From Venize the 25. of Iune , 1621.

AT Mylane are come bills of Exchange from Spaine / conteyning 500000 Crownes / and foure Compagnies of Souldiors are sent to Deltlin .

The Duke of Savoye hath given over his ruling to his Prince / and onely retained to him selfe the Government of warre .

From Leon , the 20 of Iune .

On Frydaye last is the declaration of the King in favour of the Protestants published / and they that will gaine the contents thereof / must declare whether they will hould with the King or them of Rochel / wee thinke that the Kinge will not besiege it this yeare / but onely cause some Fortresses to bee made before it / and keepe some men of warre before it . To the ende there may nothing come into it .

From welis the 25. dito .

The Lord Helmhart Georg is brought into Lints / where more other Lords also are arrested many other Lords are likewise sent for thither / for upon the 9. of Iuly the whole Land over the Ens shall acknowledge his Highnesse in Beyeren for their Prince / as an unobligated pane / after which there is nothing to bee expected but a generall Reformation .

From waid hausen , the 27 hereof .

The whole Army of Mansvelt is inquartered here / and in the Villages heere abouts against the Borders of Bohemia . The Enimie sheweth himselfe dayly without our skonses / which doth give blynde allarmes untill it is once in earnest . Yesterdaye is the Prince of Wymeren with 1400 Footemenne and six Cornetts Horsmen come unto us . There is making a faire Schonce for us before the nose of the Enimie / upon the borders of Bohemia / and every Souldior that laboureth thereon is payd above his meat and drinke 3. batses a day / when this Fortresse is finished wee shall see whether it will be intended especially / when all the Souldiors bee together . There are also 7. Cornets of Horsemenne ordayned by the Captaine Paap at Amberg / the Enterprize is yet unknowne . The souldiors receive good comfort / but as yet no monnye / by reason whereof the tyme might fall them to long .

From Vienna the 23. of Iuny .

The Emperours Majestie ( accompanied with many Nobles / is gone from hence the 18. hereof yearly in the morning to Zell / before the Emperours departure the King of Dēmarkes Ambassadours tooke there leave / and so departed homewardes / it seemes they have not effected much for the King of Bohemia .

The Generall Bucquoy lies yet before Nieuheusel / and proceedeth dayly in making of Schonses / the Governour Diepenbach hath taken from them the milles / though the besiedged have received 8000. Men to there assistannce / they fall dayly out uppon the Enimie / and doe him great hurt .

Betlem is at Cascau / where he expecteth Turkey assistance .

The Earle Colaldo is yet by his Armie not far from Regnits / upon the Budeans goods / and the speach goeth that the same Budeany should also have some Hungerish assistannce to him / En they countred with on another / so that many are slain on both sides .

The 19. hereof is the Lord Helmsart George caried prisoner from hence to the Duke of Bavaria . In like manner 9. worthy persons of the Wenegers taken prisoners out of 16. which were Examined .

It continues / that those under the Earle of Iagersdorp have over com the Dukely Castle Neus / and taken 3. of the Chiefest Dukely Officers in apprehension .

At Neus are ( as the speech goeth ) openly folke levied for Betlem / and there is taken on allreddy 1000 Horsemen and 1000 Muskettiers / and the Governour Losuisen hath brought 30000 Duckets from Betlem to Neus / to conscrive more Souldiors .

From Prage the 25. herof .

The Execution at Prague over the imprisoned Lords Knights and Cittizens is accomplished upon the 21. of Iune / in manner as followeth : Diz . The 19. heereof are those of the old and new Cittie caried into the Castle / with a strong Convoy or watch / and there the Emper. Commissioners reade apart every ones Sentence / which beeinge done / they were caried againe into there Costodie / and there ( through promission of the Commissioners ) went too and fro unto them Dutch and Bohemish Preachers . The twenty heereof are the Prisoners which lay in the Castle caried into the Cittie house of the Olde Cittie / where they passed the whole night with singinge and praying / untill the Execution began / which was at 5 a Clocke / upon a Schaffold afore the Cittie house / and lasted till 9 a Clocke / being al fynisht by the Hangman / over these 25. specified persons / as followeth : Viz.

