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<P><HI>June,</HI> 25.</P>
<P><HI>Numb.</HI> 31.</P>
<P>THE CONTINVATION of our weekly Newes from Forraine parts, <HI>Contayning amongst divers matters the&s;e Particulars following.</HI></P>
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<ITEM>The preparation of the Duke of <HI>Saxony</HI> and all the Prote&s;tant Princes, and their vnanimous joyning with the King of <HI>Sweden,</HI> for the recovery and pre&s;ervation of theyr Liberties, again&s;t the unju&s;t per&s;ecution of the Emperour.</ITEM>
<ITEM>The great Preparation of the King of SVVEDEN for the performance of &s;ome great De&s;igne about the River <HI>Elve.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>The Emperours denunciation of grievous Pu|ni&s;hment again&s;t the Citie <HI>Newrembergh</HI> and all that &s;hall partake with them, by rea&s;on they continue in the rai&s;ing Forces contrary to the Emperours Com|mand, to which end the Emperor hath given charge to the D. of <HI>Bavaria</HI> to oppo&s;e them with all his power.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Two thundring Ploclamations of the Emperours, again&s;t all the Prote&s;tant Princes of the late</HI> Diet <HI>at</HI> Lyp&s;ich, <HI>and all tho&s;e which Ioyne with them.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>The Malicious inhumane Cruelty offered to the Dead bodies of tho&s;e which were Martyred at the taking of <HI>Mag|denburgh,</HI> and <HI>T<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">llies</HI> cau&s;ing of <HI>Te Deum</HI> to be &s;ung for his Bloudy ma&s;&s;acring of the innocent Prote&s;tants.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>The late proceeding on both &s;ides in the</HI> Low-Countries.</ITEM>
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<P>LONDON. Printed for <HI>Nath: Butter</HI> and <HI>Nicholas Bourne.</HI> 1631.</P>
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<HEAD>THE CONTINVATION OF our Weekely Newes.</HEAD>
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<HEAD>From <HI>Venice</HI> the <HI>24.</HI> of May. <HI>1631.</HI></HEAD>
<P>_COncerning the Peace now, there is no farther que&s;tion made, &s;ince there are no more forces leavied. And be&s;ides this, the Governour of <HI>Mylan</HI> hath faithfully promi&s;ed within the &s;pace of one Moneth, to e&s;tabli&s;h a Generall reformation.</P>
<P>The Me&s;&s;enger which is returned from his Emperial Maj. Certifie, that notwith&s;tanding his Maj. did not well like and approve of the agreement made at <HI>Chera&s;co,</HI> con|cerning the <HI>Switzers</HI> at <HI>Suza,</HI> and <HI>Avigliano.</HI> Neverthele&s;&s;e, he is now willing to &s;tand to, and ratifie the &s;ame: to the end, that <HI>Italie</HI> might &s;ub&s;i&s;t in Peace and tranquility, and all the&s;e broyles and di&s;tractions, may be allayed and have a quiet end. And furthermore, that remainder of tho&s;e Spani&s;h forces in <HI>J|talie,</HI> may be brought together, and march toward the lower-Palatinate, there to be enquartered. For all the Forces out of tho&s;e parts are departed, and are at this pre&s;ent employed, &s;ome of them again&s;t the King of <HI>Sweden,</HI> and the re&s;t are marched into the <HI>Netherlands,</HI> and are employed again&s;t the States.</P>
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<HEAD>From <HI>Overlandt</HI> the <HI>26.</HI> of May.</HEAD>
<P>The troupes of Souldiers which late came out of <HI>Italy,</HI> re|maine yet in full e&s;&s;ence, and are dayly &s;trengthened and aug|mented. It &s;eemes that whereas formerly, there &s;olution was to bring them downe toward the <HI>Donou,</HI> the &s;ame no<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> is altered; tho&s;e Forces &s;hall be employed again&s;t the League, contracted by the Prote&s;tant Princes and Peeres at <HI>Leyp&s;ich.</HI> E&s;pecially, for the defence of the &s;maller Townes, as <HI>Memming</HI> and the like. Which at this pre&s;ent are in great danger, and extreamly threat|ned, if &s;o be they would not yeeld them&s;elves to that League, and receive &s;ome of the Prote&s;tant forces, that then they &s;hall pre&s;ently be attached. Hereupon the Imperiali&s;ts doe not onely expect the re&s;t of their forces, but al&s;o certaine thou&s;ands more
<PB N="2" REF="3">of <HI>Spani&s;h</HI> and <HI>Italians</HI> to ayd and a&s;&s;i&s;t them. Wherefore men in the&s;e parts are much troubled and perplexed, and take great care how to di&s;po&s;e of all their troupes, and where they &s;hall become, and how they &s;hall be billetted and enquartered. His Maj. the Emperour, hath forewarned us in the&s;e parts, not one|ly to provide for the enquartering of tho&s;e <HI>Spani&s;h</HI> and <HI>Italian</HI> Forces, which are to come, and are now upon the march, but al&s;o to find quarter for 25000. other forces, which &s;hall bee newly rai&s;ed.</P>
