OVr King in person lies before S. Iohn Dangely , wherein the Duke of Roans brother is gouernour ; whereof the Towne issued out 2. mile towards their enemie : First Beamont regiment , and after them a company of light horsemen , after that a truce for 8. dayes was made therein to intreate for peace : In the meane time preparation is made to besiege Rochell , and the Duke de Guise is gon to Marsellis , there to prepare an armie by Sea , to besiege Rochell by water , Monsiere Ladigniera is not permitted to goe from the Court , it may be , because they feare , that he being a Souldier of great experience might seeke to aide those of the religion ; it is sayd that there shal be a new gouernour chosen in his place of gouernment in Daulphinois .

In Parris in regard of certaine marshall matters , the spiritualtie assembled together , and as the Bishop of Bollonia desired to haue obedience before the Parliament , as he begunne to frame his Oration , his speach beganne to faile him , and when he would haue giuen it in writing , he could not doe it , but within three houres after he died speachlesse .

From Millane it is written , that although there hath 2. commissions already bin sent out of Spaine to restore Valtelma againe ; the gouernour to the contrarie sends more men thether , the like doth the Arch Duke Leopoldus , and see that 14. companies of Switzers entred into Leopoldus gouernement ; and therein burnt an Abby the restitution is stayed , yet the Spaniards were forced to giue backe , who wonder much , that the Duke of Sauoy musters many Souldiers , and they know not his intent .

From Constan●inople it is written that the great Turke with his principall officers , is gon to Adrianapolie , with a great number of Ianitzeries and Spaggyans his armie , besides the Tartarians being 3●O thousand strong , that haue taken 4. millions and a halfe of Suldanes out of the treasurie with them to pay their Souldiers , and he hath deliuered 4. hundred thousand Suldanes to his generall of the Seas , who with 70. shippes or gallies is gon into the blacke Sea , to keepe the Cossackers backe , that with their gallies vsed to goe almost to Constantinople , and other lette●s certifie , that the great Turke , will goe into Polonia with 150. thousand men , and will send 100. thousand into Moldauia , and as many into Hungaria , to withstand the Emperor of Germanie if he attempteth any thing .

Heere is great trouble , there are 400 Dutch souldiers in the Towne , and there shall 1200. more come , which will trouble vs much .

The 6. of Iune at Eperies there shall an assemblie be holden without doubt , because Bethlem Gabor is desirous to know of the Nobilitie there small resolution , whether they will hold with him or n●t : it is thought , that the 15 of Iune he will march forward with all his forces , and that the Marquis of Ia●e●nedors will ioyne with him strange things will shortly be heard of , whosoeuer liues to see them ; seeing hee can doe nothing in the treatie of peace , because they sought to betray him : it is sayd that 30 thousand Turkes , and 20 thousand Tartarians are marching forward , that are to fall vpon Krain and Kaeneten , God be mercifull vnto vs , if it comes to that , that the Turkes and Tartarians should destroy this goodly Countrie , God turne it all to the best .

To morrow the generall assembly of the States is to begun at Eperies , and this day there are certaine letters come , one from the Emperor , wherein he writes very friendly vnto the States , another from the Lords Palatine , and the third from Se●schi Georgen , with all in a manner are sent vnto Bethlem Gabor as there King . What answere shall be giuen them , and this assemblie will effect , we shall heereafter know .

On Whitsunday his grace let Balthaser Hoffman Van Gorlitz that was agent for the Emperor heere , vntill this present , goe out of prison , who was forced to deliuer the key of his Masle , and it was opened to see what was therein .

Lieutenant Lohaue hath a good number of men by him againe , yesterday caused 10. barrels of beere , and some wine to be sent into his quarter , a great number of men come to him with his grace , entertaines , and the money giuen them in hand is payd in Bethlemish duckets , and Rhe●●s gold Nobles ; he giues a horse man 15. Florins in hand ; it is thought that they will shortly goe to Otmachaw a mile and a halfe from hence , which for that it is a strong Fort , therefore they intend to fortifie themselues therein : Leischwicz was yesterday more then halfe burnt by fire that fell in a Malt-house .

