Numb. 142.
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 â vertere Seria. {Horat. de
Ar. Poet.
From Thursday, February. 24. to Thursday March. 3. 1653.
IN regard my materials are not so
punctuall as were necessary for the
making up of an intire exact Relation
according to the dignity of the
subiect, in all the Particulars; therefore,
you must take things as they
come represented in parcells from
severall hands; which being added to
what was published in the last, you may by collecting all together,
have a sight (in some measure) of the late successe
and Victory. In the first place, take this following.
From aboard the Triumph, February. 21.
Our God in whom we trust hath appeared graciously
for and by his servants in defeating this very great Fleet of
the Hollanders, and worsting them in 3, encounters these
3 daies together, and giving many of their men of ware
into our hands, destroying others, and driving away the