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<HEAD>From <HI>Vlm</HI> the <HI>25</HI> of May.</HEAD>
<P>The Imperiall Forces from <HI>Jtalie</HI> being 8000. &s;trong are yet hereabouts, they enforme us that certaine thou&s;ands more <HI>Spa|ni&s;h</HI> Forces are &s;hortly to follow them.</P>
<P>They intend to blocke up <HI>Memmimgen,</HI> and will againe re|duce the &s;ame under contribution, and bring it under the Em|perours Iuri&s;diction. And for the en&s;uring of the &s;ame, they will lay in &s;ome Troupes for Garri&s;on there. And doubtle&s;&s;e as tho&s;e of <HI>Memmimgen</HI> &s;peed, we mu&s;t look for the &s;ame, and not to fare better than our neighbours. Wherefore we of this Citie, the better to defend &amp; guard our &s;elves, we have cau&s;ed all the trees to be hewen downe, which &s;tood before the <HI>Helbergate</HI> of this Citie. The Duke of <HI>Wirtenbergh</HI> with his forces, lyes upon the frontiers.</P>
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<HEAD>From <HI>Berlyn</HI> the <HI>27.</HI> of May.</HEAD>
<P>The foote Forces of the King of <HI>Sweden</HI> at this pre&s;ent are at <HI>Po&s;edan.</HI> And his <HI>Cavallerie</HI> is betweene the <HI>De&s;&s;aw</HI> Sconce, and <HI>Po&s;edan.</HI> It &s;eemes as we by all circum&s;tances can gather, and conjecture, that his Maje&s;ty intends not to enquarter long in the&s;e parts. But doe rather thinke that hee will undertake &s;ome &s;iedge or other. For his Maje&s;ty to that end hath cau&s;ed many boards and other nece&s;&s;aries to be &s;hipped. And forth of every Regiment he hath taken 400. hor&s;e, for to convey the Ordnance, munition, and other Sconce provi&s;ion. The Lord Feeld-Mar&s;hall conducts an Army of 1000. men, which he doth dayly enforce and augment, and levies very &s;trongly to that end. The Forces which were in <HI>Pomerania,</HI> are now on the march.</P>
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<HEAD>From <HI>Franfort Oder</HI> the <HI>29.</HI> of May.</HEAD>
<P>All things here (God be prai&s;ed) are in good being, and great and vigilant care is taken for this Citie: great paines day|ly
<PB N="3" REF="3">is taken about the fortifications of the &s;ame. Within this Weeke were brought into this Citie, &s;o many hor&s;es of the Im|periali&s;ts, as made up 5. Companies compleat. The&s;e hor&s;es were taken grafing neare unto great <HI>Glogan.</HI> The Queenes Maje&s;ty of <HI>S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">eaen</HI> &s;ent hither lately two Camels richly Laden, to his Maj. with enformation, that God willing &s;hee doth intend &s;hortly to arrive at <HI>Wolga&s;t</HI> or at <HI>Straelzondt</HI> her &s;elfe in per&s;on. Ye&s;terday here marched by 3. Regiments toward <HI>Cro&s;&s;end</HI> and farther into <HI>Sile&s;ia.</HI></P>
<P>About <HI>Statyn</HI> great forces are rai&s;ed, and the King of <HI>Sweden</HI> cau&s;es an Army to be a&s;&s;embled to a&s;&s;ault the Imperiali&s;ts which are at <HI>Melchim.</HI> There are dayly and hourely expected 2000. men from <HI>Colbergh</HI> to march hither, and al&s;o 6000. from <HI>Ru|gen.</HI> When the&s;e &s;hall be arrived, his Maj. re&s;olves with vio|lence vehemently to a&s;&s;ault <HI>Grip&s;wolde,</HI> and afterward to con|duct an Army into <HI>Mechelenbergh.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>From <HI>Leyp&s;ich</HI> the <HI>31.</HI> of May.</HEAD>
<P>The Prince <HI>Elector</HI> of <HI>Saxony,</HI> as al&s;o, the Marq. of <HI>Brandenbrugh,</HI> with their Dukedomes &amp; all their adherents, and Confederates, have yeelded and betaken them&s;elves freely unto the defence &amp; protection of his Maj. of <HI>Sweden.</HI> The pa&s;&s;age of <HI>Wirtenbergh</HI> is now al&s;o granted unto his Maj. At this pre&s;ent here at <HI>Leip|&s;eich</HI> are Emba&s;&s;adors of the King of <HI>England,</HI> the King of <HI>Swe|den,</HI> the Prince Elector of <HI>Saxonie,</HI> and of the Marquis of <HI>Bran|denburgh.</HI> And certaine it is that throughout the whole Duke|dome of <HI>Saxonie,</HI> the Drum beates, and forces levied openly for his Maje&s;tie of <HI>Sweden.</HI></P>
<P>The Merchants here mu&s;t contribute to his Princely Excel|lence of <HI>Saxony,</HI> 6000. and the re&s;t of the Cittizens of <HI>Leip&s;ich,</HI> 2000. Florins: and be&s;ides this &s;um, a generall contribution will be rai&s;ed throughout the whole Dukedome.</P>
<P><HI>Magdonburgh</HI> by the rea&s;on of the late mi&s;erable and hide|ous di&s;a&s;ter happened there, is reduced to an heape of &s;tones, being quite and utterly ruinated. There are not left &s;tanding a|bove 60. or 70. hou&s;es about the Walles, and here and there an hou&s;e at the corner of a Street.</P>
<P>His Maje&s;tie of <HI>Sweden</HI> cau&s;es a Ship-Bridge to be layd over the River of <HI>Elve,</HI> at <HI>Angermundt.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>From <HI>Leyp&s;ich</HI> the fir&s;t of June.</HEAD>
