A

VIEW

O F

SOCIETY in EUROPE,

IN ITS

PROGRESS from RUDENESS to REFINEMENTS

INQUIRIES

CONCERNING THE

HISTORY of LAW, GOVERNMENT ,and MANNERS.

By GILBERT STUART ,

Dofior of Laws, and Member of the Society of Antiquaries atEdinburgh .

A NEW EDITION.

Quae prifcis memorata Gatonibus atque Cethegis,

Nunc situs informis premit, & deferta vetustas. Hoit,

BASIL:

Printed and fold by j. j. tourn eisen.

M D C G X G V I I.