     L. c. 1029    [Handwriting changes here.]   Thursday Janry 6: 1680         
+The bill for the better Collecting hearth mony was red a second time           
and Comted                                                                      
+The bill for repealing the Act of ye 13th Carolo Secundi for ye bettr          
regulating Corporations red a second time & Comted  A rept was made             
Concerning the Irish plott & how far the Discourse was supprest & the           
witnesses barberously used & the Evidence stifled by sr Jno Davis secretary     
of State &c as also the paper red on wch ye Lds Grounded their resolves         
making it very Evident what Designe hath ben Laid in Ireland (by the            
asistance of ye pope & french King) wch To Introduce popery & macecry           
the prodistans &c Where upon (after sum debate) the house did agree wth         
the Lds In their resolves vidilicett That they are fully satisfied that         
their now is & hath bin a horid popish plott & Conspirecey begun &              
Caried on in Ireland by ye (papists) for masecriing the prodist                 
subverting the prodistant religion & The ancient Establishd Govermt             
their & The house made this farther adition vidt That the duke of york          
being a papist & the Expectation of his coming such to ye Crown hath            
given the greatest Incoridgmt their to as well as to ye horid papist            
plot in England  Caried nemini Contr                                            
+Ordred That ye resolves of this house be Delivered with their reson To         
the Lds att a Conferance                                                        
+Ordrd--That the Informations about the irish plot be printed                   
+Resolvd That Richd Power Earle of Tyrone In Ireland be Impeachd for            
high Treason & Ld Darley Caried itt up & yt the Lds be desird to Committ        
him for that Articles shall follow, & be referd to ye Comte yt are to           
prepare Evidence against the Lds in ye Tower  Adjed &c                          
     L. c. 1030   [Handwriting changes here.]    London January 8th 1680        
+the petition from ye Clothiers victulars &c: who supplyed ye Armey yt          
was disbanded & was pmised paymt when their acco should stated [sic],           
but were never paid wch was referd to ye Comte appointed to receive ye          
accounts of those that were Imployed to disband ye Late Armey:                  
     Mr Barret an absenting member had leave to take his place in ye            
house paying his fees;                                                          
     A message was sent from ye Lds yt they had Appointed this day 7            
night to heare the Impeachmt agt mr Seymr & this house may heare ye             
Cause if they thinke fitt.  upon debate abt Barron weston granting              
habeas Corpus for Sherridon, in regard it did not appeare by the writt          
that this was a Comtmt by ye house ye: debate was let fall wthout any           
ordr: & the seargant left to his liberty to do as he should be advised:         
     ordrd that an addresse be made to his matie for a pclaimation agt:         
some psons for contempt: of ye: house,                                          
     That a Comte be appointed to Enquire wt popish priests are Condemned       
all over ye nation & to rpt: thire oppinion to the house,                       
     a rept of ye Ellection of Queenborrough was made & yt: mr: Glanvill        
was duly Ellected for that place;                                               
     The Comte appointed to draw up the address to his matie have Leave         
to mention ye popish plot in Ireland & ye burning pt of London;                 
+ordr: That ye rept be made on munday morneing Toutching mr Lightons            
Business                                                                        
+Resolved that a Comte doe inspect the Journalls of this house & house          
of Lds & search prsedents, that the Lds ought to Commit all psons               
Impeached by this house;                                                        
     L. c. 1031   [Handwriting changes here.]   London January 18th 1680        
     The point so long in Dispute is att last Decided the plamt being           
Dissolved and a new one to be Called and to sitt att oxford the 21 of           
March next to which purpose a proclamation Is Expected to morrow.  The          
Ld Chancellr was much against itt and desired rather that he might Lay          
Downe the seales then that it should be don  This day 2 petitions for the       
plamts sitting were Carried to whitehall one from Exeter and the other from     
Honiton in Deavonsheere--but as the prsentrs were going to deliver them         
to the King the Duke of Albemarle mett them and told them the Parliament        
was Dissolved as afforesaid                                                     
     This day also upon the dissolution the E: of Salisbury desired his         
mate to grant him one favour who asking what it was his Ldship said that        
his mate would release him from any farther Attendance att Councell to wch      
his mate answeared he never granted any thing more readily in his life          
     This day also a popish priest w[ho?] belonged to the E: of Tyrone          
was taken att whitehall                                                         
     The Ld Sundrland is resigneing his secretaryship and Its said mr           
Dan: Finch will succeed him                                                     
     Sr Tho: Jones is like to be Ld Ch: Justice in Judge Scrogs place           
and mr Saundrs is like to be attorney Genll Sr Creswell Levins Intending        
to lay it downe                                                                 
     Severall psons are Condemned for murther & Burglary att the sessions       
att the old Baylie wch begun yesterday and will End this night  a French        
man Indicted for Burglary refusing to plead was sentenced to be pressed         
to death                                                                        
     Tis said Ld Hallifax or mr Seymr will be made Ld Chancellr  Lettrs         
from Scottland give act that the D. of y: is sick and hath latly been           
lett Blood twice                                                                
     The reason why tis beleived ye Ld Sundrland will be put out is             
because the king passed by him severall times latly and tooke no notice         
of him because he is shut out from Cabinet Councell                             
     I Just now hear that ye pclamation for a Dissolution is recalld but        
sent agn                                                                        
+David FitzGerard a late ireish wittness upon some discontent hath              
Informed the Councell that 3000 L was given to the Ireish wittnesses for        
them to sweare ad infinitum and sevll gent were Interrogated abt it             
last fryday by ye Councell but nothing pved [?] of itt otherwise then by        
FitzGerards asserting it                                                        
     Its said the Terme will be adjourned also to Oxford                        
     L. c. 1032     London January 20th 1680                                    
     The Grand Jury of London upon the Close of ye sessions Last                
Tuesday night told the Court that they had somthing of Importance to            
aquaint them with, and being asked what, They said That the walls of the        
Citty of London were broke downe in sevll places That there wanted Chaines      
and posts in sevll places of the Citty, That souldrs Contrary to the            
Charter of the Citty Marched Through with their drums beating and Collrs        
flying and that it was Convenient that the Citty Guards should be Doubled       
&c: To wch the Recordr answrd that they ought to put what they had to say       
in writeing and to prsent it before the sessions was so nigh Ended it           
being now time they should be Discharged, To wch the forman replyed             
that they might be adiourned to the sessions of peace on fryday att             
Guildhall as other Juryes formerly have been and then they would prsent         
what they had to say in writeing wch was accordingly granted                    
+The Earles of Bridgewater Essex and Radnor Its said Intend to retire           
from Councell & Court, and the Ld Chancell laying downe is still Talked of      
+Writts for Chuseing plamt men are ordrd to be seald on munday and sent         
into the Country                                                                
+Its repted that the K Intends to go a Journey into the north and that          
the next sessions of plamt after oxford will be att yorke                       
+K Richd ye 2d a play, being forbid acting att ye Ks house the Poet put         
the name of Tyrant of Sicily upon it by wch means it was acted twice            
this weeke, but the Cheate being found out it was forbid acting againe          
+Its said that the Guns are ordrd to be removed from off Tower hill into        
ye Tower                                                                        
+The French Cruise on our Coasts wch give cause of Jealouzie                    
+Two lettrs of thankes [about six letters blotted] from Salop & North           
Allerton in yorksheere to their reprsentatives in plamt wth promises of         
Chuseing them againe if they shall be Dissolved wthout Charge.                  
     A petition for setting of ye plamt signed by 6000 hands all in 12          
houres time came hither last night from warricksheere                           
     Severall psons of Quality as well plamt ment as others Dined to day        
behind the Royall Exchange                                                      
+A Commission of oyer & Terminer is Issued out for trying the E: of Tyrone      
     L. c. 1033     [Handwriting changes here.]     Lond: Jan: 25th 80          
+The Ld Ch. Just Scrogs by reason of lre from ye: K. hath not appd this         
term at ye Ks: bench & its believd will not till ye Impeachmt by ye             
Comons agt him is over, Judge weston also absented himselfe yesterday           
saying he was indispos'd but today he appd:                                     
+yesterday sevll writs for chusing plmt men to sit at oxford were seald         
& to night will be sent in to ye Country if a petion sign'd by a                
Considerable number of Lds: & this day prsented to his mate by ye E: of         
Essex to prvent not sending ym  ye p[ur]p[or]t of ye petion is to Lay           
before his mate ye Inconveniencies of the dividing ye plmt from Lond.           
& westmr  his Mate recd ye petion & sd he believed it only ye opinnion          
of some few psons how ever sd he would considr of it;                           
+Sr Wm Waller yesterday seizd sevll arms & Colrs in a private hous in           
westmr & to morrow gives an acct yerof to ye Councell.                          
+yesterday ye Ld: Aston by his Councill movd to have his bail discharged        
but Judge Dolben told ym he wondred at ye unreasonableness of ye motion         
& askd ym if yey: did not rem[ber yt a?] Ld was latly executed for ye           
same crime Aston was accusd of & so den[y]ing him bail                          
     On fryday last mr: Churchill brought an Expresse from Scotld:              
signifying yt: ye D: of y: was very sick wch hath caused rept since yt          
he is dead ye: Confirmation of wch we expect by next post;                      
     The E: of Conway is its sd made Principall secretary of State in           
ye E: of Sundrlands room                                                        
     The: E: of Hallifax yesterday took his leave of his mate desiering         
leave to retire from Cot yt he might show ye wourld yt he was not an            
Enemy to ye Nation nor plmt: sitting wch requesst his Mate granted & he         
is according[ly] gon into ye Country                                            
+The E of Essex wth 2 more Lds: on sunday last desird leave to retire           
from Councill wch: was granted  A Declaration is expected to be publishd        
by his matie wherin he will give assurance for ye doing all things              
possible for quieting ye minds of ye people & wt he will doe in Relation        
to ye D: of Y:                                                                  
     sergt Wright is like to succeed Judge Ellis.  The Ld Eglinton last         
week killd an Inkeep[er] at Doncaster in yorksh & is fled.                      
     The Com: Councill of Oxford have voted yt in Case ye plmt: sitts           
yre no soldr shall be qrtered wthin ye City but yey will keep it for ye         
Cot: & plmt:                                                                    
     L. c. 1034    [Handwriting changes here.]    London 27 January 1680        
+On Tuesday about 4 of the Clock afternoon Sr Robert Payton sent to Mr          
Wms Chamber in Grayes Inn where haveing set his brother in the middle           
of the stayres & one of his ffriends at the bottom he entred the Chamber        
& shewed Mr Wms a pap wch was the speech reported to be spoaken by mr           
Williams to sr Robert when he was expelled the house of Comons & asked          
him whether he own'd it wch mr Wms refuseing to doe sr Robt desired him         
to sett his hand on the back side that it was not his speech wch Mr Wms         
refuseing also sr Robert told him that he must give him sattisfacon  Mr         
Wms asked what Satisfaction he ment to wch sr Robert Answered such as           
became a Gentl & so desired sr Robert to Walk down & as they were goeing        
along the Court mr Wms calld at a Serjants Chamber in Grayes Inn upon wch       
sr Robert & his ffriends ran away  A Warrt was yesterday upon mr Wms his        
Complaint issued out by the Councell for takeing sr Robert who was              
accordingly taken & let goe upon his Parole to app: to morrow before            
the Councell                                                                    
+ffrom Scotland we heare that the D of York was so well as to fight a           
Duell with a Scotch Ld & his Highnesse is wounded in the Shoulder  Most         
of the late Members stand for the places they were lately chose for             
+To morrow a Comon Councell will be held to Consider of the Grand               
Juries petion last sessions                                                     
+The Earles of Maxfield suffolk, & Manchester are discharged from being         
of the Bed Chamber                                                              
The D. of York is still at Edenborrough & expects a Comission from his          
Maty to be Genrall of the forces of that kingdome                               
+The Comisoners of Edenbor are very apprhensive of the danger of Popery         
& have ordered two Companies of the traine Bands to be out every night          
+Wee heare that Coll Russells Comission of the 2d [?] foot Guards was by        
reason of his age yesterday taken away & given to the E of Thanet               
  ffrom Berlin we heare there is such a frost that Eares hands Noses            
are allmost lost                                                                
+On Munday last 4 Highwaymen Robbed sume Gentl beyond Barnett & took            
away their pistoll & Musquetoons                                                
     L. c. 1035     Lond Jan 29 80                                              
     Ltrs from Edinbr: say yt ye D of y is gon 40 miles forward on his          
Journey for Ireld & intends to reside some time at a Hous taken for him         
2 miles off Dublin                                                              
     upon some Disgust given to his mate by ye Ds Players acting plays          
he likd not does intend its sd to take away ye pattent.                         
     Mr Morris Fitzerald & mr Downing 2 Irish witnesses have recanted           
yr evidence its supposd by ye Instigation of David Fitzgerald & yr              
charges of coming hither are ordrd to be pd ym & yey to return to Ireld         
     Sr Robt Peyton was yesterday before ye Councill where mr Wms made          
oath yt Sr Robt challengd him in his chambr upon wch Sr Robt was comted         
to ye Towr but on Tuesday will Its thought & be baild & will next               
sessions be tryd upon ye stat agt Duells                                        
     Mr Sheridon Threatens to bring his acon agt Judge Raymond for              
refusing him bayl wn he was Comted by ye H of Comons.                           
     This day mr Darnell movd for a heas Corpus for Sr Robt: Peyton &           
mr Saundrs for ye E of Tyrone & ye keep[er]s of ye sevll prisons are            
ordrd to bring ye Cau[se of?] ye Comitmt on Tuesday & yn it is to be            
argued [whether] yey are bailable or no.                                        
     This day came lrs from Scotld wch give acct yt ye D hath 4000 highlandrs   
assignd him for his guard yt A proclacon is publishd for banishing all          
ye Schollrs yt were concernd in burning ye Pope & affronting ye D. of y         
& yt yr friends do not recieve ym & ye Colledge gates are shutt up.             
     The Com Councill sat not yesterday ye Ld Mayr being not well               
     There is a discours of a vision apping to Eliz. Freman of Hatfield         
charging her to go to ye K & tell him yt ye Royall blood woud be poisond        
ye 15 of May & so bid him not remove ye plmt to Oxford  she made Affidt         
before Sr Jos. Jourdan wch is believd only a sham.                              
      This week ye Complainants agt ye E. of Carlisle were heard before         
ye K & councill & his mate promisd redrsse                                      
     sevll [?] of ye aforsd Scotch Schollrs hath been whipt thro Edinbr         
by ye Hangman for ye aforsd [illegible six-letter word]                         
+Sr Rich How is prosecuting a linen Drap in Cornhill for repting he hath        
been seen at masse                                                              
+The Elecon for this City will be on fryday & for Southwark for wch             
place Sheriff Bethell now stands                                                
+Just Warcup hath taken ye Depositions of ye Irish witnesses yt are not         
fallen away & his mate hath promisd ym full pardon                              
     L. c. 1036     [Handwriting changes here.]     London Feb: 1st 1680        
     Christopher Wren ye Ks. surveyr is going Down to oxon to ppare             
convenient Lodgings for ye Court agt ye 21. of march                            
     Its Said yt 6 new Lds are Suddenly to be created 4. of wch are Sr          
Lionell Jenkens mr Seymr mr Hide mr Nowell ye Ld Camdens Son                    
     The Elecon of Amersham in Bucks is over and Sr Wm Drake & mr Cheyny        
are returned Duely chose                                                        
     Severall Lds and others have already pvided Lodgings att oxford            
pticular ye E. of Bridgwater is gon or going Downe hither                       
     The King is againe retrenching ye Expences of his houshold &               
servants wages                                                                  
     This day Sr Robt Peyton was brought to ye Kings bench Bar and Baild        
by mr Spencer & philipson two membrs of the plament and he is to appeare        
ye first day of ye next Terme                                                   
     The E. of Plymouths body was privatly buried ye last weeke att westmr      
     The next weeke ye King goes to Winsor                                      
     The Ld Mayr Continues Still Indisposed  however ye Elecon hols on          
Fryday & Its beleived ye former membrs Will be chose againe for this Citty      
     Lrs from Scotland give acct of ye D. of Y being att Sterling yr            
haveing arisen severall Differences betwixt sevll of ye Scotch nobillity        
Toutching ye Royall highness, ye Dutch: of Y: is Indisposed                     
     Sr Wm Robts & mr Midleton are the 2 men like to be Chose for Midx          
Tho: mr Gerard & mr Ramton Stand also                                           
     The E. of Pembrook was latly att Tilbury and Treated sevll of ye           
officers there & its Said is now InCognito abt London Expecting his pdon        
to be pasd                                                                      
     Tis Sd P. Hanover Courts ye Lady Ogle                                      
+The Guards abt Towne have ordr to march to oxford ye first of March, It        
computed yt ye Charge of his maties removall to oxford will amount to           
4000 L                                                                          
+Its fresh discoursd of ye Dutch of Plymouths going for france                  
     Sr Wm Poultny is made foreman of ye Grand Jury of westmr wch               
Infallibly brings him & Sr Wm Tooker who joyne together to be Chose             
membrs for yt place                                                             
     L. c. 1037     London February 3d 1680                                     
     From Herefordsh we heare yt Justice Pyt [?] meeting wth one                
Bodenham who was outlawd for being a Papist & Charging him to Surrendr          
himselfe Bodenham swore G. Dam him he would not & wth a bell he had in          
his hand Cutt ye Justice into ye scull of wch he is since dead &                
Bodenham is fled                                                                
     From Scotland we heare yt just before ye D of Ys Departure from            
sterling 2 Companies of foot had gott into ye plmt Close upon wch ye            
Citty Traind bands rose & threatned to Cutt off every man unless they went      
out againe.  Thereupon application was made to ye D. of Y: to comand            
them to come out againe who accordingly Did but as they were marching by        
ye Traind Bands maine Guard a souldr Called a sentinell of ye Traind Bands      
Rebell & Knockd him Downe wth his muskett upon wch the Capt of ye maine         
Guard Came out & Knockt ye souldr Down & Cryed arme arme & shutt ye Gates       
but ye souldrs running recovered ye Gate & so Gott away.  The Lrs add           
farther that ye souldrs are readmitted into ye Colledges                        
     Lrs from Ireland give acct that a Fr ship latly Landing att Limrick        
prtending to bring Fr Comodities was in ye night observed to Land sevll         
barrells of Powder & armes & Lodge them in Popish houses wch upon Notice        
were all seized                                                                 
     Alderman Backwell & mr Hamden are Chose for wendovr in Bucks               
     From Paris we heare yt a Greate Disturbance happned there caused by        
a Difference between a prot. minister & a Jesuite ye latter falling upon        
ye former when he could not Confound him by Argument & sevll psons of           
both oppinions Taking ye pt of Each but ye Disturbance was att last             
appeased by ye wisdome of some magistrates who Interposed                       
     6 new Informations are come from Staffordsh wch Confirme all yt            
Dugdale hat Said                                                                
     One mr Hamilton a scotch schollr is Imprisoned att Edinbr for Saying       
yt shuting ye Colledges was a way to Introduce popery & that they were          
more Concerned att burning ye pope then if itt had been our Savr  Major         
Drumond is also sumoned to appeare in 8 dayes upon paine of Confiscation        
of his Goods being accused to have spoaken words to ye Same Effect              
     Coll Kirk is made Governor of Tangier in ye roome of Coll Sackvill         
who is Coming home, he goes thither next weeke.                                 
+The 4 Justices of peace who Tooke ye Ireish wittnesses Exacon gave an          
acct thereof yesterday to ye Councell                                           
+Sevll Hogsheads of F. wine were yesterday Stavd att ye Custom house &          
ye maid who had ye vision appear to her in Hatfield was yesterday before        
ye King.                                                                        
+The people of Edinbr Talke of a plamt Suddenly to be held there & ye           
D. of Y: will be Ld Comr.                                                       
+A vessell latly landed in Ireland wth some Great pson who is suspected         
to [come] thither as Nuncio from ye pope                                        
+The Grand Jury of westmr this day prsented ye Kings horse & foot Guard s       
as a Nusance declaring yt he ought to have none but ye yeoman of ye Guards      
     L. c. 1038     [Handwriting changes here.]    London Feb: 5th 1680         
     His matie hath appointed Sr Stephen Fox (who will its Said be made         
a Ld.) to paide [?] for his matie meat & Clothes and allows him 12000 L         
a yeare to Defray ye Charge                                                     
+Its Discoursd yt ye E. of Feversham is to be made a Duke & yt he will          
be Genll of ye forces abt Towne During his maties Residence att oxford          
     Sevll psons are already chose membrs for ye Ensuing plmt but tis           
too Teadious to mention in my Lettr ye pticulars but few or none spend          
money                                                                           
+mr Hamden latly Chose for Wendover being in F: is fallen Sick there            
   mr Hide is to be made E: of Plymouth                                         
+Sr George Strode is to Succeed Judge Ellis                                     
     Judge Scroggs will not go ye Circuit this Time  ye home Circuit            
begins on Tuesday after Terme & all the Circuits will be over by march          
yt ye Judges may be att oxford wth ye plmt                                      
     8 Ireish wittnesses are ordrd to go to ye Attorney Genll & Give in         
their Evidence agt Plunkett Archbishop of Ireland who is to be tryed            
next sessions                                                                   
     Southwark Elecon is put off till wensday                                   
     On Thursday was a tryall at ye Ks bench bar abt 3000 L p an of             
Jesuites lands latly discovd & ye Cot not agreing how to transfer ye            
title to ye K ye Cause was adjd.                                                
     The E. of Tyrone petiond for a heas Corpus but was refusd being            
Comted for high treason.                                                        
     His Matie hath sent to Oxford to desire he may have Corpus Christi         
Christchurch University Colledge for his apartmt & he will send ye Ld           
Chambrleyn to ppare ym.                                                         
     The formr membrs being yesterday chose for Lond & ye pticlars in           
print I shall not trouble you wth ym.                                           
     The P. of Orange hath hangd up ye Ld Schutembr in Effigies he being        
fled for Indeavring to betray a place of Import to ye Portugall K. The          
Question being whethr ye States Genll shoud recieve ye H. of Orange as          
Stadtholdr or a private Gentleman  it was carryd for ye latter.                 
     L. c. 1039     [Handwriting changes here.]    London Feb 8th 1680          
     On Satturday a Gent. coming into majr Parrys house in St Giles whose       
Daughter he was to marry & laying his pistols on ye Table ye young Lady         
Tooke one of them up not Thinking itt was charged & Jestingly sd have at        
you sr upon wch ye pistoll went off & Killd ye young Gent & she is fled         
     This day one Atwood a popish priest was tryed att ye Ks Bench bar          
& was found Guilty                                                              
     On Thursday are ye Elecons for southwark & westmr  as for ye 1st           
I canot say who will be chose but for ye latr undoubtedly sr wm waller          
& Poultney                                                                      
     Atwood ye priest will be sentenced on Thursday  Sr Creswell Levins         
being to be made a Judge sr Robert Sawyer will succeed him                      
     Capt Bury Imprisoned in ye Ks bench on ye D. of Bucks acct was last        
satturday discharged at ye Ks. bench barr no body appearing agt him             
     4 Schollrs of Kathr Hall in Cambridge haveing Comitted A Robbery           
near Royston 3 of them are taken & Imprisond att Cambridge & ye 4th in          
Chelinsford                                                                     
+Dr Onslow is made Dean of Exeter in ye roome of Dr Carey deceased              
+ye King having granted ye provostsp of Eaton Colledge to mr waller ye          
poet ye Arch Bishop of Cantr & London petitioned ye K & Councell on             
fryday last urging yt it ought to be bestowed upon ye Clergy, & the             
farther hearing is adjd till the 14th Inst                                      
+ye Elecons multiplie apace in all pts of England                               
   The Ld Mayr Continues so sick that they already Talke as if Sr Robt          
Clayton should Govern ye Citty of London for ye remaining part of ye            
yeare Tho. others Talke its ye right of Sr Tho: Allen ye oldest Aldrman         
   upon ye plmt of Englands Resolving that there is a Hellish plot              
Carryed on in Ireland by ye papists sevll Considerable Ireish papists           
are gon to ye Ld Bretton [?] in france its Guest wth a designe to bring         
over ye french to Invade Ireland                                                
+We heare of A popish priest converted upon Disputing wth an Appothecary        
of oxford.                                                                      
     ye Ld Sundrland has left ye Court                                          
     L. c. 1040     London Feb: 10th 1680                                       
     The Hangings and woolpacks went down on Tuesday to Oxford                  
     This day Sr Richd How and Capt Rich mr Smith & Sherriffe Bethell           
appeared in southwark to be chose Burgesses for that place  for ye 2 last       
ye D. of Bucks & other psons of Quallity appeared but neither pty yielding      
itt they went to ye poll hous in horsly Down and are now a polling              
     Sr Wm Waller & sr Wm Poultney appearing this day in Tuttle fields          
to be chose for westmr one mr Tufton sett up agt them but few appearing         
for him he yielded it to them                                                   
     This day Atwood ye priest was sentenced to be Drawn hangd & qrtrd          
     Sr Creswell Levins hath his writt of Sergt to morrow and goes              
oxford Cercuit A Judge                                                          
     Judge scroggs had this week a paper from his mate not to meddle            
any more as Judge till farther ordr he having hitherto officated & a            
serjt will be Joyned wth Barron Weston for ye home Cercuit                      
     The Kings Guards ye bill is found against by ye Grand Jury of Westmr       
     The Ireish wittnesses are removed from westmr into ye Citty for            
security                                                                        
     The D. of Y. is returned from Sterling to Edinbr  mr Hamilton ye           
Schollr is Discharged                                                           
     The Great Gun Called ye Long Meg being over Charged by Capt ward           
Att Edinbr went off Broake in peices & Did Considerable Damages                 
     A Gent yesterday being a Birding att Islington as he went over a           
Ditch his peice went off & Killed him                                           
     The Queen Goes to winsor ye beginning of ye next month where she           
will stay During ye Courts being att oxford only sometimes step over            
thither, The King will pass sometime att Burford in horse Raceing & hath        
Its sd ordrd ye maids of Honr to ye Queens allowance [?] to be taken off        
+Lrs from Ireland say yt ye D. of Ormond hath sent ordrs to ye Commissionrs     
of Array in Each County to watch when they shall see occasion                   
     L. c. 1041     Lond Feb: 12. 80                                            
     The Ld Mayr continues still very ill.                                      
     The Poll is not yet ended in southwark nor can I tell you who are          
like to be chose.                                                               
     The Attorney Genll was this day made a Serjt and afterwards Took           
his place as a Judge                                                            
     The Hattfield maid hath been againe before the King & Councell and         
was advised by them to go home and repent her of her Melancholy delusion        
     A fire hapned last night at yey starrs in ye strand but by care was        
Imediatly quenched                                                              
     From Scotland we heare yt ye D. of y: is returned to Edinbr that he        
is uncertaine whither he shall remaine there or at sterling & yt ye             
Dutches is Indisposed                                                           
   A pclamacon will Its sd be suddenly brought to ye prsse for removing         
ye Terme to Oxford                                                              
                      [Handwriting changes here.]                               
     Letter advice from scotld sth yt ye D. of y was forcd by a great           
snow to return to Linlithgow where he dind wth ye E. of yt place & ye           
town psnted him wth his freedom in a gold box                                   
     A fire latly hapned on ye key of Bristoll wch being quenchd by             
some seamen after 3 houses were burnt [ye] town gave ym 4 L a man               
     Sevll women yesterday attending ye Councill abt ye freedome of ye          
Algier Slaves Sr Tho playr gave act of how much money he had recd for           
ye ppos[e &?] desird he might name ye 31st to be redeemd [?] wch was            
granted                                                                         
     The Span Embr hath desird leave to raise 2000 men here for defence         
of ye poshere [?] wth pmise of good pay                                         
     Dr Oates allowance is retrenchd to 40 s a week                             
     Fitzgerald yesterday accusd Dennis before ye councill of being             
subornd to swear agt ye Q & D. of y upon wch ye K was very severe wth           
him & ordrd him to wthdraw                                                      
     Another irish witnesse desird mony to carry him back he having             
discovd all he coud but it was denyd                                            
     All ye studts of Oxford undr ye Degree of mr of art are ordrd to           
retire to yr frends to make room for ye Cot                                     
     4 Troops of ye E of Oxford regmt & 6 Compas of foot are ordrd to           
be qrterd near Oxford by ye 1st of March.  80000 L is latly come from           
portugall being pt of ye Qs Dowry                                               
     L. c. 1042     [Handwriting changes here.]     London Feb 15th 1680        
     An Indictmt is prferd in ye Crown office agt mr smith ffor                 
printing ye noble Peers speech                                                  
     Ben: Harris is Clapd up close prisoner in the Kings Bench & the            
Keeper Thereof Threatned yt he shall pay Harris ffine if he lets him            
go abroad                                                                       
     The Grand Jury of westmr have found a bill of subornation agt              
David FitzGerard & others                                                       
     yesterday Just. Warcup sent a lettr to mr Edrington to bring in ye         
Ireish wittnesses that had retracted their Evidence upon wch he went            
to thire Lodgings but they wth Fitzgerald did all absent themselves             
     The Election for Southwark ended this day and ye 2 old membrs are          
pclaimed duely Elected and ye old membrs are Comonly chose in all places        
     A Lre was Last week sent to P Rupts booksellr to Deliver to ye P           
ye purport whereof was yt ye King and he should not goe to oxford because       
they would be waylaid to be Killd                                               
     one psons a priest being taken sometime since & baild because              
nobody accused him is now accused to be a priest by a woman of                  
Harfordsh to whome he was ghostly father he haveing got her wth Child           
and not allowing her money Enough to Keep itt and warrants are Issued           
for Taking him                                                                  
     Tis sd Judge scrogs hath his Quietus                                       
+On satturday ye Grand Jury of westmr made above a 100 prsentments and          
among ye rest prsented ye Inhabitants of Midx for being Disorderly att          
westmr Election but It being only in Genll ye Judges sd yt it was not           
Authentique                                                                     
     Singe was This day Taken by Dangrfield in Cheap side upon suspiccon        
of being a priest & comitted to newgate                                         
     A Rule of Court was made on Satturday for Execution of Atwood              
     They Talk as if ye marriage of P. Hanover wth ye Lady Anne was             
upon conclusion                                                                 
     All ye oranges of Barmoodes are spoiled by a late blast of wind            
     mr withers of ye Kings Chappell was buried last satturday night in         
westmr Abbey haveing left 1700 L to build Almes houses behind St James          
park & Knights bridge                                                           
+The Dutches of portsouths steward went this morning to oxford to pvide         
lodgings for her which Contradicts her going to france, Its sd ye King          
Intends after he goes hence not to returne till October.  A fire hapned         
last sunday night in a vessell neare wapping wch by ye helpe of ye wind         
Burnt yt & two more                                                             
     L. c. 1043     London Feb 17th 1680                                        
     Atwood the Priest who was to Dye to morrow is repreived for 10 daies       
     Middx Elecon is to be this day fortnight                                   
     The Assistants of ye Artillery Compa mett this day where sr Jo:            
Sheldon pduceing a lettr from his mate to continue ye old officers upon         
wch Itt was put to the vote & carryed in ye affirmative for agreeing wth        
ye Kings Lettrs not above 5 or 6 disenting                                      
     On satturday ye D. of M: went for Chichester where Arriveing att           
night, was mett by 400 Gent on horsback among wch were ye Two membrs            
and Conducted into ye Town 80 young men Carrying Torches being Clad in          
white Stockings drawers & Doublets & black Caps                                 
     Its sd now yt ye Terme will be Kept here & half of ye Judges to            
attend itt & ye other half ye plmt att oxford                                   
     we heare from Oxford of a Disturbance latly there between ye               
university & Town ye latter having omitted ye usuall offering of a peny         
once a yeare to ye former who had prswaded the Charter when it was formerly     
forfeited by ye Townsmens having Killd 63 Schollrs                              
     Sherridon yesterday Attended the Councell being accused by fitzgerald      
to be concerned in ye Ireish plot but ye hearing that mattr was adjd            
     Mr Downeys Pattent for being viscount Down in Ireland and mr               
Altham Amslys (ye Ld Privey Seals 2d son) for being Barron of Altham            
are passing                                                                     
     The Ld Herbert will be chose for Gloster sergt Lile laying down be         
cause he is old                                                                 
     3 or 400 L was last fryday taken out of a Carriers pack as he was          
in his Inne at Redburn on ye road                                               
     60 of ye Ks Qs & Ds guards are ordrd for oxford on ye 1st of May           
Coll Legs regmt of foot are yr to be qrterd at Thame [?] & yn ye Ks             
goods go down by water                                                          
     The Councill yesterday debted abt ye p[ro]vos[tshi]p of Eaton & ye         
further debte adjd                                                              
     A Comte of Councill sits to day abt Algers Slaves                          
     A Dr of Caius Colledge in Cambridge hath writ a book to prove yt ye        
K hath a right to chuse a membr for each place in Engld.                        
