them; when they were banished. Last Tuesday an express
brought news to Court, that the sickness of the Dutchess of
Savoy did continue, as also that of the Cardinall Medicis.
The same day the Bishop of Rhennes performed the ceremony
of Murtage betwixt the Count of Soissons and Madamoiselle
de Mancini, in the Queens Chap[unr]ll, with the consent,
demanded by the Cardinall, of the Curate of St. Germain
then present. The contract was only subscribed after the
ceremony. The King visited them at night in the Cardinalls
Lodging, where his Majesty honored the said Prince with
giving him his shirt, and the same honor the queen did to the
Princess. About 7 or 8 a clock that night the Durchess of
Lorrain died, having been before 48 hours in a Lethargy, which
took her a little after the Queen had visited her and promised
to see her Debts paid, for which end her pension is to be continued
for 3 years longer. By her last will she hath given all
her goods to the eldest sonn of the Prince Francis, by vertue
of the power she had received from her Husband the Duke
Charles, to whom last Wednesday an express was sent. She
hath desired to be buryed in the Church called St. Paul, without
Ceremonys, and that her heart should be carried to
Nancy, to be laid in her Ancestors Sepulcher. The garrison
of Rocroy doth fetch forrage as farr as la Ferte Milon. Those
of Valenciennes and Monts appeared last week within sight
of St. Ghilain but were repulsed. Last Wednesday , the Popes
Nuntio had his second audience of their Majesties, to whom
he presented a bri[unr]fe from the Pope, exhorting them to persist
in the good intentions they have expressed towards the
peace. The Saturday before he had an Audience of two hours
of the Cardinall Mazarin. The Ambassador of Venice and
Savoy had also Audience, with the Envoye of Portugall.
The Parlament meet daily about the Process of Monsieur de
Chenailles, who is sick at Present, &c.
From Dunkirk, February 21.
On the 15 of this month, Capt. Rynnart came in with an English
Prize, wherein 30. Pipes of Canary, and some other Merchandises.
Also, the Captain who commands the Leopold Frigat, took another,
bound for St Mal[unr]es, which had some coarse Clothes, and other Commodities.