From Rotterdam, Sept. 19.
Here is news from Sea, that there are great tumults and
insurrection risen in England, and that General Lambert
is upon his march towards London with 14000. men; what
his intentions are is not yet known, onely he declares wholy
against this present Government, and will have a new Representative
choseu out of hand, that the Nation may be
brought under a just and lawful Government: it is also
spoken of a truth, that Cromwel hath left London and is
gone to Oxford; and this they have caused all the bells to
be taken out of the Steeples in London, except one:
This is printed here in these very words, and confidently
told up and down: by which you may guess in what condition
there people are in, who are fain to make such lies for
the incou[unr]agement of the people, being the old Cavalies
trick, and no doubt but they will have the same success, as
those who makes lies their hiding place.
From Calais, Sept. 25. stilo novo.
The French here are much incensed about your helping on
the loss of Dunkirk. The letters hither from Paris, say, the
Kings Army and the Princes lie still intrencht with in Cannon
shot one of each other, play at random daily, and make
furious skirmishes. The Duke of Wirtemberg, a little before
he fell sick, swam 300. horse over the river of Seine,
and carried away as many of the Mareshal Tureins horse
that were at grasa. Lorain hath had the bloody flux, but is
recovered. The Court is not yet removed from Compeigne.
One passage must not be omitted concerning Cardinal de
Retz, that when he was at Court, and made his Oration
there to the Kings, he caused the Queen to shed tears at it,
and commended his most mortal enemy the Prince of Conde,
to the sky. Brave daubing!
The People are generally weary of war, and the Court of
Charles Stuart, whom they would willingly supply with
money to take a journey out of France, if he knew whither
to band his course. It seems to hold still for Brussels, whither
the Lord Taff is gone already, as his fore-runner. That