     Singe attends ye Councill to morrow                                        
     mr wm being chose at Chester will its thought be chose Speakr agn          
     Bonus one of ye Ds guards drinking in ye D. of Ys health last week         
in Harfordsh a Gent run him thro ye thigh upon wch Bonus drew his               
sword & had killd him had he not dogd his life                                  
      L. c. 1044    [Handwriting changes here.]   London Feb: 19th 1680         
     Lrs from Admall Harbert of ye Mediterranian Seas advise that               
he crusing between Tangier and Algier mett wth 3 Algier Pirate ships            
one of wch was Their Admall wch he Tooke & Carried in to Canarys.  ye           
Admall whose name is Canary & his men are prisonrs  he sunk a nother of         
them & the Third made her Escape into Algier--but ye aforesd Exploit was        
Efected wth very Little loss of our men or Damage to our Ships. ye              
Admall himselfe not being Hurt                                                  
+Capt Gwider of the Bone Adventure upon Complaint of the Dutch Embassadr        
that he had tooke a Galliott Hoy of Amsterdam both he and his men were          
brought by the Marshall to the Vice: Admirallty to London and committed         
to the Marshallsea and was Yesterday tryed by the Cot of Admiralty by           
Order of his Matie for fellony and Piracy and after long heareing of            
the Cause by sixty psons constituted as Judges they were all acquitted.         
+It is sd that the Retrenchmt of the Expences of his Maties househould          
is now confirmed and begins the day that his Matie setts forward for            
Oxford  his Chaplains Dyet is already taken away As alsoe the Maides of         
Honour who in Leiu thereof are to have the allowance of the Groomes of          
the Bedchamber.                                                                 
+Letters from Holland say that Eight grt ffly: boates with a Man of Warr        
comeing into the Maze laden wth Salt by the arise of a Suddaine Storme          
five of them were cast away the rest of them Escapeing with grt                 
difficulty.                                                                     
+On Thursday last it was privately discoursed at Darby house by the             
Cot of Admiralty that the Duke of Yorke will suddainly come for                 
England and it is Ordered that the Mary Yatch be speedily fitted and            
sent into Scotland but whether for his comeing or not was not menconed          
+The Old members will stand for the County of Dorsett but the Old members       
for Dorcester refuse now to stand wherefore two others were chosen in           
their roome wthout any charge                                                   
+Sr Willm Emley and Edwerd Johnson Esqr is returned duly elected for            
the Devices in Wiltshire by the Magestrates but the Commonalty stand for        
Sr Giles Hungerfeild and John yooles Esqr there late members                    
+ffrom Venice we have acct that there hapned lately an Hurricane which          
spoyled all theire grounds broke down severall houses and kill'd many           
people                                                                          
+Mr Dugdale last Councell day acquainted them that he was to attend the         
Assizes at Stafford to which end desired he might have money to defray his      
charge and a guard for his pson and he was referred to the Attorny              
generall to take care for him                                                   
     L. c. 1045    [Handwriting changes here.]   London Feb: 22th 1680          
     This morning Judge Atkins and Sr Creswell Levins tooke their Leave         
of ye King and are Gon ye oxford Cercuit                                        
     his matie hath made Henry Ld Hutton Earle of Ballemount in Ireland         
+The Present Ld Mayr and Sr John Downey are both againe Elected membrs          
for Pontfract in yorkshire although ye former was most strongly opposed         
by Sr John Key                                                                  
+notwthstanding ye Great oppossition that was made agt Sr Francis               
Winington att worcester we heare that he is againe Elected their                
reprsentative for that place                                                    
+Two men of warr are already fitted for Algiers to fetch there the              
English Captives and his matie has ordrd that out of wtsoever County the        
money for that purpose is gathered those that are Captives there of             
that County shall be first Redeemed                                             
+In psuance to his maties ordr yesterday ye Guns on Tower hill was begun        
to be removed the Brass ones into ye Tower & ye Iron ones to woolage            
     yesterday ye Barmooda Compa had a Tryall before the Councell               
Concerning ye oppression of ye Governor sr John Haddon who was ordrd            
to be sent for over to make his defence                                         
     Sr John Knight & Sr Robt Atkins stand for Bristoll as before agt           
sr Robt Hart mayr & mr Earle and Its said the former has given the              
freedom of that place to many on Purpose to have their voices                   
     The Ld Juras E. of Feversham is made Ld Chamberline to the Queen           
& ye Ld Lumbly is made mr of Her matie [?] horse in his stead                   
     yesterday ye Ld Sandois being appointed Embasdr for Turkey was             
met by sevll of ye Compa att ye Affrican house and there prsented wth a         
Great Gift of Gold after wch was accompanyed wth sevll of those membrs          
to Greenwich where he went on bord ye oxford Friggett in ordr to his            
Embassy                                                                         
+mr Whittle one of his maties Cururgions dyed on sunday last and                
yesterday mr James Molins was sworn in his Stead                                
     L. c. 1046     London 24th Feb 1680                                        
     On Fryday last Prince Rupt pasing thro ye Horse Guard as he came           
out of st James Park took notice that they were all french men sons [?]         
when they are upon ye Guard comonly Gett together as they were abt that         
time in abt ye number of 20. talking [?] in their Mother Tongue the             
Prince being Dissatisfied Concerning itt, Imediatly went to ye King,            
Telling him that as he came thro ye horse Guard they were all french            
men, & admired his matie was Guarded by french men, when he might have          
English men Enough Especially in such time of Emenent Dangr, upon wch           
he desired his matie that they might all be turned out so ye King sent          
for ye Capt of ye Guard and asked he the Reason that they were admitted         
Into his Guards who sd that they were such as had Taken ye Test &c &            
therefore supposd them psons Quallified for that Implymt notwthstanding         
they were all appointed to meet their officers on munday Last wch               
accordingly they did and were ordrd to be turned out of their places            
     Judge Bertu dyed this day att his Lodgings In Serjants Inne                
     This day ye sessions of Peace for London begun where mr whitticar          
who had Indicted ye Bp of London for Holding Courts in his own name was         
prsent in ordr to psecute ye business but his Ldship by a Certiorarii           
removed it to ye Court of Kings Bench                                           
     Its sd there will be shortly a ball held by most of ye nobillity           
for ye Divertizmt of ye P. of Hanover of ye Lady Anne who were Latly            
Treated att a Sumptious diner by ye E. of Peterborough, & Complemted by         
ye Ld Howard of Arundell                                                        
     Ld Viscount Fitz-harden and sr Wm Bassett are returned Duly Ellected       
for ye Citty of Bath                                                            
     ye business relating to ye settlemt of ye Bermoodas Company affaires       
is Defered till next Councell day                                               
     There was yesterday burnt att ye Custom house of French Commodityes        
to ye value of 5000 L Computed after this manr vizt in Living Cloths            
2000 L In silkes & Lace 2000 L & In Hats one thousand pounds worth              
     Its sd that one vaughn Alies Gifford a priest will be tryed this           
next sessions att Stafford, and Kerby his Landlords goods ye King hath          
ordrd to be seized for Entertaining him Contrary to his maties proclamation     
+Its sd that ye Information taken by Just Warcup from ye 2 new ireish           
wittnesses was yesterday read before the King & Councell and was referd         
to ye Attorney Genll to Examine ye Contents and to make his rept                
whither ye psecution must be made In Ireland or otherwise yt ye                 
wittnesses may be accordingly Disposed of to give Evidence                      
+By ye Bp of Londons Complaint to ye Councell of a pamphlett Called ye          
presbiterians Paternoster Creed &c mr Hindnosh a booksellr & Thompson a         
printer were sumoned to attend ye bord  ye former was Called in &               
Declared that one mr Ashington a minister of a Small living in                  
Northampton was ye Author of itt who is now Incognito about London, mr          
Thompson was also Called for but was wthdrawn wherefore ordr was Given          
for the psecuting all three                                                     
+his matie yesterday moved in Councell for sending Good store of Amunition      
and other necesarys to Tangier                                                  
  A man was yesterday found Dead in Lincolns Inn fields whose belly was         
run Through & his head so Cut yt some of his braines lay upon ye Ground         
     L. c. 1047     [Handwriting changes here.]     London Feb 26th 1680        
     The Ld Comisrs of his maties Treasury Satt this day to receive             
pposalls offered to them for ye farming or managing of his maties               
Revenues of Excise after midsumr next                                           
     Majr Bronholme is ordrd to pay 1800 L to ye Indigent officers wch          
summe was recd from him by a Teadious suite of Law 3 yeares Depending           
     A Complaint being made to his matie in Councell on wensday last by         
way of Petition by John Moyer James Callegham Daniell Frynon Hugh Duffy         
& Sr George Murphey pt of ye Ireish wittnesses that they have been most         
scandalously and Malliciously abused & villified by jerome Batty mr             
Hetheringson & mr Dinis for Endeavring to Impaire their Evidence and            
that ye sd mr Batty should use some Exprsions to ye sd mr Moyer &c              
reflecting as they prsume upon ye proceedings of ye Councell in ye              
business between mr Hetherington & mr Fitzgerald whereupon his matie was        
pleased to ordr yt ye sd Batty &c should appeare before ye Councell             
yesterday to make their Defence wch accordingly they did but not being          
Called in were ordrd to appeare agn on wensday next                             
     ye motion his matie made last Councell day abt sending supply to           
Tangier is now undr Consideration                                               
+Capt Norton one of ye Surveyrs of ye Kings mews & one of ye Brigadeers         
of his maties horse Guard attended ye King this morning for ordrs for           
300 horse & as many foot to be quartred in ye mews as a Garrison During         
his mates absence from whitehall pt whereof are to be of ye Ld Cravens          
Regimt now quartred abt spittlefields                                           
     Majr Oglethorp was yesterday tryed at ye sessions in ye old Baily          
for Duiling and found Guilty of man slaughter & sentenced to be burnt           
in ye hand wch was Imediatly put in Execution & was no sooner don but           
a Genll pdon Came from ye King for him                                          
     One Sing & Dickingson Priests were yesterday brought to be tryed           
att ye old Baily for holding Correspondance wth Celliers but by their           
request their tryalls was left till next sessions                               
     L. c. 1048     London March ye 1st 1680                                    
     On Thursday last ye King sent for ye Justices of Peace of middx            
& aqted them wth his sudden depture, & yt he had notice yt some psons           
had armed themselves beyound yr quallity, & gave them Charge to be              
vigilent in his absence & to put ye laws in Execution agt ye papists,           
& sd moreover yt he Intended never to governe but by Law as It is now           
Established, & yt he hoped his subjects would yeild obedience yr to &           
yt wtever straights he should be put into he Intended to prserve &              
maintain ye ptestant religion                                                   
     Lrs from plymth say yt a Dutch vessell latly there Arrived advises         
them yt 2 french vessells wherein were sevll french passengrs & in one          
of ym 600 in ye other 400 neagers bound for west India were cast Latly          
away upon ye Coast of Guiney in one of wch was Considrable quantity of          
Gold Dust                                                                       
     We are advised from Ireland yt a vessell Comeing from Dublin Intended      
for Chester was Cast away upon ye shoare of Leaverpoole & mr Barrow &           
his Lady & 64 psons more being on bord.                                         
     ye Result of ye comte of ye Councell yt satt on satturday last             
Concerning ye Captives in Algiers was That those ships Companyes who were       
first Taken should be first redeemed as far as ye money would goe wch is        
already gathered for yt purpose.                                                
     Mr Evers ye priest mentioned in his maties pclamation being aprhendd       
is now in Stafford Gaole & tis said he will confess all he knows Concerning     
ye plot, and hath already so much as doth very much strengthen & Confirme       
ye Evidence of Dr oates & mr Bedlow Deceased.                                   
     An acct hath been taken & notice given to ye Inhabitants in & abt          
ye mews for ye qrtring & accomodation of 600 foot & 300 horse During            
his maties absence from whitehall                                               
+Last night abt 10 of ye Clock a fire hapned at one mr Dalbins a flax           
shop in bread street & all [?] we have of itt is thus  ye master being          
from home only his wife children a man & a maid, a pson Came & knocked          
at ye Dore prtending to buy goods  ye maid opened it & went to Call ye          
man servant but prsently Discovered sume flax in ye shop to be on fire          
whereupon she Ran away & is not since heard of having lived but 3 dayes         
in yt house.  ye father of ye sd maid being Charged wth ye Constable to         
be had before a Justice of peace Endeavred to make Escape by ye way ye          
wife & her Children [sic]  A man & maid servant tis to be feared are            
burnt being not to be found                                                     
     L. c. 1049     London March 3d 1680                                        
     Last night one Palson a highway man was Taken att westmr who ye Day        
before Robbed a gent between Lond & Greenwch and tis supposed he will be        
found Tardy in many more Robberyes beside                                       
+The Lady Isabela Duaghtr to ye D. of y. who was abt 5. yeares of age           
Dyed yesterday att st James.  And some say his highness hath a sonn             
borne him since his being in Scotland                                           
+The Lady Cornwalis Daughtr to Sr Stephen Fox Dyed abt a weeke since            
and was this day Carried Thro: ye Citty Itt seemes to Suffolke there to         
be buryed, accompanied by abt 48 or 50 Coaches wth six horses in Each           
+mr Dugdale Latly waited on his matie wth his acct wch came to above            
500 L & his matie was pleased to ordr him 400 L then, and to stay some          
time longer for ye rest, as also a Guard to Attend him to Stafford Assizes      
     yesterday one Richardson a Grand highwayman was Taken Att ye               
Salutation Taverne in Holborne, who [while?] there spent to ye vallue of        
40 s in wine And pvided himselfe wth suite of Cloths & Bever hat, & being       
Taken declared that he never killd any man in his life time but always          
Robbed ye rich & gave to ye poore, there was Likewise yesterday committed       
to newgate 13 other high way men besides him                                    
     This day his maties horse Guard were moostered in Hide parke in ord        
to their being Drawn out for oxford                                             
     Its sd yt his matie this weeke walking in St James Parke was like          
to be sett upon by 2 Ruffins, & that they being Discovered were taken &         
Committed                                                                       
     We are advised from Scotland that ye merchants & Inhabitants of            
Edinb Complaine of Dulness of Trade there By reason of ye Importation of        
Gold & Silver Lace wth Imbroider & points, and Did address themselves to        
ye Councell who spent 3 houres in Debate abt Itt but in ye Conclusion           
There was no Redress att that Time, his highness ye D. was also prsent          
+This day sr Wm Roberts & Esqr Barto were Elected for Middx Knights of          
ye Shiere, att Hamstead                                                         
     And we heare from Lime That ye old members are againe Elected for          
that place, & that Sevll ships are Going out thence for Algier, Ready           
Loaden designed to bring home ye Captives                                       
     L. c. 1050     London March ye 5th 1680                                    
     Sr Richd Newdigate & Esqr mariot are chosen Knights of ye Shier            
for ye County of Warrick                                                        
     yesterday in ye after noone ye Ld mayr Recordr wth Great pt of ye          
Aldrmen of this Citty waited on his matie as also ye sheriffe being by          
him sent for who acqted them wth his sudden Depture for oxford Giveing          
them a Charge to be vigilent in yr Dutyes & in psuance and Execution of         
such Things as are Incumbent on Them in his absence & puting them in mind       
of ye Act of ye 13th yeare of his reigne for ye pservation of his royall        
pson Grandeur & Govermt & yt Itt might be putt in Execution agt all             
Scandalous psons or offendrs agt Either ye aforesd, further Adding yt it        
should Ever be his Care And Endeaver to prserve ye Protestant religion          
as It is now Established by law.                                                
     yesterday mr hetherington was sumoned before ye Councell by one            
Esther Cominge one of ye Ireish wittnesses who prtended right to a 6th          
pt of ye 800 L wch his matie was pleased to give for ye maintenance of          
ye ireish witnesses but mr Hetherington Cleared himselfe & proved he            
had Disposed of ye money according to ordr & moreover yt he Disbursed           
money on ye acct of ye K & Country                                              
     Its said yt ye petitioning Lords have prped an [?] Address to be           
prsented to his matie this day for ye Guarding of ye pliamt During yer          
residence at oxford                                                             
     sr Edmond Windham Knight Marshall of ye Kings houshold and of ye           
marshallsea Dyed att whitehall on wensday last & Its sd Coll Villers            
succeeds him in his place                                                       
     his matie yesterday ordrd 180 of his horse Guards to attend him to         
morrow att winsor & his foot Guards to Go Down To oxford wensday next           
& ye rest of ye horse Guards on Fryday & Its sd ye King Intends to Dine         
att oxford Munday 7 night                                                       
+The Lady Isabella was buryed in westmr Abbey Thursday last privatly            
     Lrs from Tangr say yt Coll Kirk Embassd from his matie to ye               
Emperor of morrocco, is Arrived & Kindly recd & yt his Embassy is like          
to prove Effectuall in ordr to concluding a peace                               
+The D of Bucks was this day made free of ye Citty of London, & of ye           
mrchant Taylors Company & then Dined wth ye Cham[ber?]line                      
+The Earles of Maxfield manchester & suffolke are To be removed from            
being Ld Liftenants & yt ye Earles of Arlington Allington & Sandwich ye         
Latter being sent for from france will be Commisionated in their places         
     L. c. 1051   [Handwriting changes here.]   London March ye 8th 1680        
     Fryday last by ye Intercession of Sr Geo Treby his matie was               
pleased to Grant pdons to sevll prisonrs wch were in newgate, some say          
to ye number of 74                                                              
     yesterday was brought to ye sessions att ye old baily Amongst other        
Prisonrs And highwaymen one Wm Abbott an Expert pson in robbing, who not        
Long since was concerned amongst others in ye Robbing A Dover waggon of         
abt 600 L, notwthstanding ye recordr well Knowing that he Could make            
Large Discoverys of others of yt proffession if he pleased proffered him        
his pdon if he would Confess them, but he being Cautious to himselfe of         
ye Death of other men Tould ye Recordr he had Rather Dye himselfe then          
to be guilty thereof, upon wch he was recommitted                               
     yesterday two secretaryes of state was With mr Fitz Harris in newgate      
to whome he made very considerable Discoveryes of all that he Knew of ye        
plot.  yesterday also was sent to oxford by water Armour for ye Kings           
horse Guard vizt Breast back & head peices, And they all are ordrd to be        
qrtred in and abt oxford                                                        
     yesterday a waggon Load of abt ye number of 40 prisoners were              
carried from ye marshalseas to Kingston to receive their Tryalls                
     yesterday sr Joseph Sheldon & other of ye officers of ye Liftenantry       
of ye Artillery company waited on his matie to Know his pleasure who should     
be their Leader in ye Artillery Ground, in regard ye D. of y. was absent        
to wch he answeared himselfe would be their Leader, & they should be            
of his company--farther Adding that he thanked them for their complyance        
wth his ordrs concerning ye Election when they last mett, and was well          
sattisfied of theirs as also of ye Citty of Londons Loyalty, whome he           
would Ever stand by, And Indeavour to secure the protestant religion amongst    
them as Itt is now Established by law--After wch they returned his matie        
all possible Thankes for ye manifestat of this his Royall Kindness &            
Kneeling all upon their Knees had afterwards ye Honr to Kis his hand            
     The 2d Instant ye Scotch Councell passd made an ordr for prohibiting       
all English manufacture from ye 10th Instant                                    
     ye King hath sett ye Excise to ye old farmers for 2 yeares                 
+His Grace ye Duke of Bucks this day Treated Att ye Sun Taverne behind          
ye Royall Exchange Att a Splendid Diner, The masters Wardens and Sevll          
others of ye [mer]chant Taylors Company of wch he was made free                 
     L. c. 1052   [Handwriting changes here.]  London March ye 10th 1680        
   Tis sd that most of ye Comon Councell of the Citty Intend on Wensday         
to accompany our members pt of their way to oxford & that sevll other           
membrs & Gents Goe through wth them                                             
   This weeke Sr Robt Peyton sold his place of Examiner to Judge                
Twisdens sonne for 6000 L                                                       
   The E. of Craven is made one of his matie[s] privey Councell & tooke         
his place yesterday                                                             
     Its sd That one mr Stifteed yt lives in Holborne sent his maid to          
speake wth mr Fitzharris in newgate but Capt Richardson haveing some            
suspition of her caused her to be searched, & Itt being don there was           
found about her sevll Lettrs & papers of Dangerous Consequence upon wch         
she was Carried before ye King & Councell who ordrd her to be Comted to         
newgate where shee is now Close Priso[ner]                                      
     Lettrs from Holland say that the King of Denmark hath sent to those        
states to Demand Speedy sattisfaction for ye Ship Carilina Taken by             
their men of warr, & in Case of Refusall he is Resolved to grant Letters        
of Reprisall agt ye Subiects of ye said states                                  
     This day his maties Carridges were sent forward to oxford & yesterday      
40 beds beside hangings & Chaires were Taken from Hampton court & sent          
away by water, And the same Day sent by the Embasador 50 beds wth other         
furniture & a guard of men for ye same place                                    
     yesterday his matie Toutched above 200 psons for ye Kings Evill in         
ye Banquetting house, & hath been pleased to Declare yt To morrow will be       
ye last Day he Intends to Toutch before his Depture from Whitehall to           
oxford                                                                          
     They write from portsmouth that the monmouth Yatch was returned            
thither from Gernsey having Left Capt Littletons Company there, wch he          
Carryed from plymouth                                                           
     Warrts are Already Directed to ye Justices of ye Peace of Middx            
& to ye Constables in & abt westmr to psecute his mates Commands Laid           
upon ye sherriffs & Aldrmen of London concerning yt wch is Imported             
in ye Act made in ye 13th yeare of his maties Reigne                            
     Sevll noblemen & Gent have of Late had their horses stole out of           
their stables about Pickadilly &c: & tis said there are stole in all att        
Least 60                                                                        
  L. c. 1053  [Handwriting changes here.]  London the 12th of March 1680        
     This Morneing between five and six of the Clock his Mty set forward        
for Windsor on his Journey towards oxford and the Queen setts forward on        
Munday Next                                                                     
     There is two persons apprhended on suspition of being Concerned in         
the stealeing of the horses Menconed in o[u]r Last                              
     One of his Majesties frigotts hath Lately seised the shipp Charles         
an Interloper for Guiney freghted wth Negroes bound for the West Indies         
upon wch the governor Complayned to the Councell yesterday alleadging           
that the African Company is against Law And brought some of the planters        
to depose it but his Mty being busy there was noe finall determination          
being willing first to Consult the Judges                                       
     The vice Chancellr of Oxford hath Appoynted a Strickt order                
Comanding All that are Not foundacon Men to depart the university               
dureing his Mties residence there                                               
     His grace the Duke of Monmoth wth sevrall lords departed yesterday         
for Oxford.                                                                     
     Three thousand pounds hath beene Lately ordered to be taken out of         
the treasury to be divided amongst the kings houshold servts to defray          
theire extraordinary Expences whilest they are abroad wth his Mty And           
the yeomen of the Guards are Allowed three shillings a day for their            
Rideing wages                                                                   
+Since the Examacon of mr fitzHarris by the Earle of Clarendon & Lord           
Conway & sr Lionel Jenkins in Newgate he hath been again Examed by sr           
George Treby & sherife Cornish and after the report Made of what he             
said, he was privately sent for & Examed by his Mty but his Confession          
we Canot yet Learne                                                             
     The Justices of the peace for Midlesex recd orders to Issue out            
theire warrts to summon all such psons before them that print & publish         
pamphlets about the towne & pceed against them as spreaders of false            
newes                                                                           
+Concerneing the phibicon made by the Councell in Scotland against              
English Manufactures, we since heare they have publlished a pclamacon           
to that Effect                                                                  
     The Comissions of the Lord Leiutenants of the Countrey The Earle           
of Arlington for Suffolk & Wm Ld Allington for Cambridge And the Earle          
of Ailesbury for huntington have Lately past And the Last to Continue           
the Absence of the Lord shandois wth a determinacon to the Earle of             
Manchester                                                                      
     L. c. 1054     [Handwriting changes here.]     Lond March 15th 1680        
     ffrom ffrance we have Repeated Complaints of their pressures the           
protestants groane under in yt Kingdome ffomented by Monseiur La: Chese         
Colemans cheife Corespondent perticuler at Poyterres  as they were              
Carryeing a Corps to the Grave, they were sett uppon by the papists, And        
severall of them wounded, And a Gentleman drawing his sword to defend           
himselfe was soe severely prosecuted, that he was forced to take                
Ena[three letters blotted] for his Refuge, And since is by process of           
la[w?] burnt in Effegie                                                         
     The ffrench King proffers if any protestant will Renounce his              
Religion, that he shall be free for 3 yeares from his Creditors. & on           
the Contrary that the protestant may be yet made more Miserable, after          
Service the preist allwayes pronounces bitter Curses against all whoe           
trade wth or Releive them                                                       
     The Queen Sett forward yesterday morn to meet the Kings Matie              
at Windsor                                                                      
    Yesterday Rawlins whoe was Comitted by Sr Wm Turner for Rayling agt         
the late Legislaters & now writes that Scurrilous pamphlett Heroclytus          
Redens coming into a Coffee House in Lond & falling a Rayling agt               
the last Parliamt & all other good men a Gentleman tooke him upp                
Sharply, but he Returning bad words moved the Gent soe much, that he fell       
uppon him & beate out one of his Eyes, a iust Reward for all such               
Villanes as he is                                                               
     This day wee heare, they write from Oxford to his Matie at Windsor         
to acquaint him that the Innkeepers of yt City are unwilling & doe              
utterly denye to Quarter any of his Maties Guards either ffoote or              
horse & humbly prayes his Matie to dispose of them otherwayes                   
+Letters from Edinburgh Informs us, That the Councell there have Issued         
out a proclamation for the Augmenting their money, A Scottish Marke wch         
is 13 d Sterling is Raised to 14 d & all the rest of their money                
proportionable.                                                                 
+The Lord Mayor of this City is fallen into a Relaps, Occassioned by            
his goeing to soon abroad.  The Spanish Embr still Continues his                
Instances to his Matie for the Secur[it]y of fflandrs & especially to           
have 8 Regemts Raised here                                                      
     L. c. 1055     Lond March the 19th 1680                                    
     Wee have advise from Oxford, That the vice Chancellr hath Issued           
forth his Ordr or to give it were in the university Tearm (programa)            
prohibiting all Schollers from frequenting Tavernes, Ale Houses &               
Coffeehouses during his Maties Residence there uppon penalty of being           
Entred into the Black booke Wch observed will prevent all maner of              
disputes wch may accidentally happen betwixt the Schollers & ye Membrs          
of parl                                                                         
     They further add that near the Convocation House where the Comons          
are to Set a new pile of Stone Buildings Intended for a Library for             
Chimistry pte of wch was taken for a Coffeehouse during the Sittin[g]           
of parliamt ffell flat to ye Ground, & did noe ot[her] harme  had it            
stood few dayes longer it might have Crusht some Membrs of parl by its          
fall, And it would have been noe Easy matter to pswade it was not don           
by Treachery                                                                    
     This Morn Esqr Neale Groome porter to his Matie set forwards to            
Oxford being accompanyed wth severall Gent well Armed.                          
     The Master of the Ordinance doth not thinke fit to Send Bedding            
for them yt are to Quarter in the Mewse till the Wart wch is gon to             
Oxford be Signed for 3 Companyes of ffoot & as many horse                       
     A new Discoverer whose name I cannot yet Learn is lately come in           
whoe hath declared his knowledg of the damnable & Horrid pop: plot              
wch hath very much Strengthened the Ks Evidence  Sr Robert Clayton              
tooke his Information yt Morn he departed home towards oxford                   
     Our Letters from Holland gives us an acct that they have advise            
from Paris that they have accepted of the proposalls offered by the             
ff: K. for to appoint Ministers to adiust differences betwixt the Empr &        
him finding soe many Towns & villages in the posession of the ff. uppon         
wch Number of Towns & villages in the posession of ye Empr he blaymes           
& does depend:                                                                  
     Last weeke 3 of the Gorgills Gang those notorious Rebells in               
Scotland being Condemned to dye for Treasonable practices agt his Maties        
Goverment was Ordered to be Executed, His Royall Highness Sent to them,         
& offerd them a Repreive if they would own the Ks power Militant &              
Civill, wch they Refused, Saying the K was wicked, uppon wch one of them        
was hanged, his Highnesse afterwards Sent to the other & offered them           
that if they would Say God bless the K. they should be Repreived, But           
they refused whereuppon they likewise Suffered, And they add further            
that on Thursday next 41 more will Suffer:  Sr Wm Poultney one of the           
Membrs for Westminstr was Robbed of a Considerable summ of money on the         
Road to Oxford                                                                  
     L. c. 1056     [Handwriting changes here.]    London March 22d (80)        
     As the D: of Monmouths Barber was shaveing him on ffryday last             
ye D: observed his hand to shake of wch askeing him the reason hee              
answered yt hee had beene hired by the papists to Cutt his Troate               
     Wee here from Oxford ye Q: is Indisposed  The parliament meetinge          
yesterday at Oxford, The Comons pickt one [?] Mr Williams for their             
speaker  And ye Kings speech to them is Inclosed                                
     His Matie upon Cominge to Oxford was Entertained wth a play called         
Tamberlaine the Grate att wch hee was well pleased                              
     A ffire lately hapned in the Lord Shaftsburys Lodgings in Oxford           
but was soone quenched                                                          
     His Matie hath lately Knighted Mr Brooke [?] Recorder of that Citty        
as alsoe Mr [illegible name of about five letters] whoe stoode in               
Composicon wth Mr Whorwood Member for the said place                            
     Upon his Matys: Leaveing Burford The Towne prsented him wth a peece        
of plate                                                                        
     Macbon masse [sic] yesterday Apprehended Morris ffitch Gerrard             
Cowson to David and paid him before a[seal spoils about four letters]           
whoe Committed him to ye Counter and hee hath since dis[seal spoils             
about four letters] all ye Intreages of David &c [?] And hath made      e       
Affidavits there[from?]  [Letter ends thus.]                                    
 [A few words and figures appear in another hand on outside of letter.]         
     L. c. 1057     London March 24 (80)                                        
     ffrom Oxford wee heare yt sr Thomas play[er] hath spoake some words        
yt are ill resented by his Matie and further yt ye Lds have passed ye           
Bill of Repealinge [?] ye state of the 25th of Eliz:                            
     Tis repted yt ye Mr of ye Rolles is dyinge or dead                         
+ffrom Scotland wee heare yt some of ye ffeild Conventicle meetings wth         
one yt was lately one of their Comandrs [?] since fallen off from ym the        
formally tryed Condemned & Executed him                                         
     ffrom Oxford wee heare yt ye Bill for Repealinge the state of ye           
25th of Eliz: is passed ye house of Lds  Wee heare from fflandrs ye             
ffrench are every minute Expected to fall into yt Countrey wch Comiconed        
ye spanish Embassrs Printinge a late Memoriall desiering his Maty to            
hindr itt                                                                       
     Wee hear from Ox. yt some things are alledged agt ye Ld Sha[ftesbury]      
for wch he will be calld to acct                                                
     Its afresh discoursd yt ye Terme will remove to Ox.  sheriff bethel        
& mr Smith go to morrow to Oxon to peticon agt sr R How [?] & Capt Riche        
elecon for Southwark  Its thought ye plmt will sit for some time  The           
Comons have don swearing & by ye next post you may expect votes.                
     L. c. 1058             The Debate of ye house of Commons                   
                            Concerning the Security of the                      
                            protestant Religion Thursday 24                     
                            March Anno Domini 1680                              
B:  The protestant Religion can never be secure undr popish successors          
noe more till you can coole watr wth a hot pott  My oppinion is yt              
it is more desent to appointe a don for eye than to offer Expedients And        
if none come then passe an Order for a Bill to be brought in.                   
+Anothr  All wayes Lawfull are to bee Considered for oure Security &            
minde you not of ye ill successe yo[u]r Bill had  North [?] & what ye           
Kinge said in his speech & [?] what Latitude hee hath given you  I hope         
Gentl you will thinke of Expedience  I desire day may bee appointed for         
ye same,                                                                        
3d  ffirst Consider of a day wherein Expedience may bee Considred before        
you putt ye Question for ye Bill  else you will not answer his Matys            
Expectacons in his Speech                                                       
4th  The Kinge hath any else [?] aboute him to undoe us  Wee had neede          
to take care of oure selves paste this Vote and yo[u]r Resolucon will           
bee as short as the Kings  Its put to us to guide [?] out expediently           
should have thought it had beene best for them,                                 
5th  I am willing to come to this Mattr But I wold take deliberate              
Stop as I thinke it must bee an Exclucon of something Equivalent But            
give not yo[u]r Enimyes Aboute ye Kinge occacon to say you will take            
noe tyme to Consider  I would not refine [?] upon breathes But to               
prsearve a Correspondence Betweene the Kinge and parliamt                       
6  Any Man yt Was in ye Last parliamt knowes there was noe expedient            
offered then to secure ye protestant Religion and ye Kings pson,                
7th  Expedience are talked off  Let not yer Mocon bee named either of           
penances or of ye expedients  Order it to bee done on Satturday morninge        
next wch was done Accordingly:                                                  
     Yesterday the Kinge sent for the house of Commons to ye Lds                
House And desolved The parliament.                                              
     L. c. 1059     [Handwriting changes here.]     Lond March 26 81            
     The votes yt passd yesterday follow                                        
     mr whiteheads peticon abt Stockbridge elecon & a peticon agt ye            
Mayr of Marlbrough read & referd to ye Comte of Elecons                         
     A Comte apted to search ye Journalls of Last plmt for wt relates           
to ye E. of Danby                                                               
     A message from ye Lds wth ye Ld Ch. J. Scrogs answr to ye Impeachmt        
agt him as also his Ldps peticon to ye Lds                                      
+Ordrd That leave be given for bringing in a bill for taking away ye            
Cots of Ludlow [seal removes a word of about five letters.]                     
