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Salzburg.] GERMANY. 317
he is invited on certain occafions to the Emperor's table, even thotigli the
Emprefs herlelt" be prefent, which is looked upon as a very peculiar honour-,
and that his envoy to the Diet takes place even of the Princes prelent,
as he did in 1663 of the Prince and abbot of Fulda.
§. IG. Its affeflment in the viatriada of the Empire is equal to that of
an Eledor, being fix'ty horfe and two hundred and ftventy-fevcn foot, or
1828 florins; to the chamber at Wetzlar he pays fix hundred and eight
rixdollars,
fixty-nine kruitzers.
§. II. The chapter of the cathedral here confifls of twenty-four perfons.
The prefent hereditary marflial of the archbilliopric is the Cour.t of
Lodron; the hereditary treafurer the Count of Torrlng , the port of hereditary
cup-bearer here ever fince the year 1669 has belonged to the Counts
of Kuenburg; and that of hereditary fteward ever fince the year 1685 to
the Counts now the Princes of Lambcrg. The firft and the two lail of
thefe hereditary places are in the difpofal of the Archdukes of Außria ;
Archbilhop Frederick III. having conferred thefe polls as hereditary on
Albert and Otho Dukes oi Außria. In the year 1701 archbiihop John Erneß
Count of T/junn inftituted an order of knighthood in honour of St. Rupert,
which confifts of twelve knights, who bind themfelves by the fame vow
as the knights of the order of St. Jobj, and muft prove the antiquity of
their nobility. At the head of this order is a grand mafler. The knights
alfo have a penfion ; and in order to be qualified for the poft of governor
of the caftle at Salzburg^ or of any of the frontier places, mufl: have ferved
ten years in a military capacity.
%. 12. The principal colleges of the archbifliop are the privy or ftateccuncil,
the confiftory, the court of juftice, the treafury, and the council
of war.
§. 13. His revenues are eftimated by Keyßer at 800,000 rixdollars;
but a perfon whofe knowledge and veracity are equally indifputable and
who has long lived at Salzburg, affirms in a manufcript that the incomes
arifing from all his lands amount totidem annis to no lefs than betwixt three
and four millions of guilders.
§. 14. The military force of this archbifhopric confifts only of one regiment
of foot containing 1000 men. The fifty halberdeers and the fifty
trabants or horfe-guards here being rather inftituted for the fplendor of the
court than the military cftablifhment ; indeed a greater number of foldiers
in this country would be both needlefsand in convenient, it being by means
of its hills and narrow paffes well fortified againft any invafions ; it has befides
very few places fit for the encampment of an army, and little or no
grain, ho! to mention its brave and expert peafantry who would prove a
flout defence to it. Every pfleg or bailiwick has its rendezvous, to which,
on a fignals being given by means of cannon planted on the mountains and
towers, they repair completely armed, and there wait further commands
for