Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 edition. Excerpt: ... mitted the lord Morley and Monteagle to the Tower for granting a protection to a person and not registring it in the house according to the order of the house. The same day the king dined with the lord Rochester at Twittnam. Forreign letters say, king James has formed the Irish into 4 regiments, which came from Limrick and Cork: one for the prince of Wales, the 2d under the duke of Berwick, a 3d under Fitzjames, and the 4th under Sarsfeild. Said, several ladies were cast away in the ship mentioned in the Gazet, goeing from Cork to Brest. Forreigne letters say, the French lost at the seige of Montmelian, one collonel, 3 captains, 300 private soldiers, and had 600 wounded; and there are letters say the duke of Savoy is made governour of Millain. Wrote from Flanders, that a body of French marched to the Sluyce of Grignon, between Namur and Charleroy, and destroyed it, and were advancing towards Charleroy, but the frost breaking they were hindred: the discourse there is, the French king will be in, Flanders by the beginning of February, and beleived they would attaque Namur or Leige. Four privateers have lately taken 8 merchant ships, and carried them into port. Wrote from Smirna, divers French officers were arrived there in order to joync Teckeley, and command some of his troops on the borders of Transylvania; and 14 Jesuites were arrived there, goeing to China through Turky and Persia by land. Wrote from Bristoll, that one of the kings men of warr, a convoy to the transport ships from Ireland, with 2 regiments of horse and 2 of foot, mett of the Lands End a French privateer of 14 guns and 150 men, which she took and brought into port. From Scotland, that one of our frigats had taken of Aberdeen a French privateer of 10 guns, 8 patereroes, ..