     That a Comte meet this afternoon to find out a more Convent. place         
for ye Com to sit in & 5 to be a Quorum                                         
     That a Message be sent to ye Lds abt matters relating to ye                
Constitution of plmts & passing a bill & A Comte apted to considr               
said [?] way of proceeding.                                                     
     That another message be sent to desire ye Ld to apt a day for              
passing Judgmt on ye E of Danby he relying wholly on his pdon & yt ye           
Ld Cavendish carry it up                                                        
     The H being Informd of ye free elecon of membrs wthout Charge              
according to ye acct Consitution of plmts                                       
+Ordrd That Thanks be returnd to ye Electrs of Counties Boroughes &c            
     Its sd sr Geor Strode will succeed Baron Weston who is to be buryd         
on Thursday                                                                     
     The Span Embr memrll was graciously recd by his Mate who hath              
promised to considr of it                                                       
     We hear yt a great many arms have been seizd in a Considrable              
papists hous near Dublin Irld                                                   
     The Es of Mulgrave & Newberry went this day for Oxford                     
     L. c. 1060     [Handwriting changes here.]    Lond: 2d Apr Anno (81)       
     Here are Various discourses Concerninge the dissoluson of parlament        
abte ye Conster[n]acon of ye Inhabitants of Oxford whoe had made                
pvention [sic] for 3 Monthes and now heare [?] the parliamt was dissolved       
It was discoursed they wold sitt till Augt                                      
     The Earle of shaftsbry beinge in the House of Lds on ffryday before        
ye dissolucon his Maty was pleased to aske his Ldp some questions by way        
of ocasee [?] wch was never well [?] answred too prolix to bee here             
incerted & with all not Convenient                                              
     The Cittizens here are soe much concerned for their safety yt they         
are not satisfyed by ye sudden dissolucon & intend to meet [with the?]          
Common Councill assoone as ye Ld mayor is well to Consider whethr it be         
Convenient to petition his Maty for ye callinge of a new parliamt or noe        
     A proclacon is now in ye presse some say for the Calling of a new          
parliament others yt all [?] printers of ffalse newse shall be punished         
a 3d That ye dissentinge protestant shall bee prosecuted Accordingly            
[sic] to Law                                                                    
     The Horse Guarde wch were Ordered to ye ninse [?] dureing his              
Matyes absence now reduced to nynty horse and are forthwth to be sent           
thithr to stepe [?] it as at Garrison wth all fittinge accommodacons and        
their horse to be kext at 9 s  6 d p Weeke                                      
     Yesterday 2 Companyes of ye Ld Cravens Regimt went thither and one         
Companeye more is to go this day haveing the like accommodacon[s] made          
for ym                                                                          
     The other night Doctr oates came to Whitehall Attended wth men             
Armed with Blunderbusses and other Armes                                        
     Yesterday his Matyes ffoote Guarde wch went to Oxford Returned             
safe  onely 2 Companyes are Expected This day                                   
                     [Handwriting changes here.]                                
     A lre came last night from holld wch sth yt ye F K is psonally in          
Fla[nde]rs & is treating wth ye Span K. abt exchanging some of his              
conquests in Catalonia for Flars wch if concluded Engld will be much            
in Dangr                                                                        
     The Tapster & Ostler of ye St Johns head Inne in holborn being             
papists are Comted for firing ye stables last night                             
     The D. of M. & City membrs came to town on wensday attended wth 80         
hors  Count d Estree is made Marshall of F.                                     
     Some Citizens have adrst ymselves to sr Robt Clayton for a Com.            
Councill but no prsidts being found of any being held in ye Ld Mayrs            
absence its Deferd till his Ldsp is well                                        
     Murray ye Scotch rebell yt was reprieved hath signed a recantation         
& the D of Y hath got his pdon  ye Field Conventicles multiply in Scotl         
wch comonly foreruns rebellion                                                  
     L. c. 1061   [Handwriting changes here.]   Lond: 5th Aprl Anno 1681        
     The King hath give Order That ye Tower Gates bee daley Shutt and           
all Lettrs ]?] yt come to the Lds exacon Shode [?] also to bee putt into        
ye Box and opened before delivred and 36 greate Gunns are Ordered to bee        
placed on ye White Tower                                                        
     On Satturday an Expresse went to Edinbr: to give Account of p Rupts        
indisposition at Windsor and yr [about four words illegible]                    
     The D of Albemarle on Tuesday night beatinge wth [?] Coll Legg             
went to his march [?] then quarreled and ye Ld challenged the Coll              
to meete him ye othr morninge but ye Kinge heareing of it confined boath        
to yr Houses and hath since made ym freinds and its said yt ye D will be        
made Genll and the E: of Craven Lieut  Genll of all ye English forces           
     Vice Admlle Herbert on meetinge [?] an Algerine yt had taken 2             
English Vessells he ran her aground & sett her boate & ffired her and           
retooke the 2 ships                                                             
     yesterday the Kinge began to touch and it held to Thursday  yesterday      
the Court of Aldrmen went to st Sepulchers Church before whome [?] ye Bp        
of St Asaphs priest And afterwds weere treated by the Ld Mayorshp [?]           
and to day they dyned wth Sheriffe Cornish                                      
     The Kinge went this morninge to Norwich to see a ship Launched             
     The D: of ys horse were This day Exersized in hide parke  The ship         
called the Loyall Sprunge a leake at Deale and maney men were lost              
     Sr Robert Sayer will its now said succeed Baron Weston and sr Henry        
ffeines [?] be made Attorney Gen:  sr Robt Atkins is Cheife Justice of          
Chester                                                                         
     Its said a Comission is Issueinge oute to all ye Judges for tryall         
of ffitz: Harris and ye Ld Cheife Justice Scrogs lately said if ye Kinge        
gave him Commission hee wold try him for all yt ye Comons had Impeached         
him                                                                             
     They talke of a new parliament aboute May next                             
     On satturday a srvant to A purson of Honour Cominge from Oxford            
3 or 4 miles beyond Oxford was sett upon by 4 ffoote pades whoe knocked         
[him] of his Horse and striped him starke naked leaveinge him dead in A         
Ditch tooke from him to the vallue of 10 L in money besides his horse           
and soe made their escapes.                                                     
+The reason why ye Aldrmen went to St sepulchers and not to ye Spittle          
as usuall at Easter is because there is noe coverd place to preach in at        
ye Spittle and ye Late st Johns refuse ye Cot of Aldrmen [?] a peice of         
[illegible six-letter word] near to build a chappell                            
     L. c. 1062     London Apll 7th Anno Dmni 1681                              
     Yesterday the Councell sett where they shold agreed on a                   
proclamacon or declaracon but they insisted the [illegible five-letter          
word] or prsent [?] Business                                                    
     Orders are given yt ye Number of the Gentlem[en] of ye Guard yt            
usually attended at Whitehall shall be doubled [?]                              
     Notwithstandinge Orders are given yt Hampton Court shold be made           
ready for his Matye Wee are Credibley informed yt his Maty: will reside         
most pte of ye Several Daies and goe to Hampton Cott not on Odd dayes           
the said preperacons for his recepcon [?]  his Maty goes to Hampton Cott        
the next Weeke                                                                  
     ffrome the Hague wee have advice yt ye prince of Orange is already         
gone to ye greate huntinge and yt all ye Cookes there are Ordered to            
attend there till ye latter and of May at wch tyme the hunting ends             
      Yesterday began the Sessions for ye sittinge and libty of Westmr          
where Sr ffrancis Withings steward of the Cort gave discharge to the            
Grand Jurey to take care to putt ye Lawes in Execucon agt ye papists            
and pticulerly agt ye protestant dissenters sayinge yt notwthstandinge          
what have passed on their behalfe the lawes for yt purpose shold bee            
suddenly putt in Execucon                                                       
     The same day some Bills found agt some Vintners for sellinge Wine          
in Bottles undr measure                                                         
     Wee here Judge Dolbin will be removed from beinge one of the               
Judges in the Kings Bench and Srgent streete whoe went ye Welsh serkett         
is to succeed him                                                               
+The Lady Maners for the honor shee Reced att st Sepulchers hath                
Bestowed a yearley gift on the poore of that parrish.                           
     L. c. 1063     London Apll 9th Anno 1681                                   
     Yesterday at the Quarter Sessions held at the Kings Bench barr             
in the liberty of Westmr not usuall to bee kept there Dr Spratt and             
two Gentlemen tooke the Oathes of Allegiance and Supremacy whome the            
Courte invited to Dinner but were preengagd                                     
     The same day the Resident at Collogne made complainte of his srvant        
yt hee had intercepted severall Letters from and to yt place for wch            
the Courte Ordred him to Bridewell and to bee severly whipt and kept            
strict to worke till hee bee furthr Examed upon what occacon as by whome        
he was perswaded to doe it and one of the Justices of ye Bench under            
tooke his furthr Examacon                                                       
     This day a shoomaker yt Lives in Drury Lane was tryed there for words      
spoken against the Duke of Yorke upon a scandala magnata upon wch hee           
was convicted and ffyned, alsoe 8 psons were tryed for a Royatt                 
Committed upon the Earle of St Albans Coachman and were convicted and each      
ffyned 20 markes a peece and delivered up in Courte to the keeper of            
the Kings Bench prison to bee kept in Custody till the ffine bee paid           
+The Vice Chanceller of Oxford hath sent oute his mandtts for all               
Schollars yt went into the Countrey upon the Account of the parliamt            
sitinge there to returne in a short tyme                                        
    L. c. 1064   [Handwriting changes here.]   London Apll 12th [?] 1681        
+Sr William Scroggs late Ld Cheife Justice hath now received his                
Quietus off and srgent pemberton is to succeed him                              
     It is discoursed the Earle of Radnor prsedent of his Matys moost           
Honoble privey councell is desertinge his place and alsoe the Ld                
ffalconbridge                                                                   
     Yesterday 3 gentlemen were to have beene Tryed upon an Indictment          
att Guild hall for attempting the last weeke to Ravish a merchents wife         
beyond ye Royall Exchange aboute 6 of the Clocke in ye after noone in           
open Streete But its referred to ye sessions att ye old Bayley wch begins       
to morrow  Its said they have offered 900 L to Compose the Business But         
the merchant is Resolved to prosecute them.                                     
     Mr Harris the Intelligencer is verey ill and some have reported            
this day yt hee is dead.                                                        
     The Duke of Laudrdale remaines still indisposed att Hamp.                  
     Last weeke a Vessell lyinge att Graves end aboute 16 psons went on         
Board of her and bound all the men in her in the eveninge and weighed           
Anchor and sailed some Leagues and asked ye men if they wold goe wth            
them but they refuseinge before the morninge blinded ym and putt them           
on shore and Carried the ship away                                              
     The psons that have done this are not yett heard off.                      
     L. c. 1065     London 14th Apll Anno 1681                                  
     On Tuesday last 4 lifeguardmen of the Queens Troopes weere brought         
to newgate for breakinge a house in Kent and takeinge there oute to the         
vallue of 2000 L in plate money and Jewells and in the same Gentlemans          
house 4000 L lay [?] in Gold wch they hapilly missed off  And yesterday         
Captaine Kithandson [?] the keeper went to his Maty att Woolwich to know        
his pleasure whethr they shold bee tryed att old Baley this Sessions or         
bee removed to Maidstone to bee Tryed  ye latter was agreed on  they are        
to bee tryed there ye next Assizes the ffact beinge don neere yt place.         
+some other highwaymen from ye Northern pts were alsoe brought yt day           
to Newgate one beinge a driveing master, whose name is Richardson               
pardoned once before for ye same fact and one Transported whoe made his         
escape oute of the ship yt was to Carrey him over and beinge this day           
brought to ye Barr of ye old Bailey stands Commited upon ye reason of           
[Guilt and?] Transportacon and will be Executed for the same.                   
     The Grand Jurey att ye Old baley haveinge beene prsented with ye           
Bill against Mr ffitz Harris impeached by the Commons from [?]                  
parliament have rejected the same Bill and will [about twenty letters           
illegible] nor beinge att an Ignoramus and have given their reason yt           
they ought not to Concerne themselves with Bills of that Nature.                
+Aldrman Blackwell of Cambridge is Turned forth of his Aldrmenship for          
for gettinge his made wth Childe.                                               
+Att Caddis A markett Towne [in] Lincolnshr lately there hapned a               
Greivous ffire wch Burned downe and Consumed all ye dwellinge houses in         
The Towne.                                                                      
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     L. c. 1066     Lond: 16 Apll 1680                                          
     Yesterday Mr Smith Accordinge to oure last appeared before ye              
Councill where he was accused by one Witnesse whose name is May [?] for         
speakinge words in October 1679 When Mr Smith and he were prisonrs not          
being acquainted before yt tyme wch words are to this purpose yt ye King        
was a pensioner to ye ffrench Kinge & yt he wold not leave of Scriblinge        
till he had brought ye Goverment to a Commonwelth  And Mr Smith reced a         
rebuke for printinge in his Domesticke Numbr 21st This That they writt          
from Edingbgh yt prsently upon the Newse of ye parliamt Dissolucon at           
Oxford 2 Troopes of Horse and one of Dragoones were Ordered to march            
towds yo[u]r Boarders And yt there are Armes sent to ye Northerne pts           
But cannot tell  onely wee observe yt ye Countrey are greate pte papist         
and under ye Influence of t[he] Marquesse of Huntley of yt Religion &c          
And beinge asked him whoe Ordered him to putt This in his Domestique            
told ye Author to wch his Maty said surely hee was of his Religion Mr           
Smith said noe but hee was a presbyterian And his Maty replyed it was           
all one soe hee was bid withdraw And his Mittimus [?] made to bee sent          
to Newgate.                                                                     
     His Maty did the Earle of Haversham The Honor as to Dine with him          
on Thursday last.                                                               
+Last night Lewt Croft Lew't to Capt Bloomer of the Yellow Regiment was         
Buried att St Butolphs Church Aldersgate by the Artillery Company               
Accordinge to the usuall Custome of Buryinge Soldjers                           
     L. c. 1067     London 19th Apll Anno 1681                                  
     On Satturday last Mr Hilliard an Irish Gentlem: whoe sometymes             
weare QuarterMaster under the Duke of Ormond was Seized in Cheapside by         
the Irish Evidences And before St Robert Clayton was accused to bee ye          
pson yt had taken Commission to Act as Major Generall under ye Earle of         
Tyrone in ye Horrid Conspiracy in Ireland  ye matter was soe plainly            
prooved by the Oathes of sevrall Witnesses That he thereupon was                
Committed to Newgate.                                                           
+Mr Jemne [?] ye life Guardman whoe was Concerned in the robbery wee            
menconed in o[u]r last and yt made his Escape was yesterday taken in            
Southwarke & brought to Newgate  another belonginge to the Queenes              
Troope was ye same day Committed to the Gatehouse by Sr phillip Howards         
Warrant for haveinge 2 Wives  The Ld Mayor being now pretty well recovered      
Its said A Common Councill will be summoned on Wednesday.                       
+Tomorrow his Maty intends for Windsor to install the Duke of Richmond          
Knt of the nowble Order of ye Garter wch was done before att Whitehall          
by proxy                                                                        
     Moast pte of the Courte are prpareinge to goe thithr and severall          
Bricklayers Carpenters &c are makeinge Hampton Courte ready for ye              
recepcon of his Maty on Councill dayes                                          
+ffrom Chichester they write was seene in ye Heavens last Wednesday             
aboute 4 in the afternoone a Raynbow inverted and 3 Sunns                       
+The fforeman of ye Grand Jury at Chichester wth 3 others reprsented [?]        
200 protestant dissenters for not Cominge [to Ch]urch.                          
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     L. c. 1068     London Apll 23d Anno Dmn 1681                               
     Sre Thomas Lynch is gone to Jamaica as Liuetenant Governor of yt           
place instead of Sr: Henrey Morgan whose Conduct his Maty hath beene            
displeased with                                                                 
          It was discoursed yesterday yt doctr Oates was Expelled ye            
Courte but prooves a mistake but ye discourse of the retrenchment of his        
allowance of 12 L p weeke to 40 s is certaine and Mr Willowbeys allowance       
is wholley taken off.                                                           
     Mr Hindmarsh hath now obtained a noli prosequi to stop proceedings         
as to the Judgement against him for printinge t[he] presbitairan pater          
noster.                                                                         
     Yesterday Sr John ffitzGerrald was brought upon his heas Corpus to         
the Kings Bench Barr where his Councill moved for his Tryall but was            
rema[nded?] the Ld: Cheife Justice pemberton sa[ying to?] to him yt ye          
Attorney Generall was drawinge up an order for ye Carryinge him over to         
bee tryed in Ireland.                                                           
     This day Mr Smith whoe is Committed for treason moved for a speedy         
tryall or to be bayled accordinge to ye late Act But hath not yet recevd        
answer  The Councill debated last night the tryall off ffitzHarris but          
came to noe result.                                                             
+Yesterday a ffire hapned in Dyers Hall by a boy Leaveinge a Candle             
burninge  Burned downe ye Hall and Consumed aboute 8 Houses.                    
    [A few numbers in another hand appear on outside of letter.]                
     L. c. 1069     26 Aprill Anno Dmn 1681                                     
+His Maty: has beene pleased to make Henrey ffitzroy Duke of Grafton            
Earle of Eastwic[k] Viscount Ipswich and Baron of Sadburey Governor             
Genrall of Jamaica in ye place of the right Honable ye Earle of Carlisle        
whoe is now beinge pvention [sic] to enter upon the said Goverment              
+Here are some discourse as if sr William Jones will Shortly be made            
Ld: Cheife Justice and the Ld Cheife Justice john becton [?] will               
relinquish his place but its said Sr Wm: Jones is now desirous to have the      
place unlesse ye Commission be Quaindy[seal spoils about four letters]          
gessent [?]                                                                     
     This day an Attorney stood in ye pillory for Counterfeitinge the           
Kings Writts and after hee had stood an houre was carried to the Kings          
Bench prison                                                                    
     The pope haveinge lately an Assembley of Cardinalls Continued some         
tyme upon his knees att his derecon and at his riseinge upp Commanded           
Cardinall de Sareigne [?] Babtize a Turke and 5 Jewes and Cardinall de          
Estree is much dissatisfyed wth his Ecclesiasticall prfermts because            
the Kinge here doe not goe forward wth affaires.                                
+ffrom paris the 22d they say that ye Councill there are much offended          
wth ye Conclucon of the portugall Ambassadr in Spaine and thereupon             
have called divers privey Councill                                              
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     L. c. 1070     London Apr 30 Der: die Apr An Dm (81)                       
     Yesterday morninge the grand Jurey found the Bill against Mr ffitz         
Harris and made their prsentmts thereof to ye Courte whoe was this day          
brought from ye Towre by some of ye Yeoman of ye Guard and two ffiles           
of Musqueteers to ye Kings Bench barr and there arreigned but pleaded           
the Jurisdiccon of A higher Courte soe was Ordered to bee carryed to ye         
Judges Chamber where haveinge stayed aboute halfe an houre the Judges           
dismist ye Court and went to Examine him there wch Exacon lasted above          
an houre and whether it was touchinge the plott or ye further discovery         
of ye murder of Sr Edmund Burey Godfrey, wee are not alsoe [advi?]sed           
Its sd ye Attorney Genrall is to have ye plea on Tuesday night next and         
yt his Tryall will Commence on Wednesday                                        
+Mr: ffitz: Harris latly Councell allowed [sic] his (vizt) Mr Williams          
Sr ffrancis Williams Mr Walopp and Mr Petersen  one Mr Bennet Trainebearer      
to ye Mr of the Rolls hath Run himselfe through beinge discontented at          
some of his freinds whoe desired his Estate before he was dead beinge           
worth 100 and 50 L p ann                                                        
+Upon Thursday last a petion of a Comon Councill of this Citty & a prayer       
of thanks subscribed by aboute sixty Cittizans for whinninge his Maty           
thanks for his declaracons was prsented to the Aldermen & rejected  But         
its sd yt some of ye moast eminent of ye subscribers intends to waite           
upon his Maty wth it                                                            
+one mr Whitfeild and Mr Staples have peticoned the Kinge yt hee wold           
renew their Grant of Clarks of ye house of ye Castle of Windsor be[fore]        
ye Chancellr demes the greate seale although it hath passed the privey          
seale                                                                           
                     [Handwriting changes here.]                                
+The Councill are to give in yr opinions  mr Fitzharris sd [?] he is            
to be tryed on Wensday                                                          
   L. c. 1071   [Handwriting changes here.]   London 3 May Anno Dmi 1681        
     A Shoe makers made in Shoe Lane was on Sunday night Committed to           
Newgate for throwinge a Knife at the prentice on Thursday wch stabinge          
in his side he since dyed of it                                                 
     This day a Rule of Courte was made yesterday for bringinge [her?]          
to ye Kings bench this morn in Order to be tryed here or transported to         
Ireland                                                                         
     On Satturday an Heas Corpus was grantinge for bringinge ye Earle of        
Danby to ye Ks: bench barr in Order to be baild                                 
     ffitz harris wife on Satturday last thrust a pap into her husbands         
hand in Westmr Hall adviseinge him to plead ye Jurisdiccon of ye plmt yt        
none Impeached by ym shold bee tryed in Inferior Courte hee not knowinge        
till yn yt ye parliament was dissolved and this day his 4 Councill moved        
yt Courte for a longer tyme to di[liver?] in their opinions abt him thiss       
beinge a case of a high nature but it was not granted upon wch Mr               
Williams desired to be dismised but yt was denyed  alsoe Mrs ffitz              
harris desird yt more Councill might be assigned her husb: and shee was         
left at her libty.  ye Ld Cheife Justice told ye Councill yt ye Cort had        
beene kind to ym in giveinge 3 dayes to give their oppinions abt                
ffitzharris it beinge usually to deliver in their opinions prsently upon        
ye prisonrs plea and argue upon it and they to morrow give in their             
opinions to the Attorney Genrall and on wednesday hee will bee brought          
upp againe.                                                                     
     This morninge aboute 7 of ye Clocke hapned a fire in a Back house          
in Lime streete but was happilly quenched wthout doinge much harme.             
+This day mr Harris the Bookseller upon a mocon entred into Recognizance        
of 100 L to print noe more newse and thereupon the Courte have Ordered          
him ye benifitt of his said writt                                               
+the Exammacon of Mrs ffitzharris on Satturday was aboute ye Murthers of        
sr Edmond Burey Godfrey where he was Examoning Interrogatoryes wch              
Exammacon wth the Rule of Courte was carried to Wi[nd]sor to acquaint           
his Maty: therewith and the returne of his Matys answer is expected this        
night                                                                           
     L. c. 1072     [Handwriting changes here.]     London 5 May 1681           
     Yesterday Mr ffitz Harris was brought to the Kings Bench Bar by Rule       
of Court  His Indictment being read, he prsented his plea to ye Court           
in Writing wch was Ordered to be Read, The purporte thereof was That            
that Court had noe Jurisdiction to trye him he being Impeached by the           
Commons Assembled in parliamt, & ought to be tryed by a Superiour Court         
To wch plea the Attorney Gen Demurred & in Argument upon yt [?] wch             
Answered by ffitz Harr[is] his Councell very Learnedly But in Conclusion was    
Moved by Mr Williams the late Speaker being of ffitz Harris his Councell That   
in Regard the prsoners Case was a Matter of very great Consequence to           
the K & all the Kingdome, he hoped the Court would take it into theire          
Consideration to give a further time, for the Argueing the said plea &          
Dimmurer Whereupon the Court was pleased to grant time till Satturday           
next by 8 in the Morn & acordingly made a Rule of Court for the bringing        
the prsoner then to ye Bar:                                                     
     Yesterday His Matie Came to WhiteHall Incognito & after about 3 or         
4 Hower Returned                                                                
     This day one Mr Lewen late page to ye Ld Witherington with ten             
psons more in his Company Seized upon one Madam Herbert being in her            
Sedan in Queen Streete forced her into a Coach & brought her to a               
Taverne in Salesbury Court & She being a Lady of great ffortune he prtended     
yt he was Marryed to her & would have Layne wth her by force, but Shee          
prayd him to Remove her to any other House & she would grant his desire         
but would not there the people being soe Rude, he Granted her desire &          
Removed to another Taverne in yt Court by wch meanes the Lord Lumbley           
whoe was nearly Related to ye Lady had notice of it & his Lordp Imedietly       
obteyned the L C Justices Wart; By wch Sheriff Bethel wth a very strong         
Guard beset the House & Seized every living pson in the House wch were          
by a Justice Comitted to Newgate & the Lady safely Conveyed to her              
Lodgings in Lincolnes Inn feilds                                                
     L. c. 1073     [Handwriting changes here.]    London 7th may Ad 1681       
+One Mr Blackett whoe was a longe time Imprisoned in Edinbrough haveing         
Reced his Examacon before the Councell there for beinge a disturber of          
the Courte is Banished ye said Courte to a small Island 20 miles distant        
yt he may not have furthr corespondence wth his Confederates.                   
+Here is some discourse yt Sr Robert Sawier Attorney Generall a pson of         
knowne Loyalty will shortly lay downe his Commission                            
     This weeke ye Earle of Ranalagh treated his Maty verey nobley and          
its said his Maty hath been pleased to forgive him a greate pte of ye           
moneyes hee was said to wast in ye Treasurey in Ireland                         
+Some Gentlemen of quality are aboute makeinge new proposicons for              
ffearminge his Matyes Revenue arriseinge upon Nines [?] and have offered        
30000 L advance and to pay 10000 L wch is an acrease [sic] of the said          
Revenues                                                                        
     ffrom Ireland they write yt ye Countyes of Limericke and Clarehall         
are aboute peticioninge his Maty for ye speedy callinge of parliament           
here                                                                            
     This day ffitzharris was brought up againe to the Kings Bench Barr         
where Councell on boath sides Acqued [?] verey Learnedly till 12 a Clock        
and then ye prisoner was ordered to withdraw after wch ye Ld Cheife Justice     
said ye Courte wold Consider of what they had said and give Order when          
hee shold be brought up againe  its thought the plea will be overruled          
and yt hee will be tryed ye latter end of ye next Weeke.                        
+Yesternight a nother Lady hapned to be seized upon By aboute 7 or 8            
Gallent younge Gentlm[en] as shee was Carried a longe in her Coach Chear        
Whoe had provided for her a Coach.  But Immediatly after yt was psued           
by ye watch (and ye Lady rescued)  The ptyes taken and brought to               
prison & as yet are not Released.                                               
   40 Gent of Midx have adrsd to ye grand Jury of Westmr to petion ye K         
for a plmt                                                                      
     The K Intends suddenly for Winsor.                                         
     A Constable & Beadle serving a wart. in Whitefryers last Thursday          
they being mistaken for serjts were so beaten yt tis sd yey are since           
dead                                                                            
     L. c. 1074     [Handwriting changes here.]   London 10 May Anno 1681       
+From Amsterdam of ye 13 Inst yey write of ye Ratification wth ye swed K        
& that state was compleated                                                     
+yesterday ye Comission for chusing a new Lieutncy for this City was            
broke up att guildhall & ye following psons enlisted [?] (viz) sr               
Patience Ward sr John Lanne sr Ro: Clayton sr John Fredrick sr Tho Allen        
sr Thos gold & sr John shortenge  ye foure are put in yr stead: viz sr John     
Chapman sr sym Lewis sr Jona: Rayman sr Gorge Jeffryes sergt Richdson           
Liut Coll Bayley [?] & Mr wallis                                                
+2 Comn souldrs having quarrelled last fryday near Branford shott at one        
another  ye one was killed & ye other securd                                    
+The E: of Pembroke Appers [?] at his seate in Wilts                            
+On fryday last ye Councell mett at Hampton Cot where ye K being prnt           
ffitz harris buisiness was discusd & yn ye Counsell was adjd for a              
fortnight his Matyie intending to morrow for white hall & the next day          
for Portsmoth & then for Plymoth                                                
+The 4000 volunteers for ye Pr of Oranges service to be raised heare            
comes In but slowly:                                                            
     Tis discoursed yt the 4 Judges of the Kings Bench are devided in           
theire Judgmt in the Case of ffitzharris and have desired the opinion           
of ye rest of the Judges whoe its said refuse to have any determinacon          
in yt matter alledginge they did not here ye plea Argued.                       
+Yesterday James Calligan and Daniell ffryar two of the Irish witnesses         
whoe was on Wednesday 7th night dismist by his Maty in Councell and had         
leave to returne into ireland sett forward for Weschester but soe poore         
yt they were necessitated to goe on ffoote and from thence depart for           
Ireland                                                                         
+One of o[u]r Eng: men of Warr hath lately taken an Algerine wth 200            
Turkes in her & released severall Eng: Dutch and Italian prisonrs               
+Oure Common Councell were this day to have mett but for some privat            
reasons adjd  The Earle of Danby hath not brought his heas Corpus Its           
thought because hee expects to see ffitzharris business over thinkinge          
yt if ye Kings Bench have power to try him yt then [alsoe?] they have           
power for to Bail his Lordpp:                                                   
     L. c. 1075   [Handwriting changes here.]   London 12th May Ad 1681         
     yesterday The Ld Ch. Just gave ye Copy of Fitzharris tryall to a           
kinsman of his who hath sold it for 150 L.                                      
     On Tuesday night came lrs from winsor yt his mate hath deferd              
setting forwrds on his Journey till Monday & yt yre are 4 men of war            
waiting for him at ye Downs but yt he will not go to Plimoth because            
of ye usuall Storms there                                                       
     The pson yt took Blundell ye priest is ordrd up out of Staffordsh          
to be exmd in ordr to Blundells tryall                                          
     On Sunday last Dr Floyd preachd his farwell serm at St Martins in          
ye fields & is going to his Bprick of St Asaph                                  
     Lrs from Ratisbonne say yt ye Diet were making amendmts to a lre           
to be sent to ye K of Engld & yt ye were debting whether a prot Prince          
& Catholick Comandr or a Catholick Prince & a prot Comandr shoud be cheif       
of ye arme of Empire                                                            
     Dr Hide Reguis professr of Physick & principall of Magdalen hall           
in Oxford dyd lately [?] ye last of wch places it being ye D of Ormonds         
gift [?] its sd dr Levit will have & yt his mate will give ye last to           
Dr morrison                                                                     
     A lre came from his mate to ye Ld Mayr yesterday yt his Lop shoud          
not yet call a Com. Councell  however its thought one will meet to morrow       
ye beadles having summond ym to day                                             
     The late Ld. Ch. Just Scrogs is put into ye Comission of Lieutency         
for Essex                                                                       
     Its sd Norfolk & suffolk intend to prsent his mate on ye 29 Inst           
wth a considrable sum of mony                                                   
     This day a man walk 80 times round ye Towr & bet 4 & 4 & won a             
wager of 20 L.                                                                  
     Its sd aldrman Backwell goes Residt to the states of Holld                 
     On Tuesday ye dr Conway came from winsor to summon a Councill wch          
mett yesterday at Whithall to hear yey Complt of mr Le Phee ye D of             
Holsteynes Ambr agt his Credrs yt had arrested him & agt ye Sheriffe &          
bayliffes for beating him were yey all being prnt yt Credrs were Comted         
     The E of Danby yesterday sent a lre to ye Ld C. J. yt he was recovd        
& to know wn he might be brought to ye Ks bench wch was ordrd to be on          
saterday  his bail are ye marquesse of worster Ld Latimore & mr Lory Hide       
     The guards were yesterday drawn up in Hide park                            
     L. c. 1076     Lond. May 14. 81                                            
     This day ye E of Danby was brought up & his Councill movd for bail         
alledging yt his crime was not of so high a nature as ye other Lds in ye        
Towr  After half an hours arguing ye Ld Ch. J. sd yt this Cot coud do           
nothing in it becaus it lay before a higher Cot                                 
     Secr Jenk-- on Thursday dd a message to ye Ld Mayr from his Mate yt        
he shoud not call a Com. Councill but his Ldsp. told him yt his Mate had        
declard yt he woud govern by ye Laws & expected his subjts woud act             
according to ym also & yre was a Law yt if ye City demanded a Com.              
