hither by a man of Warr of ours, The two French
Captains la Lande, and the others and their Leivtenants that
were taken by de [unr] arrived here the 21 of May. Who
were transported by Captain Levi on the side of the Hooft,
and were there put into a merchant ship, who brought them
into the Texel, these Officers upon command of the Lords
of the Admiralty are lodged, a few Chamber in the Goalers
house, no friends of theirs are permitted so speake with them;
in the meane while their Commissions and papers are examined.
Young Tromp is at Sea to keep a long the French
Coasts.
From the Hague, 28 May.
The French Embassador, Lord Thou, should have delivered
the Answer of his Master to the States General on Saturday
last. Don Steven de [unr] is expected here to marrow.
Dun John of Austria is [unr] to the Campe.
From the Swedish head-quarters Qauiehest,
of the 27 of May, 1657.
Tomorrow, God willing his Majesty intendeth to go to
the Hungarian leaguer, and upon the transaction and agreement
made touching the evacuation of the garrison of Cracovia,
which is to be surrendrzd to the Hungarians. He is to
take a dinner of the Transylvanian Prince Ragotsky. The
Rumor that hath bin spread abroad concerning the field Marshall
Wittenburgh, that he hath bin carried away from Samoisei,
and transported to an other fortress called Camines
Podolsky, is most false, in regard that a certain Pole came
hate yesterday from Samoisei who made an escape from
thence and brought Le[unr]ers to his Majesty from Canterstein,
where by it appeareth that there is no such matter, but that
the said Field Marshall with the rest of the Swedish Lords
do continue there still. The same Pole relateth also that there
is a great mutiny and dissention at this present amongst the
Poles, and that divers have torn their standards into pieces,
and run away, and that the Polonish Generals had kept the
rest together and were gone with them into Lithuania. He
to[unr]akth also, that Chimlinsky, the Cossacks Generall, is fallen