a quarter of a mile from Paris, to hinder the Parisians from going out or coming
in, but they are beaten fro the hil, & now those of the City fortifie that
place. The King is yet at St. Germans, as also the Duke of Orleans, the Cardinal
Nazarins, and many more, and keep Counsel daily. The Parliament
forces are 12000 foot, and 6000 horse. Some letters that come by a speciall
hand to England, say that the Parisians having Quartered and Sconced
Charington, the Prince of Condé sent young Chastallion who stormed the place,
put many to the sword, which done, the Queen sent to offer old conditions
for avoyding the effusion of more bloud. Charington being taken, they of
Paris are wholy deprived of the River which affords them much more provisions
then all the highwayes, which will necessitate them either to agree,
or beat their Enemy thence. Whether any of this be true, is
doubtful; for since the 10 of January no letters are come from Paris to
Derby-house or to any other place or person of quality: for the news from
France, said to be written by a Jew from Callice to his friend in London, the
certainty whereof is left to others.
The continuation, of the epitomy, of the 30 yeares war in Germany.
1623 The 6 of August Duke Christian of Brunswick was defeated at Stailo
and Count Mansfield at Frisoye, by Tilly and the Anholtish, D: Brunswick
lost 2000, Mansfield 1000: 9000 wounded and taken, both these Generals
went after into Holland, England, and France; to leavie new Armies, in the
mean time, Bethlem Gabor made another invasion into Hungary; defeated
at Tyrna General Craffa, and the Marquis de Monte Negro: those who were
not killed and taken in the fight were driven into such a strait, by reason of a
lake, that most perished or were taken: thereupon he propounded some conditions
to the Emperour, which Ferdinand answered by the sword: defeating
Estrahazi at Muma: under whose command were most Turks, this was
done 1624; in this action was slain 1000 of Bethlem Gabors men: Every one
believed, after this, that troubles would end: the Emperour having no enemy
in field, Let the Reader observe what parallel this first War hath with England,
and how renewed, and pray that from this time there may be no more
similitude.
But the war here began afresh, because it was much disliked, that Frederick
late King of Bohemia should be put by his Electoral dignity, which was
done at that time by the Emperour and the other Electors: and Maximillian
Duke of Bavaria appointed in his roome, besides the Emperour to give
content did reform many things in Church and State: this was in 1625: But
Count Mansfield and Duke Brunswick came again into Germany, with an