2

his Interest at Adrianople has sent an
Express to acquaint the port of the Last Re
Solutions in his Councell to fall upon the Empire
and to Signify that his fforces have taken
2 Important Towns in fflanders of Dixmuy
den and ffurness and that the enemy by opening
the Sluices of Newport Incommoded their -
own people more then in Cutting off the Commu
nication between Dixmuyden and ffurness.

The Letters add that there is
Advice from pigneroll that the Marquess de
Leganez had brought 2 famous Doctors with him
to Consult the Dukes Malady and to press his
Royall Highness to Consent to the Seige of
Dixmuyden and Furness Casall

The Letters add that there is
Advice from pigneroll that the Marquess de Le
gamez had brought 2 famous Doctors with him
to Consult the Dukes Malady and to press his
Royall Highness to Consent to the Seige of Casall
promising that upon the taking of that place the
King of Spain would relinquish the Sovereig
nty of the Town and Adjacent Territories
and to be Contented with onely the Castle and the
Emperor the Cittadell

we hear from Scottland that
a ffrench privatier of 14 guns was come ashoar
by the violence of the weather and the men all
saved

=The Duke of Richmond was
some days ago Marryed to the young Lady
Beclasis widdow of that deceased Lord having
a very considerable fortune

that would Accend to England if either Newport or Ostend should fall into the hands of the
ffrench and therefore they were upon the Advising the king to desire the Spaniards to put
them Into our hands as Cautionary Towns but came to no resolution In that Affaire - the
Earl of Shrewsbury brought in a Bill which was read the ffirst time for an Annuall
Parliament and in Case of Failure the Lord Chancelor or Commissioners