do exceedingly burden and perplex the Country, and well it may, when they
have not bread many of them to put in their own mouths we are all very quiet,
the Levelling distempers, blessed be God hath not reached these parts, were our
supernumeraries disbanded, and we no otherwise charged then with the rest of
the land and according to the late act of Parliament, these parts would I believe
shew themselves well contented at any Country in the whole nation.
Hague 3. June 1649 Prince Charles is here still; ships he cannot get from the
States General; great talk of help from Sweden and Denmark, and the hopes
of monies from other parts as yet small appearance. Some of the Scots Commissioners
are gone, and its said the busines will be suddenly completed and as
differences composed the Church will have content; they who have served the
late King in his Wars wil be restored to lands, but not to any trust as to their
sitting in Parl. that seems not yet to be determined, but in that their d[unr]red
king must deny himse[unr] the king of Denmarkes Embassadour makes no such
idle proposition, as to engage the Sound for money, and the English Royalists
hath likewise declared their resolution to decline engagement for the Prince.
The Speakers house at the Rolls was robbed last night of some hundreds of
pounds The Act for the Thanksgiving on Thursday was yesterday read in Churches.
The Souldiers guarded the Water side to re[unr]rom the working of Watermen
on the Lords day and some passing by that day and not coming at call were
at and one is said to be since dead of the would then received.
Tuesday June 5.
Col. popham came this day to the house, and gave an account of the squadron
of ship, he commanded at Sea, upon the Irish Coasts, for the service
against Kingsale, and Reports to the house that he was at Dublin and furnished
Col. Jonts with what ships he desired and some provisions and procured a marchant
to [unr] se some monies ill returned. That prince Ruper[unr]s Fleet for [unr]5:
sale of them) are block up at King sale besides some taken, and if the weather
favour this design it is believed that within few days we shall be able to board
those ships which at present shelter themselves within the Harbour.
Col.Popham had the thanks of the house [unr] his good service it was ordred
that the prosperous successe of the Navy at Sea should be added as one cau[unr]
of out thankfulnesse, to bee particularly had in remembrance on Thursday
next.
The horse spent some time this day, in finding out a way for redressing of
some abuses and indirect courses in the proceedings at Law, amongst which
they take on that course Commonly practised in suing men [unr]ourlary without
any notice given to the party tued and is contrary to the intent of the State in
that behalf. The redress of many other great inconveniences some sending
to oppression and others to delay lyes in under sheriff and such creatures as are
employed under him.
Letters from Colchestir say, That the poor in that town (through the great
decay Trade) are a most starved or [unr] food but that God of his goodness
hath sen such a quantity of Fi[unr]h, called Cockels that the like hath not been
heard of in any [unr]; in [unr] much that for three half pence. One may buy,
as many as will serve a good family a meal, with bread, or any thing else.