Our Magistrates are resolute and for better defence, intend
to pull down the houses commonly called Newgarten, which
stand without the outer Trench of the City, seeing they are
not beheld by us, but may be made use of by the Enemy as
a Receptacle for their Shelter.
In the mean time, mens minds are full of anxiety here within
dores, to think what the Issue may be, for, if we provoke
the Swede by standing out to the utmost, and he afterwards
should happen to prosper, things in all probability would goe
very hard with us. But our Goveruers bid us hope well and
do assure us, that our King Caf[unr] is coming on with great
Forces for our Releefe, and that he is already advanced so
farr as betwixt Warsovia and Thorens and that the Tartars will
assuredly come in to back him.
The King of Sweden, upon news of this, is gone f[unr]om off
hence being returned by the way of Marienbourg; and it is
said, that hee intends to draw most of his Forces into Prof[unr]is,
to make up one entire Body of an Army, because divided they
are not able to match the Polish; so that, it seems, the
Swede purposeth to make King Casimir abide a Darrell, ere he
can make way hither to rele[unr]vous; and if he do not prosper in
it, then the Sweden will return with a renewed force and vigor
upon us.
In the mean time, wee have cause to be jealous the Report
may be true, which faith that the Agreement is absolutely
made by the Elector of Brandenburgh to assist the Swedes with
all his Forces against this place, for , the said Elector hath
made ready many great guns, Mortar pieces, Granadoes,
and other Preparations for siege and Battery; and wee hear,
that hee is every day sitting himself for an Expedition against
us; which very few of our ordinary people will belee[unr], but
the more wealthy and prudent do exceedingly fear.
From Brussels June 17.
The Spaniard being in D[unr]stresse for an Army sufficient to
Deale with the French hath been seeking every way to engage
his subjects as to men and money, and particularly these [unr]
Brabant, who have condescended to a proportion, but with