From Upsall in Sweden, Decemb. 22.
I shall give you an account of our journey from Gottenburg
to Upsall, which hath been very long and difficult,
yet our God hath brought us safely the last night. We
went out of Gottenburgh on Wednesday the 29 of November.
The Magistrates came solemly to take their leaves, the
Citizens were in arms in the Market-place, and the Garrison
Souldiers upon the works. As we passed them they
gave us severall vollies of great and small shot. We could
reach but two leagues that day, and yet came to our quarters
an hour within night, where most of our wearied company
must be contented to lie upon fresh straw, as in many
other places where we lodged. The first night my Lord
Lager fields Secretary met us from the Court, whither he
posted to give the Queen notice of our arrivall, and she
sent him back to attend my Lord in his journey, and to see
that we had accommodation; who with the Syndick from
from Gottenbergh (whom the Town sent with us) gave us
great assistance in our Journey, and without whom we
should not have perform'd it in many dayes longer. Our
Train consisted of 83 saddle horses two Coaches and about
threescore Waggons, few of them not carrying above
one Trunk apiece, being very small, and drawn with one
horse, and were brought in by the Country at every stage.
For five or six days journey the ways were vèry rocky, but
very passable throughout all our journey, and much the
better because by command from the Queen, the Governors
of Provinces had caused the high-Ways and bridges
to be mended. The fifth days journey we came to a City
called Scazez, which is a Bishops See, a very old Town,
and a large Church in it. The tenth days journey Mr.
Andrew Potley met us by the way, whom my Lord sent to
the Court, with letters to certifie them of our arrivall:
with him came one Mr. Lilly Chrone, a servant of the
Queens, who was sent to visit my Lord his journey, and
to see that his Excellency should want no Accommodations,
he brought with him letters from Prince Adolph the grand