It is said 6. or 700 of these stubee Souldiers horsemen shall come hether , yesterday about 2. of the clo●ke at night there came 3. Posts hether to what end we know not , but all the Captaines that were here in the Towne , were sent for to the Marquis , and presently posts were sent into the quarter , and the people willed to come . The Towne-gates were kept shut till nine of the clocke in the morning , and at last none but the gate vnder the toll Towre was set open , and all the company that lay in the new Towne , stood still in armes about 10. of the clocke , the same company came in hether and were set before the lanet Captaines house , with commandement to charge there peeces , after that they were sent into the Castle , and therein also are some of the Burgers with them that lay therein before , while this company went into the Castle , the Lorrehouse company , stood still behind the Castle , which procured no small feare .

Yesterday it was reported , that Beuten belonging to the Marquis was burnt by the Polanders , and Iagerendorp taken by the Emperors forces , whether it be so or not , by the next we shall know : Since the gilders are daily caried by the Captaines and Commaunders into the quarter to pay the Silecian Souldiers .

Although Stentzel Tuerso is in treatie with Bucquoy , the Hungarians in Newheusel will not grant to yeild , but will rather cut Tuerso in peeces , then graunt to yeild : Therefore great store of great Ordinance , bullets and powder are this weeke sent thether to batter the Towne ; there is likewise 600 thousand Florins in money , and 200. thousand Horns in iewels sent , to giue euery one of our Souldiers 3 moneths pay : in the meane time the Hungarians daily skirmish with our men , and it is sayd that Bethlem at Caschew prepares a great strength to releiue Newheusel , and that Setschy George seekes to stop his passage .

On this side the Earle of Colaldo hath gotten the Budianers goods out of the inuincible Castle called Gossingen , where he himselfe is , whereof there is a deale of corne and wine come , which is sent backe to Papa and the comischlien borders .

In Morauia , there are more principall Lords and Burgers committed to prison , whose expectation , as also in Prague of the prisoners shall this weeke be done , and Erasmus & George Van Laudaw shall be brought prisoners hether .

The Emperors iourney to Prague shall begin the fift of Iulie , and the Rickes day at Regenspurg shall begin the 1. of Semptember .

The seuenth of this moneth , as 8. daies since it was written , old Sruewin , one of the imprisoned directors , in the night time threw himselfe headlong out of the white Tower into the ditches and there died , his body was yesterday cut in 4. quarters , and hange in 4. places of the high way , his head and hand nailed vpon the Gibet in the Towne , and it is sayd that the execution of the rest next Monday or Tuesday shall be done : It is said that Silesia the Souldiers are discharged , and that there are certaine Captaines sent thether with gold to take vp men for the Bohemian states ; who at their owne charges will raise an other Regiment of Souldiers for the Emperor ; it appeares that the Marquis of Iagerendors , makes great preparation for warre , and that with him is the young Earle of Thorne , the barron Van Lumpenburgh , Colonell Stubenwoll , Tscheretin and others .

Thabor holds out still , and daily make sallies out , and neither side holds quarter ; but if on either side they take any Souldiers , they straight hang them vp , and Colonell Francke is still heere .

This Fronlichnam feast , was holden by the Catholickes in the presence of the Prince of Liechtensteen and others , principall Lords , with a stately Procession , and in the old Towne , or by the old Bohemians or Hussites held by two banners of handicrafts men .

This day the Rheingrates Ottains 10. cornet of horse , being well armed & mounted by Lyence of his grace lodged in the Bishop of Speres Territories .

Thursday next at Crentznach , and Sunday after at Openheim there shall be an open Procession made , and all the inhabitants that are not Catholikes , and will not goe with the Procession are commanded to be quiet and not to stir vpon paine of death .

The Rhingrate Ottains horse men that are discharged , that serued the Vnion goe from hence to Wetteraw , and the Kniphaushe Souldiers are come into the Territories of Wurtzburg , and 1000. horses ioine with them , which robe and rantsancke all about the Countrie , and while the Souldiers that are taking vp Continewes ; they imbolden themselues to goe in troupes together .