<P>La&s;t Thur&s;day the Prince Elector of <HI>Saxony,</HI> departed hence to <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">orgau,</HI> to mu&s;ter, the new levied forces there, which are certaine thou&s;ands &s;trong, he will returne from thence hither a|gaine. He hath more Patents to levie other forces, both hor&s;e and foote.</P>
<P>The report here is very &s;trong, that the Generall <HI>Tilly</HI> hath &s;ent a Legate to our Prince Elector: to acquaint him, that very &s;hortly he doth intend to come him&s;elfe in per&s;on, to conferre with his Princely Excellence; declaring farther, that he had ob|tained good meanes for the contracting of a Peace; which then he would propound unto him. And that he had full authoritie and Commi&s;&s;ion from his Emp. Maj. which <HI>Tilly</HI> hath con&s;en|ted unto.</P>
<P>Within <HI>Wirtenbergh</HI> at this pre&s;ent, are 1500. Souldiers, which were levied for the Duke of <HI>Saxony,</HI> In their En&s;igne they bare this Motto.</P>
<Q><L><HI>Th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ough Gods Almighty hand,</HI></L>
<L><HI>We doe defend our Land.</HI></L></Q>
<P>In other En&s;ignes which belong to the Forces of the Prote|&s;tant Princes is comprized this.</P>
<Q><HI>Not without cau&s;e, doe We maintaine this Cau&s;e.</HI></Q>
<P>The Generall <HI>Tilly</HI> cau&s;eth all the Ordnance (which he obtai|ned in <HI>Magde<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">burgh</HI>) to be convayed to <HI>Groingen,</HI> and hath al&s;o given charge and &s;trickt command to two or three hundred Boores or Countrymen, to ca&s;t all tho&s;e Souldiers which were taken Pri&s;oners in the &s;ayd Citie <HI>Magdenburgh,</HI> with the Car|ka&s;&s;es of the poore Ma&s;&s;acred people, into the river <HI>Eive.</HI> But his owne Souldiers which were &s;laine in that expedition, hee yeelded extraordinary honourable buriall. He hath cau&s;ed the &s;aid Pri&s;oners to be &s;trictly examined, to know what is become of their trea&s;ure, and where they have hid the &s;ame The Gene|rall doth at this pre&s;ent &s;trike a bridge over the Riuer <HI>Elve,</HI> to march with an army again&s;t the King of <HI>S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">eden.</HI></P>
<P>The army of the King of <HI>Sweden</HI> is pitcht about <HI>Brandenburgh, Ratenau, Nawen, Tremmen, Spandan,</HI> &amp; tho&s;e quarters. The Duke of <HI>Saxony,</HI> the Marq. of <HI>Brandenburgh,</HI> and more of the Vnited and Confederate Princes, have given them&s;elves under the Protecti|on of his Maje&s;ty of <HI>Sweden,</HI> &amp; have yeelded unto him the pa&s;&s;age neare unto <HI>Wirtenbergh.</HI></P>
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<P>The report is very &s;trong here, that the King of <HI>Sweden</HI> doth intend to revenge the intollerable u&s;age of the Imperia|li&s;ts at <HI>Magdenburgh,</HI> he hath &s;ome notable exployt in hand, wherefore he hath newly layd a Bridge over the River <HI>Elve,</HI> neare unto <HI>Angermunde.</HI></P>
<P>His Emp. Maj. hath denounced Bani&s;hment, and &s;orely threatned the Citie <HI>Neurezbergh,</HI> becau&s;e they continue leavy|ing of forces his Maje&s;ty therefore hath delivered the &s;ame Ci|tie to the Duke of <HI>Bavaria,</HI> and &s;trongly charged the &s;aid Duke to per&s;ecute tho&s;e that are belonging unto <HI>Neurenburgh</HI> with fire and &s;word: as al&s;o all tho&s;e that adhere unto them. But they regard not the&s;e threatnings, but doe proceed &s;trongly with their rai&s;ing of men. And not onely at <HI>Neurenburgh,</HI> but through|out the whole Iurisdictions of all the Prote&s;tant Princes.</P>
<P>His Maje&s;ty of <HI>Sweden</HI> hath arre&s;ted and &s;tayed certaine Mer|chants at <HI>Spandau,</HI> who were journeying toward <HI>Hamburgh,</HI> and required of them fifty thou&s;and Ryxdollers, which they were con&s;trained to pay, becau&s;e they had in their company an Emperiall Commi&s;&s;arie, who had betaken him&s;elfe into this Company, to be &s;heltered and &s;o to pa&s;&s;e for a Marchant, who otherwi&s;e in former time was run from his Maje&s;ty of <HI>Swedens</HI> &s;ervice, unto the Emperour but now is in hold.</P>
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<HEAD>From <HI>Magdenburgh</HI> the <HI>28.</HI> of May.</HEAD>
<P>All the dead Carka&s;&s;es are now almo&s;t convayed out of this Citie, which have &s;orely pe&s;tered and annoyed us hitherto, and above 2500. Citizens, which were &s;laine in the fury and burnt, are ca&s;t into the River <HI>Elve.</HI> There were many of them &s;o di&s;|figured with the fire, that it was impo&s;&s;ible any way to di&s;|cerne them who they were. Ye&s;terday here was &s;ung for Ioy of the taking of this Citie. <HI>Te Deum Laudamus,</HI> and the Ord|nance of the Citie, three times di&s;charged. The Generall <HI>Tilly</HI> is at this pre&s;ent here, and is lodged in the 6. Shop-hou&s;es with his Concomitants.</P>
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<HEAD>From <HI>Brandenburgh</HI> the fir&s;t of June.</HEAD>
