From Ip[unr]wich March 10.
The weekly Lectures of Wednesday and Friday for this Town (the
Lecturer having had an Ague to these three Months) are supplyed by
Town Ministers and Strangers who remember in their praiers England,
Scotland, and Ireland, and pray that the Ministers may bee courageous
witnesses of the Truth. They pray also for the Governors of this town
but all of them constantly forget prayets for the Parliament, Councell of
State, and Army.
The Bryliffs of this Town, by direction and publication appointed
a Fast on Friday last for the recovery of the Lecturer, it was with great
solemnity performed at the Town-Church (the chief Church of this
Town) by Me John ward, and 3 others successively, 2 preaching, and 2
praying one after the other. The Church was all day very full of Town
and Country people; and all these Ministers, as the others, did forget the
Parliament, as if no such thing were in Rerwn naturâ.
These are the men the have had the popular stream running in their
Chinn[unr] and would fain keep it there; so the by their pet[unr]y omissions
of duty. Insinuations of disaffection, presences of Conscience, and
forms of feigned piety, they do yet foment the btat of Rebellion, stop increased
of affections to the present Government and throw coll water upon
those that are, Never did any State but this express so much for bearance
to a ref actory Generation.
From Paris, March 20 stilo novo.
The King is by the way of Tours and Amboise come to Blois, whence he
intends for the City of Orleans, if the Cardinal dare ventare upon the
Peoples sury, as tis like he will, in regard he always rides with the King
in his Coach, and therefore must needs be the more secure. Of late his
Affairs were saln follow, that through despair he was inclined once more
to quite the Kingdom, but now the world mending, he is like enough to
re-visit Paris, where the Citizens will be ready enough to let him in; for
in a late Assembly of the Burgers and Merchants of this City, by the
Duke of Orleans his command at the Palace, they told him they would
entertain the King, let him bring whom be pleased along with him, no
that he intends to come hither: which so offended the Duke, that hee
threatned himself would depart, and visit them with 2 Armies within 2
month after. Wherefore he goes on still raising of Forces.
The Duke of Longueville also raiseth great: Forces in Normendy under
pretext of fearing the English; but its thought he wil not declare himself,
till he sees the success of the united Armies of the Dukes of Nemou's and
Beaufort, who are by express Orders to fight his Majesties Forces under
Marshall d'Hoquincourt wheresoever they can meet them, to prevent their
Union with the rest of the Kings Forces.
It is certain, that the King bath ordered that Marshall Milleroy shall have
400000 li and 20 ships of war to relieve the town of Rochel, which is now
block'd up by Count d'Oignons Forces at Sea; which favor to Milleray hath
so discontented the D. of Vendosm, that he hath drawn all the Nobility &
Gentry in high and low Vendosm, to declare for D. Orleans.