The Lords of the Cittie-house . 1. The Earle Iochim Andrew Slyke ( Dirertor in the Olde Cittie ) was first beheaded / and the right hand chopt of / the which with the head were set upon the steeple / by the Bridge / and the body buried . 2. The olde Lord Mentzell of Budweys / was beheaded / and his head was sett uppon the said steeple . 3. The Lord Christopher Harrant ( lately Chamber President of Bohemia ) was beheaded . Knights . 4. Caspar Kapliers / beeing olde 80. yeares / and the head sett up . 5. Iacob Swersenksy . 6. Frederick van Bisan . 7. Hendrick Otto van Los . 8. William Cornet Clumpsky . 9. Bousion van Michalowits / these were beheaded / and theire hands chopt of / and sett up the said steeple . 10. Dionisius Tscheruin / lately Staes / Chiefe Officer / he was beheaded . Cittizens of the Olde Cittizens . 11. Valesyn Kochen . 12. Tobias Steffens . 13. Christopher Coler . 14. Iohn Schietheys / Pro. of Kuttenbergh . 15. Maximilian Haselleck Susat / Pro. of States / these were all beheaded / and their heads stuck out upon poules . 16. Doctor Gessenius / lately Professor in the Colledge of Caroline in the olde Cittie / first hts tongue was cut out / then beheaded / quartered and hong uppon 4. stakes / in the passadge towards Weenen by Raben . 17. Leander Roppell / Hedelverghes and other Printes Counseller and Agent . 18. Hans Guttenau / Kaptaine of the Cittizens in the old Cittie . 19. Symon Sitzky / one of the Counsell / these were hanged out of the Windowes afore the olde Counsell house . 20. Nathaniel Botniaulksy / Bohemishe Procuror / is hanged uppon the olde Citties Gallos / uppon the same place . Counsellors and Cittizens of the new Cittie . 21. Wentzel Matschuropsky . 22. Hendrick Bacle . 23. George Resisky . 24. Michell Witman / and 25. Symon Hocheketsch / these are all beheaded .

Lord William Poppell / is yet kept prisoner untill hes Majesties Resolution .

The same day was also in a Counsell Servant Niclaes Nailde unto the Gallos by his tongue / where he stood so an houre long / and thereafter condemned in the prison / he did the second day .

More others were whipt / and certaine banisht the Land .

Tabor remaines yet strongly against the Emperour / they fall out dayly / and Schirmidge with the besiegers / likewise the Country men in Coningreetzer Creyts doe holde them selves in Armes against the Emperour .

From Prague the 26. hereof .

The Nobles of Silesia have paid all there Souldiors and casshierd them / but most of them are entertained againe of the Marckgrave of Iagersoory / who hath invaded Neus / and other Bisshoply townes / as also the Earleship Glats / and presently after he marched into Bohemia with 10000. Men / unto whom 4000 Country-men have joyned them selves in the Shire Coningreyts / and at this present are in the Dominions of the Smirsisky / they have surprised some certaine little townes already / as Reysenberghe / Costelits and others / wherefore the Governour van Sassen hath Commission to meete the said Marckgrave / with his 7. Companies of Horsemen / and the Souldiors of Walsteyne / to incounter with him . Whose Folke doe pilladge every where / and flaye al they can lay hands on / wherefore heere is great feare that Mansvelt will joyne him with the said Iagersdorp .

The Governour Frenck is let into Tabor / because he hath highly bound himselfe to stand it out to the last man . Don Balthasar brings little to passe / but he hath lost 400. of his Men before Tabor .

Heere is great sadnes by many / conterning the Execution last / and 6. of the Executed Mens Wife are disceased for griefe of the losse of theire Husbands .

At Brin and Olmits in Morabia shall likewise 20. Lords be Executed .

To worrowe the Schaffolds shall be broake downe heere .

The Walsteynish Souldiors would this day have saccaged the Iewes / but agreement is concluded by the Generall / and the Iewes shall pay 12000. Florines .

Fom vienna the 24 of Iune .

From Comorra is written the 19. of this present / that Buequoy / Maximiliaen van Lichtensteyn / and the Lord van Dieppenbach / had given themselves out of there Camp before Nieuheusel / and the Hungarians which lay in the woods / sallied out / and so invaded and circuled them round about / so that they very narrowly eschapped from beeing taken prisoners of the Hungarians / for 18. Chiefe persons were taken pr●foners / and those af Nieuheusel doe ours great hurt .

From the Hague the 5 of Iuly .

In the Hague is arrived a Gentleman from the Kinges Camp before St. Iean d'Angely in Fraunce / he hath obtained audience the 4. hereof with the ordinarie French Ambassadour in the Hague / by the Highe and Mightie States / and as it is for certaine reported he hath sought for 4000. Souldiors and certaine Ships of warre to goe against the Protestants in Fraunce / which did seeme very strange to the States Generall / it is thought that he will not obtaine any thing .

The third heereof the said States have given the Polish Ambassadour his full expedition / and it is thought he hath obtained nothing , upon al his propositions .

We heare from Brabant / that Spinola makes him ready to mnster his souldiors / and to march into the Fields / the said Spinola hath received 3. Millions of Golde and Iewels brought upon Asses from Spaine / to pay his Folke with all / wherefore the Spaniards have received twoo Monethes wages / and the other as yet have nothing . It seemes Don Louys de Valasco , is sett of from his Generallship over Chavillrie , and the Earle Hendrick vanden Berghe is sett in his place / whereupon he is gone to Spaine . It is thought that Spinola hath wronght him this deede .