and factions of this Nation, (not without great trouble to be
mentioned) are kept in some good measure of Peace, from
biting and devouring one another. We desire also to express
our selves sensible of the liberty of the Gospell which
we enjoy, with many encouragements by augmentations of
maintenance in several places to them that preach it. As also
that many persons who have of late shewed themselves so
great disturbers of the Peace of our Church-assemblies,
no friends to the settlement of the Common-wealth, have
been so far discountenanced, that they are in some measure
outwardly quieted; and lastly, we most humbly congratulate
the success of your Highness Councills, and Forces against
the inveterate Enemies of this Commonwealth in Flanders,
together with the seasonable discovery and prevention of the
machinations of domestick adversaries. And that which we
have to desire from your Highness, is, that all opportunities
for further setling the Peace and order of the Church of
Christ amongst us, may be diligently improved, that the intrusion
of the profane, and the confusion of the erroneous
may be repressed; and that your Highness would be pleased
to enlarge our hopes of the continuance and encrease of our
present happiness, by the further settlement and practise of
that Government amongst us, which hath been found most
natural and acceptable to this Nation, and is such as (administred
by good hands; will we doubt not very much tend to
the tranquillity and fencity of this Common-wealth, your
Highness and posterity.
From Dantzick, 31 July.
A Moscovie Ambassador is arrived here, who is going to
Berlin, it seems he goeth to expostulate with the Prince Elector
of Brandenburg and the King of Poland. Moscovie
doth now treat with Sweden, yet the Swedes bring many
new Forces out of Sweden into Liefland. Our Deputies are
gone to the Dyet at Warshow, where Little passeth yet; only
it is thought, that they will deliberate again touching the
succession to the Crown. We heare that Thoren is no more
[unr]ked up, because the Austrian forces, which could not prevaile