<P>The whole <HI>Marck</HI> even vnto the river <HI>Elue,</HI> is now quite freed from the Imperiali&s;ts. Ye&s;terday Doctor <HI>Stollman</HI> arriued here, who was taken pri&s;oner at the loo&s;ing of <HI>Man|denburgh</HI> with his Sonne. Hee e&s;caped with his Sonne whil&s;t the fire was &s;o exceeding great in the Emperours Army neare
<PB N="6" REF="5">vnto <HI>Magdenburgh,</HI> but was con&s;trained to &s;wimme through the Riuer <HI>Elue,</HI> but now is here with his Maie&s;tie of <HI>Sweden.</HI> Into this Army come dayly &s;ome <HI>Magdenburgers</HI> or other which formerly were impri&s;oned but now are ran&s;omed. Ye|&s;terday were attached the <HI>Hamburger</HI> goods which were brought from <HI>Leyp&s;ich</HI> betweene <HI>Ferberlin</HI> and <HI>Spandou.</HI> A cer|taine Commi&s;&s;arie of the Emperour named <HI>Potau</HI> thought to haue pa&s;&s;ed along currantly with their Marchandizes, but both he and they were &s;tayd and brought to <HI>Spandou</HI></P>
<P>The <HI>Hamb<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">rgers</HI> for the relea&s;ing of their Commodities haue proferred the Kings Maie&s;tie 80000 <HI>Ryxedollers.</HI> At <HI>W<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">g<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">&s;t</HI> are arriued 5000. men which came out of <HI>Swede<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">,</HI> and more forces are thence expected dayly. Be&s;ides the&s;e, 15000 men are al&s;o expected from <HI>Mu&s;couia.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>From <HI>Franckfort-Oder</HI> the <HI>2.</HI> dito.</HEAD>
<P>Ye&s;terday were brought in hither 5. Companies of Hor&s;e, which our forces tooke from the Imperiali&s;ts neare unto great <HI>Gloga<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">,</HI> having defeated the Men. Hence are gone 3. Compa|nies cut of this Citie, as al&s;o divers out of other Cities to re|leeve <HI>Cro&s;&s;en,</HI> which the Imperiali&s;ts &s;eeme to ayme at. Here in this Citie are &s;till aboundance of men and among&s;t the re&s;t 800. &s;icke Soldiers. His Maie&s;tie of <HI>Sweden</HI> hath &s;hipt aboue 100. peeces of Ordnance at the <HI>Haukll.</HI> Some light peeces which may be drawne with one, and two hor&s;es. Hee intends doubtle&s;&s;e &s;ome notable enterpri&s;e. For in his march he ioynes to euery Regiment 10. Peeces of Ordnance.</P>
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<HEAD>From <HI>I&s;leven,</HI> the <HI>30.</HI> of May.</HEAD>
<P>The 13. of this Month, the Imperiall Army neare unto <HI>Mag|denburgh,</HI> happened on fire in three &s;everall places: which fire did much harme among&s;t them. But by their lo&s;&s;e &s;ome fared the better. For Doctor <HI>S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ollman</HI> the <HI>Swedi&s;h</HI> Chancellor, e&s;caped from his impri&s;onment who was impri&s;oned with the By&s;hop of <HI>Halver&s;tad<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">.</HI> This Doctor, and his &s;onne, and two Gentlemen, Servants to the Mar&s;hall <HI>Falckenburgh,</HI> and one Captaine <HI>Cre&s;&s;e,</HI> e&s;caped, and are &s;afely arrived at <HI>Brandenburgh.</HI> There were 400 Children of tender yeares within <HI>Magdenburgh;</HI> kept two dayes long in the Cathedral Church, which mi&s;&s;ed their Parents and knew not what was become of them, the&s;e poore children in two dayes &s;pace, eat no victuals, in&s;omuch that &s;ome of them were fami&s;hed.</P>
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<HEAD>The Imperiall Mandat or Decree publi&s;hed again&s;t the conclu&s;i|on and re&s;olution lately taken by the Prote&s;tant Electors, Princes and States, a&s;&s;embled at <HI>Leip&s;ick.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>FErdinand,</HI> &amp;c. To all and every our and the holy Em|pires Electors, Princes, &s;pirituall and temporall Prelates, Earles, Barons, Lords, Knights, Mar&s;halls, Captaines, Maiors, Bailiffs, Iudges, Coun&s;ellors, Citizens, Communal|ties, and to all and every our and the Empires Subjects: But more particularly to all Commanders, Colonels, Captaines both of hor&s;e and foot, En&s;ignes, Lievtenants, and to all other Officers, and generally to all Soldiers both foot and hor&s;e, of what nation, dignity and condition &s;oever, and in what &s;er|vice (out of our Armies) &s;oever they are or may be, unto whom the&s;e our Patents and Commandements, or a true copy thereof (which we will have beleeved and obeyed as the Ori|ginall it &s;elfe) &s;hall appeare, We hereby doe &s;ignifie, Wheras by Letters dated the fourth of <HI>April</HI> la&s;t the Elector and Duke of <HI>Saxen</HI> hath given us notice of a conclu&s;ion made by the E|lectors, States, Coun&s;ellors, Amba&s;&s;adours, Deputies, and Commi&s;sioners of &s;uch Prote&s;tants as were ab&s;ent, lately a&s;|&s;embled at <HI>Leip&s;ick,</HI> the &s;trangene&s;&s;e