Numb. 143.
Mercurius Politicus.
Comprising the sum of all Intelligence,
with the Affairs and Designs now
on foot in the three Nations of
England, Ireland, and Scotland.
In defence of the Commonwealth, and
for Information of the People.
------ It à vertere Seria: {Horat. de
Ar. Poet.
From Thursday, March 3. to Thursday March, 10. 1653.
From Dalkeith, March 1.
WE were of late sufficiently threatned by an In fall
of the Enemy; which state of things is (wee suppose)
now qualified and amended; and those
wilde People of the Highlands are dispersed to
their severall habitations, after that 2000 of them had bin
met together, with intent to attempt mischief upon us, in
some place or other. And yet before their parting, they
agreed among themselves to bee ready at an houres warning.
There was expectation in the Highlands of a certain ship
to come thither, with Armes and Ammunition from Holland;
so that questionless some designe was and may bee a
brewing amongst them; And not only in the Highlands,
but in consideration of the bold language and behaviour
of many in these parts, there is good caus to suspect that
the design may extend to a correspondency with a treacherous,