Councill it shoud not be denyd ym  his Lop therfore believed ye message         
came not from his mate upon wch ye secr desird his Ldp to give undr his         
hand yt he had dd ye message wch his Ldp ref[used &?] sayd yt surely his        
mate woud believe his secr of State  The n[ext?] day a Com. Councill            
meeting an[d] Adrs was ordrd to be drawn up to thank his mate for his           
declaration & to desire him to call a plmt                                      
+this morn 2 Aldrmen & 4 Comoners went down wth it to Winsor attended           
wth 30 hors.                                                                    
     An Inform is exming agt mr Lecroes Credrs yt arrested him & yey            
this day gave in bail to app next term                                          
     The Marquess of worster is to be made D. of Beaufort in France             
     Councillr Thompson this day movd in ye behalf of mr Godfrey yt             
fitzharris might be exmd but ye grand Jury touching [?] Godfrys murdr &         
he is ordrd to be brought to ym on Monday  he hath already accusd one           
Duprie [?] to be concernd in it & an Indictmt is drawing agt him                
     The heads of ye dbate abt ye E. of D. follow                               
     mr Sandrs sd yt ye matter lay more plainly before ye Cot now yn            
formrly becaus no plt was in being to wch ye Cot answd yt ye Judges had         
before ye Councill given yr opinion yt he coud in no Case be baild because      
Impeachd to wch ye E. sd he wondred yt ye Judges shoud yn give yr opinion       
abt bailing him wn he desird only leave to go to his hous in Surry for          
ye air  Then mr Wallap sd yey did not medle wth ye authority of plmt or         
yr pcedings only begd wt shoud be don wth ye Es pson till Judgmt Insisting      
yr holy [?] was next to live [?] & cited Darnell who sd yt no Eng Subjt         
coud be Imprisond by any powr but either plamt woud bring him to his            
tryall or relieve him for Imprisonmt during life was scarce to be Imposd        
upon slaves  Then ye Ld C. J sd show me but one argumt to Testify o[u]r         
authority & I shall hearken to you  othrwise if ye K shoud send to us to        
do any thing contrary to law we can't do it.  Then mr wallup sd yt for          
pity sake his Ldp being sick something might be don  Then ye E. sd he           
only desird libty for his health sake insisting yt his case was quite           
diffrent from ye Ld Staffds it being a Dispute in plmt whether his crime        
were treason or no adeing wth all yt if he was guilty of treason he must        
be a F man in his heart & papist in his relig affirming yt he was as            
much a Jew as ye One & Turk as ye other & yn ye Ld C J sd it shoud be           
taken into Consideration agt next term                                          
     Sr Wm Waller [?] being wanted yesterday to give in Evid agt Bury to        
ye grand Jury for finding a bill it was declard publickly yt he was this        
week put into Newgate for debts.                                                
     L. c. 1077     [Handwriting changes here.]     London 17th May 1681        
+Sr Robert Clayton &c Arriveinge on Satturday morninge at Windsor               
his Maty being at Tennis sent them word yt psons of quallity prfed to           
have notice when Visitts was to be made [illegible five-letter word] but        
they used him like an ordinary man & therefore ordered yt if they had           
any Busines wth him they shoud look [?] upon him in Councill at hampton         
Courte on Tuesday next                                                          
+Yesterday the Ld: Mayor keepinge Cort at ye Bridgehouse in southwarke          
ye Inhabits: presented a peticon to his Ldp: yt thanks might be                 
returned to his Maty: for his declaracon his Ldp: demandinge whether it         
was genrall ye sense of ye betrats [?]  They desired ye peticon might be        
reced wch was accordingly done by ye Recorder  And it appearinge                
unanimo[us] his Ldp said yt prsentinge it to his Maty wold not be denyed        
and it shold be done accordingly                                                
+Letters from ye Hague informe us yt an English & Irish Regiment change         
[?] from ye Basse plundred a Village breakinge open their Chests though         
kindley treated by ym ye night before.                                          
+yesterday ye Duke of Buckingham had a Tryall wth Burey where sr: Wm            
Waller was brought by heas Corpus to give his Evidence ye under sherriffs       
refuseing to give him absolutely his libty:  upon hearinge his Case Burey       
was cast & shipt out of Courte  The Tryall was aboute scandellous words         
spoake by him agt The Duke of Buckingham.                                       
+Yesterday ffitzharris informed ye Grand Jurey & Courte yt Dupree told          
him yt a Consull was held at Windsor and another at St Jameses where the        
D: of Y: E: of Danby ffather Bencon [?] the man [?] ffather Christopr           
were prsent Contriveinge Godfreys murther & yt soone after he was               
murtherd ye sd Ld told him in ye privey Garden yt he had sent Godfrey on        
a dead mans arrand upon wch a Bill were found agt: ye E: and Dupree             
+The Bayliffe stopes Monsr by Crofts [?] at his house in pell mell              
refuseinge to discharge him notwthstandinge the Councill advise till he         
hath satisfyed his debts  he talkes of removeinge himselfe to ye sgt [?]        
Bench beinge affrade to goe into his owne Countrey by reason of some Crymes     
he hath Committed there intending when he went hence to have gone for           
ffrance                                                                         
+The Summe intended to be prsented to ye Kinge by Norfolk & Suffolke is         
50000 L.                                                                        
     The Ld ffalkland is made paymaster of Navey and doctr Brady one of         
ye Commrs of ye Admrlty.                                                        
    L. c. 1078     [Handwriting changes here.]     Lond May 19. 81              
    yesterday ye E. of Danby prnted a petion to his Matie yt since he was       
accusd by fitzharris of Godfreys murder he might be spedily tryd  his           
mate answd yt he would Considr of it                                            
     This morn ye 2 Aldrmen & 4 Comonrs went down to hampton Cot wth ye         
petion of this City to his mate for Calling a plt &c.                           
     One Nicholas a Condemnd priest in Newgate having this week recd his        
mates pdon he is still kept there ye validity of it being questiond.            
     Sr Tho Bludworth hath recd a lre to thank those Citizens yt were           
agt pedling [?]                                                                 
     Mor Le Croe hath made Composition wth his Credrs by giving ym halfe        
ye money & Eng Security for ye rest & Intends suddenly for F---.                
     The Ld Lumley was last night made A privy Councellr.                       
     The Com Councill of Hereford having petiond yt his mate might be           
adrst to for spedy calling a plt to redrsse grievances ye mayr is coming        
to winsor to prnt it & ye like adrs is coming from Lynn                         
     The Ld Mayr went this morn to prnt his mate ye thanks of ye Southwark      
Inhabitants for his declaracon                                                  
     A great Discovry hath been latly made of Jesuits lands in staffodsh        
     The K kindly thankd those of ye City who prnted thanks for his             
Declaracon & advisd those yt prnted ye Adrs for a plt to medle wth yr           
buisinesses                                                                     
     The D. of Y is dayly expected yachts being sent for him                    
     The D. of M. &c have prnted a silver bowle of 80 L to ye Colledge yt       
entteind ym in Oxon his graces name being Engraved first & ye rest of ye        
Lds after Prante made [?] it                                                    
     The Lawyers say yt Danby can't be tryd for Godfrys murdr before ye         
Impeachmt be over becaus if Convicted of ye first his Estate goes to ye         
K if of ye last it goes to ye K [sic].                                          
    [A few figures appear in another hand on outside of letter.]                
     L. c. 1079     Lond. May 21. 81                                            
     After a long debte on Thursday in Councell abt trying ye E. of Danby       
for Godfreys murdr it was resolved yt he shoud not be tryd for it till ye       
Impeacht was over                                                               
     mr wiseman ye Qs mercer at ye naked boy in Pater noster row was wth        
2 or 3 more Knighted at Hampton Cot on Thursday.                                
     On Thursday also a petion Was prnted to ye Councill by Sr Ed.              
Hungerford Compling yt ye City had pulld down Hungerford market [?] water       
gate in ye Strand & a day is apted for hearing ye Cause.                        
     yesterday afternoon a Gentman fell down dead in ye Temple walks            
     The grand Jury of Midx have yesterday prnted a petion to ye Mayr           
yt he woud adrs to ye K for a plt since ye papeists upon yr Dissolution         
are more vigorous yn formrly & tis feard are carrying on yr Designes            
as vigorously as ever.                                                          
     The Span Embr hath prnted a memrll to ye K informing him yt ye F K         
hath contrary to ye articles of peace unjustly prtended to sevll places         
belonging to ye Spanish K & he desird his mate to intpose in this affr          
accordingly his Mate hath discoursd wth ye F K abt it who hath sent an          
acct of it over to F.                                                           
     His Mates Declaracon being last sunday read in Chiswick church wth         
in 6 mile of Lond. sevll gentlmen made a Disturbance & went out                 
     The same being latly read at Shirly [?] Park wre ye E. of Essex            
lives by his Ldps Chaplayn wthout notice given him his Ldp was angry but        
ye Chaplayn answd yt he was commanded to do it by imprtant [?] psons            
     They talk of a plt in 8ber next                                            
     The Span Embr hath given 750 L advance to each Capt to raise men           
each company being to consist of 150 men but tis thought ye 8 regmts            
will scarce be compleated before 8ber                                           
     The E. of Essex hath turnd away his chaplain on ye acct afforsd            
     3 or 4 priests are Discovd in Worcestershire                               
     Fitzharris hath sent to Ireld for his witnesses to be prnt at his          
tryall                                                                          
     L. c. 1080     Lond. May 26. 81                                            
     The 19 Justices of Midx yt protested agt ye grand Juries yt petiond        
for a plt prnted a remonstrance to ye K declaring yt it was not ye              
buisinesse of grand Juries to medle wth states affrs but to find bills          
upon evid given ym                                                              
     The D of Y & sevll of ye Scotch nobility are going to see ye solon         
geese & ye nature of ye [faded word of about seven letters]                     
     yesterday ye Dutch of Portsmoth went to ye E of sundrland in               
Northtonsh [?] & stayes yr till ye K returns from sea who sate forward          
this week & returns on Saturday                                                 
     yesterday ye Councill sat at whithall where Ld Hethrington &c were         
exmd upon Information given yt yey had subornd sevll psons to swear agt ye      
Queens [?] [faded word of about seven letters]                                  
     Hamden hous in Ks street westmr is to be turnd into stables for ye         
K & Q.s horses & ye Mouse [sic] is to be an absolute Garison                    
     yesterday a pson offrd ye E of Dan to discover sevll things to his         
advantage  his Ldp had him to ye Ld Killington [?] who carryd him               
Imediatly to ye secr                                                            
     The K having notice yt o[u]r Com. Councill were to meet this week          
sent to ye Ld Mayr to stop ye ordr who ansd he coud not go agt his Oath         
his mate hath further referd Emertons Case to sevll Lds & Gentmen who           
its thought will give it agt him.  he hath further given ordr for               
regling [?] ye Lieutency in sevll Countyes by putting in Loyall psons &         
for prosecuting both pap & Fam [?]                                              
     sevll Justices in somsetsh are turnd out for not joyning at ye             
Qrter sessions to thank his mate for his Declar                                 
     Dr Clewer vicar of Croydon is suspended for 3 years for being a            
Dissolute & Litigious pson                                                      
     Its sd yt a pson hath made a Considrable Discovry of Godfreys murdr        
to ye E. of Shaftsbury confirming wt Fitzharris sd                              
     The F K hath put sevll psons to ye wrack to make ym Discovr wt yey         
know of ye poisining plot                                                       
     2 men & a boy were this day whipt for Felony & ye Condemnd prisners        
dy on Monday  yey seem very penit min[ister]s having been wth ym                
     The Judges having latly met to consult abt trying Fitzharr[is] are         
Divided in yr opinion                                                           
     L. c. 1081     Lond. May 28. 81                                            
     The Sun being too hot at sea their Maties returnd yesterday morn to        
winsor                                                                          
     Magrach who offrd ye E. of D. to make Discovry was on Thursday exmd        
by a Councill wre he swore yt Sr E. Godfrey hangd himself yt he kickt him       
down & yt his brothers run him thro & carryd him into ye fields to save         
his estate but ye messenger who had him in Custody pducd a lre from mrs         
Cellier wch was Intcepted in ye sending ye pport of wch was yt he had gon       
as far as he coud & cravd further Direcons upon wch he confesd ye whole         
to be mrs Celliers Contrivence & yt he knew nothing of ye matter  a lre         
of mrs Celliers was also found abt him wr in were Instrucons how to             
manage himselfe                                                                 
     Mr Sidney is recalld from Holld & mr Savile is going agn to F.             
     Hethrington & Dennis are Comted Close prisners upon ye Information         
agt ym but tis believd yey are falsly accusd ye men yt swear agt ym             
having offrd to swear yt ye Ld Ma[yr?] & Sr Ro. Cla--- woud have subornd        
ym to swear agt ye D of y &c                                                    
     A Duell was on Thursday fought at Epsom upon words [?] & one Gent          
Wounded in ye arme                                                              
     The Man yt made ye large Discovry to ye E of Shaftsbury hath his           
pdon & ye next Councill day is to make his discovry to his Mate                 
     Yesterday dr Burnet wth some psons of Quality went to Fitzharris &         
prsd him to discovr ye whole truth who ansd yt wt he had discovd was upon       
his salvation true & coud bring sevll psons yt were actrs to prove it           
were yey assurd of ye pson upon wch yey promisd to Intcede wth his Mate         
for it                                                                          
     A pson hath accusd Arthur [?] (who swoare agt Huntington) of high          
treason & he is upon securd agn                                                 
     Sevll psons are trying if by ye law yey can find out yt Tis in his         
Maties powr to put in a sherriff for Midx                                       
     A petion of thanks for his Maties Declaration being drawn up in ye         
name of Durham 2 of ye grand Jury refusd to set yr hands to it wch              
hindrd ye printing it but one of yer same nature is Coming from Newcastle       
     One of o[u]r merchts were this week taken in ye Chanell by an              
Algerine ye men escaping in boat.  The Dutch of portsmouth Came to winsor       
last night                                                                      
     The E. of D. hath petiond agn for a tryall but was refusd                  
     The D. of Norfolk went on Thursday to Ply[mouth] having setled his         
estate on ye E of Arund who is turnd protest[ant]                               
     The Hamlets are getting hands to a petion for a plt to be prted by         
10 a [?] Captains                                                               
     Secr Jenk hath issud warts for sevll of Coll Tabettes [?]                  
     The mr of ye Qs yachts falling over board was wth much difficulty          
taken up  ye Q. gave 20 Guinies to ye yachts crew & took away a boy to          
provide for him                                                                 
     Tis sd Southwark intends to prnt his mate wth 50000 L                      
     The K comes to town on Tuesday come 7 night & stays till Fitzharris        
is tryd                                                                         
     Magrach hath leave to get bail for his app[ear?]ance                       
     L. c. 1082     Lond May 31 81                                              
     The Com. halls in ye towns being held at this time of year tis             
thought many will petion for a plt [about eight letters illegible]              
peticon will come out before Midsumr for calling a plt to sit in 8ber           
becaus it may not look as if extorted [?]                                       
     Arthur &c offring a man in Aldrsgate street money to swear agt ye          
Ld Ma-- &c he discovd it to a Justice                                           
     Fitzharris hath petiond yt his tryall may not be deferd longr yn           
Thursday 7 night                                                                
     mr Seymr is to be Ld Trear & ye Ld Killingworth Lord privy seal            
     A project is on foot for finding out if by law any Comonr may be           
chose Ld Mayr.                                                                  
     mr Pilkington Box & Sheppard are in No[min?]acon for sheriffs.             
     Sr Fra: Withers is making Intrest already to be chose Burgesse for         
Westmr                                                                          
     The Ld mayr drunk to Mr Pilkington at ye Bridghous it being usuall         
to Drink to Those he designs sheriffs & tis sd ye D. of Bucks will be           
also no[min]ated                                                                
     50000 L was on Sunday carryd ore Lond bridge for Scotld                    
     The Articles bet Tangier & ye Moors were last Councill day read &          
approved for [sic]                                                              
     Macnemarra was this day baild by ye Ld Ch. J.                              
     Macrach being ordrd to be dischargd upon entring into 200 L [?]            
recognisance ye messenger kept him till to day & carryd him before ye           
Councill else tis thought he woud have fled                                     
     Mor Le Croe is in ye posse [?] yard not being able to find Engl            
security                                                                        
     Some of ye Captns have dd up yr Comisions to ye Span Embr who              
formrly promisd ym yt 2 Eng merchts shoud be bd for Plym & now tells ym         
tis mr Than [?] pays ym                                                         
     The D. of Y &c are returnd from seing ye Solon Geese having been           
Splendidly entteined by ye Gentry going & coming                                
     The states of Holld are seling ye forces yey Intend to keep on foot.       
     Sevll priests have been latly taken in & abt dublin & some of ym           
will be suddenly tryd  a plt will shortly be held yre                           
     L. c. 1083     Lond. June 4. 81                                            
     Yesterday ye Attorney Genell movd yt ye Clerk of ye crown might            
return a Jury for Fitzharris & not ye Sheriff of Midx but his Lop told          
him yt yre was no prsidt of ye clerk of ye Crowns returning a Jury in           
criminall Causes so it was ordrd yt ye Sheriff return an able Jury for          
trying him on Thursday & this day mrs Fitzharris prnted a petion to ye          
Cot compling yt her husbd had been usd hardly she nor any of his friends        
having been admitted to him & desird yt he might be certeinly tryd on           
Thursday & yt she might come to him to help him in prparing for his             
tryall to wch ye Ld Ch J. answd yt They had made ill use of ye formr            
favr of admittance in psuading him not to confesse by telling him ye Judges     
woud traine [?] him  As for his tryall it shoud be certeinly on Thursday        
upon wch she begd his Lops pdon pmising if she might be admitted to             
abuse ye favr saying she was a silly weak woman to wch ye Ld Ch Just            
answd that she being so it was feard she woud comit her formr fault agn to      
wch she sd yt her husbd had as good as [be?] knockd on ye head as be usd        
so to wch Judge Dolbin sd he believd he did believe she did not care if         
he was he being Informd she was to have a pension if her husbd miscarryd        
wch she sd was utterly false having nothing to live on but ye                   
Contributions of friends                                                        
     The Irish man namd Davies agn [?] is come in making large discoveries      
confirming wt Fitzharris sd  his pdon is stopd                                  
     Then mrs Fitzharris urgd yt ye Ld Staffds friends were Admitted but        
ye Ld Ch. Just told her it was at & after ye tryall & ye same favr should       
be granted her.                                                                 
     The Hamlets Petion for a plt was this week prnted to ye K by some          
sea officrs but he was not so angry wth ym as others.                           
     Notwthstanding Davies pdon is stopt tis sd he will venture to come in      
wn Fitzharris is tryd & discovr wt he knows                                     
     Fitzharris hath subpoenad in ye Dutch of portsm & her porter ye Es         
of Sundrland & Peterbrough & mrs wall her maid of honr for Witnesses            
     The Councill being buisy last Thursday abt ye Bankrs having ordrd yr       
Intrest to be constantly pd Sr E. Godfreys brothr & magrach were ordrd          
to app wn summond                                                               
     The Pope & F K. not being like to agree ye F K. hath sent to desire        
leave of E. K to secure [?] ye records of ye Towr to see how Hen. 8 threw       
of ye pope [about seven letters illegible] wch its sd will be granted.          
     A Comte of Councill sat last night abt ye Alger Slaves & Tanger & on       
wensday next a full Councill will be held.                                      
     An Engineer hath undrtaken to bring ye Thames up to Winsor castle          
gates his Mate intending to come up thither by barge                            
     Sevll Lds yesterday adrsd to ye K yt Fitzharris might be exmd abt          
ye fire of Lond before he be tryd                                               
     L. c. 1084     Lond. June. 7. 81                                           
     Mrs Fitzharis maid going to serve a subpdna [sic] on ye Dutch of           
Portsmoth met wth mrs Wall who advisd to go back & tell her mrs yt her husbd    
woud be certeinly condemnd & yt ye Dutch woud be his friend to ye K for a pdon  
if she was not disobligd wth wch message  ye maid returning her mrs sent        
her agn wth ye subpoenas & yn yey threatned to pump her if she was not          
gon prntly                                                                      
     Its sd yt ye E. of Hallifax will be made Ld Lieut of Ireld                 
     They talk as if a peer woud come in & Discovr & yt Plunket will            
discovr also.                                                                   
     The Constable being dying or dead who was abusd in serving a wart          
on a shoemakr in white fryers who had bought 4 [?] [about five letters          
illegible] & woud neithr pay for em nor return 'em he was latly fetcht          
out & carryd to Newgate where in a little time he had sevll acons laid          
upon him to ye value 700 [?] L                                                  
     The Judges are to morrow to turn [?] in yr opinion to ye Council           
whether ye sessions for Midx may be removd to Hicks hall & ye sessions          
for Lond to Guild hall sevll Justices of both places having desird it           
& if yey be removd new prison [?] is to be [about seven letters                 
illegible]                                                                      
     Murphy an Irish Evid going yesterday to subpoena one of his namesakes      
belonging to ye Engl to be a witnesse to morrow agt Plunket was beat &          
abusd & upon it sending another to serve ye Subpoena he was servd in ye         
like manner.                                                                    
     Yesterday Sr E. Godfreys brother movd Fitzharris might be exmd abt         
Godfreys murdr before he be tryd  ye Ld. Ch. J. askd who put 'em on this        
to wch a Councillr stood up & sd he did & woud Justify it by law  however       
it was overruld.                                                                
     To morrow sevll newsmongers are to app before ye Councill for              
writing false & scandalous news.                                                
     On Sunday last Fitzharris Lodgings & clothes were searchd but no paps      
of concern found                                                                
     Ordrs are given for an ffrigatt [?] [about six letters illegible]          
and of ye Lieutenancy yt were latly put out of comission                        
     A Fanatick at Dublin preaching up ye Coven[an]t & railing at ye            
Governmt was had before ye Ld Lieut & securd.                                   
     The prentices adrsse of thanks for ye Ks declara[tion] is printing         
     L. c. 1085     Lond. June. 8. 81                                           
     This day hapend a fire behind st Thomas Apostles Hospitall in              
Southwark wch having burnt abt 20 houses was quenchd                            
     Yesterday a mocon was made in ye Innr Temple Hall at diner yt an           
adrs of thanks might be prnted to ye K for his declaration but upon             
putting ye Question it was carryd in ye Negative                                
     Yesterday The Sheriffs were find 200 L a piece & 100 L ye                  
undrsheriffe for not having sumond a Jury for trying Fitzharis upon wch yey     
Sumond a Jury agt this day & Fitzharris was brought up abt 8 a clock where      
ye Dutch of Portsm &c yt he had sumond a[r]g[ue]d but sd litle or nothin        
in his Defence  his wife thrust a pap into his hand as he was at ye bar         
but ye Cot woud not let him make use of it till it was first read by ym         
upon wch he threw it back to his wife: The Attorny Genll peremptorily           
indicating [?] all those of ye Jury yt had been plt men wch is not being        
usually don  Sr Wm waller &c gave in full evid agt him proving ye treason       
agt him both as to ye libell & otherwise & upon hearing ye whole matter         
ye Jury abt 3 a clock going from ye bar half an hour brought him in guilty      
& tis sd yt he wth Plunket (who was found guilty yesterday) will recieve        
Judgmt yt last day of Term.                                                     
     2 of ye E. of Oxfords regmt quarrelling latly at Winsor fought a           
duell  one of em is dangrously wounded & both discarded                         
     On Tuesday ye Brothrs of sr E. Godfrey petiond ye Judge to join wth        
ym in a petion to his Mate to pdon an unknown pson who coud make great          
Discovries of ye plot & Godfreys murdr but ye Cot refusd he being               
supposd to be Harris formrly mencond.                                           
     yesterday ye Es of Essex Salisbury & shaftsbury Adrsd to ye K to Issue     
out an ordr to suprsse pamphlets & ye K ordrd em to wait on him to day          
at Winsor tis Supposd becaus he woud have em abst from Fitzharris tryall        
     The Ld Lexinton lyes very sick of ye smallpox at Winsor                    
     mr Hickringhill being yesterday at ye Bp Cot & refusing to pull off        
his hatt somebody else plucked it off but he putting it on agn sd he            
woud knock him down yt attempted agn to do it.                                  
     Dr Oates this day seizd a St Omers studt in Westm hall                     
 L. c. 1086  [Handwriting changes here.] London June 11th Anno Dmni 1681        
     Yesterday Mrs ffitzharris went to ye Ld Chancellr and told him yt          
her husband wold confesse whoe contrived ye Libell  his Ldp: sent her to        
secr Jenk whoe sent her to Windsor where beinge Examed they gave ye             
aforesaid account and wth her Maide was remanded [?]  Mr Whitaker went          
yesterday to sec Jenk: and told him yt hee was prpd to come to him about        
ye same businesse but wold not because hee beleivd there was nothing in         
it  Its said yt ye Ld Ho-d of Eton [?] is concerned abt ye libell and yt        
there is A warrant for takeing of him  his Maty upon heareinge yt               
heareinge yt fitzharis was cast sd yt he would pdon him if he wold discovr      
whoe sett him at worke and this morninge ffitzharis was carried downe           
to Windsor beinge guarded from putney [?] whither hee came by water &           
[?] a troope of horses  The Ld Killington went alonge wth him.                  
+Severall Cittizens swore last Tuesday to ye Ld Mayr to peticon The Kinge       
yt ffitzharris might be Examed aboute ye ffire of London of wch his Ldp         
said hee wold Consider it                                                       
                     [Handwriting changes here.]                                
     The wives to ye Engl slaves at Algiers waited on Wensday at Councill       
wth a petion to his mate to pay ye full ransom for yr husbds yey not            
being able to make addition to ye 40 L cash [?] allowd for yt ppose but         
ye K being buisy recd it not                                                    
     mr Pherile [?] is returnd from ye Co[urt of?] Bavaria                      
     mr Sackvile & othrs are returning from Tanger ye peace being ratifyd       
     On Thursday ye Irish witnesses being at a Tavern in ye City quarreld       
& drawing yr Swords had don mischief had not a Constalbe seizd ye buisiest      
     Last night ye Councill was sumond & sat till 2 this morn wre mr            
whitakr gave acct yt Fitzharris sd yt ye Ld howd gave him ye heads of ye        
libell & this morn ye Ld Chancllr & Secr Jenk examd him before he went          
to winsor  whittakr is baild                                                    
     A Comission for making ye D. of Y Ld high Comr of Scotld & calling         
a plt suddenly yer was sent to ye D. of Thursday night                          
     Lilly hath left 400 L a year to mr Whittack of ye Temple who was           
no kin to him                                                                   
     This day happend a fire in a hous in st Giles but was soon quenched        
     On[e] Thorp was latly comted for treasonable words                         
 [A few figures and words in another hand appear on outside of letter.]         
     L. c. 1087     ]Handwriting changes here.]     London June 14. 81          
     By letters from Dorchester we are advised that ye Earl of Bristoll         
Lord Leiutenant of that County is coming up with an addresse subscribed         
by the Leiutenancy Justices of the peace & many others where in they            
returne his Maty thanks for his Matys late gracious Declaracon.                 
     The Prince of Orange hath conferred the Genralship of the English          
forces in that service on Coll Sidney (his Matys Envoy extraordinary            
there) who hath accepted it upon condicon that his Maty will be pleased         
therewith                                                                       
     yesterday A Jew living in Bridges Street in Convent Garden quarrelling     
with his sister Atempted with his Knife to cut her throat, but she crying       
out he was prevented by The coming in of Neighbours                             
     Letters from ffrance inform us yt by reason of the present drought         
hay is sold at 8 L p load                                                       
     ffrom Stockholm we are advised that the assault upon the King of           
Sweden was not designed to take away his life but only A Drunken Frolick        
of some persons wch put ym upon an honnr [?] of letting none passe that         
way, however they were taken into Custody in order to their tryalls             
     The losse of Mamora [?] is also confirmed, The Alcade of Alcazar           
found in it 86 guns upwards of 300 men & 30 women:  he gave ye Spanish          
Governr & 6 other ffamilyes their freedome & hath set 40 peices of 8 on         
each of the rest.                                                               
     Ensign Spicer who yesterday morning killed Leiutenant Piggot &             
made his Escape we hear was this day taken in Gree[n]wich park                  
     we hear there are 12 warrants out to seize soe Many persons of noe         
mean quality who are suspected to have a hand in the libel found in Mr          
ffitzharris his pamphlets                                                       
                      [Handwriting changes here.]                               
     The Ld Howard in his Confinmt hath had sevll freinds to see him but        
refusd yre being an ordr of Councill agt it  sevll paps to his                  
disadvantage have been found in his hous                                        
     This day ye Artillery Company was lead by sr James Edward & treated        
at diner                                                                        
     This day yere was a Gentman run thro in Lincolns Inne fields & a           
Coachman in Salisbury Court:                                                    
     L. c. 1088      [Handwriting changes here.]     Lond June 16. 81           
     Nowtwthstanding sevll heads of speeches (relating to ye libell)            
designd to be spoke by ye Ld Howd next plt & will make to his disadvantage      
were found abt him yet hee hath sent to all his friends to tell ym he           
hopes he shall bring no disgrace on his family not questioning but yt           
he shall come of clearly being only malitiously accusd  An Indictmt of          
high treason is prparing agt him & tis sd he will be suddenly tryd              
but many think he will come off becaus having notice a day before he            
was taken he might have escapd if he woud                                       
     Hains [?] pdon not being pasd he does not yet app but hath given           
undr his hands yt sr E Godfrey was carryd on ship board after he was            
murdrd but those yt conveyd him considring yt it woud have been sd yt ye        
papists had murdrd him brought him back agn & carryd him to ye fields           
&c yt it shoud be thought he had murdrd himself & further yt ye E. of D         
came muffled in a cloack into ye room wre Godfrey lay dead                      
     This day ye Question being put at diner in ye midle Temple hall            
Whether an Adrs of thanks for ye Ks declaration shoud be prnted &               
carryd in ye Affirm The Dissenters from it are drawing up yr protest            
agt ye proceedings alledging yey had not notice time enough  adrsses of         
ye like nature are promoting among ye Grays Inne & Lincolns Inne Gent           
as also among ye City companys                                                  
     Plunket & Fitzharis being yesterday sentencd its [?] sd yey will be        
executed on wensday at Tybourn Tho some still labr for his pdon                 
      Mr James Morley was Latly Committed uppon A warrant of high               
treason & this day Carried downe to the Councell at Hampton Courte,             
     ffitz Harris desires A protestant minestr may Come to him and if he        
resolves mr [?] of some samples [?] he will turne protestant  He beggs          
the favour of Transportation                                                    
     His Majesty told those that began Dorsetshir Adresse that the Earle        
of Shafebury would not like it, but A prophet hath seldome honnor in his        
owne Contry                                                                     
     Sr John ffitz gerrard was yesterday brought to the kings bench barr        
& the thre Irish men that accusd him giveing noe great sattisfaction to         
the Court was bailed this day  one of the gentlemen that broke into the         
Ferrills House some time since under pretence of searc[h]ing for preists,       
but really to steale of [?] Lady was brought up to the kings bench barr         
but baile refused till the Lord Cheife Justice north was Consulted with         
     A warrant is Ishued for searching for Haines [?] Above mentioned           
     L. c. 1089     Lond June 18. 81                                            
     The Declar of ye Gent of ye midle Temple yt dissented from                 
Thursdays procedings was prnted to ye Benchers & mr Trenchard mr Thompson       
& mr Weldon made learned speeches showing how ye young Gent had only            
powr to call a plt in vacation time & not in terme time yt yey had not          
notice of it yt state affrs were not to be medled wth by a Civill society       
that these pcedings tended to breed animosities among them & mr Tomson sd       
ye thanks promisd [?] a benefit & certeinly no true Eng man thought             
ymselves obligd by Dissolution of plts & yt thanking his mate for declaring     
to prserve ye Govermt seemd to Imply as if his mate was but latly of ye         
mind wn we ought to beleeve yt his mate always intended ye same after           
wch ye Gent wthdrew & being calld in agn ye Resolucons of ye bench were         
read  1st yt ye bench agreed wth ye Declaracon prnted to em & thankd ye         
prnters  2dy that those yt comted ye riot ye day before were guilty of a        
breach of privilege  howevr its sd ye aforsd adrs will be prnted to ye K        
     Its sd yt ye E. of Essex will petion to ye K for Plunkets pdon he          
having behaved himself well during his Ldps Lieutp of Irld & yt ye Span         
& F Embrs will petion for his pdon also  howevr we hear a wart is signd         
for execution of em both on fryday                                              
     Notwthstanding ye Stat agt transpting of Corn at above 2 L a Qrter         
its now transpted at 3 L a Qrter & all other graine is almost as dear           
agn as formrly.                                                                 
     yesterday mr Darnell movd for ye Ld Howards heas Corpus wch was            
granted & its thought he will be brought up On monday but not be baild.         