whereof hath much mo|ved and filled with di&s;plea&s;ure our Imperiall heart, &s;ince that the &s;aid Electors, Princes and States have agreed and bound them&s;elves, quite contrary to our admonitions &s;ent before to the &s;aid electour of <HI>Saxen,</HI> under pretext of an order of Exe|cution of the Circles, to make a dangerous preparation of Warre; and, without any &s;ignification of their number and de|&s;ignes, make now already (as from divers parts we are adver|ti&s;ed) in &s;everall Circles, and particularly in our Imperiall Ci|ties great levies: And whereas it is ea&s;ie to pre&s;ume, that at this perillous con&s;titution of the Empire, where the King of <HI>Sweden</HI> is entered as an enemy, and having already taken whole <HI>Pomerany,</HI> a part of the Mark of <HI>Brandenburg,</HI> and &s;ome places <HI>Mecke<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">burg,</HI> will daily proceede, and incite other forraine forces to doe much: Where the rebellious Towne of <HI>Mag|denburg</HI> is not yet brought to obedience, and where many old dangers doe yet appeare; &s;uch a dangerous beginning and in|tent would tend to hinder (and as it were to bereave us of) all
<PB N="8" REF="6">meanes to maintaine the Warres, now &s;o requi&s;ite for the de|fence and nece&s;sity of the holy Empire and States thereof; it would further and advantage the power of the enemies; cau&s;e yet a greater confu&s;ion, troubles and evils, and withall a farre greater mi&s;tru&s;t and hatred among&s;t this Nation: Yea (un|le&s;&s;e it be with all &s;peed with&s;tood) it would bring into the whole <HI>Roman</HI> Empire of the <HI>German</HI> Nation (our deare Coun|try) a new unquenchable fire whereby the &s;ame (which the&s;e 800 yeeres hath mo&s;t &s;weetly flouri&s;hed) would now at once bee con&s;umed to a&s;hes and wholly overthrowne. Therefore we knowing that our duty requires that, as <HI>Roman</HI> Emperour we doe prevent all &s;uch threatning evills, and that &s;uch agree|ments and unions are not to be made nor &s;uffered without the knowledge, con&s;ent and plea&s;ure of the <HI>Roman</HI> Emperour, who we are, but that they are quite contrary unto the Laws, orders and con&s;titutions of the Empire, and the dehortations and admonitions made by us being prohibited under great and grievous puni&s;hments, &s;o that wee intend by no meanes to &s;uffer the &s;ame. We doe hereby admoni&s;h, will and com|mand you and every of you, and our expre&s;&s;e will, plea&s;ure and commandement is, that you doe not give nor permit any place of <HI>Rendez-vous</HI> unto my troopes or &s;ouldiers, that are, may or might be levied on the behalfe of the &s;aid agreement and conclu&s;ion made at <HI>Leip&s;ick;</HI> Neither grant any of them pa&s;&s;age or pa&s;&s;e what&s;oever, but rather where any &s;hall be met or found, that you beat, de&s;troy, di&s;per&s;e and kill them, as you will an&s;wer the contrary at your perils of the puni&s;hments expre&s;&s;ed in the con&s;titutions of the Empire. And mo&s;t ear|ne&s;tly we doe require and command you the Colonels, Lievte|nants Captaines, En&s;ignes Commanders, and all other Offi|cers both of hor&s;e and foot, and all &s;oldiers of what name, con|dition and quality &s;oever they are or may be, that already are received and entred, or &s;hall yet enter into &s;ervice of the &s;aid preparation and agreement made at <HI>Leip&s;ick,</HI> again&s;t our knowledge, will and plea&s;ure, and again&s;t our deho<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">tations, and the Lawes and Rights of the Empire; and more particu|larly all tho&s;e that in any way are &s;ubject unto us and the holy Empire upon paine and perils comprehended in the &s;aid Im|periall con&s;titutions, and upon paine to lo&s;e all the priviledges,
<PB N="9" REF="6">favours, rights, lands, po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ions, and al&s;o all rights of Com|panies, Cities and birth; And &s;uch others as are not &s;ubject to us nor the Empire, upon paine of death, when and where&s;oe|ver they &s;hall be apprehended. Wee mo&s;t earne&s;tly and ex|pre&s;ly command, to give over and for&s;ake all &s;uch &s;ervice, and in time to come never to returne or enter into the &s;ame with|out our knowledge and permi&s;sion, under what pretext or colour &s;oever they be required or may be induced: And that you make no excu&s;e of your &s;tay by rea&s;on of the oath you may or might be &s;worne and bound by, &s;ince the &s;ame in this con|&s;titution of time is without force I and we doe hereby and by vertue of our Imperiall power di&s;charge and free you of: And if there &s;hould be found &s;ome among&s;t you the &s;aid Colo|nels, Captaines, En&s;ignes, and other Officers and common &s;ol|diers of hor&s;e or foot, that have entered into any &s;ervice ei|ther at home in their owne Country, or abroad among&s;t the troopes of &s;trangers, they and every of them, that in obedi|ence