Numb 265.
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.
------lt à vertere Seria.
{Horat, de
Ar. Poet.
From Thursday July. 5. to Thursday July 12. 1655.
From Dalkeith, July 3.
THings are here (God be blessed) in
so good quiet and composure, that
we have little to mention relating
to the publick. We hear not yet
in what Country Middleton is landed,
but its generall beleeved he is
gon to Colen to his young Master:
Duffra hath now agreed to come
in, and give security for his peaceable submission and demeanor.
The Fines imposed on the Scotish Gentry are a paying
daily; but hard shifts are said to be made for the money,
having spent so much formerly in carrying on the warr.
From Paris, July 7, stilo novo
On Saint Peters day, the Priests of Saint Pauls parish
put up into his Church the Arms Cardinall de Retz, as
Archbishop of Paris; whereupon the Governer of the