but also to drive them clean out of Polonia, although they brig that their Army will be
200000 strong, when the Turks and Tattarians are once joyned with them. In the
mean while, the Lord Lands-cranski understanding that 3000 Cossaques were lodged
in a place where they might be forced,commanded Collonel Harrf with his Troops against
them; but his march, how private soever, was discovered by them, and he himself
enforced to retire with the losse of many of his men; notwithstanding which, being
afterwards relieved by some Squadrons of the Polonian Army, not far distant from him,
and with them returning again to the Charge,he soon repulsed, and pursued them unto
their Quarters, Prince Radzevill also,meeting with one of their Parties, flew 1600 of
them, and tooke prisoners, among many others, their Lieutenant Generall Glagatzky;
whom he forthwith caused to be impaled alive,in some revenge of their late cruelty to
the Polonian Commissioner.
From Naples, July 30.
'Tis written to us from Sicilia, that Don fund' Austria, Generalissimo of the Spanish
Fleet, being desirous, for his recreation,to see the manner of fishing of the fish called
Spade,and having,for that purpose,put far into the Mayne, with one only Felouque (which
soon parted far from two others that set saile with him from the Haven of Messina) was
assaulted by three Saiques of his own Fleet, which made many shot at him, whereby two
of his men were slain; after which, attempting to fly, they were taken prisoners as soon
as they got ashore, where three of them being hanged forthwith, he caused the rest to
be put into the Galleys; who alleadg'd for themselves,that they believed they had had to
doe with a Vessell of Trapani, which they had been told was full of money, the thing
they had a quarrell unto, and not to the Generalissino, which notwithstanding,
upon a suspition that this attempt was made by some secret Order from our Viceroy:
(very jealous that the Inhabitants of this Town doe bear him too great affection) the said
Don Iüan is withdrawn to Palermo, and hath sent a complaint thereof unto Madril: In
the mean while the Viceroy, the better to assure himselfe of our people, hath sent for
hither all the Trained Bands about this Town, to favour the building of certain small
Forts which he raiseth upon the Mountain that commands the Castle of S. Elmo, about
which he makeslikewise a very great Ditch, to divide it from the Monastery of S. Martin
des Chartereux.
From Rome, August 2.
The 27 of the last Moneth, the sacred Colledge solemnized,in the new Church, th'
obsequies of the Cardinall Giustinian o; as likewise did, in that of Minerva, the day
following, the Cardinals of the Congregation of the Holy Office, whereof he was one;
having left, by his decease, a sixth place in this Colledge; the Title of S. Onosrio, th' Offices
of Great Penitenciary of the Church, and of Library-keeper; besides certain Pensions
which he had reserved out of the Bishopricks of Montalto, within la Marque, and
of Nocera, within Umbria. The Marquis Maldacchini, father to the Cardinall of that
name, and brother to the L. Olympia Panfilii, is also dead sodainly at Viterbo The 29, the
Pope held a Chappell in the Quirinall, for the Anniversarie, or Trentall of Urbanus
the 8, of pious memory, his Predecessor, whereat Cardinall Barberini, Nephew to the
defunct, officiated; as also the next morning at St. Peters, the Bishop of Sidonia, in the
presence of 18 Cardinals (all Creatures of the said Pope Urban) whilst that our Forces
continue besieging of Castro, and the Apostolick Chamber so closely pursues the
courses of Justice against the D. of Parma, as it hath gotten the Principality of Ronciglione
to be adjudged against him,at the rate of 360000 Duckets; and proceeds in like
manner with the rest of his possessions untill he have satisfied the residue of his debts.
From Venice, August 4.
The Turks not being able to recover the Fortress of Clissa by surprize, be resolved to