against him. His tryall held from seven in the morning till past twelve; the Judges telling
him, he should be heard till the next day, if he would not repeat things over and
over: He had two sheets of Law and Statutes in his hand written, and pleaded many of
them, being answer'd by the Judges, who open'd to him the difference between the house
of Lancaster & Torke the produc'd a Commis. from the King meaning the Prince; they
told him he was a subject as wel as he & said if he was there, must be try'd by the same
Law: Morris & the other were found guilty & manacled with irons before they went
from the Bar, which Col: Morris took very unkindly, saying what! a martiall man
Fron'd the like president was never known; he interceded very much for a strong guard
only, both to the Judges & Sheriffs, saying, Let me be damn'd if I make an escape, but
it was deny'd him, as was Councell also to plead for him; he also desired a Copy of his
Indictmen, & that also deny'd, because arraign'd for treason: he said, His commis was [unr]o
fight for the King & not against h[unr]m; they told him the power was in the Parl. & that
he could not but know that the Broad Seal was at London at that time; he seeing how is
was liks to go with him, told them it was an ill president, in relation to the tryall of others
on the contrary part; urging very much, to be exchang'd, proffering to procure
the best man under restraint of the Parl party, either in Ireland, or elsewhere; intimating
also to the Judges, that the business of Ireland was also; he having received Letters by
his brother from the L. of Ormond to that purpose; but without doubt his Intelligencer
hath deceiv'd him in his particular.
Severall copies of a Letter were this day transcribed and published by the Royall
party, the substance whereof was that Lieut. Gen. Jones had drawn out 4000 house and
foot for the taking in of Drogheda, and since his advance thither the Lord of Ormond,
with the conjunction of the Lord of Ardes, and L. Inchiquin and other rallied forces, to
the number of 15000 was drawn down within a mile of Dublin, and after facing there
of, did retreat some few miles where he now quarters, with much annovance to that
City, and hath interposed between Liev. Gen. Jones and that place, but to this we are not
willing to give credit, till truth doth make a further manifestation thereof.
From Stockholm they write, That the Q. of Swedon Commis: have had sundry conference
with the Emperours of Mufc[unr]via [unr] but because they have many things to propound,
and their manner is not to make all propositions at once, but to attend the resolution
of the first before they speak of any other; there is a Royal Fleet in readiness for
the transportation of the Swedish Forces that are in Germany, [unr]o some exoticall service
in another Land England is the Object, at which forraign Princes much look at.
From Camyeign in France thus: The Prince of conde is gone for Paris, as also the
young King, where they were most royally entertained, the streets resounding with the
joyfull cecho of Vive le Roy, by the way his Maj. observing a poor and ragged Souldier,
(who told him that he was an Ensign of the Reg. of Ramzau, & that he had escaped
from Antwerp where he had bin a prisoner of war) of his own instinct and motion caused
some pistols to be bestowed on him.
From Hamburg they also write, that at Coppenhagen great preparations are made
for the baptizing of the king of Denmarks Daughter, the States Generall of Holland,
are intreated to be Go[unr]ps.
[unr] Tuesday.
A Letter was read in the House from the Lord Lieut: of Ireland and his Officers, dated
at Milford Hayen at [unr] time of their going abroad declaring their fidelity to,