     Col Geffries Aldrman of & late Burgesse for Brecon came up on              
wensday night wth ye Adrs of thanks of yt town for his mates Declar & will      
prnt it on sunday.                                                              
     The Circuits begin ye 12 of July wch is sooner yn ordinary in ord          
to ye plts meeting ye sooner.                                                   
     On Thursday night Sr John Lawrences Lady & on Fryday night mr              
Byers [?] lady was splendidly buryd ye last at Christchurch.                    
     Last night 3 or 4 Gent of ye Innr Temple who were Expelld for not          
paying yr Comons broke most of ye benchery windows.                             
     mr morley was exmd by ye Councill abt ye Irish plot & remanded to          
prison & this day 1000 L bail taken for him.                                    
     The Accusers of Hethrington &c were on Thursday at winsor to get           
yr pdon compleated wch being deferd yey cant be Witnesses agt Hethrington       
     mr Fisher one of Mor Le Croes Credrs movd yesterday yt Le Croe might       
be producd he being informd he was gon upon wch the depty marshall was          
ordrd to bring him up next week                                                 
+Sr James Edwards pposed to ye Artillery an Adrs of thank for ye Ks             
Declar to wch most have agreed                                                  
+The Lady Anne comes next tuesday from winsor & yn goes next week to            
scotld.                                                                         
+A Scotch Ld reced his pdon at ye Ks bench bar for a murdr comted some          
time since                                                                      
+The D. of y is made viceroy of Scotld & on Thursday come 7 night ye plt        
men are to be chose yre.                                                        
     L. c. 1090     Lond. June. 21. 81                                          
     The pipes for filling ye Ditches of winsor at ye rate of Ten Tun an        
hour are ready & ye Ingineer hath recd already 1500 L                           
     The prnters of ye Adrsses of nottingham & ye Artillery of Lond were        
splendidly treated at Diner on satterday by Secr Jenk.                          
     The D. of y is evry day expected at winsor a man of war & Yacht            
being gon for & after a fortnights stay ye Lady Anne returns wth him            
to Scotld.                                                                      
    On Sunday ye Lieut [?] of ye hous carryd a lre to ye K from Fitzharris      
who ansd yt he did [?] not value his prtences of Anoying others & unlesse       
wt was sd was provd by credible witnesses he shoud be hangd & to night          
he was brought to newgate & to morrow he & Plunket dy tho this day in           
councell ye Span & F Embrs Inteceded for his pdon ye last proceding even to     
require satisfaction for ye reflexion on his mastr in Plunkets Indictmt         
vizt yt he was to land men in Irld wch was utterly false  mrs Fitzharris        
was this day exmd in Councill                                                   
     yesterday ye ld Howard was refusd bail mr Attorny telling ye Cot           
there were othr things agt his Ldp besides Fitzharris accusacon pticlarly       
a new libell calld treason in grain but he was promsd to be suddenly tryd       
& notwthstanding all was sd for him his close confint is continued & his        
Lady was refusd Admittance to him & last night a man yt had been hitherto       
wth him was turnd away.                                                         
     Sevll 40 pounds are pd to ye Algers slave relations & on saturday          
sevll of yr wives went to ye Ld Prsidts hous at Chester to petion him           
to desire his mate yt yr full ranson might be pd but he was not at home         
     The Ld Eglington having been reprievd for killing a vintner at york        
was ordrd on saturday to repair to Scotld to be yre at ye plt sitting he        
being a peer yre                                                                
     Mrs Fitzharris will its sd be baild to morrow                              
     mr Ashenden ye minr having recanted of making ye prsbyterians pater        
noster is dischargd as also mr Hindmarsh yt printed it                          
     4 Aldrmen & 6 Comon Councill men went down to winsor on sunday to          
petion his mate for leave yt an Inscription may be put on ye Monumt yt          
Lond. was burnt by ye papists since its plain yt yey did it but yey are         
not returnd so we do not know ye Answr                                          
     The Collonells of ye City Train bands were yesterday sent for by           
ye K  some say tis to recieve ordrs to lay down ye nightly guards  others       
say to put the laws in Execution agt both papists & Fanaticks                   
     On Thursday next yey chuse sheriffes & most people are for Pilkington      
& Box                                                                           
     Sevll news mongrs are taken up abt ye Scandal mag of ye E of D.            
     L. c. 1091     Lond June 23d 81                                            
     There being 5 of ye grand jury to whom ye bill agt ye Ld Hord was          
prnted for finding it & ye rest agt it on Tuesday night yey Adjd ye             
Debte to wensday morn & yn mr ward Clerk of ye crown (mr Attorny having         
notice tis Supposd yt yey woud bring in ignoramus upon it) came to ye           
grand jury for ye bill saying mr Attorny woud mend it wch yey delivring         
& after some time demanding agn answr was made yt it was lost upon wch          
some of em went to ye grand Jury of oswalston hundred & prnted a bill agt       
mr ward yey making oath of ye proceding aforsd  The Attorny Genrll (upon        
Complt in Cot) sd yt he woud Justify yt ye K might wthdraw his bill so          
yt now ye Ld Hord is like to lye in prison till next term but tis believd       
wn a new bill is prferd agt him ignoramus will be brought in upon it            
There being only frivolous evid agt him.                                        
     The rabble going yesterday to newgate in expectation of Fitzharris         
& plunkets dying & being ansd yt it was deferd till fryday 7 night yey          
sd yey woud not lose yr labr for one of em shoud dy  howevr yey were wth        
some Difficulty appeasd & Dispersd.                                             
     On Tuesday afternoon was a brisk encounter bet some Gent & serjts          
who attempted to arrest a man in miter Cot in Fleetstreet 2 or 3 officrs        
being wounded but ye Gent escapd.                                               
     Tis sd ye D of y will take ye Oathes &c.                                   
     yesterday one Dod who had refusd ye Oathes brought 4 psons to be bd        
in 1000 L bond yt he shoud suddenly dept ye land wch being granted ye Ld        
Ch. Just told him if evr he returnd ye bonds shoud be sued.                     
     sr John Fitzgerald was bd in 1500 L bond to app wn summond.                
     Sr wm Goring & Sr Henry Fitchburn were bd in 1000 L bond each & 2          
securities for each in 250 L bond a piece yt yey shoud app yre from term        
to term to term till yey were dischargd  mr Preston & mr Leybourn were          
bd in 500 L a piece & securitys for each in 250 L a piece on ye same            
Condicons                                                                       
     mr Messenger concernd in ye Lady Tyerills buisnesse was bound in           
500 L bond to app ye next terme                                                 
     mr Hindmarsh movd by his Councill yt his bail might be dischargd           
since he had discovd ye author of ye prsbyterians pater nostr who had           
don penance for it but ye Ld Ch. Just ordrd his bail to be continud till        
ye 1st day of next term & yt in ye mean time he prosecute his author            
according to Law.                                                               
     mr hethrington being brought up by heas Corpus movd for bail but ye        
Ld Ch. J. told him his buisnesse lay before ye sessions & he urging yt          
he was malitiously accusd Judge Dolben told him yt he & his accusers            
were all alike nevr a barrell better Herring  he yn urging yt he had            
been so close a prisner yt his friends coud not come to him leave was           
given for yr admittance                                                         
     The F. K. hath given ye protest[ant]s leave to build Churches &            
Comted 18 Jesuits to ye Bastille                                                
     L. c. 1092     [Handwriting changes here.]     Lond. June. 25. 81          
     yesterday was a Com. hall held at Guild hall where mr Shute ye Ks          
Draper Aldrman Nichols mr Pilkington & mr Box were set up for Sheriffs          
ye 1st had 2200 voices ye 2d 85  ye 3d chose wthout polling & ye 4th            
1200  ye Declaration of ye election will be made on Monday                      
     The D. of ys coming hither is Contmanded & ye Lady Anne goes for           
Scotld on wensday next ye Countesse of peterbrough & ye other psons of          
Quality yt wait upon her thither having yesterday sent yer goods on             
shipboard.                                                                      
     The wives of ye Alger slaves taken since 78 were yesterday at              
Councill & Sollicited to have yr husbds Inserted in ye list to be redeemd       
but ye Stock of money will not hold out.                                        
     There having been a disturbance at Reding some of ye poor having           
fallen upon those psons yt bought up ye Corn by wch it grew dearer  The         
mayr & Aldrmen of yt town have been sent for before ye K & councill abt it      
     The warts for execution of Fitzharris & Plunket were last night            
delivd to ye Sheriff & a wart to ye Lieut of ye Towr to deliver Fitzharris      
on fryday morn to ye Sheriff at ye towr gates.                                  
     The Lady Howard being refusd admittance to her husbd calld to him          
at ye window wre telling him ye procedings of ye grand Jury he ordrd her        
to enter an action of 20000 L agt ye Attorny Genrll & Anothr of 10000 L         
agt mr ward wch is accordingly don.                                             
     There being a diffrence bet ye Benchers & ye young Gent of ye Innr         
temple ye last to vex ye first have shut up ye Temple gates into                
Whitefryers & nightly break yr windows                                          
[Figures and words in another hand, most of them about financial                
arrangements with "Ri: Lucas," cover the outside of letter.]                    
     L. c. 1093     Lond. June. 28. 81                                          
     The bill of misdemeanr is found agt mr ward & he will next week            
be tryd at ye old bayly                                                         
     The Ld Ho[war]d having libty to walk wthin ye Towr will its sd at          
sessions move for bail & tis thought will be granted.                           
     we hear yt ye D. of Ormond is coming hither to make a short stay &         
mr Seymr will go over Depty Lieut in ye mean time                               
     Attempts have been latly made to corrupt ye honest Irish witnesses         
but to no ppose.                                                                
     Ham who refusd to come in wthout pdon was its sd yesterday taken in        
ye Strand                                                                       
     Smith was on saterday last sumond to Guild hall abt ye speech of a         
noble peer but ye buisnes adjd                                                  
     To morrow ye K comes to ye councill at whithall                            
     The Assizes for Dorsetsh are altred for Dorchester to Sherburn.            
     The raising of a Considrable sum will be proposd by ye D. of y to          
ye Scotch plt wth pmises yt yr grievances shall be redresd.                     
     From Marseilles we hear yt some F ships are going to Algiers wth           
Algerine slaves to exchange for F.                                              
     The Feud bet ye Pope & ye F K Increases so yt yey both Imprison any        
yt make propositions yt are not likd.                                           
     The Span Embr complains Daily to his Mate of ye Outrage yt F Comitt        
desiring yt he woud Intrest himself in this Affr.                               
     Fitzharris pseveres still in saying yt he had ye heads of ye libell        
from ye Ld H but tis believd yt he is pswaded to say so by priests who          
have conversd wth him it being sd he intends to dy a pap if of any Relig        
     A new Embr is ordrd hither from holld in ye room of him yt is              
depting & mr Sidney being arrivd his mate intends to send another Embr          
thither but ye pson is not pitcht on.                                           
     L. c. 1094     Lond. June 30. 81                                           
     yesterday Mr Sprouce clerk to sr Tho Playr was seizd & exmd by ye          
secr being accusd of being concernd in a prsbyt plot having pd Thousands        
of pounds for promoting it  ye paymt of ye money he ownd but not for wt         
use saying he woud not discovr his mrs secrets & so was sent to ye Towr.        
     The same day mr Colledge comonly calld ye protest Joyner was seizd         
in a Cauphee hous in ye City being accusd of being ye same plot  he             
desird ye messengr he might take leave of his friend into whose hands           
he slipt some paps of Impt wch ye messengr pcieving seizd ym also  he           
was last night exmd by ye Secr & as yet remains in ye Messengrs hands           
     The same day mr white son to ye Coronr of westm was seizd & being          
exmd by ye Secr was comted to ye Towr he being accusd to have sd yt ye          
K deservd to be murdrd for not hindring Pilkington & Shute from being           
chose Sheriffs                                                                  
     Mr Morley hath given 1000 L bail to ap ye 1st day of next term             
     His mate having altred his resolution of coming hither yesterday           
sumond a Councill at winsor & sent for mrs Fitzharris & Hains to be exmd        
     There hapned latly a brisk rencontre bet an Eng 5 rate & a large F.        
man of war ye last offring to force ye first to strike sayl  after 2            
hours dispute ye F man sheerd off sevll having been killd & wounded on          
both sides                                                                      
     The states of holld meet next week having sent to ye P of Orange           
to be Prent  yey intend to debte how to secure ymselves from ye F.              
     A Gent of ye midle Temple was yesterday exmd by a Just of peace he         
being accusd to have sd yt ye K woud act like a politick P to burn Lond         
There being but one witnesse agt him he was baild.                              
     L. c. 1095     [Handwriting changes here.]     London July 2d 81           
+On Thursday Dr O-- was sumond to appear at windsor to answer an                
Information agt yt he sd as he was talking wth a Gent abt ye holy ghost         
sd yre was no such thing & yt he said sevll things agt ye Liturgy pticlarly     
agt St Athanasius creed but ye hearing of ye matter was adjd.                   
     Hains on Thursday last accusd Colledge to ye Councill of going bet         
him & ye Ld Shaftsbury & mr Rous clerk to sr Tho Playr of holding               
corresponde[nce] wth him wn he absconded & yt he writ a lre to ye Ld            
Howard ye day before he was taken to take care of himself for ye buisness       
was discovd  yey are all 3 [?] in ye Towr                                       
     yesterday a linen drap was taken on Towr hill as he was going to           
ply [?] by a wart from ye Secr being accusd of being in ye same design          
as Rous &c                                                                      
     The Aprntices Adrs signd by 20000 was on Thursday prnted to ye K by        
2 Mercers 2 Draps 2 merchts 2 Grocers & 2 [?] Goldsmiths Aprntices  ye          
K thankd ym & pmitted to kisse ye Ks hand his mate assuring [?] ym he wa        
well pleasd wth ym & woud prserve ye Govermt & prot Relig                       
     Plunkett & Fitzharris being yesterday executed ye first denying all        
& ye 2d confessing pt & ye aversion yeye had for one anothr neither             
speaking to ye other & Dr Hawkings ordinary of ye Towr praying wth ye           
last gives us ground to believe he dyd a prot  he gave a pap to Dr Hawkins      
to delivr to his wife wch ye Dr this day showd ye A Bp at Cantry  its sd        
it will be suddenly printed it conteining his confession of all he was          
concernd in  His wife was mighty merry at Dinner last Sunday at ye              
golden posts at Charing crosse saying to some Gent yt she was come from         
ye Towr & Plunket dyd on fryday  her Ned was to dy wth him but she & her        
children were provided for & pulld out a purse wth 100 Guines  Its very         
plain yt Fitzharris designd to draw in Waller Edward & Smith & yn to            
betray ym but yey were too nimble for him.                                      
     His mate came unexpectedly to town early this morn & sent 2 serjts         
at arms attended wth 10 men to seize ye Ld Shaf wch accordingly yey did         
& brought him wth a trunk full of his writings seald up to ye Councill          
where 6 Irish men mrs Fitzharris & her maid gave in sevll sheets of             
Information agt him ye Contents being yt he had contrivd ye Death of ye         
K Q. D. of y & ye Subversion of ye Govermt yt he had read [?] ye evid           
given in agt Plunket & subornd those yt swore agt Plunket after all wch         
he was Comted to ye Towr being carryd by water & warts are out for other Lds.   
     Sr Jo. Sheldon lies dying at his hous in St. P. Ch. yard                   
     Esqr Sawbridge booksellr at ye bible on Ludgate hill fell down             
dead yesterday at his own door.                                                 
     3 horsmen yesterday set upon a Gent near Tybourn at Execution time         
but being psud were taken & Comted                                              
     The K hath taken notice of ye Affrt offerd by ye 7 F men of war            
who woud have forcd ye Kg fisher [?] to strike sayl & tis sd intends to         
call a plt sooner yn ordinary abt it                                            
     On Thursday last sevll merchts complaind to ye K in Councill yt ye         
Ld Mordant had built a ship of 50 Guns & yey knew not wt he designd to          
do wth it but his Ldp aqting his mate yt he designd to fight agt ye             
Algerines yey were dismist                                                      
     yesterday a Comte of councill sat at Whithall abt Tanger & Jamaica         
 [About twenty-three names in another hand appear on outside of letter.]        
     L. c. 1096     [Handwriting changes here.]     Lond. July 5. 81            
     yesterday at ye sessions of peace held at Guild hall all those yt          
were latly put into ye Lieutency took ye Oathes &c as also sevll othrs &        
one Stephens a Messengr being complnd agt for breaking open a printers          
Innr room he alledgd he had ye Recordrs wart but yt not being authority         
enough ye Cot find him 3 L 6 s 8 d.                                             
     The Dutch of Portsmoths fathr being arrivd here hath hindrd her            
intended Journey to F.                                                          
     Ordrs are given for stopping ye ld Mordants ship from going out till       
he shall give Security yt nothing shall be don by him in prjudice to            
ye Eng Merchts it being feard yt wn he is abroad he will neithr spare           
friends nor foes.                                                               
     Provision is by Authority making for mrs Fitzharris & her children         
& ye Ld Chancellr hath already taken one to provide for.                        
     The Dutch being in treaty for redeeming yr slaves from Algers desire       
yt yey may have those yt have been long taken being old & Infirm may be         
redeemd at half price but ye Algerines refusing tis thought it may              
occasion a war bet ym.                                                          
     The Ld winsor is made Governr of Portsmoth & Coll Leg mr of ye             
ordinance & Sr Xtopher Musgrave Lieut of ye Ordinance & Sr John Chichely        
one of ye Comrs of ye Admrlty.                                                  
     One Smock an Aprntice was yesterday exmd before a Comte of Councill        
he being accusd to have sd he knew ye old Ks executionr but he denying          
it was transferd to ye Ld Ch. J furthr to exme ye matter.                       
     A pson was yesterday seizd in st James park who further accuses ye         
Ld shafts                                                                       
     The K went to winsor on saturday & comes to Town agn to morrow             
     The Ld Shafts hath petiond for a speedy tryall not doubting to             
clear his Innocence                                                             
      L. c. 1097     Lond. July. 7. 81                                          
      One Zeale an Irish man hath made affidt of sevll pticlars yt tend         
to ye invalidating wt ye Irish witnesses swore agt ye Ld Shaftsbury & ye        
Recordr & Sr Robt Clayton are gon to his mate wth ye depositions                
     Capt wren in ye Ks fisher demanding 6 Eng men yt were in ye service        
of a Genoese & being refusd went on shore wth 20 men armd & fetchd 'em          
on board wch causing a Disturbance at Genoa Complnt was made to ye States       
of yt place who ordrd ye Genoese to pay ym off to yt day & leave em at          
yr libty                                                                        
     yesterday ye Ld Shaftsburys paps were p[er?]usd by a Comte of              
Councill at Whithall                                                            
     On Sunday ye E of Midleton arrivd here from Germany but none is            
yet pitcht on to Succed him as Embr                                             
     Hen: O Neal Philem O neal & Owen O neal witnesses agt ye Ld Shaftsb        
have latly yr pdons compleated.                                                 
     This day ye Ld Mayr &c went to winsor according to his mates aptmt         
wth ye petion of ye Com hall shewing yt ye late petion for a plt was yr         
unanimous sence.                                                                
     yesterday Colledges son was seizd & sent to his Fathr in ye Towr           
being accusd of being in ye same design                                         
     The K being displeasd wth somwt in ye Ld Shaftsburys petion for            
tryall ordrd his close confimt                                                  
     Plunkets qrters were buryd on saturday night in St Giles &                 
Fitzharris on Sunday in new chapell westm                                       
     To morrow ye Marshall of ye ks bench &c accompany The Ld Ch: J. out        
of town & on Monday ye rest of ye Judges set forwrd                             
     yesterday ye Attorny Genrll exepted agt ye Jury as Fanaticks but           
Sheriff Bethell sd yt nothing but pjury Incapacitaded a Jury man & yey          
were honest men as far as he knew ym  ye Lds Shaftsbury & Hord petiond          
for triall or bail according to act but ye Attorny Genell saying he had         
more matter agt ye Ld Hord yn was first sworn & yt wn ye Jurys were setled      
he woud bring yr tryalls on he believing ye K woud suddenly grant a             
Comission for yt ppose  ye Cot was adjd till to morrow.                         
     2 of ye Irish witnesses agt ye E of Shaftsb have recanted & anothr         
of ym being askd upon his coming hither how he woud live ansd by ye sweat       
of his conscience                                                               
     The peers of Scotld are at ye plts meeting to take ye Oaths of             
All[egiance] & Suprmacy also anothr Oath to prserve ye Succession in ye         
right time wch some think will hindr ye D of Monmoths going thither             
     The Ld Chancellr told ye Ld Mayr yt ye K bid him go home & mind            
his affrs calling of plts being none of yr buisnesse                            
     L. c. 1098     Lond July 12. 81                                            
     The lady Anne &c goe to morro for holld & ye D of M next week              
     A Comte of trade sat this day at Whithall                                  
     mr Fanshaw hath resignd ye mr sp of ye Requests to his mate                
     The K hath granted a full pdon to Mackclere an Irish witnesse agt          
ye E. of Shafts                                                                 
     Count Perting is coming thither Embr from Savoy                            
     Sr George Cartright is to be made Baron of hans in Bedfordshr & is         
to be married to ye Lady Grace Daughter to ye E of Bath                         
     A young Gentwoman was this day found drownd at Dorset stairs               
     The E. of Arlington is made Custos Rotulorum of Lincoln in ye              
room of ye E. of Suffolk & the Ld Fitchfield is made Custos rotulorum of        
Southton.                                                                       
     mr Colledge was this day carryd into Oxon a grand Jury being already       
returnd yr for his tryall Esqr Bertie being forman                              
     The D of y hath already taken ye oathes &c & professes himself a           
prot.                                                                           
     Sr Wm waller is become a witnesse agt ye Ld Shaftsbury                     
     Majr Broxham an Emint Rom. Cathol. in Lincolnsh is turnd prot &            
hath pd in 180 L [?] for ye Indigt officrs of wch he was collector              
     The forman of ye grand Jury yt brought in Ignoramus upon Colledges         
bill was himself in Company wn some of ye words were spoke.  some think         
yt ye bill agt Colledge will be only found in Oxon & he tryd at ye ks           
bench westmr                                                                    
     L. c. 1099     Lond. July 16. 81                                           
     yesterday Just warcups son brought an Exprsse from Oxford to ye K          
aqting him yt ye grand Jury had found ye bill agt Colledge & from thence        
came to whithall to secr Jenk-- wre upon ye Lds hallifax & Killingworth         
ye secr were in consult an hour & afterwards sent an Expesse to ye D. of y.     
     we hear yt 8 Captains of ye guards sevll of ye Ks houshold officrs         
& of the Councill are to be put out                                             
     Mrs Fitzharris is almost Distracted running abt ye streets having          
mad actions & exprssions                                                        
     Last night ye P. of Orange came to whithall & after having been            
treated by Sr Ste Fox went in ye ks coach to winsor  his buisnesse is           
to discours his Mate abt ye alliance ye Dutch & Spain propose wth us agt        
ye powr of F. & after a short stay he goes to Scotld wre ye P of Hannovr        
is to meet him & marry ye Lady Anne.                                            
     mr Lumley is in a fair way of recovry.                                     
     On wensday last ye Lond Archers prsented his mate wth an Adrsse of         
thanks for his late declar at Hampton Cot.                                      
     A Comte sat yesterday at ye Treary chambr abt ye Affrs of Ireld.           
     Dr Oates on wensday petiond ye K in Councill yt he might have leave        
to visit ye ld Shafs to give him spirituall Comfort but was refusd.             
     A Servt of ye ld Shafts is come in agt him.                                
     This week abt 100 Informations were brought in agt sevll people            
for not going to church at ye sessions of peace at westm but after ye           
Jury had found 5 of ye bills yey suspected ye credit of ye Informrs &           
exmd ym apart & found 'em apparently contradict one anothr & so brought         
in ignoramus on ye rest of ye bills & one of ye Informrs begd ye Cots           
pdon on his knees.  Mr white was also acquitted ye Quaker at whose hous         
he spoke ye Treasonable words refusing to make oath of 'em there being          
but one witnesse besides & but of small credit                                  
+There hapned A fire in Montague close in southwark but did no great harm       
     L. c. 1100     [Handwriting changes here.]                                 
                                  London in ffetterlane next Doore              
                                  to the Black Raven  July 18th 81              
     On Thursday last 3 petions were dd to the king in Councell att             
Hampton Court from the Ld Shaftsbury & Mr Rouse for their Liberty, To           
the first his Matie granted leave to Ride when he pleases, round about          
the inside of the Tower in his Coach, to the 2d Leav to Walke when he           
pleases in Northumberland Walk in ye Tower, But both forbid the Convers         
of any but their Guard & to ye last yt his wife might com to him & sent         
them word, they should all come to their Tryalls as soon as possible            
may bee                                                                         
     His Matie has Granted pardons to Omni Hungland, Mackqueens, Noyer,         
Duphy & Murphew all Irish Witnesses of all Treasons & Misprissions of           
Treasons but for noe other Crimes.                                              
     The portugall Embr is returning hence & a new one expected here,           
The Ks Coaches haveing allready Ordrs to waite upon him                         
     A ffire happned on Sunday at Winsor wch hath burnt down 2 or 3             
Innes & severall other Houses                                                   
     Wee have a Report abt Town amongst the Wisest yt the words proved          
agt Steven Colledge whereby the bill of vera was found at Oxford, the           
words will scarce amount to High Treason.                                       
     A Cooks Apprentice in Bishopsgate Street lyeing at the point of            
death last Saturday being Sick of the Small pox, his Mrs for wt Reason is       
unknown Ript out his heart & Cut off his privities & Carryed them to her        
Husband, She & the Nursse are Secured                                           
     The Report of the prince of Oranges being come was caused by one           
of the Ks yacht[s] wch came to White Hall on ffriday night                      
     There hath been Meales prpared for him by Sr Stephen ffox ever             
Since ffriday he being Expected every hower after the wind changes wch          
is now against him                                                              
     The Lady Ann wth her Retinue wee heare are safely arrived at Length        
near Edingburgh in Scotland                                                     
     By Ships come from Tangeir we hear yt that the Empr of Moroccoes           
Embr hath Shipt severall Choice Barbery horses & therwith things, wch           
are prsents for his Matie & doe say his Exelency sets sale the first            
faire wind                                                                      
     Sr: I have according to yo[u]r Comands sent you this, but I know my        
         son writes the same to you, & is not willing to be put out of          
         yo[u]r Service if you are willing to Continue him  pray lett me        
         hear of it  if not I shall never faile to devote my Self Sr to         
         serve you                                                              
                 Sr:/Yr most obedient & very humble Servant                     
                         ffra: Gay                                              
     L. c. 1101     [Handwriting changes here.]     Lond. July 19. 81           
     [Letter is very similar to L. c. 1100  except that it gives two of         
the Irish witnesses' names as Hanlan and Mackgeries, omits the paragraph        
on the Emperor of Morocco, and adds a last paragraph:]                          
     We hear Sr Jos Sheldon is dead.                                            
  L. c. 1102   [Handwriting changes here.]   Lond the 21th of July: 1681        
     ffrom the Hague they write That the States of Holland have held a          
long Consult about some Importent Affaires, & most believe the Designe          
at ye Earnest Request of the K. of Spain to break wth the ffrench being         
all pswasions & Intreaties are ineffectuall to Obliege ye Monarch to keep       
Inviolable the late Articles, finding by Experience, That he Gaines             
more under ye Motions or name of peace, then his Army could Acheive             
in open War, by Seaking at pleasure, such Towns & Contreys as himselfe          
shall think fit to call or Clayme as Dependencies of some pts or                
other of his late Conquest.  They further add yt the Spaniards are              
making great prparations & yt they will not only have a fleet at Sea,           
But a Considerable Army to act in fflandrs as Occassion shall require           
     Wee had yesterday a further acct from Windsor concerning the late          
Tarable fire they [had] there  abt 30 houses besids the 2 James burnt to        
the Ground, & they add, If the prince had not caused some Houses to be          
blown up; it had in probabillity burnt the whole Town to Ashes                  
     ffrom Leghorne, we have this day received news, to our noe Small           
Satisfaction, That Vice Admirall Herbert has taken & destroyd 2 Turkes          
men of, [sic] & that for certaine a ffire happned in the City of                
Argeiris, that has Consumed not only a 100 Houses, but severall of their        
Ships yt lay in the Bay, & that in the Hurly Burly severall psons were          
killed, as suspected to have been the causes of the Conflagration               
     It is said his Matie is Resolved wth all the Court the next weeke          
to Returne to White [hall] for good & all; The Ld Shaftsbury rides abroad       
in his Coach wth[in] the Limitts of [the Tower] & is very harty & well,         
hopes to live to prosecut ye popish plot Effectually                            
       [A few figures in another hand appear on outside of letter.]             
     L. c. 1103     [Handwriting changes here.] Lond. July. 23d 81              
+His mate coming last night to Whithall & hearing no news of ye P. of           
Orange returnd this morn to wins.  suprs are nightly prpard for ye P. he        
being expected evry minut ye wind being fair  ye reason of his stay is          
tis sd to discours ye Span & Imprll minrs abt ye F Ks prtensions to             
Chinoy yt he may bring over yr opinions abt it.                                 
     mr Morley a kin to ye Bp of Cant is made mr of Requests                    
     A Gent from New Engld arrivd yesterday at winsor who aqts his matie        
yt yre hath been a dangrous plot discovd in yt place & he hath brought          
ovr depositions of 2 or 3 psons who were to have been concernd in it            
An Indian yt is coming ovr to complain of ye Cruelties of ye Eng to ye          
Moors contrary to ye peace.  Ste[phen] Colledge is Sick.                        
     The Lady Hord was yesterday to desire secr Jenk-- to deliver her           
petion to the K for her husbds libty he being sick                              
     His Mate Intends to continue mr Sidney his Embr & he will goe              
suddenly to Holld ye Lieut Genlsp of ye Eng in Holld will be disposd            
of to some other.                                                               
     The K hath granted a brief for ye fire at Winsor                           
     The Aprntices of Bristol are prparing an Adrs of thanks to his             
Mate for his Declar                                                             
     Last night a Councellrs maid in Brooks Street holborn offring to           
go out her mrs in ye Inst missd some of her plate & calling her found it        
abt her  afterwards other things were misd wch tis suposd she conveyd           
away yt afternoon.  she is secured till she confesses her accomplices           
     The Q of Swed is brought to bed of a son & hath sent to ye Ks of           
En F & Pold to be Godfathrs                                                     
     All endeavrs are usd to hindr Sr John Moors being Ld Mayr next year        
(he being in favr at Cot.) but tis thought in vain  petiong agn for a           
plt is on foot here                                                             
     The D. of M hath been much caresd at Tunbridge yey drinking his            
health throwing up yr caps & crying God blesse ye Ks son ye D. of M.            
he returnd yesterday                                                            
     A F prot Marques who hath been sent hither 3 times Embr by ye F K          
is now come from ye distresd protests to ye K to desire him to help 'em.        
     The K intends suddenly for Oxon & yre will stay a month to make em         
amends for yr late disaptmt & ye Councill will in ye mean time adjourn          
& tis sd yt a Comision will be granted for trying Colledge at Oxon while        
ye K is yre.  The P. of Orange came this Afternoon                              
     L. c. 1104     Lond. July 26. 81                                           
     We hear yt P. Palatine is dead & yt ye Succession lies bet P. Rupt         
his uncle & ye D. of Orleans who marryd his sister & yt P. Rupt is              
prparing to go thither to dispute ye point.                                     
     The D. of Ormond wth some psons of Quality are going to visit ye           
havens & forts in Irld                                                          
     As ye P. of Orange wth ye Heers Van berghen Van Beverning & O dyke         
were going to Winsor on Saturday ye Ks Coaches Axeltree broke & yey             
stept into one of ye Princes coaches but ye Coach man fearing to lose           
his reward pcurd another of ye Ks Coaches in wch yey seated emselves &          
arrivd safely at winsor wre yey wre gratiously recd by ye K Q & Cot &           
Splendidly treated  ye P hath had a Private Confrence wth ye K & will on        
Thursday in full Councill at Hamton Cot deliver his buisnesse publickly         
wch is sd to be to psuade ye K to enter into a war wth F but tis thought        
ye K will decline it till affrs are better setled here  After he recieves       
his answr he Intends agn for Holld Affrs yre requring his prnce & will          
from thence if convency pmits go to visit ye Cot in Scotld.                     
     A plot hath been discovd at Dunkirk 3 barrels of powdr having been         
found undr 3 Corners of ye Fort  its sd some Spands are aprhnded abt it.        
     Thomson was Yesterday sumond to app before ye Ld Mayr &c this day          
for printing Scandalous reflexions on ye City & 2 Lds in ye Towr.               
