Numb.546
Mercurius Politicus,
COMPRISING
The sum of Forein Intelligence, with
the Affairs now on foot in the Three Nations
OF
ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, & IRELAND.
For Information of the People.
------ It à vertere Seria {Horat. de
Ar. Poet.
From Thursday Decemb. 16 to Thursday Decemb. 23. 1658.
From Amsterdam, Decemb 18. S. N.
The Memorandums delivered at the Hague to
the States General, from the Ambassador of
France and the Resident of England, have
wrought very much upon their Lordships, there
being therein conteined very pregnant and
pressing Reasons wherefore we ought not to enter into a
War with our Antient Allies, particularly with the Crown
of Sweden; in so much, that it is verily beleeved they will
totally decline the sending of the new succour which they had
prepared for the King of Denmark.