| Title: | Copy Extract, ? To Hartlib, Sent To John Thurloe: |
|---|---|
| Dating: | 4 March 1656. |
| Ref: | British Library Add. MSS 4365 f. 371A-B |
| Notes: | Included in a volume of the Birch Papers, mainly relating to the Swiss Cantons (Add. 4365). The recipients of unaddressed extracts are likely to be either John Pell or John Thurloe. |
[371A]
Extractum Literarum ad Domimun Hartlibium
Parisijs 4. Martij 1656.
Qvi ex Hispania nuper hanc in Aulam apportavit Declarationem Regis Hispaniæ, de Pace generali instituendâ, refert Moros in Regnum Valenciæ Classe appulisse, ac 11350 militum in Terram exposuisse, cui se adjunxerint 2450 voluntariorum, idque duce Warckenheldio qvodam. Occupasse eos qvatuor fortalitia seu Portus, prædamque obvijs in locis magnam egisse. Tormenta eorum bellica numero 12. majora ac 9. campestria, magnum Populis istis Terrorem incussisse. Regem Catholicum mandata argentumque Domino Ioanni Austriaco misisse, qvo se Barbaris illis opponeret. Plerique autem vix credunt, secessum suum Monasterialem illum derelicturum, ut campo Martio iterùm se dedat. Qvicqvid sit, dùm Populi isti Hispaniam turbant, Galli occasionibus rei augendæ in Catalonia hâc æstate proculdubio invigilabunt./.
[371B]
[another hand:] Paris 4th March
1656/
[Hartlib:]
For Mr Secretary
Thurloe.
etc. etc.
these
with my humble
service/
[seal]