     Yesterday a Comte of Councill sat at whithall abt ye Distresd F            
protest[ant]s & ordrd yt as many yt woud come ore should be Encouragd &         
have a brief to be read thro out Engld  Anothr Comte sat also abt Trade         
Tanger & Alger slaves but came to no Resolution                                 
     The Ld Brook on Thursday prnted a petion to ye K in Councill at            
Hamton Cot aqting him yt Brook market in holborn was finishd & desird           
his mate pattent to whom answr was returnd yt it shoud be taken into            
Considracon                                                                     
     A man condemnd for Burglary upon hounsloe heath dyd yesterday at           
Kingston Gaol & ye other 4 dy on Satterday                                      
    L. c. 1105    [Handwriting changes here.]    Lond July the 26th 1681        
     The Prince of Orange on Satturday last being upon his way to               
Windsor wth 2 of the Hogan Mogans of ye States of Holland in his Maties         
best Coach of State & severall Noblemen attending them in their Coaches         
& Six Horses; itt happned when they were halfe way upon the full Gallop,        
That his Maties Coach wherein the Prince &c was the Axelltree broke &           
the 2 Hogan Mogans fell out of the Coach without any hurt don them,             
But to the great Laughter of ye English Lords.  Its said their Negotion         
will be very urgent with his Mate for a Speedy assistance on the behalfe        
of Spaniards the ff K being now com into fflandrs wth a 100000 men & the        
Citty of Chinoy Surrendred to them & its further said that ye States            
Army being abt 25000 are drawn together upon their ffrontiers, upon wch         
the princes stay will be very short here                                        
     yesterday we are advised, That ye Judges in their Respective circuits      
to give in Charge to the G Juries to prsent all psons whoe any wayes            
Discent from ye Church of Eng & att ye Assizes at Salesbury & the whole         
Circuit the Ld C Justice North gave the same in Charge hartily pressing         
the G Jury & exhorting all Magistrates as they will Answear the Contrary        
before God & man & to be vigilant in that Respect                               
     ffrom Bruxells, we have an account [as follows?]  The Condition of         
these Countries grows mor[e and m]ore in a deplourable [Condition] by           
reasons of the Exorbitant prtentions of the ffrench The prince of parma         
understanding by the Return of the Envoy he had sent to the ff: K.              
Notwthstanding a Memoriall prsented to yt K. by the Eng: & Dutch                
Embassadrs, That his Matie was Resolved to Send his Troopes into                
fflandrs & Brabant if the Citty & Countrye of Chinoy & other places yt          
he prtends to in the province Luxenburgh were not Surrendered to him in         
Eight dayes, whereupon The prince Imediatly Assembld an Extraordinary           
Councill of all the Generalls & other Officers, In wch it was Resolved          
That to prvent the Ruine of other promises it was absolutely necessary          
to Comply wth the ffrench in the delivery of the aforesaid places wch           
was Resolved & put in Execution accordingly.  But we still fear the             
ffrench will not rest here.  ffrom Winsor we heare since the princes            
coming thither there is Great talke yt a parliamt will be speedily called       
wch I Grant may be true:                                                        
+Sr I had certainly sent by satturdayes post but yt I was wth my son &          
find he directed a Letter to you; Therefore I thought it was Convenient         
to dissist; I should be glad to know if yo[u]r mind be to Continue him          
if soe, I have don, But if not you will find me very carefull to Serve          
you & doe humbly desire to yo[u]r Resolutions wch will obliedge                 
                    Sr: yo[u]r most obedient servant / ffra: Gay                
     L. c. 1106     [Handwriting changes here.]     Lond: July 28. 81           
+The Ld Renelaughs acct having been latly auditing before ye Councell &         
much falling short tis ordrd yt no money be pd him or his depty till            
further ordr so yt tis thought he will lose his Trearysp of Irld                
     Cargile & his Accomplices having been latly exmd by ye Councell in         
Scotld ye D. of y being prnt some of em ownd wt yey were chargd wth yt          
Cargle had excommunicated ye K. but he denyd it & so yey were remanded          
to prison.                                                                      
     This morn ye P. of Orange came to Town & dind wth ye Ld Arlington          
wre he offerd ye Ld Cavendish & Esqr Thin ye Comand of 2 regmts  ye K           
hath given him leave to raise men here but will Intrest himself no further      
in yr Affr yn to mediate wth ye F. K. but some think ye Dutch will close        
wth ye F on any terms.                                                          
     The Dutch of portsm father went yesterday to Chatham to take shiping       
for F.                                                                          
     The project for insuring brick houses at 6 d & Timb at 12 d in ye          
pound of ye years rent from fire is much encouragd there being Ground [?]       
security in Essex buildings for 3000 houses & more for ye same purpose          
in St Martins so yt ye Trustees are Sr: Ri: How ye Recordr & other worthy       
Citizens                                                                        
     On Tuesday ye Lds of ye Treary adjd for a month                            
     His mate hath granted mr Joachin Beacher a pattt for 14 years for          
an Engine for weaving Silk.                                                     
     The Ld Cheney is going Embr for spain.                                     
     The Algerines have lost 1000 men & 3 ships of yr 7 disabled in ye          
late Engagmt wth ye Kg fisher.                                                  
     No protests are suffrd to work on yr trade in F wth many othr              
cruelties too tedious to relate.                                                
     Its sd yt if Colledge be tryd at Oxon ye 17 of Augt ye bills will          
be prferd agt ye Lds Sh & H & mr Rous Sr wm Waller & mr Wilmore ye              
forman of ye Jury for Colledge at ye old bayly some psons offring to            
swear treason agt 'em                                                           
     The Ld Conway is going to looke after some buisness in Ireld &             
ye late Secr Coventry will officate till his return                             
     Those of ye privy councill who seeing to disbeleeve ye prsbyt plot         
are P. Rupt ye Lds presidt Privy Seal Conway Bridgwater Falconbergh Sr          
Tho Chichely & mr Godolphin                                                     
     The K goes to Newmarket next week & thence goes to Oxon                    
     The rept of P. palatines death is a mistake ye P going only over to        
advise him he being young & Inclinable to ye F Intrest                          
     L. c. 1107     [Handwriting changes here.]     Lond July 30. 81            
     The K having given ye Lond Aprntices a brace of Bucks they being           
abt 100 makes a diner on wensday next & have Invited 6 Lds & other              
psons of quality & any body else who will pay 5 L a piece for Tickets.          
     On Thursday ye Councill sat at Hamton Cot & ye K being prnt ye P.          
of Orange buisness was debted but Resolved That ye K cant at prnt enter         
into a war  A petion was afterwrds prnted from Colledge desiring yt             
his wife councellr smith & his sollicr west shoud Come to him to prpare         
him for his tryall wch Coll Cheek Informd him was to be on ye 17 of             
augt & it was granted.  Then 2 Adrsses of thanks were prnted to ye K for        
his Declar ye first from Surry by ye E. of Berkly & ye 2d from Midx by          
ye E. of Craven  Then Ordrs were given for compleating pdons for 5 Irish        
Witnesses wch ye Ld privy Seal had stopt.                                       
     Esqr Thin is to be marryd to ye Lady Lyle.                                 
     Sr Tho Linch having recd his finall ordrs is going to his Govermt          
of Jamaica.                                                                     
     Hains hath brought an acon agt mr Boscomen a Lond Mercht for               
defamatory words.                                                               
     A [?] regmt of dragoon Jesuits latly plundred 2 towns of ye                
protest[ant]s near Poictou in F. & knocking upon yr chests usd Xts words        
knock & it shall be opened  seek & you shall find & so broke 'em open.          
     The P. of Orange dind yesterday wth ye D of Albemarl & was Invited         
to dine to Day wth ye Ld Mayr but going to ye K at Winsor he desird yr          
excuse  on Monday he dines wth Secr Coventry & on Tuesday he goes for           
holld  Geo: Butler a priest taken last march was tryd at Derby Assizes          
wre he pleaded he had not notice time enough of his tryall & yt he was          
an Alien but one swearing he acknowledgd himselfe born in Oxon & others         
yt yey heard him say Masse  he was brought in guilty (after reprieved by        
King) seized by Mr Gilbert of Locko, at Mr Powtrell old Hall at West            
Hallam                                                                          
    [A few names appear in another hand on outside of letter.]                  
     L. c. 1108     [Handwriting changes here.]     Lond Augt 4. 81             
+Mr Boulter was this day baild by ye Ld Ch J. Pembrton who came to              
town on saturday night & does not yet know his accusrs                          
     On Tuesday ye P of Orange dind wth ye Span Embr where a lre came           
from ye P. of Parma yt yer F K had demanded Antwerp & given but 8 days          
for answr  so yt tis believd ye Spand if not assisted will make a               
bargain wth F for all Flanrs.  The P. of Orange came hither late last           
night & is gon wth ye D. of Albemarle to new hall.                              
     On ye 27 July mr Alexdr Atkins who returnd but ye night before from        
beyond sea was created K at arms & ye crown &c carryd before him at his         
Installation  ye D of y. being prnt Knighted him  ye next day ye D made         
a smart speech to the plmt in praise of Loyalty thanking ym for yr affection    
to him & proposing some heads to be debted on & yn progud em for 14 days        
16 prsbyt lds have taken ye oaths &c to out vote ye other Lds who woud          
have ye Lds of Articles have more priviledge yn ordinary                        
     Some Aprntices are gathring hands to a petion to be prnted to ye K         
for a plt & ye Loyal 42 Aprntices dind to day in cheapside ye Lds Hallifax      
Clarendon Arlington Falconbergh & Killingworth & mr Seymr dining wth em         
they having sent em wine besides wt ye K bestowd on 'em.                        
     2 Adrsses of thanks for ye Ks declaration being prnted to ye grand         
Jurys of Lincolnsh & Northumbrland yey were rejected                            
     Some psons have been latly to try if Colledge woud discovr any             
thing of ye prsbyt plot but he sd he knew of no such thing                      
     Curtis was this day sumond before ye Ld Mayr & bd over to ye               
sessions for printing false news.                                               
     Tis sd ye E of Hallifax will be made prsidt of ye councill                 
     On Tuesday last ye Ld Mordant meeting wth ye Ld Arran near Greenwich       
shot at him & ye bullet only grazing on his cheeck he dischargd ye              
pistol in his hand over his own head & yn yey fought wth yr Swords till         
ye latter having wounded ye formr in 3 places disird him to desist but          
he sd he woud not till he had fetchd blood wch he essaying to do broke          
his sword upon ye latter broke his [sic] & so yey pted.                         
     The E. of Castlehaven is returnd from Irld & tis sd Esqr porter            
will have his Comand over ye Eng in holld                                       
     There is its sd 2000 L already collected in Lond for ye F protest[ant]s    
& this day ye Councill take it into further considration at Hamton Cot          
as also ye P of parmas lre.                                                     
     The 5 Irish witnesses pdons were yesterday passd                           
     L. c. 1109     [Handwriting changes here.]     Lond. Augt 6 81             
     The Nonconform have been vigorously prosecuted in the Circuits for         
ye most pt pticlarly at maidston in Kent  30 Non Minrs were Convicted.          
     Cargile (who was executed at Edinbr just before ye plt sat sd yt           
he had justly deservd death for his sins agst God but not for wt he now         
dyd  The plt having adjd for 4 dayes only are now sitting at buisness           
     The P. of Orange having been splendidly treated by ye D. of Albemarle      
went yesterday to Harwich & Embarqud thence this day for holld                  
     Sr Tho Linches ordrs for Going to & governing of Jamaica yesterday         
passd ye broad seal.                                                            
     The Warden of ye fleet being in arrears 80 L to ye K for Chimney           
money this day ye Sheriffs by ye Ks ordrs beset ye Gates & ordrd 'em            
to be blowd up if yey woud not deliver poss[ess]ion or pay ye money upon        
wch ye warden came out & [illegible four-letter word]                           
     Sr wm Jenning being at Paris having ordrs [?] from mr Savile Embr          
yre from o[u]r K to rep to Engld to give in his Evidence at Oxon agt            
Colledge on ye 17 Inst he is already arrived  The bill agt Colledge must        
be found by a new grand jury The Cot yt sits by this new Comission having       
now powr to take notice of any procedings of formr Cots  The Judges in          
ye Comission are ye Ld. Ch. J. North Judges Jones Raymund & Levins.             
     L. c. 1110     [Handwriting changes here.]     Lond Augt 9. 81             
     Warts are issued for seizing sevll psons yt went down wth Colledge         
to Oxon abt ye prsbyt plot pticularly one Capt Clynton  addresses were          
yesterday prnted to ye K from Montgomery by M Ceremon ye 1st from ye            
Depty Leiut ye 2d from ye Just ye 3d from ye grand Jury                         
+Mrs Fitzharris on Sunday last dd all her husbands paper to ye Ld Mayr          
& made a discovery of some particulars yt may be serviceable to ye              
Prsbyt pty                                                                      
     Cargile & ye 3 yt were executed wth him were offerd yre pardons            
at ye Gallowes if yey woud beg pardon & pray for ye K [?] but yey sayd          
yey scornd to buy yer lives at soe dear a rate                                  
     2 Edicts are made at Paris  ye 1st is yt no prots shall marry ye           
2d yt no children shall bee christned but by a Roman Priest  On ye 6th          
Inst ye Comandrs of ye navy went down to Portsmouth &c in order to              
fitting out ships.                                                              
     The Apprntices of Norwich are drawing up an Adrs to ye K  A prsbyterian    
Ministr is indicted yre for words & ye Conventicles are hindred                 
     The Judges are orderd to Attend his Mate on ye 26 Inst to advise           
Abt ye Tryall of ye Ld shaftsbury                                               
     A Highway man being taken in surrey being ready to have taken his          
tryall fearing his life offerd to discovr a gang of 80 more for his             
pardon wch being granted upon his discovry 9 of yt number is taken since        
ye Assizes at Kingston most of them being sufficient hous holders in ye         
sayd county                                                                     
    L. c. 1111    [Handwriting changes here.]    Lond August the 11th 81        
    Letters from Edingburgh in Scotland dated the 7th Instant say the           
parliamt of yt Kdome Continue there sitting to ye great increase of Trade       
& great Satisfaction of the Citizens many Bills haveing been allready           
drawn up for the speedy setling of Affaires of divers natures & we hear         
that one has been Strongly debated Importing ye Raising a Supplye of moneys     
for his Maties prsent ocassions And another for the finding out an              
Effectuall way & means to Surpress & keep under ye Tumultuous Assemblies        
or ffeild Conventicles, and yt it is not doubted but they will both pass        
together to ye great Satisfaction of all good Subiects                          
     His Royall Highness behaves himself like a prince & hath soe far           
won upon the affections of the people of this Kdom by his Mild & princely       
deportmt that it cannot well be expressed                                       
     ffrom Oastend They inform us That the ffrench Cease not to work            
upon their ffortifications of Dunkirk & yt tis Carryed on with all              
Imaginable vigour a 1000 men more being added to ye former number, and          
yt 3 of there men of Warr Continually to Lye before the Mouth of the            
Harbour, They further give us to understand, that A vessell belonging [to?]     
Biscay of a 150 Tuns & 13 men has been lately taken by an Algereine pirate      
near the Straights Mouth                                                        
     ffrom Windsor we have advice yt great prparacons are making for his        
Maties departure to New Market wch will be very suddenly, & further it          
Reported yt his Matie intends to stay there some Considerable time to           
divertise himself by hunting Horse Raising & Cockfiting, & as some say          
the Councell will Remove thither But of this last noe certainty                 
+yesterday we hear yt severall Apprentices of this City designeing to           
petion his Matie for calling a parliamt & in Ordr thereto had got many          
Subscribers, Have upon more Mature Consideration layd it aside, being           
fully satisfied yt all such proceedings are alltogether displeasing to          
his Matie & yt by an open profession before 20 persons, they will ioyne         
their harty prayers with the rest of their Loyall Brethren for his Maties       
long & happy Reigne over us:                                                    
+paris August the 16  This day we have it Confirmed yt the K in pson            
designes in few dayes to be at the head of his Army wch will Consist of         
30000 horse and ffoote, And yt they will set down before Antwerp wch is         
supposed will [be] Surrenderd as soon after Summons                             
     yesterday a Merchant of this City was assassinated by 2 ffelows in         
disguise & soe desperatly wounded yt it is not thought he can live 2            
dayes, Great Inqury has been made after the Ruffians but they cannot be         
found nor the Reason known wherefore they attempted such a Villanous            
Enterprise; We have Recd advise from Embr at Rome yt all things are in          
a faire way in Ordr to their Coming to a speedy determination.                  
     This day we heare yt Sr: Wm: Jennings is com over from ffrance &           
yt all prparations are making for the Conveying Mr Stephen Colledge to          
Oxford there to Receive his Tryall, The Jury by wch he is to be Tryed           
are not only Substantiall ffreeholdrs but for the most part men of              
Learning & Sufficient understanding that they may be the better capable         
to give their Impartiall opinion in soe Weighty a Matter.                       
     Sr Yo[u]rs yesterday I Recd for wch I returne you many thanks  Yo[u]r      
divertion was John in stead of ffrancis; I have given yo[u]r Letter &           
Ordr for 25 s [?] to my Son, & let mee begg of you to beleive yt I will         
take care you shall [have] yo[u]r Letters both full & duly & in case you        
would have me send you bookes or yt I can doe you any other Service I           
shall honestly & carefully doe it wch is all at prsent from                     
                    Sr Yo[u]r most Dutiefull & / obedient Servant/              
                              ffrancis Gay                                      
    L. c. 1112   [Handwriting changes here.]  Lond. August the 13th 1681        
    Yesterday some Sargeants taking 2 prisoners out of Alsatia & Carrying       
off by name Mr Allen & another pson yt was upon Execution great Resistance      
was made the Inhabitants coming out wth Swords to Rescue the said prisoners     
one of wch they did severall being wounded & 2 have their ffingers cut          
off & tho the Constables were there to keep the peace, The Combat lasted        
2 howers                                                                        
     Wee have Advice from Holland That ye ff Embr there doth very much          
Intercead wth those States, that they [?] will accept of the ff King for        
their protector [gaining?] them great advantages thereby, But its               
beleivd [about five letters blotted] will by noe meanes Consent thereto;        
Our Letters mention nothing of the prince of Orange                             
     We hear from Maydston in Kent, That the 2 life guard men Gray &            
Young Late of the Queens Troup for sevrall Robberies Condemned are now          
Executed, Great applications were made to his Matie for their pardon,           
but it Could not be obteyned                                                    
     ffrom Cambridge we hear that ye provost of Ks Colledg is dead but          
whoe is like to Succeed him we cannot yet heare.  The Bp of Bangor we           
allsoe heare dyed lately                                                        
     We hear, that Mrs ffitzharris hath given in her Husbands papers to         
the Ld Mayor & Sheriffs & she is since gon over for Holland, tis said ye        
papers will very much tend to the preservation of Colledge & in favour          
to the Ld Howard & E of Shaftsbury                                              
     His Matie comes to White Hall the 19th instant and from thence to          
Newmarket                                                                       
     Wee heare the Judges appointed to trye Mr Colledge are Ld C Justice        
North Mr Justice Jones Mr Justice Raymond & Mr Justice Levins                   
     This day wee have an account from Exiter That one Courtney a pop:          
preist Repaired to the Bp of Exetr de[c]laring unto him yt he would             
freely Renounce the popish Religion & seemingly did soe & procured a            
living [with] the Bp where he preached his Recantation sermon.  But a           
person hearing him knew him well to be a Jesuit of St Omers; & imediatly        
went to acquaint ye Bp therewith, The Jesuit understanding of it, &             
knowing he should be unvayld Imediatly ffled, By wch wee may see what           
they will not doe to Carry on their Designes                                    
+The Witnesses to attend at oxford Received Subpenas yesterday; And ordrs       
are given for the Conveying Mr Colledge thither his Tryall being to be          
there on Wensday next:                                                          
     L. c. 1113     Lond. August 16th 81                                        
     On Satturday last his Matie was in Councell where, a 2d peticon from       
Stephen Colledge was presented, not only praying yt Councell might be           
Assigned him on his Tryall, whome he named in his peticon but allsoe a          
Coppy of his Indictment together wth ye severall depositions agt him            
might be allowd him; and was Answeared yt all Legall favour should be           
Granted him, & yt he should have the first Request, But concluded the           
latter was not practicable & soe Refused to grant ye same                       
     On Sunday about 10 of ye Clock at night Mr Stephen Colledge was            
Conveyed from the Tower towards Kingston upon Thames by Water where a           
Troop of the Ld oxfords Regemt attends to Receive him, they being Ordered       
to Receive him & to Convey him to henly where the Sheriff of Oxford is          
to take him in to his Charge & Convey him to Oxford                             
     yesterday about 3 or 4 of the Clock 2 of his Maties Messengers             
assisted by 2 Constables came to the House of Mr Wilmore in Jewen [?]           
Street whoe was fforeman of the late Grand Jury yt found the Ignoramus          
upon the bill agt Colledge; And they with some difficulty obtained Entrance     
where they found Mr Wilmore on his Bed afflicted wth an Ague fitt, Hee noe      
Sooner Recd the word of an Arrest of High Treason but he Imediatly cryed        
out Saying; if you (speaking to a Multitude whoe were gotten together[)]        
Suffer me to be taken away; yo[u]r Liberty & propertys are lost, & used         
some other mode of Expressions Inciting them to be Carryed before the Ld        
Mayr urging yt no other Authority ought to take Cognizance of a Criminall       
Inhabiting within the Liberties of that City; But those yt had him in           
Custody obliged him to take Coach wch was redy for his Reception; Where         
upon the Multitude Cryed out, is there no true Commonwlth man here,             
Lets pull the Wheeles of the Coach, lets Cut the Harness  The                   
Messengers declared yt ye first Asaylant should make way through the            
Muzells of their pistolls by wch means together wth the Constables keeping      
of ye peace, they were all quiet, Hee was yt night secured in the               
M[essen]gers House, & on Monday afternoon was Carry[ed] to Windsor in           
ordr to his being Examined by one of the Secretaries of State, & this day       
Mr Wilmore was brought to Hampton Court where his Matie was in Councell         
The Messengers yt apprehended him Reported yt during ye time of his             
being at the Messengers House the House was Tumultously Assaulted by            
the Rabble, by throwing of Stones agt ye Windows & disordrs soe yt they         
were affraid of a Rescue, And it was observable yt when Mr Wilmore was          
brought into his Maties prsence he did not soe much as bow his knee, The        
Information agt him was yt he should say he had disbursed diverse summs         
of money, att severall times for the pulling down that Idol in WhiteHall        
(meaning his most Sacred Matie)  after the Ld Chancellr had Checked him         
for his Savory & undutiful behaviour before his Matie The Councell proceeded    
to Examine him, but he haveing litle to say in his defence a Wart was           
Signed to Committ him to ye Tower & the Messengers dispatched away wth a        
Sufficient Guard to put the same in Execution wch they did accordingly          
Carryeing him safe to ye Tower where he Remaines a Closs prisoner:              
     L. c. 1114     Lond August the 18th 1681                                   
     our Letters from Scotland say the Comtee appointed by the Lds of           
the Articles for drawing up the bill for Secureing the protestant Religion      
have performed ye same, & we are told the purporse thereof, is to ye            
following Effect vizte In the preamble                                          
     They set out at large the great increase of papists in that Kingdome       
of late years, & therefore for the Surpressing of the same doe not only         
Confirm ye laws made agt papists, but furthermore Enact, that for the           
better Security of the protestant Religion, The Sheriffs of the severall        
Shires & others his Maties Officers shall be very dilligent in Searching        
for priests, Jesuits, & Traficking papists as those Inhabiting wch are          
Suspected of popery, to whom they shall tender the Confession of ffaith,        
made in the year 1567 together wth the Declaration yt follows it, & yt          
if they shall Refuse to Subscribe the same, they be proceeded agt as papists    
Convict; And its further Enacted that if any Sheriff or other Inferiour         
officers shall be negligent in their duty of Searching for papists, on          
proofe thereof they shall be uncapable from ever bearing any Office or          
Dignity in that kdom; but if any Sheriff or Officer shall not make dilligent    
Search for preists or other papists when Information is given them, where       
they are to be found, that then the sd Sheriffe shall be punished wth           
death, & Confiscation of their Estates; All great officers of ye Crown          
& other psons in publique Imploymts shall be obliedged by the said Act to       
Subscribe the Confession of ffaith aforesaid as allso the Declaration within    
a time limited, & all yt shall Succeed them in the said places & offices        
shall subscribe them before they Officiate And for yre prserving the            
protestant Religion after ye decease of his prsent Matie They doe not           
only Confirm all ye Articles of the Coronation Oath, but also offer to          
oblidge his Maties Successors, to make a Declaration wch he declares            
himself to be a protestant; that he beleives the Confession of ffaith made      
in 1567 as being Conformable to ye word of God, & this without any              
Equivocation; Mentall Reservation or dispensation obtained or to be             
obtained, but yt he does it in the true meaning of the words as they are        
understood by protestants.  And he is farther to declare, that he will          
defend the protestant Religion agt all opposition whatsoever.  This we          
are told is the Substance of yt Bill now under Debate                           
+Sr Joseph Shelden whoe hath layn along time Indisposed is now dead,            
but whoe Suceeds in the Ward of Bpsgate & Col of the 2d [?] Regemt is           
yet unknown                                                                     
     This morn we have a Relation from Oxford yt on Monday last Mr              
Colledge was brought into this City by the Sheriff of the County wth a          
Considerable Guard where he was put into ye Castle in Ordr to his being         
brought to his Tryall on the 17 Instant, Whereu[pon] the watches were           
warned & all things put in Ordr & Readines for yt purpose The place             
Constituted for his Tryall being in the great Hall                              
     And yt yesterday morn ye Judges appointed by Com to trye the said          
Colledge came into this City & are sayd to be these Ld C Justice North          
Mr Justice Charlton Mr Justice Raymont Mr Justice Levins  after all             
things were ordered as in such cases are required & the prisoner at ye Barr     
his Indictment was Read wch was to this Effect, That he ye said Colledge        
not weghing his Alleadgence, but as a full Traytor to o[u]r Sovereigne          
Ld the K. had Traterously Conspired to Raise Rebellion & Leavy Warr in          
these his Mats dominons thereby to subvert ye Govermt & him his said            
Sovereigne to Depose & Murther in ordr to ye Compassing of wch he provided      
Arms & other Warlike Instrumts &c To this he pleaded not Guilty, But the        
Witnesses being many & Swearing to sevrall Treasons & Trayterous designs        
that they had heard & severall other Circumstances to tedious to Recite         
Then ye Court thought fit to adiourne untill this day.  The City is             
Infinitly Crowded wth people of all sorts from Lond & other parts; & its        
sayd that Colledge will certainly be cast for his life.                         
     ffrom Scotland we have this day an account yt the parliamt there           
have past 2 Acts, one for the acknowledgmt & the aserting the Right             
of Succession to ye Imperiall Crown of Scotland by wch the Recognize &          
declare [sic] ye Imperiall Crown of this Realme is by Inherent Right &          
not of mens will as by the fundimentall & unalterableres [sic] of Right         
Transmitted & declared by Lynial Succession according to proxingumnity          
of blood & noe difference in law nor Act of parl can alter or divert the        
Right of Succession & Lyniall decent of ye Crown to ye nearest & lawfull        
heire, & it is declared A Treason by writng or Speaking, or any other           
wayes to [letter ends]                                                          
     L. c. 1115     Lond the 20th of August: 81                                 
+from Oxford the 18th instant abt 10 of the Clock Mr Colledge was               
brought upon his Tryall wch Continued till near 3 in the morn (only             
adiourned for some short time to Dinner)  att first Colledge Refused to         
plead by reason yt some papers were taken from him, wch were Instructions       
how he should behave himselfe on his Triall, together wth ye names of all       
those whoe were Returned of ye petty Jury whom he should accept agt &c:         
he had severall preliminary pleas, he desired a Coppy of his Indictment         
wch was denied him as was also ye names of his Jury; but a list of the          
names of the Witnesses was given him, he then desired the Witnesses would       
prove a plot in Genrall in the first place as was don in the late Tryalls       
of those that were tryed for ye pop: plot & yt they would prove how far         
he was Concerned in it  He then urged his being a Citizen of Lond: soe          
ought not to be tried at Oxford upon wch he was told he was to be tryed         
where the Treason was Comitted, & noe Crime Comitted at Lond should             
doe him harm, Because he could not have his papers again, he Complained         
he had very hard usage, saying he should lose lhis life through Ignorance,      
haveing ben kept a Closs prisoner & soe alltogether unprovided to make his      
defense, wch his papers were to direct him in; That there was a designe         
to take away his life, thereby to take of the Odium from the papists,           
& yt noe true protestants Could be safe, the Mischeife being not to stop        
there, Whereupon the Judges blamed him, for speaking of a designe agt           
protestants; being a Reflection on the Govermt & Ordered he should have         
Councill to direct him in the prsence of the Sheriffe & yt all the papers       
wch Contained noe Reflections upon psons; There were 8 Witnesses agt him        
Sr Wm Jennings, Mr Dugdale Mr John Smith Mr Turbervill Mr Masters Mr            
Heyne Mr Arterbury & Mr Sewell                                                  
+Dugdale swore yt Colledge told him, that he cam down Oxford to seize           
the King, That he shewd hand pistols &c And further told him; that ye           
Membrs of parliamt came thither well Guarded for yt purpose  He allsoe          
produced severall Treasonable Cutts & pictures & there were many                
horrible things Sworne agt him, wch are not fit to be mentioned  Colledge       
made a hansom defense for his life & Dr Oats wth abt 40 others were             
Examined on his behalfe, Invalidating the Testimony of the Witnesses agt        
him; abt 3 of ye Clock in the morn the Jury with drew & after halfe an          
hower returned & brought him in Guilty; upon wch there was a very great         
Shout given in the Court at wch ye Judges were very angry; & a Bristol          
man yt came thither on purpose to hear ye Tryall being observed to be           
Shouting & throwing up his hatt was seized & Comitted to prison, then the       
Court adiourned till 9 ye next morning, but it was 10 before they met,          
when they pronounced Sentence on Mr Colledge to be drawn hanged &               
Quartered; wch he did not appear much Concernd att, But asked the Judges        
when would be the day of his Execution, To wch they answered, That yt           
depended on his Mats pleasure, he was afterwards Remanded to ye Castle          
& was loaded wth Irons, there was noe Grand Jury nor noe other                  
I[ndict]ments preferred as hath been much discoursed                            
      Its much discoursed by some yt Colledges head will be sett up on          
Temple Barr near wch place he Contrived his buissines in this affaire           
      And yt wch is very observeable at this Tryall is Sr Robt Sawer            
Attorney Gen, haveing Modestly & gravely well weighed & observed ye             
Carriages of Dr Oates, whoe seemed more Concerned in drawn [?] the              
disaffected protestant Joyner, then for the the life of his Sacred Matie        
Stood up & told the Dr: he did much admire his proceedings agt the Ks           
Interest & told him as follows; Dr yo[u]r bread you have had from the K.,       
yo[u]r Lodging in the Ks pallace  you are oblieged to ye K for yo[u]r           
life & wt Esteem you have amongst men is upon the Ks acct & now will you        
be so wickedly ungratefull for all his Mats favours & mercies towards           
you as to stand hear in open Court in Vindication of soe notorious a            
Traitor Contrary to yo[u]r alleigiance to ye K  you have hitherto               
pretended to be for ye preservation of the K: but now you shew yrselfe          
in yo[u]r Collours                                                              
     Then its sayd Mr ffitz Gerrald acquainted the Court yt 15 psons of good    
Repute, & some of very good Quallity, had allready given severall               
Informations of the highest Treason agt the Dr & prayd yt he might be           
imediatly Comitted, but wt is yet don we have not yet heard:                    
    L. c. 1116   [Handwriting changes here.]    Lond August the 23d 1681        
    The Ld Berklies ship the Tiger was Stranded on Sunday last, att ye          
Shue near the Downs as they were goeing out & 7 men ventering to swim on        
Shoar were drowned, afterwards it was got of & set Sayle again                  
     Yesterday the D of Monmouth haveing some Horses prsented him from          
fflandrs, Ordered them to be brought to Lambeth whither he came this            
day & tryed them                                                                
     The D of Monmouth on Sunday being Summond & the Councell not meeting       
it is said he will attend on friday next                                        
     We hear yt the Ld C Justice North Interceeds wth his Mate for              
Colledges pardon, soe that his Execution is deferred till tomorrow 7 night      
     2000 Trimmers near St Ives in Cornwall are drawing up an Adress            
of thanks to his Matie for his Late Declaration                                 
     Mr Hickeringill hath brought his action agt Thomson the printer for        
publishing he was pcured [?]                                                    
     And Dr: Oates allso hath brought h[is act]ion agt Thomson for              
printing Sca[n]dilous R[eflect]ions on him & this day the writt was             
Executed, but hath put in Bayle to both.                                        
     Mr Newton a Norwch ffactor is Comitted to Newgate for saying the           
D of: Y: was a papist & Enemy to ye King & Kingdom                              
     Esqr Bartue Succeeding Sr George Wharton in the Treassurship of the        
Ordnance will have his House in the Tower  Sr George will be Buried in          
the Tower on ffriday                                                            
     Sr: Joseph Sheldons funerall sermond will be preached at St Magnus         
Church near Lond Bridge & thence will be Carryed to Croydon & Interred.         