The Earle of Mansfields souldiers doe great hurt by robbing , rantsacking and burning of houses , and for that the Towne of Weyden that should haue giuen 4000. Florins refuse it , the Earle of Mansfield will lay his campe betweene Weyden and the new Towne on the Walduab , what the Duke of Newburg or Sultzbach will say to that , we shal hereafter know , and for that the Lords of Weymar haue ioined their forces with his , the Earle of Mansfield is about 15. thousand horse and foote men strong , and still more Souldiers come to him , it is thought hee will breake vp his campe at Thaus , and goe further into Bohemia , and leaue 2. Regiments of souldiers in the Palatinate , and if Pilsen Eelenbogen and Eger were with him he would goe towards prague : this day there hath bin iustice done among all the Colone●s , Captaines of horsemen , and Captaines touching Colonell Franckenstand , or Malefitz who was cited to appeare , and if he did not , to be prescribed Doctor Leiminger , did much complaine of him , saying that he was the cause that Pilsen gaue ouer : The Bauiarn souldiers spoile all about Elenboghen and Romigsweeret , and many runne away : They want prouant , and many of them die and so doe Mansfields men , Thabor , Klingenburgh , and Wittengaw hold strong still , if they had good Garrisons .

By the last out of France it is written , that they of S. Ihon Dangely haue issued out vpon the Kings forces , and haue slaine some hundreds of them , and that the Prince of Guiuille and other Lords were hurt , whereby the Kings forces were forced to retire 4. miles backe ; in the meane time the Duke of Roan in Langedor , Guienne , and those places there abouts , raiseth a great armie for those of the religion , and euery day more Colonels ioyne with him , and make great preparation for the warre , while they see it will be no otherwise , God helpe them in their iust cause , and send them good issue . The King , that is still incited and moued by the Priests & Iesuites , to hold war , and contribute to the same , takes vp 10. or 12000. men more , wherupon not onely they of the religion but also some peaceable Papists iuggle strangely of such and the like counsellers .

Yesterday a Polish Ambassador ( that had bin in France , and Brabon and there long frequented with the Spaniards ) came hether and was according to the maner stately receiued , on Saturday he had audience giuen him in the generall states counsell his Excellencie being present , who as I vnderstand , spake to them to this effect , that for as much as the Turke prepared great forces to inuade Poland and other Christian Countries , that they would graunt some aide , to direct him from thence , and doe their best therein , as a so that they would graunt to a long time with the Spaniards , that so the house of Austria might employ all their forces against the Turke , what answere he had , is not yet knowne .

That the Zelands men of warre haue brought in 5. Spanish shippes laden with all kinde of wares , and that ship of warre for the States are layd before all the Sea hauens of Portugall and Spaine .

For that they of Hertogenbuske , did take the gouernour of the Graues watch and horses , he sent out certaine Souldiers to enter into a Village belonging to the Bush called Osy : Where as then there was a Fayre , which he rantsackt and spoiled , and his Souldiers with great bootie and many prisoners came home to the Graue againe .

To morrow the States Proclamation touching preparation to be made for the Armado , to goe to the West Indes at euery mans costs and charges shall be proclaimed .

By our last we haue newes out of Fraunce , that they of the religion prepare a great armie , to that end gathering great troupes together , and many resort vnto them , to aide themselues in their iust cause .

Two dayes since the Lords and Officers of Bohemia that are come out of the Countrie , and now in the Netherlands , had audience first of his Excellencie and after of the generall States , and by the chiefe Chauncelor , were much commended ( that made a long Oration vnto them to that end ) for their fidelitie , and most friendly welcomed , and so conuaied to their lodgings , and there when the King goes to Church or to the Court , honorable attend him .

This day an Arminian preacher who apparelled like a souldier . preached at Gouda , was committed prisoner .

The Bishop of Collens Ambassadors haue once had an exedition , and haue moued the Newtralyte there , to appoint a certaine time when they would take order for reparation to be made for the Turkes deteriments .

The Zelanders haue brought in 3. shippes more besides 5. others , Spanish ships laden with Oyle , Suger , and other wares , and not long since there is a great Zeland ship come thether called Wallacher , out of the East Indes richly laden , and 2. others are comming to Amstelredam .

The west Indian Marchants patent is proclaimed euery where .