Numb: 226
Mercurius Politicus.
Comprising the sum of all Intelligence,
with the Affairs and Designs
now on foot in the three Nations
OF
ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, & IRELAND;
In defence of the Commonwealth,
and for Information of the People.
------ It à vertere Seria. {Horat. de
Ar. Poet.
From Thursday Octob: 5: to Thursday October 12. 1654.
From Edenburgh, October, 1.
THis Country affords little of News
now, alt things being in a very
calm and quiet condition, and no
signe of any alteration; for, the
Country hath so smarted by this
late work made by Middleton, and
the great Ones have so wasted their
fortunes, that it concerns them rather
to look home, than be running any more abroad;
The People begin to be sensible of their happiness, in being
exempted from the domination of their Lords and Lainds,
Middleton is said to be in the Country of Argile, lurking
and preying, with some few companions, about the Hills.
It is conceived, he only waits for some convenient Transportation.