His Matie has appointed the Arch Bp of Kanterbury Bp of Lond Lds.               
Hallifax & Killingworth Sr Leonil Jenkins & Mr Soams to inspect the laws        
agt Dissenters in Ordr to the putting them in Execution.  This day a            
Councill Sat at White Hall to Secure o[u]r Ships agt the Algerines  Mrs         
ffitzharris hath been since, it was Reported She was gon for Holland at         
Mr Lums House in Buckinghamsherre under the name of the Lady Jones  And         
the Messenger goeing to apprhend her she escaped, But he Seized Mr              
Harrington whoe was taken in the Tower is now accused to [T]rea[s]on            
+The Judges meet on friday, & on Satturday deliver their opinions, whither      
there be matter enought agt the ld Shaftsbury & Howard, for the Tryeing         
them                                                                            
     L. c. 1117     Lond August the 25th 81                                     
     yesterday a House near the Minnories was set on fire by the great          
Lightning & burnt neare an hower ere it could be quenched                       
     Its Reported yt Mr Wilmore has drawn up his peticon in Ordr to             
prsent it to his Matie in Councell, that his freinds may have free              
access to visit him & his Streight Confinement in some Measure taken off.       
      Its certain that his Matie on ffriday next, & her Matie on Satturday      
intends to be at White Hall where they intend to Continue till the 15th         
of the next Moneth and then they are for Newmarket                              
     Two psons taking Boat yesterday at Gravesend about ye Midle of             
Wolledge Reach were cast away & one of them drowned, The Boat being Splitt      
agt a vessell yt lay att Anchor in the Road through the Carlessnes of           
the Watermen:                                                                   
     In severall parts of England the Dissenters are prosecuted pticulerly      
in Northamptonsherre; they broke up 3 or 4 meetings & seized the Ministr        
of one & Imprisoned him & the rest Escaped by the Ayd of the people 40          
of whose names are taken in Ordr to prosecution                                 
     Att Canterbury allsoe Col Rooke wch 2 Justices of the peace more           
wth 2 Constables went to Mr Duprees [?] meeting & seized him & took the         
names of 20 of the Congregation                                                 
     On Tuesday last the Councell discharged ye Ld. Blaney & Mr Lum &           
Harrington was brought before them, & accused by two Messengers, That           
as Mrs ffitz Harris was goeing over Honslow Heath in their Coach they           
offered to Seize her but were hindered by the 2 psons aforesaid soe             
that she Escaped                                                                
     Mr Lum was discharged, but Harrington whoe is Kin to the Earle             
of Shaftsbury, & said to be Concerned wth him gave Security to appeare          
the 1st day of next Term                                                        
+Yesterday a Councell Sat at White Hall where severall Marchants prsented       
a peticon Complaining agt the East Indie Company & Turkey Company, for          
Monopolizing the Trade of those parts, & desired that the said Companies        
might be discharged, or [a]ny Marchant Capable might be admitted into           
their Company.  The K has given the Appr[en]tices at Bristol [sic]              
Yesterday the Judges & severall Ministrs of State met at WhiteHall &            
afterwar[ds mo?]ved to the E Hallifaxes Lodgings  the Result we yet know        
not, We hear yt the Ld Shaftsbury [& How]ard [w]ill peticon the sessions        
near at hand to put in Bayle they being advised by Councell it ought to         
be safe [?]                                                                     
+Gibson the D of Monmouths footman meeting Mr Dugdale since Colledges           
Tryall beat him severely & sayd have you nothing else to doe but to             
spill the Blood of honest protestants                                           
     Colledges wart tis said designed for Execution is Wensday next, &          
he hath Confessed to some devines yt that were wth him, some pticulers          
of wch he was accused & Convicted:                                              
    L. c. 1118   [Handwriting changes here.]   Lond August the 27th 1681        
     Yesterday came an Express from his Royall Highness Intimately yt           
he intends to wait on his Matie the 16th of ye next Month at Newmarket          
about wch tis psumed the parliemt there, will have don their buissenes          
& Rise & accordingly Ordr is given to make a further provision at               
Newmarket for his Reception                                                     
     This Evening the K Queen & all ye Court are come to White Hall wth         
intention to stay some time & then to Newmarket                                 
     Wee hear yt Colledge is very penetent & has taken the Sacramt              
according to ye Church of England                                               
     We hear ye next Wensday, The Earl of Shaftsbury & Ld Howard &c will        
by new measures indeavour to be discharged or tryed this Sessions vizt          
by Habeas Corpus ad deliberundum to ye Leut of ye Tower & another ad            
Recipiendum to ye Sheriffe of Middx by wch becoming prisoners to Newgate        
they may have Issue, by virtue of ye Comission of Goale delivery of the         
old Baylie                                                                      
     The meeting of all ye Judges & other Ministrs of state was deferred        
till this day & being met about 10 of the Clock satt till 12 at White           
Hall but what was their debated on we cannot ye[t] learn                        
     And the Judges are appointed to attend in the Councell Chamber, there      
being a full Councell Summond to meet tomorrow                                  
     Mrs ffitzHarris since her Escape from the Messengrs out of the Coach       
upon Honslow Heath, notwthstanding great search made for her, cannot yet        
be heard off                                                                    
     Mr Wilmore upon his humble peticon to his Matie has leave granted for      
his freinds to com to him & is not under soe strict Confinmt as formerly        
      This day his Matie & many persons of honr & quallity did Collonel         
Legg the honr of Dining wth him att Westmstr                                    
     Sr at prsent we are barren of news, by the next you may Expect a           
full letter  I begg yo[u]r pardon                                               
     L. c. 1119     Lond Septembr the 1st 81                                    
     There was yesterday brought into Hixes Hall & Indictment brought           
in against a Noble pear & some other psons of quallity & the Mr of the          
House at Maryborne for bowling in the time of divine Service & its              
sayd is found agt them & will be further prosecuted by ye Bp of Lond            
     It is now Confirmed by an Ordr from his Matie That Dr Oats is not          
only forbidden to have any psonall Recourse to ye Court & places adiacent,      
But hath suspended his weekly allowance, in psuance to wch Ordr the Dr          
hath begun to Remove his Goods & hath allready removed the greate part          
of them into the City.                                                          
     Wee ar Credibly Informed, That Mrs Whittaker has been wth 3 of the         
Judges, The Ld C Justice pemberton Judg Jones & Judge Raymond to pray 2         
writts of Habs Corpus ad deliberandum et Recipiendum, that her Husband          
might be brought into the Custody of the Sheriffs of London in Ordr to          
his being tryed or Bayled this sessions, But ye Judges told her it could        
not be Granted without the King would consent to it                             
     yesterday his Matie abt 5 in the morn attended wth many of the             
Nobillity & the Ld Arlington, went to Bansted Downs a Hauking, his Ldp          
intending to prsent his Matie wth a fflight of Haukes yt were lately sent       
him by his Grace the D of Ormond                                                
     On Tuesday morn an Eminent Divine wth another pson came to the             
plantation office at White Hall wth a peticon directed to ye 2 Secretaries      
the Import of wch was, to begg the body of Steven Colledge, in Ordr to          
his Interment, & we hear yt a Messenger went yt Morn to Oxford upon ye          
same amount, & yt his head only shall be severed from his body, & set           
upon ye Temple Gate                                                             
     This day we hear the Ld Gerrerd by Ordr of his Matie is turned out         
of his places as Bed Chamber man & Housekeeper att WhiteHall & the              
Black Rodd is sent into the North to ffetch him up.  Wee have an acct           
this day from Dover that the Ld Berkly whoe got of the Sands to Sea in          
the Ship called the Tiger is for some Misdemeanrs by the Ships Company          
Comitted prisoner to Dover Castle, & most of his men are gon from on            
Board, but you will hear more at large by the next; Colledge was executed       
yesterday very early in the morn, & made a very penitent end; he had            
very few words but delivered a Sheet of paper Written on all sides wch          
he called his last speech, & declared there was not one word of Treason         
in it wch paper was delivered of t[he] High Sheriff, whoe promised it           
should be printed without alteration                                            
+Yesterday, the Sessions in the Old Bayly began where the Earle of              
Shafsbury; Ld Howard Whittaker Wilmore & prsented there petions that            
they might be tryed or Bayled  The Ld C Justice Replyed that they could         
take noe Cognizance of yt matter it being not before them, without his          
Maty speciall Comand                                                            
     This day abt noone as I was coming from Newgate at Sea Cole lane           
end near St Pulchers Church happned an unlucky accident, A Cart coming          
near a Stoncutters Shop run agt a Grave Stone Standing at ye Corner             
thereof & a little Girl of abt Seven indeavouring to avoyd the Cart the         
Stone fell upon her head & beat out her Braines & dyed imediatly without        
ye least word or Crye:                                                          
     L. c. 1120     Lond Septembr the 3d 1681                                   
     At ye Concluding of the Sessions yesterday at ye old Bayly the             
Grand Jury prsented Joanna Broome for publishing weekly pamphlets Intituled     
ye observator & Beniamin Too[about two letters cut off] for publishing a        
pamphlet called Heraclitus Rudens & likwise Mrs Thomson for the Loyall          
weekly Intellegence, as pamphlets designed to divide his Mats true              
Subjects, & much Reflecting upon the Magistrates, of this Metropolitan          
City of London                                                                  
     Then they deliverd a paper expressing their unfeigned thanks to ye         
Rt Honble Sr patient Ward Ld Mayor of [the City] of Lond the Rt Nll Sr          
Slingsby Bethel Henry Co[rnish] Esqrs Sheriffs of Lond for the good             
service they had don [the] City in the execution of their offices &             
discharge of yt great trust                                                     
     Yesterday by Letters from Maligo dated the 13th of August last             
we have an acct yt a ffrench Man of Warr wth 40 Gunns meeting 2 Spanish         
Ships named the Conception & ye philby [?] made signes to the former            
(the other being a great way to the Leeward) tho iust [?] by Maligo to          
strike, the Spanierd Refused, upon wch ye ffrench man, without any more         
adoe gave him a broad side, & a volley of Small Shot, killing & wounding        
severall of his men, The Spaneierd briskly answerd him in his own Language,     
& soe the fight began wch lasted 5 howers, Then the Monseuir growing weary      
of it, took the advantage of a Calm making use of his Oares, got away;          
its said there was near a 100 men killed on both sides  The Spanierd went       
into Maligo & Repaired, and afterwards went to ye Inquest of the ffrench        
man:                                                                            
     An under Cooke being lately poysend by tasting broth prpared for           
the Queen, his Relations yesterday accused the head Cooke of poysoning          
him before the Court held for the virge [?] of White Hall, but he was           
only ordrd to appeare the next Court day  few beleive him Guilty because        
a portegues                                                                     
     Yesterday the Councell debated the Ld Shaftsbury & Howards cases, &        
upon Information of severall psons yt they were Guilty of High Treason          
Warts were Issued                                                               
     Baldron was accused by one Sherland of High Treason before the Councell    
upon wch he Informed, That Sr Miles Stapleton had hired Sherland for 400 L      
to swere agt him  he first Informed that ye Evidence that he & others           
gave for Colledge agt the Ks witnesses was pened [?] by a person of             
Quallity yt they were payd for their goeing down; Baldron is at large           
upon his own word to appeare when Summond, The K goes on Thursday to            
Newmarket his Servants being ordrd to be ready--& this day severall went        
down to prepare for his Reception:                                              
            [Note in another hand on outside of letter:]                        
+Mr Deely at Halis Owen to come next week to survey & it may be to mend         
the organ  Deliver mine to Sr Ch Hobbes [?]                                     
+Ly at Worcester  Go forward to Church to Knight with yt you can.  From to      
Bermingham go to Bromegrove to Droitwick to Worcester.  From Worcester          
to the great road till you come to a great wooden br[idge]  as soon as          
ever you are over turne on ye to hand [?] to Kn. wch is wthin 1/2 a mile        
     L. c. 1121     Lond Septembr the 6th 1681                                  
     I am Credibly Informed yt their hath been a great Debate in the            
last Councell Concerning the Return of his Royall Highness from Scotland        
& its Carryed in the Negative, till Affaires be in a better posture; But        
twas agreed viscount Killingworth Barron Hide should be sent to his R.          
Highness on some Important Occassions wch we cannot yet Learn                   
     But some will have it, That his Ldp goes to give a true Theam of           
Affaires wth reasons for his not Ret[urning] at prsent, others are of           
the opinion yt his Ldp is to [small word torn off] his Royall Highness:         
the necessity of Reconciling himselfe to ye Church of England, & to use         
his Indeavor to perswade his Highness thereto, it being the only means          
to quiet the mindes of the people, & to bring the Nation again to its           
prestion [?] happiness yt the Success of wch much depends; According[ly]        
his Ldp set forward yesterday in his Own Coach & intends to goe therein         
as farr as Durham, & from thence takes post for Scotland                        
     Wee hear & have advice from Tangeir, That the Moresh Embr was com to       
ye said City, wth severall Rich prsents for his Matie, as divers Barbery        
horses & Jewells, in Ordr to ye Embarquing for England & was accompanied        
wth Sr James Leshly his Mts Embr to Muly Ishmael, Empr of Morocco, The          
same Letters add, That ye plague is wholly Ceased at Cadiz                      
     This day we have an acct from Dover, That ye Ld Berkly whoe it was         
said was Comitted by the Ships Company belonging to the Tiger, is now Sett      
at Liberty and the Ship is come into the Downs & all differences made up        
     There is strict Ordrs given out for the prosecution of the Dissenters;     
soe yt these people are under great Consternation of mind                       
+His & her Matie wth all the Nobillity tomorrow Morn by 6 are for Newmarket     
& intends to dine there                                                         
+It [is] Reported yt the Ld C Justice pemberton will Lay down his Comission     
& Judge Jones is to Succeed him:                                                
     L. c. 1122     Lond Septembr the 8th 81                                    
     Letters from Scotland of the 27th last advise us, That the Lords of        
the Articles had brought in the Bill, Oblieging the Lds & Herriats [?] to       
be Security for their Servants wch after some debates was passed wth some       
amendmts, whereas the fine before was 50 L now tis a 100 L.  The Bill for       
Securing the protestant Religion was allso brought in, wch was Strongly         
Debated by Duke Hambleton, Severall peers & Barons saying it was full           
enough, They allsoe prest an Act agt ye papists might be past by it self,       
& the Act agt ye fanaticks might be Explained [?] & not the presbiterians       
Compelled & if they were it would greatly weaken the protestant Interest        
in yt Kdome, But the Bps urged yt they might be Compelled urging that           
there was less danger from the Roman Catholiques then the Prisbeterians,        
the one being in Docktrin the other worse in practices wch hath plainly         
appeared this 40 years, But ye Debate of wch was put of till the 29th           
instant to wch time they adiourned, We further hear, there is a Ld & a          
Commoner Comitted for making speeches in the House                              
     ffrom paris we are advised yt the K hath published another Edict           
agt the protestants forbidding all his Subiects openly or Covertly to           
buy any Reall or psonall Estate of any protestant pson on paine of death        
     We hear there is a proclamation in the press & will Speedily com           
forth, for puting the laws in Execution agt all Dissenters from the             
Church of Eng                                                                   
     yesterday 2 Comtees sat at White Hall, one for the Captives & the          
other abt the Ks plantations, many of the Captives wives attended, desiring     
an addition to ye 40 L they not being able to Raise any more, others yt         
have been Since taken desired the like Contribution wch was granted             
     His Matie has been pleased to Grant unto Joachim Beecher the Beniffit      
of a new Invention of Erecting ffloating Mills upon the River of Thames         
& all other Navigable Rivers, & another Invention for the Smoking &             
dryeing of ffish, allsoe yesterday a Comtee Sat to Consider of a way how        
to Releive the poore Souldiers, many of them daylie attending the Court         
wth peticons Representing their exstrordinary necessities                       
+We hear yt his Matie hath not only taken the Ld Mordents Ship (formerly        
mentiond[)] into his Service But hath likewise been pleased to grant the same   
Ld a Comiss[ion to] Comand the sd ship wth Letters of Reprizall agt the         
Algereins  Its Reported yt one of the Witnesses that has Retracted his          
Evidence has given in upon Oath yt severall psons, have Subborned him           
among the rest he Complaines agt one Mr Reale whoe sayes he will Justifie       
himselfe upon yt act & will appear imediatly if any Legall wart shall           
be produced agt him, & does hereby a[n?]swer all psons, That he is not          
of soe mean [?] a Spirit, as to swear one thing to day & quite Contrary         
tomorrow; This morning very Early his & her Maties went to New Market           
     L. c. 1123     [Handwriting changes here.]     Lond. 7ber 13. 81           
+One of ye Ks men of war meeting wth a F man of war refusing to Strike          
sail fought & took him & brought him into plimoth  ye F Capt pleaded he         
had been a long voyage to Greenland & knew not whether yre was a war bet        
F & Engld                                                                       
     The Judges have been agn in Consultation whether a pere may be tryd        
in one County for a fact done in another but came to no Resolution              
     One mr Morris of ye Temple is comted for saying Colledge had not           
a fair tryall & a Gent in Stafford hath been latly comted for saying ye         
K was a papist & another was comted for saying he did not doubt it.             
     Dr Oates hath taken a hous in bread Street                                 
     Many F. protest[ant]s have latly come over & complain of ye F Ks           
cruelty                                                                         
     From Scotld we hear yt ye plt are upon rising & yt yey have ordrd          
ye sessions for adjusting ye affrs of ye kdome to begin in 8ber & last          
till Aprill                                                                     
     Last Councill day yt prosecution of ye fanaticks was debted & it           
being urged if we had given publickly encouragmt to F protest[ant]s to          
come over who differd little from fanaticks  ye mattr fell.                     
    L. c. 1124   [Handwriting changes here.]   Lond Septembr ye 11th 81         
     The Close of ye last weeke Madam Seamor Mayd of honr to ye late            
Queen Mother Entred into England of the age now but of (82) years was           
desirous before she departed from of the Theatre of this world to Act           
A Matrimoniell Comedy wth one Mr Dutton a young Gent of Scarce a quarter        
part of her years, wch was Compleated by the Reverend Dr Luke in ye             
Temple Church, & tho time had deprived her of ye benefitt of her hearing        
whereby she could not say the words after the Dr; yet have added vigor          
to her Spirits wch so iluminated her Ladps understanding, that her Ladp         
without the assistance of her Specticles could Currantly Read, the same,        
as if the words were Imprinted in her heart                                     
     Yesterday we had advise yt Dr: Michael Honninhod the Reverend Dean         
of Lincolne aged (83) years dyed in yt Towne being much Lamented, being         
a very Loyall, pious, & Charitable Divine                                       
     One Mr Morris a Clerk of the Exchequer being in Company in the Liberty     
of Middx & discoursing abt ye Tryall of Steven Colledge, Saying he              
beleived he had very hard Measure, wch being thought to be Reflections          
upon the Govermt, was Seized & brought before Maior parry a Justice of          
peace in Middx who made a Wart for his Comittment, But Bayle being              
proffered the Justice was soe wise as not to Refuse it & thereby Mr             
Morris was discharged                                                           
     On Tuesday last the Ld Gray of Wark came to the principle Sec of           
State, & made his Complt agt the Irish Genl that Challenged him when his        
Ldp was viewing the Monstrous tall irishman in Bartholmew ffaire; &             
likewise yt his Ldp was Informed yt that party wth others of his Countrey       
men lay waite for him & yt he fears they intend to spill his blood; The         
Secretary Sent his Wart to aprehend, the Challenger whose name I                
alltogether forgotten & hath Comitted to a Sargt at Arms till his Matie         
& Councill have the hearing of it.  Wee are Informed that ye prsent             
point in debate, is about some Statutes Relating to the Tryall of Traytors      
Especially [about five letters blotted] Tricesimo tertio, Henerici Octavo       
The tenure thereof, being that his Matie by Comission of Oyer & Tirminer        
may trye them [?] such persons on the account of Treason in any other           
Sherre in place if his Matie shall direct without Respect where the             
Crime don or Comitted & Such case noe Challange for the Sherre or               
hundred they shall be allowed Anno tertio Maria Scrioprendo [?],                
Severall Tryalls were Repreived, & noe other to be tryed, but Such as           
are declared by the Statutes of the 25th of Ed: the 3d, Charles the 2d          
Anno primo et Secundo philip et Maria Chapt 12  twas Enacted yt the             
Tryall of a Traytor, should be according to ye Comon laws, where tis            
generally beleived yt the former law in Hen: the 8th tyme is Repreived,         
the same would have it otherwise, But ye Judges are to disput ye point:         
    L. c. 1125    [Handwriting changes here.]    London Sept ye 17th 81         
     The Lords of the Eclesiasticall affaires yesterday prickt [?]              
downe three persons, & sent them to the King, out of which hee is to            
Chuse one of them to bee Dean of Lincolne                                       
     Yesterday alsoe one of the prebends of Westmr died & on Munday the         
Bishops meet & Choose another;                                                  
     Yesterday hapned a fire in a Smyths Shop in Westmr; but was Quenched       
without much harme,                                                             
     By the ffrench Embassadrs Intercession the Lorde of the Treasurry          
intends to restore the French Ship taken by the pearle                          
     The Dutchess of Cleavland comeing from ffrance the portugall Ambassadr     
is quiting Cleavland house which is to bee fitted upp for her                   
     Auterbury the kings Messenger was this weeke shott att, but the            
Bullett graseing on a Bunch of Keys in his pockett hee [was?] only              
de[s]peratly wounded                                                            
     Some F protestants yt were driven on Ireland were barbarously used         
by ye Tories & 2 of them killed                                                 
     The Ld Hide is returned to Newmarkett wth answer from the D: yt hee        
will make hast to England  Sr Jo: Williamson is returned alsoe Hithr            
from Scotland                                                                   
     Capt Sarsfeild upon ye Ld Greys Complt to the Councill is escaped          
out of ye Messengrs hands                                                       
     The Governr of Switz Cantons hath Comanded all the men of that             
Country out of the ffrench Kings service.                                       
     An Adrss signd by 10000 Tinners in Cornwall is come upp & will [be]        
prnted by ye E: of Bath Ld Lieut of that County to the King.                    
+Smyth the Bookseller is Informed agst for saying Colledge had not a            
fair Tryall but dyed inocent.                                                   
+The Mr of Woo [?] street Counter being dead, there is a dispute between        
ye Ld Mayr & Sheriffs & ye Aldrmen, ye former saying tis yr right to            
have the ffitts [?] of selling yr place, & ye Latter say yt the Money           
for which the place is sould ought to bee put into the Chamber of London.       
+Sevrall Irish witnesses bd in notoquia Jures [?] to prosecute Sr John          
Davies Secr of Irld are goeing over against his Tryall                          
    L. c. 1126   [Handwriting changes here.]    Lond Septembr ye 19th 81        
     Yesterday wee have an acct from paris, That Mr Savile the K of Eng         
Envoy Extrordnary, at that Court made a Complt to his Christian Matie           
of an Afront offered to his House, by some Lackquies that belonged to a         
Noble man of ffrance, upon wch the K ordered yt a strict search should be       
made for ye Offenders, that they might be severely punished, & Mr Savile        
to have what further Satisfaction he did desire                                 
     We hear yt Dr Oats after he recd his Ordrs to [come to?] White             
Hall; the Docktor was desirous to see the K. before his goeing to New           
Market gave his attendance accordingly  the K passing by haveing set Eye        
upon him made a Stop & was pleased to speake to him to this Effect, Mr          
Oats I am very Censieble yt you have forgot yo[u]r duty that you owe to         
mee; Since you have had yo[u]r pardon you have been Guilty of many high         
Crimes & Misdemeanrs, I will not say Treason, allthough I beleive it for        
all wch I again forgive you, by reason I would have you above Board, But        
if you should be found Guilty any more, I shall shew you noe more favour,       
then the rest of my Subiects                                                    
     We hear from Holland that there is a discourse there of a ffirm League     
concluded between the ffrench & yt State.                                       
     His Matie hath declared his Royall pleasure yt his stay at Newmarket shall 
be but 3 weeks                                                                  
     Wee are advised by Letters from NewMarket Now yt on Thursday his Matie     
arrived safe there about Noone where after Dinner he was prsented wth a         
Match of Cockfighting he wagered upon & severall Cocks wch won the Batles       
     Letters from Holland Informe us that the Empr & the Turks have             
Concluded a peace for 20 years                                                  
+This morn 3 Comittees sat at White Hall one to settle affairres in New         
England but came to noe Conclusion, The others about Releiving the poore        
Souldiers com from Tangeire, & have Ordered them a Speedy Supply, The 3d        
about the Captives in Algeirs, And its that an Aditionall Sum above the         
40 L will be granted to the Releife of ye poorer Sort:                          
     L. c. 1127     Lond Septembr ye 20th 81                                    
     On Satturday last Dr Gibbs prebend of Westmstr dyed, And this              
weeke tis said their Ecleasiasticall Lordps would sitt about ye disposing       
of ye prebendry                                                                 
     Sunday Morn about 1 or 2 a Clock there happned in a Colouring Shop         
on Ludgate Hill a great fire  the occassion was thus, an Apprentice             
haveing made 400 dozen of ffire works called Serpents & Sealing one of          
them up, the wax fired the paper of one of them, wch he threw from him &        
Got away, in the mean time all the rest tooke fire, wch gave a very             
great Noise to ye great amazement & astonishment of the Neighbours,             
But the Roome wherein the Serpents were was all on a flame  the alarme          
being soe timely given, there was noe more hurt don then the Burning of         
yt one Roome;                                                                   
     A Ship Laden wth English Wooll designing for france being Arrested         
was on Satturday last brought to the Custom House Key, & there Secured          
& the Mr Imprisoned                                                             
     Its Reported yt his Matie on the 28th instant intends to be at             
White Hall                                                                      
     yesterday we had advice from New market that the Dutchess of portmouth     
is pretty well R[ecove]red of her late Indisposition                            
     We hear yt Mr Wilmore & Mr Whittaker have upon their humble                
Supplication their Confinement somwhat Inlarged & a more access of              
ffreinds then formerly                                                          
     By Letters from Madrid we have advice Septembr the 10th yt 2000            
Moorish horses have marched within 2 miles of the Wall of Oran, a Spanish       
Garrison on the ffronteirs agt whom severall peeces of whole Cannon were        
discharged from the Batlements But without doeing any great Damage &            
upon wch a Councell was held Whither the Garrison should Issue out &            
fall upon their Rear  But it being Suspected yt an Ambuscade might              
Intercept their Return, nothing was don in yt affair.                           
+from Edinburg we hear yt severall Acts have been Renewed & Confirmed           
for the better Supplyeing of his Matie to Continue & Maintaine the              
standing forces of yt Kdom.                                                     
+The Ld Belhaven being upon his humble peticon set at Liberty, & Restored       
to his place Its said he made his Supplication that he might Retire to          
his own House, his privat affaires requireing his prsence.                      
+All protections C[oun]tenanced by the Nobillity of this Kdom are by Act        
of parl Repealed wch has occassioned man[y] [seal spoils about five             
letters] deeply indebted & had Sheltred under such Safe Guards to absent        
themselves now:                                                                 
We hear yt great inquiry has been made after Capt: Sarsefeild whoe lately       
made his Escape when taken with a Wart for Challenging the Ld Gray of           
Wark but is not yet found.                                                      
     John Durrant the Horse Courser at the George Inn in Smithfeild & [?]       
is a Capt of the Guards haveing som words about a Horse sould to ye Earle       
of pembrook the Capt hath soe Cursed & beaten him, yt he is dead upon           
those wounds & the Corroner hath found it Murder, The Capt is fled &c           
     L. c. 1128     Lond Septembr the 22th 81                                   
     Yesterday we had Letters from Holland yt gives us an account yt            
the Emprs Spanish & Brandinburgh Embassidrs had Audience from the States        
where they agreed as one in desiring a League offensive & defensive wth         
yt State & prsented their Memorialls from their Mrs shewing what danger         
they were all in, if yt State Complyed wth the ff: K.  they further add         
that since, the States have put themselves under an Oath of Secrisy &           
have Sat very close severall dayes in Debate whither peace or War wth           
Mounseirre but as yet the Result is not known                                   
     Wee heare ye D of Norff is coming over hither from fflanders wth           
his whole ffamely intending to Reside here all this Winter, his Grace           
haveing not Inioyed his health perfectly                                        
     By a Letter from Herifordsherre we are advised that there lately           
happned a Terrable fire at a place called presteen in yt County wch by          
reason of a great wind totally Consumed the said town being 400 houses          
     The Lds Comrs appointed to dispose of Ecliasisticall preferments           
met again & yesterday [de?]served his Mats approbation for Confiring            
the [pre]bedary of Westmstr on Dr Jean chaplyn to the Bp of London.             
     On Monday abt 10 a Clock at night a fellow was Cryeing in ye Strand        
a Speech of a Noble peer but he was prsently apprehended by the Constable       
& the Watch & afterwards Comitted to prison where he is like to Continue        
to see whither a Bill will be preferred agt him at the next Sitting of the      
Jury at Westmstr                                                                
     They write from Jenoa that the ff Galleys are now gon home, their          
buisnes in these parts being only to seek Quarrills in demanding a respect      
to their fflagg, their forces now at pignorell give very great Jealousies       
to yt people, the ff ayming not only at Cassall but yt they have some           
designe on yt Republique  They further add yt the States of Holland,            
haveing an acct of therre Consull is not acceptable to ye Divan, They           
have Ordrd Capt Vander Drisen to goe in his stead & to Carry wth him the        
Remandr of the [ef?]fects agreed upon according To ye Treaty                    
+ffrom Edingburgh wee hear yt the Lds of ye Articles have agreed upon an        
Act against privat Weddings & yt at Burialls they shalll not exceed above 8     
in Mournings & yt at all Christnings there shall not be above 8 on each         
side                                                                            
     The P of Orange is expected the latter end of ye next week at White        
Hall:                                                                           
     L. c. 1129     Lond Septembr ye 24th 81                                    
     Yesterday came a Dutch & ffrench Male: By the former we have an            
acct yt the protestant League was in some forwardnes, The States being          
Jealous of the ffrench, & they have Seperated themselves for 3 weeks, that      
in the Interim they may bring matters to bear, By ye Latter tis advised         
that the ffrench K: hunting a Stagg & close psueing him, the Stagg turned       
upon his Matie & wounded him on his Legg, & had well night put a period         
to his life, had not his Nobles com In, whoe prvented any other Mischeife       
Except killing of one of their horses                                           
     By a Letter from Newmarket we are advised yt Dr Hugh Chamberlaine          
being sent for thither by his Matie to Cure the Queen of her late               
Indisposition wch he accomplished in a few dayes, his Matie was pleased         
thereupon to Confirm ye honr of Knighthood uppon him                            
     This day came Letters from Holland dated 19th Instant wch Inform           
us that the p of Orange being absent from the Hague at the time of the          
assembly of the States broke up, they sent an Express to his Highness           
to acquaint him of ther proceedings, & that it was absolutly necessary          
for the Compleating of the protestant League to send an Embr to his Matie       
of Great Brittain wch pson & the p approved & when Ordrs were given this        
Instruction should be, yt he be dispatched wth all speed & he not to            
leave the English Court till he had Received his Maties Answear  They           
further tell us that the prince made a Motion of goeing himself in pson         
wch the States Highly approved off  But they doe not say that it was            
agreed uppon                                                                    
+This morn a Comittee Sat at White Hall to agree uppon a Summ to                
Re[li]eve the poore Souldrs that are com from Tangier & came to this            
Resolution that such as are Incapable to worke haveing lost the use of          
their Limbs, the[y] would appoint 50 L yearly for their support                 
+By Letters from Scotland we have an acct that his Royall Highness the          
17th instant adiourned the parliamt till the 1st of March next:                 
     L. c. 1130     Lond Septembr ye 27th 81                                    
     Yesterday we hear one Mr Sanders a Gent of Surry haveing an Estate         
of 600 L p ann dyeing some time since hath bequeathed his Estate to his         
Widow during her life, & afterward to ye Cathedrall of St pauls, But wth        
a proviso yt in Case pop: Mass shall be said therein then to be                 
Transferred to the Hospitall of Bethlam                                         
     The heads of the university of Cambridge haveing been at Newmarket         
have Invited thier Maties to doe them the honr to Receive an Entertainment      
from them on Tuesday next wch tis thought will be accepted great                
preparations being made for ye same                                             
     The discourse of his Maties Coming to London this week is now layd         
aside & tis said the Court will not Return from newmarket till ye 10th          
or 12th of next Month                                                           
     Some Malitious writers of News have sent into ye Contreys false &          
base Reflections on ye Goverment & the same coming to ye knowledge of           
Authority some of them have been Seized together wth their writings in          
Ordr to be prosecuted according to their demeritts                              
     There hath been a Warm Report yt ye next Term would be Removed to          
Oxford, but those Skilld in the affaires Consider the great expense             
thereof in Removeing the Records & other things Suitable for holding ye         
same wth the Inconvenincy thereof think it will Center in discourse only        
+The Ecleassiasticall Lords were pleased this day to Constitut Dr Gardner       
somtime Chaplyn to the D of Monmouth Dean of Lincoln the said Dr being          
Recomended to their Lordps by Dr Stillingfleet.                                 