to this our Imperiall commandement doe or &s;hall returne from that their &s;ervice unto our troopes, there to &s;erve us and the Empire, and bring their atte&s;tations from our Officers, &s;hall have a generall and &s;peciall pardon, and be received a|gaine into our Imperiall grace. And we will and command withall you the &s;aid Electors, Princes and States, lately thus ar|rived at <HI>Leip&s;ick,</HI> not to charge or lay upon your va&s;&s;als, te|nants, inhabitants, burgers and &s;ubjects (in all and every your Countryes, Dominions, Cities, and al&s;o all Imperiall Townes and Dominions) any contribution, taxe or &s;ub&s;idy for and on the behalfe of your &s;aid levies intended and made again&s;t our will and contrary to the con&s;titutions of the Empire; Com|manding withall, if any &s;uch impo&s;ition and contribution is or &s;hould be required, all you the va&s;&s;als, tenants, burgers, in|habitants and &s;ubjects afore&s;aid upon the like and afore men|tioned paine and upon perill to lo&s;e all priviledges, rights, and freedomes abovementioned, not to pay or to deliver the &s;aid contribution, but rather to remaine con&s;tant and faithfull in tho&s;e duties you owe to us, as <HI>Roman</HI> Emperour and Su|preme head of the hol<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> <HI>Roma<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"></HI> Empire, and al&s;o to &s;hew all fa|vour and furtherance to him that b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ingeth this our Imperiall and expre&s;&s;e commandement, that the &s;ame may without any
<PB N="10" REF="7">let or mole&s;tation bee hung up and publi&s;hed, according to your duty and according to our re&s;olution and gracious and con&s;tant intention, that we will not &s;uffer you nor any of you, the Electors, Princes and all others, upon your obedience and duty you &s;hall &s;hew herein, to be troubled or grieved, either by us or others, again&s;t the peace of the Religion and Policy. And hereof you are not to faile, but dutifully to obey as you tender our plea&s;ure, and will avoid the puni&s;hments and reall executi|on of the fore&s;aid paine. And this is our expre&s;&s;e will and plea&s;ure. </P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at <HI>Vienna</HI> <DATE> the fourteenth day of <HI>May,</HI> 1631.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>Extract of &s;everall fre&s;h Letters written out of <HI>Germany.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THe cruelty u&s;ed by the Imperiali&s;ts at the taking of <HI>Mag|denburg</HI> (the like no Hi&s;tory hath nor could ever make mention of) had indeed troubled many Prote&s;tants in <HI>Ger|many,</HI> e&s;pecially the Elector of <HI>Saxen</HI> found him&s;elfe much perplexed upon the newes thereof, when he likewi&s;e was much troubled and urged by an Imperiall Amba&s;&s;adour and many other Me&s;&s;engers and letters, both from the Emperour and other Catholike Electors and Princes. How&s;oever &s;eeing by the example of <HI>Magdenburg</HI> what he and others of his Profe&s;sion and Religion have to looke for at their enemies hands and promi&s;es, and con&s;idering the Imperiall Mandates and Proclamations, publi&s;hed (like a thunder) again&s;t the con|clu&s;ion lately taken by him and other Prote&s;tant Princes and States a&s;&s;embled at <HI>Leip&s;ick;</HI> and hearing withall of the doubt and feare divers made of his con&s;tancie in the &s;aid re&s;olution, he both gave order for the greater &s;peed in the levying of his owne forces and &s;ent al&s;o &s;everall Me&s;&s;engers to other Prote|&s;tant Princes, States and Imperiall Cities, with ample letters, whereby he doth not onely a&s;&s;ure them of his con&s;tancie and proceeding in the performance of their re&s;olution, But ex|horteth them al&s;o, to make greater ha&s;te and to take more care than &s;ome of them did hitherto to prepare and defend them&s;elves, repre&s;enting the great nece&s;sity and danger, their enemies extraordinary arming, threatnings and executions would el&s;e bring them into. The&s;e
<PB N="12" REF="7">letters of his have very much rejoyced and &s;trengthened all the good party, e&s;pecially <HI>Norimberg, Strasburg</HI> and other good Townes, the mo&s;t part whereof are already well provided and armed. But <HI>Memming</HI> lying &s;ome what a&s;ide and feeling already tho&s;e Imperiall forces as came and yet daily come out of <HI>Italy</HI> (which amount to &s;ome &s;ix or &s;even thou&s;and thereabouts) neere them, they feare (as being neere&s;t to the danger) the execution might beginne at their Towne, howbeit they have as yet and doe &s;till refu&s;e any fur|ther contribution and admittance of an Imperiall Garri&s;on, where formerly they were &s;ubject unto.</P>
<P>The Elector of <HI>Saxen</HI> hath laid 10. or 12. thou&s;and men up|on his frontiers and makes great preparation.</P>
