MRP: 28th November 1653, Letter from Mr. Charles Longland to secretary Thurloe
28th November 1653, Letter from Mr. Charles Longland to secretary Thurloe
Source: Vol. viii. p. 189.[1]
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Leghorn, 28 Novemb. 1653. [N. S.]
Honoured Sir,
'Tis long since I received any from you, I know you want not many important affaires to detain you from your unnecessary wryting this way. I hear from Holland, the departure of their commissioners for Ingland with ful power and autority to treat and conclud a peace, which God give succes unto, so far as it is for his glory and the good of his piple. Since the late affront and insolency committed by the Duch in this port, we hav not had any of theyr men of war here: that ship is now at Genoa. Last nyght departed this port two Duch merchant ships for Smyrna richly laden; the one of them was the Peregrin, taken in the unhappy engagement in this port. They hav at left half a dozen of theyr ships in several places of Turky, and the French twys as many and twys as rich. I herewith send you the several intelligences from Rom. I shal by degrees I hope bring to pas such advys as you desyre. The most remarkable newes at Rom is, that the emperor, princes, and HansTownes of Germany hav agreed to succour and aid the king of Scots to recover his kingdom and settle him in Britagna. I suppos about this matter, you hav better information from Germany it self; however I humbly desyre you so to represent it to his eccellency, and the state, that it may not be slyhted. The letter itself, that gives me this advys, I herwith send you, that you may be fully informed of this bisnes as much as I know. You wil lykwys see, that I hav brouht Mr. Whyt to a fair way to get me such a correspondent at Rom as you desyre, but ther is no hopes, that he wil correspond (or any) farther then this place, wher I shal carefully recapitat ther advises, and weekly send them to you. I hav had some advys from good hands in Holland (besyds what I hav seen here writ to other men, and more particularly by one Mewes from the Hague) that their king's affaires wer never more hopeful then at present, pretending the great discontents in Ingland, a large party in Scotland in the Hyhlands of ten thousand men redy for the field; and this succour from Germany gives lyf to the rest; but I hope a good peace with Holland wil dash al theyr desynes. I am,
Honored sir,
your humble and faithful servant,
- ↑ Thomas Birch (ed.), 'State Papers, 1653: November (3 of 5)', A collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe, vol. 1: 1638-1653 (London, 1742), pp. 591-599. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=55283 Date accessed: 20 December 2011
