propos’d that Formulary call’d the _Interim_, with regard to the Communion in both Kinds, and the Marriage of Priests: This Formulary has done irreparable Injury to the Catholic Religion. _Augsbourg_ had a very great Share in the Civil Wars between our Ancestors, on account of Religion. During that Period, the Protestants seiz’d the City, and turn’d out the Bishop and Clergy; but _Charles_ V. having retaken it, re-establish’d the _Romish_ Religion in it, and alter’d the whole Government, which continued in that State till the Beginning of _April_ 1552, when the Protestants took it again, and restor’d what the Emperor had destroy’d; and at length a Peace was concluded at _Augsbourg_; but the City did not long enjoy the Sweets of it, and Violences were soon committed on both Sides. The famous _Gustavus Adolphus_, King of _Sweden_, came to the Aid of the Protestants. He arriv’d at _Augsbourg_ in 1632. The Inhabitants paid him extraordinary Honours, which was very provoking to the Catholic Princes, and to the Duke of _Bavaria_, who Two Years after punish’d them for it. This Prince having declared himself the Protector of the ancient Religion, besieg’d _Augsbourg_, and reduc’d the Citizens to such Extremity, that they eat Rats, Cats, and even human Flesh. It was settled at the Peace of _Westphalia_, that the Catholics and Lutherans should tolerate one another, which was afterwards punctually observ’d. Nevertheless, this City was again molested by the Elector of _Bavaria_ in the last War, when he made himself Master of it, but his Troops abandon’d it immediately after the Battle of _Hochstet_. After the Peace of _Westphalia_, the Emperor _Leopold_ summon’d the Dyet of the Empire to _Augsbourg_ in 1690, and there he caus’d himself to be crown’d, and his Son _Joseph_ to be elected King of the _Romans_.