<P><HI>Tilly</HI> marches with an armie of 25000. men up into <HI>Germa|ny,</HI> either into the Dukedome of <HI>Wimar,</HI> as &s;ome thinke, or el&s;e towards the Country of <HI>He&s;&s;en</HI> (as is mo&s;t likely) there to de|feat the forces of the Circle of the <HI>Rhine,</HI> who have there their <HI>Rendezvous,</HI> and part whereof have lately defeated &s;ome of tho&s;e Imperiall tsoops that <HI>Tilly</HI> had &s;ent to hinder their &s;aid <HI>Rendezvous.</HI></P>
<P>The King of <HI>Sweden</HI> (having firmed a royall Campe, &s;ince the Elector of <HI>Saxen</HI> did not grant him for his &s;urety and re|treate the Towne of <HI>Wittenberg</HI> to put his Garri&s;on into, nor pa&s;&s;age through his Country) expecteth more forces out of <HI>Pru&s;&s;ia</HI> and from other parts; meane while he hath an armie in <HI>Sile&s;ia</HI> to which he hath &s;ent &s;ome troopes for reinforcing and the better to oppo&s;e them all again&s;t the <HI>Jmperiali&s;ts</HI> that in|tend to be&s;iege <HI>Cro&s;&s;en.</HI></P>
<P>Some of his Caualrie met lately with five Companies of Crabates that came out of <HI>Magdenburg</HI> laden with very rich booty they made there, which five Companies were all defea|ted, and left all their riches (as if they had expre&s;ly fetched the &s;ame) unto the <HI>Swedi&s;h</HI> troopes.</P>
<P>The like good fortune befell lately to the Garri&s;on of <HI>We&s;ell,</HI> who met with a convoy that carried much money towards the <HI>Spani&s;h</HI> Camp, which convoy being al&s;o beaten left all the money behinde them in their enemies hands.</P>
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<HEAD>From Arnhem the <HI>11.</HI> of Iune.</HEAD>
<P>Our &s;ouldiers of <HI>We&s;ell</HI> and the neere adjoyning Garri&s;ons 160 &s;trong, have defeated a Convoy which was going from <HI>Culin</HI> to <HI>Antwerp,</HI> they were conducted by tho&s;e of <HI>Rhynberk</HI> &amp; <HI>Or&s;oy,</HI> &amp; were &s;et upon by our men neere about <HI>Deuren.</HI> In which exploit our &s;oldiers obtained great booty 150000 Rix|dollers in &s;pecie, much Silke &amp; other rich commoditie, swhere|with divers Carts were laden. The re&s;t of the bootie be&s;ides the readie Coine doth amount to the &s;umme of 250000 Rix|dollers, this bootie they brought into <HI>We&s;ell</HI> la&s;t Sunday in the vening and 60 or 70 &s;erviceable hor&s;es, and 2 En&s;ignes. The &s;pani&s;h &s;oldiers fled all of them, onely the waggoners, and &s;ome other labouring men oppo&s;ed our men, and killed 3 or 4 of them, but there was no meanes for them to prevaile.</P>
<P>The Governour, Chancellour, &amp; Councell of the Province of <HI>Geldria,</HI> and the Earldome of <HI>Zutphen</HI> have pre&s;cribed a ge|nerall day of meeting, the 17 of <HI>Iune</HI> at <HI>Nimmegen,</HI> where the whole countrie is to appeare.</P>
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<HEAD>The <HI>12.</HI> of <HI>Iune</HI> from the Army of his Excellence the Prince of <HI>Orange.</HI></HEAD>
<P>Whereas his Excell the Prince of <HI>Orange,</HI> had pitcht Armie at the &s;ide of the River <HI>Ley</HI> before the Citie <HI>Bridges</HI> the 3 of moneth, each one thought that his Excellence was of intenti|on to approach &amp; be&s;iege the &s;aid Citie. But now it appeares probably that his Excel&punc; was not &s;o minded, for he did not en|trench him&s;elfe there, but lay with his Army in the field onely. In the meane while certaine Committees were &s;ent out of the &s;aid Citie in the name of the 4 parts of Flanders to treat with his Excelle~ce concerning the Contribution which was behind and had long time beene unpayd, in&s;omuch that they gave &s;e|curitie for entire payment of 10 yeares contribution. Where|upon his Excell with his whole Army departed, and the verie &s;ame night tooke his re&s;ting place at <HI>Maldegom,</HI> where we pa&s;|&s;ed the 5 of <HI>Iune</HI> over the river <HI>Lieve</HI> towards <HI>Walichem,</HI> and from thence toward <HI>Eckelo,</HI> and <HI>Caprick,</HI> and the 7 of &s;une re|turned backe with our whole armie at <HI>Watervliet,</HI> where his Excell. in&s;tantly cau&s;ed retrenchments to be ca&s;t up all along the <HI>Holland Dike,</HI> for the better en&s;uring of his armie, &s;o that in
<PB N="13" REF="8">ca&s;e the &s;pani&s;h forces (which as wee under&s;tood had continu|ally followed us) had come upon us, then had we taken the &s;aid Dike for our defence.</P>
