his head which so for scandalized the Scotch Lords, as made them
complain to his Master which procured a check, and somewhat more
in appearance: its said, that upon advice had, some of the State did
counsell the Prince to take the Covenant. The Lord Craven being arrived
here is gone to the Hague this afternoon.
The rage of the Kings party here doth fill this Country with rage
against you that many believe you as black at your Enemies make you;
but notwithstanding the strong solicitations for the levying of Forces our
hands are not like to annoy you by strengthning them: the greatest hope
at present is upon Ireland thereby to vex you by Sea: yea invade you
by Land: and if Scotland be a Little embroyled, it will bring the Covenanters
there to give better conditions to their new King: if there be
an accord at Paris, but especially at Cambray, between the two crowns,
that may adde to your frares, as much as it doth to your enemies hopes,
but most of all to your male contents at home, who must be more sweetned
or weakned: that which much troubles your few friends here, is
that your new Common wealth hath no alliance abroad to strengthen it,
but it hath enemies enough this should cause you to stick close one unto
another; the conclusion of all at Munster and the Treaty being agreed
noon, hath made the Swedish Embassadour at the Hague to make fires,
and discharge the great guns, he hath a great influence upon the Prince
of Wales and hath had audience at the Court at which time severall
Propositions were propounded in the name of the Queen of Swethland,
for a mutuall correspondency, and the increase of amity betwixt the
Brittish and the Swedish Crowns. Brill 9. March 1649.
Letters were(this day) reade from the Parliament of Scotland; advertising
that they heare of the securing of their Commissioners here, concerning
such papers as they delivered in about the King (whereof I have
formerly given you some particulars) They now write that they do
own those papers that were then delivered to the House by their Commissioners:
And argue the Law of nature and Nations, desire that their
commissioners may be at Liberty, and plead the custome of such in all
nations and die particular relations between these Kingdoms, labour to
excuse the Scots invasion into England last yeere as disowned by them,
and plead the three months time expressed in the Treaty to be as warning
to either other before any Warre be or ought to bee; pretend to
desire now that there may be no. Warre and in some things have high
expressions; but pretend to desire to continue the amity of the Nations.
The House Ordered to refer the said papers, and the whole bussinesse