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From Saturday
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LTTERS from Vienna of
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the 8th advise, that the Trea-
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ty with the Venetians is at
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last concluded, except a se-
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eret Article or two about
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verona, which is to be ad-
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justed by it self. The Trea-
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ty is an Allyance offensive
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defensive; to that the Emperor will be ob-
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tained to assist the Venetians with all his Forces,
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cafe the Turks carry on the war.
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All our Advices from Levant speak of
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the prodigious Preparations of war which the
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Turks make in all their Ports, which not only
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alarms the Venetians, but all the Italian Prin-
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tes especially the Pope, and the King of Sicily
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and we do not see that any of the rest of them
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can make any great resistance if the Turks
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should attack them with a considerable Force
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They talk of renewing the Treaty at Bruns-
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wick, for accommodating the difference among
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the Northern Princes, but those Things are to
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dilatory, that little Good is to be expected
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from them.
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They write from Dantzick of the 18th of
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December, that the Czar of Muscovy has been
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at the point of death, which has put all things
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on that side, to a stand, The Saxon Forces in
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found
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with so
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much vigour, not withstanding the
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of the
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season, that unless the Turks openly appear to
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their assistance, it is thought they Will be ob-
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liged to lay down their Arms, and Submit not-
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withstanding their great numbers. They are
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at present retired to Volhinta; but the Saxons
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having make themselves Masters of the strong
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City of zamosk, which they took by surprize,
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it is thought they would retire farther.
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They write from Copenhagen, that the
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Swedes in S honen had formed a design to march
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over the Sound upon the Ice with 12000 Men,
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which has put them into a great consternation,
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and several thousand Men are Continually em-
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ployed to break the Ice, but it freezes with
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such violence, that it is impossible to keep it
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open; however the King being arrived, and
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all the Troops drawn together that were at
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hand, People begin to be more easie.
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They write from Cologn. that the extremity
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of the Cold has destroyed a world of people in
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the lower Germany, and which is worse, the
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Wolves appear in great Troops, and that so
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boldly, that they come even to the Gates of
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that City, and have destroyed a great many
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people an that Country.
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Since our last, we have two Mails from Hol-
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land; how they came over, God knows, they
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bring Letters from the Hague of the 27th and
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21st, with an account that the states General,
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notwithstanding the just exceptions they had
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against the Proceedings of the Elector of Co-
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logn, and upon which they had resolved not to
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evacuate the Citadel of Liege and the Castle of
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Huy, and notwithstanding their resolution not
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to consent to the Grant made by the Emperor
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to the Elector Palatine of the Dutchy of Lim-
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bourgh, which as they alledged, was directly
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contrary to, and inconsistent with the Bar-
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rier Treaty, yet that they have not thought fit
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to delay the Ratifications of the said Treaty
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but that the several Provinces having
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their consent to the said Treaty, the Ratificati-
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ons have been dispatch'd to Antwerp to be
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exchag'd in due Form.
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These Letters add that the Elector of Cologn
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has made some proposals to the States to mol
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lify them a little as to the affront offer'd them
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at Bodm, and for the evacuation of the Citadel
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of Liege, has offer'd to abate that Article, which
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obliges the States to demolish a new Fort ere-
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cted night against Maestrick, which the States
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were very loth to part with, and which it is
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believed they will now be very well pleased
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with, so that it is hoped those Matters may be
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amicably ended.
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They wait with great impatience for the next
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Letters from Copenhagen, where it is expected
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the Sweedes should make some very desperate
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attempt; and as they say, that the Sound is so
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frozen that even cannon may be drawn over
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it, it is not doubted but the King of Sweeden
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if
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hand, which it is said
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he has; they are also very unekly on that dis-
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count on the Main Land, not doubting but
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that the Swedes will ravage Just and, if possi-
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ble. The Danish army being all it Romeren,
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they have but very few Troop at Copenha-
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gen, and which is worse, their Fleet has not
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been able to clear itself of the Ice, for but that
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it may be burnt easily, as if it lay in a River.
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Letter from Vienna of the
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, that
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the Preparation for War with the Turks go
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on as much as ever, notwithstanding in Hill re-
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mains doubtful whether that War will be en-
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tred upon or not. The Emperor has shewn
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great dissatisfaction at the Proceedings in Po-
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merania; and they talk of new Alliances to be
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entred into for the re-instating the Swedes in
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them German Dominions: But chose Things
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seem to be too late to mention now, and the
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Proceedings of that kind will be very much in-
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fluenc'd by the Life or Death of the Czar of
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Muscow, who they continue to say, lies very ill
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at Petersburgh, and not likely to recover.
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Several Dutch Merchant ships homeward
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bound are come into our Ports, having attempt-
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ed, but in vain, and with great hazard to get
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into their Ports, which are now entirely block'd
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up with Ice some of them are gone into Har-
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wich, and other are gone into the Humber.
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Letters from Rome give long Accounts of
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the Joy and the Feasts that have been made by
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the Families concern'd on account of the pope
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