<P>The 8 of <HI>Iune</HI> the provi&s;ion of his Excell. was embarqued, and his hor&s;e troopes, being commanded pre&s;ently as &s;oone as they &s;hould be landed to march toward <HI>Bergen op Zoome.</HI> Ye|&s;terday were all the Land-forces &s;hipt, and all the waggons put aboard. The firelockes in the meane time &s;tood in battle array, and held the watch untill all things were &s;afely embarqued. Thus with the whole traine of our armie wee marched from <HI>Y&s;endyck</HI> to <HI>Rammekens,</HI> &amp; &s;o downwards, &s;ayling many hun|dred &s;hippes together, &amp; &s;o for&s;ooke the <HI>Flemi&s;h coa&s;ts,</HI> which country in this our expedition wee have wholly brought un|der contribution untill the verie Citie <HI>Geudt.</HI> His Excellence in this expedition had a verie vigilant regard over his whole armie, and a &s;peciall care that all things might be carried verie orderly, in&s;omuch that hee cau&s;ed many of his &s;oldiers to bee hanged for their mi&s;demeanours and in&s;olencies committed again&s;t the inhabitants of the Countrie: But the like care was not taken on the other &s;ide, for many of our &s;oldiers which did &s;traggle &s;omewhat out of their limits had by them their No|&s;es and Eares cut off: Three &s;oldiers wives with a child of 8 yeares were taken by the Flemi&s;h and hanged.</P>
<P>The &s;ame day that we came to <HI>Watervliet,</HI> the &s;pani&s;h that night arrived at <HI>Caprick,</HI> but did not &s;hew them&s;elves any neerer unto us. So that in this enterprize, wee have not met with our enemie to any purpo&s;e, and have found no re&s;i&s;tance worthy of relation. Onely wee were informed that the ene|mie brought his whole armie together, therewith intending to cut off all pa&s;&s;ages from our armie and hinder the victualls from comming to us. What &s;hall follow hereafter in time we &s;hall acquaint you.</P>
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<HEAD>From Dort <HI>13.</HI> of Iune.</HEAD>
<P>The armie of his Excellence the Prince of <HI>Orange</HI> is returned againe out of Flaunders into the&s;e parts. Before this Citie are many &s;hips laden with Ordnance, Munition, provi&s;ion, and all warlike nece&s;&s;aries: Mo&s;t of the hor&s;emen were landed at <HI>Geer|truydenbergh,</HI> &amp; pre&s;ently ha&s;ted thence to <HI>Oo&s;terhout, Gil&s;en</HI> &amp; other villages about <HI>Breda.</HI> The foot forces &s;ayle all of them
<PB N="14" REF="9">toward the high &amp; lower <HI>Swalwe,</HI> and <HI>Geertruydenbergh,</HI> whe|ther the&s;e al&s;o will land there the time will manife&s;t. In the meane while here and in divers other places many thou&s;ands of loaves are baked for the armie.</P>
<P>The countrie people in the countrie of <HI>Heu&s;den</HI> and <HI>Alte|na,</HI> flye with all their goods and moveables from their country habitations into the Cities. Their Excellencies the States have prohibited preaching among the Catholickes in the Villages &amp; Townes belonging to <HI>S'hertogenbo&s;ch,</HI> &s;o that all the Churches are &s;hut up continually.</P>
<P>Wee have intelligence from <HI>Antwerpe</HI> with the la&s;t letters, that in the beginning of <HI>May</HI> the fleet of 25 &s;hips at <HI>Lisbona</HI> is &s;et &s;ayle, among the&s;e are 15 Gallioons with 4000, &s;ome &s;up|po&s;e they are gone toward <HI>Calis Malis</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word"> ioyne them&s;elves to the <HI>Ca&s;tilian armado,</HI> others are o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">inion that they are bound for <HI>Cabo-verde,</HI> there to expect <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word"> re&s;t, and &s;o to pa&s;&s;e forward to <HI>Bra&s;ill.</HI></P>
<P>His Maje&s;tie of <HI>France</HI> is at S. <HI>Germani,</HI> and the Queene Mother is arrived at <HI>Paris</HI> with her whole family or hou&s;e|hold: But his Maje&s;tie had rather that &s;hee had remained at <HI>Moulins:</HI> Her guard is now le&s;&s;e than it hath beene neyther is &s;hee &s;o &s;trongly warded as formerly. The kings brother is &s;till a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> <HI>Nancie,</HI> The Lord Pre&s;ident <HI>Legneux</HI> is much condemned, for not coun&s;elling his Maje&s;ties brother for the be&s;t in the&s;e differences, The king hath charged the Parliament to call <HI>Mar&s;hall Marilack</HI> in que&s;tion, which might ea&s;ily endanger his life, by rea&s;on that hee hath committed gro&s;&s;e faults in <HI>Champ<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">gne,</HI> as al&s;o in <HI>Italy,</HI> in warlike affaires.</P>
<P>The<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters"> goes a &s;trong report, that new warres is verie like to en&s;ue <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">etweene th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> <HI>Pope,</HI> and the great Duke of <HI>Mo&s;covy,</HI> concerning the &s;ucce&s;sion in <HI>&V;rbinaet.</HI></P>
<P>Norwith&s;tanding the Commander <HI>Pin&s;en</HI> his ran&s;ome is readie, neverthele&s;&s;e he is not yet at libertie. Count <HI>Henry van|den Bergh</HI> que&s;tioning one day with him, what he thought the Prince of <HI>Orange</HI> his enterprize might bee, hee an&s;wered him merrily, His Excellence is wi&s;e enough to conceale that from me, knowing that I cannot keepe coun&s;ell. The &s;aid count <HI>Hen|ry</HI> is yet at <HI>Venlo</HI> with 3 or 4 hundred Marriners, it is thought that he will attempt &s;omething or other.</P>
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