MRP: 5th December 1653, Letter from Mr. Ch. Longland to secretary Thurloe

5th December 1653, Letter from Mr. Ch. Longland to secretary Thurloe

Source: Vol. viii. p. 263

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20/12/11, CSG: Created page & posted letter

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Letter

Leg. 5 Dec. 1653. [N. S.]

Honored sir,

The Dutch here hav bin very hygh upon the arryval of theyr great fleet from the Sound, but this week they ar at a very low eb by the great storm happening on theyr coast, wherin themselves report (according to their usual modesty in relating theyr own losses) that they hav lost eleven of theyr best ships and two thousand men. Twenty other ships ar missing, and forty have cut theyr masts by the board. We shal from Ingland with the next letters hav a more true relation of it. The stars in their courses fought against Sisera. 'Tis a greater mercy to Ingland, that the enemy is destroyed by the hand of heaven, then by their own strength and prowes. I hope this los wil mak the Duch more fre in theyr treaty, that a good peace may be firmly setled, wherof if they giv no other assurance then theyr bonds or oathes, it will be of smal vallue.

The inclosed is what cam from Rom; you wil se I have found out a man of abillity and quallity, able to do the bisnes you desyre: now it only remaynes, that if you pleas to giv me order, what to proffer him for his weekly correspondence, I shal do it. As I hav formerly writ you, thes Itallians will not stand to curtesy; they wil know what they shal hav, before they begin theyr work, and part of it they wil hav before-hand. Al the citty of Rom are very shy of Ingland; so I beliv he wil not correspond further then this place. You se this abbot is able to giv you any advis, that Rom can afford; wherfor you may pleas to propound a pension, according to your expectation and the quallity of the person: which is al I hav at present. I am,

Honored sir,

your humble and faithful servant,

Charles Longland.