+There hath been of late a great Reformation amongst the Officers there         
being at least 60 psons turned out & others placed in their Roomes.             
+Att Bla[ckwe]ll the 23d of this instant abt 10 of the Clock at night           
near this place [a Nevis?] Interloper from Guinney Burthen abt 200 Tunns        
whoe had been a Trading voyage 21 Monthes by wt accident unknown was blown      
up & all the people on Board perished in the blast except 2 or 3 yt were        
in the foreCastle  as soon as the blast was given the Ship took fire &          
drove upon the Shoar from whence the tide Carryed her towards Depdford          
none daring to goe near her for fear of a 2d blast, soe yt she burnt            
quite down to ye water  the Number of the people yt pe[ri]shed is               
uncertain for yt severall of ye seamens wives & Children were on board          
The Mr had the good fortun to be on Shoare & is now Indeavouring to yt          
part [sic] of the goods that might be left in the hold, wch are of a            
small vallue                                                                    
     L. c. 1131     Lond Septembr the 29th 81                                   
     On Tuesday night about 10 of the Clock one of the Kings yeomen of          
his Guard usually called by the name of Capt Dangerfeild coming out of          
an Alehouse in the Strand met wth 2 Rusticall blades whoe its sayd swore        
they would kill the next man they met withall unless he gave them the           
way but this Dangerfeild happning to be the first man they met withall          
would not give way whereupon one of them Run him quite through the              
body & Imediatly dyed; the persons are both taken & Comitted to Newgate         
     One Mr Hevingham a Gentleman arrived from paris yesterday & brought        
a Superficiall acct wch is since Confirmed by Letters that the ff: K.           
coming out of his Closset did declare to some of his Courtiers that his         
Troops had entred Cassall & if they would see the taking of Strasburg           
they must imediatly ride post his forces haveing Invested yt Citty &            
intends to open the Trenches as tomorrow, & tis said yt his Matie has           
made ye Dauphin Generalissimo, not without som prospect of the taking           
it, wch is the Rather to be don thro the unexpectednes of the Attaque           
amusing the world wth a Contrary course, they haveing not a Sufficient          
Garrison to make a defence nor cannot expect assistance from the Empr           
before it be to late                                                            
     Upon the haveing of this Sad newes all the foreigne Embrs in this          
Town in great hast departed hence to Newmarket to Consult his Matie,            
yesterday Count Hum an Estrordinary Envoy from the Empr & Don pedro De          
Ronquill the Spanish Embr notwithstanding his Indisposition set forwards        
thither, Allsoe viscount Hide Dan: ffinch Esqr wth severall other great         
psonages went to Newmarket upon the hearing of this news, The ff: K.            
hath left ffontaineblew & is gon to the Leaguere before Strasburg               
accompanied wth most of his Nobillity.                                          
+Mr James porter whoe has the Regt of the Earl Castlehaven in fflandrs          
will in few dayes com over to England [to re]cruit the same:                    
+Letters came last night late, wch Confirms both the Surrendr of Cassall        
& Trasburgh to the ff: K                                                        
     One Mr Hetherington is Comitted by the Councell to the Gatehouse           
for High Treason                                                                
     Sr: yo[u]r Letters I recd last night & this morning I went to white        
Hall to find Esqr Milton; whoe is now att Newmarket  it will be abt 10          
dayes before his Matie returnes from thence, & then I shall make it             
may buissines to find him out & Return you his answear                          
                                 Yo[u]r Servant / ff: Gay                       
     L. c. 1132     [Handwriting changes here.]    Lond October 1st 1681        
     Mr Louis upon ye Surrendr of Strasb by his mrs Comd set up ye F            
army in ye Cathedrall &c & gave ye oaths of alleg to ye magistrates  The        
F K declares yt he glories in being an instrumt to root out ye prsbet           
weed of herisy & bringing Europe to a new reform of relig & hath ordrd          
yt ye protest[ant] houses be searchd ye hereticall books burnt & bibles         
taken away                                                                      
     yesterday a F. man was taken firing a hous in Wapping & Comted             
     The same day ye Ld Mayr comted a man for trepaning 2 boys a shipboad       
to sell 'em by giving 'em money & clothes                                       
     Sr Robt Car having 10 hors matches at newmarket 2 of 'em were              
yesterday run & won.                                                            
     On Monday next begins ye Sessions of peace for Westm & ye Attorn           
Genell came this day to town to draw up bills agt sevll psons yre.              
     Uwell [?] & King (who marryd ye late Ld shandois daughter) have            
upon A Womans oath yt yey killd Rix confesd yey did it & expecting hanging      
prpare for it  each of ye 2 wounds yey gave him Were upon ye Surgeons           
oath mortall.                                                                   
     Dugdale & Smith ye priest went latly to Dr Lower & desird a confer         
in private but ye Dr refusing to talk but in publike Dugdale sd he              
intended to sue Dr oates for saying he was clapt wn it was repted he was        
poisnd & yt he woud supena him who was his phisitian for a witnesse  ye         
Dr ansd he should be but an ill one for if ever any man was clap he was.        
     The Messengr who let Claypole go is taken into Custody                     
     60 F protest[ant]s arrivd this week here & Complain yt ye F                
protest[ant]s in F are very evilly intreated.                                   
     L. c. 1133    [Handwriting changes here.]    Lond Octobr the 6th 81        
     Yesterday Nathaniell ponce (a Mugleton[i]an[)] was Indicted at the         
Sessions of the peace att Westmster for saying dam ye D of Y. for he was        
the son of a Whore a pimp & that he had occasioned all the troubles of          
this nation, yt he wisht to meet him on Salesbury plain to trye wch was         
the best man & yt [if?] he mett him in the Streets he should take the           
Wall of him & he would give him a box on the Ear, His Concill pleaded he        
said not dam him  he is a son of a Whore &c but dam me for a son of a           
whore &c  But 5 Witnesses possitivly swearing the word agt him he was           
found Guilty upon the Statut of Scand Magn & was fined 40 Marks                 
     Mr Dennis allsoe prferrd a Bill allsoe agt Mr Gibbons belonging            
to ye D of Mon: for assaulting him in Coven Garden but noething was don         
in it, only the D of M stood Bayle for Mr Gibbons                               
     The K when he was at Cambridge made Mr Guin (clerk of the Councill)        
Dr of the Civill law                                                            
     Eight Thousand of ff being left in the Garrison of Strasburgh, ye          
ff: K. hath Comanded ye other 32000 to Retire to their former Quarters          
& to be ready on Comand                                                         
     The late Sheriffe Bethel was fined 5 Marks in the Ld Mayrs Court           
for abusing a Waterman                                                          
+Ordrs are given here for Raising 2 Regements of ffoot for fflandrs.            
+The Bp of St Andrews lies very sick in Scotland sent word to the Lds of        
the Councill yt he could not be satisfied till he had taken the Test &          
subscribed the Declaration whereupon the Earl of Keith & another Ld went        
& Admstred it to him                                                            
+Indicments are drawing up agt ye Lds Shafts & H[owar]d the witnesses           
agt them being Summond to Attend ye Atturney Gen & the K said lately            
they should be suddenly tryed.                                                  
+They talke of a parl to sit at Christmas at Oxford the suddennes being         
occasioned by the ff Ks late proceedings                                        
     L. c. 1134     Lond 8br the 8th 81                                         
     The Lds of the Councell in Scotland have sent to ye Ld Murrey &            
D Lauderdale to admistr the Test &c to ye D of Monmouth here he being           
one of yt Councell & haveing an Estate there  Accordingly they waited           
on him, to whom he said he had a great veneration for an Act of parl But        
thought it did not obliege any but Inhabitants of Scotland to take yt           
Test, & would let it alone till he came thether, Soe they Replyed they          
would Signiefie his Answear to ye Councell of Scotland & went their way         
     The 2 Regemts to be Raised being for the prince of Oranges service,        
he is coming hither & will see them Mustered                                    
     Sr: John More & Sr James Edwards being Deputed to prsent the K wth         
10000 Guinneys have Instructions allso to Inform the K yt they have             
50000 L at his Mats Service                                                     
     Its now said yt the parliamt will sit at Westmstr & yt a proclamation      
is Orderd to the press accordingly.                                             
     A vessell Arrived at Weymouth ye last weeke wth 50 ffrench protestants     
3 of wch were Ministrs & gave an account yt the ff Souldiers came into          
their Church when they were at their Devotion & killed & wounded severall       
of them soe that they were forced to flye & leave all their Estate behind       
them; The Mayor of Weymouth was very kind to them & made Collections for        
them, & gave them passes for London.  Capt Sarsefeild since his Challenging     
the Ld Grey Offerd his Service to ye Ld Mordent for this voyage But his         
Ldp told him yt he would not Entertayne him being soe Notorious a papist        
the K: haveing published a proclamation yt papists should not be employed       
in his Maties Service.  Mackarnaugh one [of] the 4 Irish Ruffians haveing       
Surrendred himselfe to Mr Savill o[u]r Embr in france, He is com over           
wth Mr Savills Letter promising he shall appear when Summond                    
     On Wensday next his Matie Returns to Lond & I shall not faile to           
Wait uppon Mr Milton & shall ever Maniefest my self to be                       
                             Sr: Yo[u]r most humble Servant / ffra: Gay:        
     L. c. 1135     Lond Octobr the 11th 81                                     
     We are advised from Newmarket, yt Don pedro Ronquillo ye Spanish           
Embr before his return from thence prsented a Memoriall to his Matie            
mightily pressing his assistance, shewing ye power off ffrance, & the           
Insufficiency they were in to oppose his fforces, allso Shewing how his         
Matie as Garrentee of the peace at Nimingham wch should his Matie suffer        
the Remainder of fflandrs to be in the ff posession the Influence would         
be very great uppon England  That the ff had again profferd his Master          
an Equivalent for it in Catiloney or els where wch were they not Enabled        
to preserve, may be forced to Comply wth this proposition, of the ffrench,      
otherwise there was noe thoughts but the same would fall into his hands         
for nothing Therefore prayes his Maties positive Answear Wch we hear            
his Matie has soe far don, that if the Bigotted Spannerds will agree ye         
proposition there may be [?] such means taken as may answear the ends           
aforesaid                                                                       
     Yesterday one Capt Nichols a person of a Considerable Estate lately        
arived from the Kdom of Ireland, there is a wart Issued from the Council        
Table to take him for High Treason.                                             
     ffrom Tangeir by Letters lately com from thence does Highly Commend        
the Civillity of the Mores to ye English giveing free Liberty to com in to      
any part of their Contry without ye Least Molestacon to Cut wood & Digg         
Stone & what Else their occasions require at more Reasonable Rates then         
their own Natives                                                               
     yesterday 6 Companies of ffoote were Ordered to Oxford to Quarter          
there wch makes som say yt the K will go thither next weeke wth the Q           
& yt the parliamt will be held there, but shall not know ye Certainty           
till Thursday a full Councell being then to be held at W Hall, his              
Matie coming to Town tomorrow, Last Councell day severall ff: Seamen            
attended wth a peticon for [about three letters illegible] to bring over        
their Boats to ffish in o[u]r seas, of wch ye the Councell said they            
would consider.                                                                 
+Severall of the ff protest[ants] landed at Weymouth are com hither,            
they add yt severall protestants of ff have lighted Matches tyed to             
their ffeet & brimston burnt under there noses to make them abiure their        
Religion, A ship arrived at ye Custom House wth ff protestants, wch being       
searched by the officers, in a Trunk was found a string of beads & a            
Crucifix being wrapt about wth Ribbon wch belongd to a Gentlewoman, & 3         
psons wch came over hither lately under the notion of ff protestants            
being seen at Mass were Comitted to Newgate, & its feared yt severall           
ff papists have com over under the Notion of protestants to be ready to         
doe mischeife  more narrow search will be made amongst them yt shall            
after this com over.                                                            
+Severall Engineers have been latly Consulting abt making a new Haven bet       
Callis & Bulloyn, & tis sd they have drawn a platform of it, & it will          
be when finisht one of the best Havens in ye Narrow Seas  The ff K intends      
to com down ye Rhine from Strasburgh & hath Ordrd his Army to march             
after ym [?], his design being tis beleivd upon Treves Cologne & other          
places upon the ffrontiers of the D Dominions.                                  
+The Ld Shaftsbury being informd yt it had been told his Matie yt he            
should say he scorned to peticon his Matie for his Liberty he hath sent         
a Letter to ye Ld Chamberleyn desiring him to acquaint ye K yt he was           
not Guilty of any such Expression but would peticon & pay his duty to           
his Matie in as high a manner as any Subiect could, wch Letter being            
shewd to ye K. he was satisfied, My Ld Shaftsburies papers are all but          
3 returned to him there being in them Instructions to Haynes abt his            
discovery & observations upon it.                                               
+Tis said the Lord Newport Treasurer of his Mats House will Resigne to          
Sr phillip Howard & the Ld Maynerd will Resign his Controlers place to          
ye Ld Windsor.                                                                  
+The States of Holland have publishd a placaet Comanding all Souldiers          
in their Service to Repaire to their places upon pain of being disbanded        
& losing their pay, Its Reported yt the Ld C Justice should send to             
acquaint his Matie yt unless the Ld Shaftsbury was either tryd,                 
discharged or Bayld this Term he would Resigne his place                        
     L. c. 1136     Lond Octobr ye 13th 81                                      
     The Magistrats of Genoa have offerd the Tiger & the ships under            
his Convoy to com In & victuall there, tho they came from Cadiz wch is          
infected wth ye plague without staying 40 days wch is usuall when a             
Ship comes from an Infected place                                               
     The Councell of Scotland have sent a Comission hither to Admstr ye         
Test to ye D of Lauderdale                                                      
     Yesterday the Councell Janaway Baldwin & Curtis to appear for              
printing of false news, but the time being spent abt ye Redemption of the       
Algerein slaves, they were Ordrd to appear again when Summond                   
     This day Capt: Richeson was Summond to appear before ye Cort of            
Aldermen for Suffering one in his Custody to vissit an Orphan whom he           
had Stole & marryed &c & told him that if he did ever the like again he         
should be turnd out of his place                                                
     This day Thomson, Vade, & Curtis, were Summond before ye Ld Mayor          
a boy Informing yt he had ye paper called Londons Loyalty Reflecting on         
ye City of the 2 last & the Hue & Crye agt Dr: Oats wth other Scandilous        
papers of the first, Thomson was bound over to ye Sessions, but the 2           
last being in the Contrey were ordered to appear there at their arivall         
     The Sessions of the Old Bayly are adiourned till Monday                    
     This day the Stationers Company had a 2d hearing before the Court          
of Aldermen, where Mr Solicitr Genll & Mr Holt Councill for ye Company          
pleaded, yt ye maior part of the Company haveing Chose the Juniors by           
Mandamus from the K. for assistance they ought to stand, Mr Thomson             
being Councill for Mr Wright, Parkhurst & Starkey, who ought by                 
Seniority to be assistants is because they have a double share of the           
Stock, plead yt mans Right could be taken away, But ye decision was             
deferred, the reason why they strive to be assistants is because they           
have a duble share in the Companies Stock.                                      
+The Sessions being yesterday at Hix Hall & the Justices haveing their          
last Sitting Ordered the high Sheriffs to attend them, The Recordr              
waited on them & said the Sheriff was oblieged to wait on the Ld Mayor          
this day & had Ordered his under Sheriff to attend them, To wch Sr              
George Gefferies Answeared yt the Ld Mayor Dances about ye pigg market,         
must ye Sheriff dance after his Arse  soe the Court fined the High              
Sheriffs a 100 L wch they are Resolved not to pay                               
     The great Councell will be deferrd till tomorrow at wch time               
Answers will be given to ye ff Spanish & Dutch Embrs Memorialls lately          
put in, & we shall know ye certainty of what was mentiond in my last            
The ff: Embr demands Satisfaction for ye Calumnies cast upon his Mr by          
the News mongers of England Representing him cruell to ye protestants           
+Sr  his Matie coming to Town yesterday abt 3 in the afternoon I attended       
at W Hall to find out Mr Milton; but could not find him nor have any            
certainty where his Lodging but I shall never leave till I find him &           
return you his Answear:                                                         
     L. c. 1137     [Handwriting changes here.]     Lond 8ber 15 81             
     The Com. Councill on Thursday voted yt ye Sheriffs expences in avoiding    
paying ye 100 L fine shoud be defrayd out of ye chambr of Lond also             
sevll of ym made speeches yt it was a shame yt Strangrs should Come into        
ye bowells of ye City to Insure ye houses from fire & proposd insuring          
'em at ye same rates as ye others & ye chambr of Lond to be ye fund             
     The same night ye Sheriffes invited ye K to diner on ye Ld Mayrs day to    
whom he ansd I thank ye City for any kindnes yey intend me but I like           
neither ye men nor yr doings.  That fellow (meaning Shute) sells me             
cloth but he shall sell me no more yet some think he will go.                   
     On Fryday morn ye East India Companys guinnes were prnted to ye k          
who ansd since it came from a publick stock it shoud be put to a publick        
use so ordrd it to be carryd to ye Excheqr.                                     
     Tis repted his mate sd as he was dressing him on Thursday morn I           
came to town but last night & yey are already sending me to Oxon to             
chuse a plt  I know nothing of ye matter & ye Councill meeting yesterday        
& nothing being debted abt it Makes us think ye K will continue here            
& call a plt agt Jan                                                            
     Dr Lower was yesterday sumond to ye Councill wre Dugdale complnd           
yt he had sd he had ye pox To wch ye Dr ansd that this was ye 1st time          
yt ever he discovt such a patients distemp & shoud not have don it now          
were not ye lives of many at stake & mr Dugdale desird to be believd no         
otherwise yn as he was clear from ye pox  yn he askd mr Dugdale for ye          
Apothecarys ye bill wch Dugdale sd he forgot it soe ye Dr producd it &          
explaind evry pticlar of it to be prscribd for ye pox  Upon wch ye Ld           
Chancellr sd mr Dugdale From Hence forth no man in Engld need to doubt          
but you had ye pox                                                              
     Hancock was sumond for writing in his news lre From Paris wee hear         
yre will suddenly be a plt in Engld as if o[u]r Councell were influencd         
from F  he sd he heard it upon Change so upon beggin pdon was dismist           
upon condition yt wth in 3 days he find out ye author                           
     The Dissenters in sevll Counties of Engld have been indicted upon          
ye Stat agt ye papists but ye bills returnd agn ignoramus                       
     A pop priest prtending himself a F protest[ant] attempted to murdr         
a Gent in his own hous at ye hague but was taken                                
     The F intend to rendezvous at Namur & ye Spand expect evry day             
to be forcd to give upon Alost &c                                               
     The K arrivd at Strasbr & hath been to hear Masse at ye Cathedrall         
tis believd he will Impose ye pop relig on ye Inh[ab]its                        
     The E of Anglesey made an excellt speech in ye Councill yesterday          
touching ye powr of ye F K & ye K promisd to apt a day for debting ye           
matter.                                                                         
     The E of Argyle & other Scotch nobility are coming hither                  
     Sevll F protest[ant]s arriving at Amsterdam have been kindly recd.         
     This day yey beat up for volunteers for Coll porters regmt to go           
to Flars                                                                        
     Sr G Geffries reflecting yesterday upon a Jury man he ansd yt 12 of        
ym coud buy 12 upon ye bench upon wch he was bound ore to ye Sessions.          
              [Note in another hand on outside of letter:]                      
9br ye 7th [?] 81 / mem: all the thornes in the farther [word of seven          
letters illegible] to be felld Imediately for hedgwood & the Haws galld         
& saved, And the thornes in the Hither [same word illegible.] to be             
started up Imediately for Hedgwood & the Haws saved.                            
+The Ditch to be Prooved & made deeper betwixt Barn Meadow & ye Land by         
Mr Coventrys wood  The foot way to be turned out of ye Nastfeild [?] to         
Morrow                                                                          
   L. c. 1138    [Handwriting changes here.]    Lond Octobr the 18th 81         
     Mr Rouse being yesterday brought to newgate was this day brought           
to ye Bar at ye Old Baylie where Heines Corbin Wyan Turbervill Ivy &            
Smith deposed yt he had said, yt the K in ye end would get nothing by           
his frequent proroging & discovery [?] of parliamts yt if he agreed not         
wth his parliamt they should find means to make him, yt the K was a papist      
& had forfitted his Crown by breaking his Coronation Oath & psecuting           
the people; & yt Speaking to Mr [five-letter name blotted] sayd he had more     
Right to it then he had, yt he offered money to Heynes if he would Swear        
to his Narrative wherein the K was accused to be in ye plot of ffiring          
of London & Sr Edmund Burie Godfreys Murder & offerd them all prsents if        
they would leave the wrong side, meaning ye Ks  The Jury desired they           
might Examin them in privat but ye Court Refused, being the Ks Councill         
denyed it, wch occassioned a long debate between the Councell & the Jury        
                                                                                
the latter urging it was their privilidge, however they were forct to           
examin them in open Court, after wch they withdrew to debate it privatly wch    
taking up much time  they had not brought in their verdict at 6 a Clock         
     Yesterday 3 peticons were deliverd to the Court, The Earle of              
Shaftsbury Ld Howard wth another from ye prison of ye Gate House, yt they       
might have the privildge to be Bayled since there was noe prosecution           
agt them.  To ye first ye Ld C Justice Replyed yt ye Tower was not in           
their Jurisdiction, & therefore they should apply themselves to ye Ks           
Bench, the first week in the Term, & if noe prosecution came agt them they      
might be Bayled, as to the 3d he said his Comission reacht not yt prison:       
+yesterday a pson was brought out of Kent for speaking Treasonable words        
but sent to Maydston Goale to be tryed there, the words being spoke in          
yt County, The Grand Jury of London & Middx was yesterday discharged by         
the Bench at Hicks Hall Empanneld another to Inquire after fellonies &          
Murders only & adiourned to the old Baylie this day, they Complaining to        
the Court that ye Sheriffs refused them yr liberty & altering the pannel        
wch ye Lord C Justice told [them?] that was their Right wch ye Sheriffs         
Consenting to, a Jury was Sworn whose proceedings you have above.               
     L. c. 1139     [Handwriting changes here.]     Lond. 8ber 20 81            
     After ye grand jury had apart exmd ye witnesses agt Rous apart &           
finding some contradict one another pticlarly having askt Hains whether         
wt he swore before ye Recordr agt ye D. of Y. Danby &c was true upon ye         
oath he had now taken he ansd no  yey cryd out then you are pjured rogue        
yey brought in Ignoramus upon ye bill  tis sd yey will try him agn at westm     
by anodr Jury Smith having Sworn he heard him speak treason in westm            
     To morrow Dr Lower intends to complain to ye cuncil agt Smith for          
saying yt if Lower had servd him as he did Dugdale he woud have stabd           
him evn in ye Ks prnce.                                                         
     Dugdale hath ownd to Dr Carey yt he had ye pox & of wt woman he            
got it.                                                                         
     They talk of trying ye Lds Sh & Hd at Oxon it being sd yt some of          
ye witnesses will swear treasnable words spoke by ym at Oxford.                 
     Tis sd a pitacon is coming out agt Conventicles                            
+A vessel is arrivd at Cowes wth F protest[ant]s who say yt an Edict is         
publisht at St Martins in F forbidding all protests to dept.                    
                  [Handwriting changes here.]                                   
     The F Churches have relievd sevll F protest[ant]s & exmd yr relig &        
ordrd a Contribution for bringing yr children up protest[ant]s.                 
     Indictmts are prparing agt Wilson for treasonable words & Clerk for        
concealing 'em.                                                                 
     One mr Celler a great Stickler for adrsses is chose Aldrman for            
Norwich in ye room of one decd                                                  
     On Monday ye Ld Chanclr wch other minrs of state met ye Lds of ye          
treary ye K being prnt to consult abt disposing ye Irish revenue but            
came to no result.                                                              
     The K hath confirmd mr Cill [?] ye prbendary of Westm & made Dr            
Brevint prebend of Durham dean of Lincoln having formrly promisd him ye         
reversion.                                                                      
     mr Smith Dr Oates Councillr dyd latly.                                     
     From Rochell we hear yt abt 5 weeks since 2 vessels wth 150                
protest[ant]s parted ynce for plimoth but no news being heard of 'em tis        
feard yey are lost.                                                             
     This day ye K went down ye river for woolwich to see a ship                
launched  they talk agn of ye Cots going to Oxon ye midle of 9ber               
[Readable words in note in margin:]  Hon Sr I have been ye 3d t[ime]            
. . . & have found [other words are torn away]                                  
     L. c. 1140     Lond 8br 22th 1681                                          
     Sr Thomas Smith Embarqued yesterday for to goe to his Govermt of           
Bermudoes                                                                       
     The Lds of the Ecleasiasticall affaires met yesterday abt disposing        
of som vacant Livings but had not Sat a quarter of an hower before they         
were called to ye Councell where the K being prsent told the Sheriffs of        
London (whoe came to Invite the Councell to Dinner on ye Ld Mayors day[)]       
That he was the only man in England yt had not Justice don him, & thanke        
them for their Ignoramus Jury                                                   
     Tis said ye K will goe to Newmarket ye latter End of next week &           
after 2 or 3 dayes stay to see som Races will return again                      
     Last night King & Wennalls freinds peticoned the K for their pardon        
for Killing of Reeks but had noe hopes of obteyning it.                         
     Tis said ye D of Monmouth hath been latly 4 howers in privat               
Conference wth ye K and discoursed to him severall designs of phanatticks       
      Tomorrow ye Bp of London preaches at Creed Church where will be           
a great Ordination:                                                             
     The Dutch Embr on Tuesday last Ordered all his Servants to be              
ready agt this Morning for departing home, but he not haveing Recd his          
Answear till to day he hath deferd his Journey till ye next week                
     On Monday next the Ld Shaftsbury &c will move by Councill for Habeas       
Corpus to be brought up to the Bar & Bayled if noe Indictmt comes against       
them wch som say are preparing but will not be ready till Tuesday               
     A day is appointed this Term for Detirmining of Hide & Edgertons           
[?] case,                                                                       
     The East India Company intends to Second their [five-letter word           
cropped] prsent wth a member [about seven letters cropped] Kings                
Slighting it, to its Inconsiderablenes.                                         
+300 L is added to the 500 L wch usually was layd out on the Ld Mayors          
day to Entertein the: K:                                                        
+This morn I found esqr Milton at his Lodging whoe was very short with          
me, all yt I could get from him was that he was [to] Send you an                
Answear by Mr Bulstrode &c  Sr: the 17 instant makes my Quartering              
become due                                                                      
     L. c. 1141     [Handwriting changes here.]     Lond 8ber 28th 81           
     Last fryday an ordr was sent to ye Recordr to be Carefull how he           
granted transptation since sevll highwaymen who had been transpted were         
latly come ore before yr time.                                                  
     The same day ye F. protest[ant] seamen petiond agn for leave to            
fish in o[u]r seas who were referd to ye Admrlty.  The F protest[ant]s          
petiond also for denizacon according to the Ks promise wch was granted          
     Dr Tomkins prbendary of Worcester dying latly The Comrs of                 
Ecclesiastic Affrs sat this day abt disposing it but came to no result.         
A Comte of councill sat also abt trade & plantations & made large pceedings     
     At ye Sessions latly held for Bristol Sr Robt Atkins yr Recordr gave       
ye Jury at Strict charge to pform yr duty & ye first bill yt was prnted         
was agt himself for prnting a petion to ye plt at Oxon agt mr Earle &           
St John Hart membrs for yt city & for beating ymn at ye elecon                  
     The Lds Chancellr prsidt hide & Hallifax & 2 secr had a Confrence          
last week wth ye Heer van Bunnighen ye Dutch Embr  ye result is known           
     Janeway Baldwin & ye other publishers of Intelligences aping               
yesterday at ye Ks Bench were bd to bring security to day to ansr wt            
shoud be objected agt ym & all but one apd & yt one forfieted a 40 L            
recognizance                                                                    
     One Wilkinson in ye Ks bench offrs to make oath yt a pson of               
quality offrd him money if he woud swear agt ye Ld Shafs agt whom tis           
sd a bill will be prferd this week (as also agt ye Ld Hd &c) & his Ldsp in      
confidence of his coming off has ordrd sevll of his goods to be sent to         
Carolina                                                                        
     The Ld Lovelace will (as ye Ld Huntingdon has kissd ye Ks hand) has        
acqt the K yt he is sensible ye Ld Sh &c are driving on a Com:wealth            
     An Appeal was yesterday brought agt ye page yt killd ye bayly in           
Pall mall.                                                                      
     L. c. 1142     [Handwriting changes here.]     Lond. 8ber 27. 81           
     On ye 27. Inst ye F clergy mett at ye Convent of ye Augustines in          
paris & on ye 29. ye A. Bp of Rheimes protested yt ye A. Bp of Cambray          
was undr him he being Metropolitan of F. & yt it was so before K philip         
ye 2d time & ye Cot entring his protestation ye A. Bp of Cambray entred his     
protestation to ye contrary wch created a feud bet ye A Bps  on ye 30th         
ye Cot met agn & ye diffrence not being composd yey chose yr officrs &          
intend to lay ye whole before ye K at his return.                               
     Lrs from ye Hague of ye 30th Inst say yt Luxembr is besiedged by ye        
F so close yt victualls are so dear yt a lb of butter is sold for               
40 s [?] & ye F have posted ymselves in all ye passages abt Namur to            
hindr Suplies                                                                   
     yesterday Sr John Hendon was summond before ye Councill to ansr to         
accusations of his ill govermt of Bermudoes & this day sr Jon. Askins late      
governr of Barbadoes was summond before a comte of Councell for trade           
as also sevll Virginia merchts to advise wth abt better settling of             
plantations                                                                     
     The Muscovite Embr being offrd passage hither at 8 s [?] p head &          
thinking it too dear is still at plimoth  a pson of Quality yt was              
joynd wth him in ye Embassy dyd wth in 3 days after he went aboard from         
Bilboa & being coffind up was thrown ore board                                  
     Wilkinson hath been agn exmd abt ye offrs made him to swear agt ye         
Ld Shafs & affirms yt tis true.                                                 
     A plt is concluded to be suddenly helld but ye time of yr meeting          
not fixd                                                                        
     The ship wth ye 150 men raisd for ye Span service being kept in            
by contrary winds 60 men more were put on board this week                       
     Tis sd this day 7 night is apted for a Comission to be granted to          
4 Judges to sit at guild hall for A bill to be prnted agt ye Ld Shafs           
he being accusd to have spoke treason at his hous in Aldersgate street.         
   On Satturday the Indictment agt the Earle of Shafts was Ingrossed &          
ye L: C Justice P. told ye Ld Chancellr that he understood, yt he was           
in the Comission but would not Sitt if the Bayliff of Westmster Returnd ye      
Jury as was Ordered, he haveing Ordrd ye Clerke of the Crown to Search          
for a prsident of ye Bayliffs returning of a Jury, but could find none,         
& for his part he would not be Concerned in making one.  The Ld Shaftsbury      
sayth yt if he Conceives [?] the Jury to [be?] Eregulerly returnd he            
will Stand Mute if after pleading agt ye Eregularity, he be overruld            
+Yesterday the Lady Rose brought her husband before the Court of Ks B           
& desired he might be bound to ye good behavior for beating her, Caryeing       
away her goods & locking her up in a Chamber in Whiteffriers; But the           
Cort advised her to make him a Joynture out of her Estate wth a proviso         
if ever he troubled again it should be void.                                    
     L. c. 1143     Lond:  8ber 29. 81                                          
     Notwthstanding ye peace treaty to be concluded bet ye Empr & ye            
Hungarian rebells yre hath been sevll encountrs bet both yr forces of wch       
ye Empr have had ye worst                                                       
     The F troops arrive dayly in Flars & 2 psons of Quality are gon from       
the States of Hold to ye P. or Parma to treat wth him abt defending it          
ye P saying he will repell force by force & yesterday ye Span Embr prnted a     
new memrll to ye K yt his mr will defend Flars to ye utmost if ye K of          
Engld will engag in ye league & answr is to be given on Monday.                 
     The D of Bucks this week kisd his mates hand at Winsor & is to go          
Embr to F.                                                                      
     A ship come into plimoth sth yt he met wth 2 Algerines in ye Streigts      
whoe took 2 small vessells wch were in his Company & yt he wth much             
difficulty escapd to Leghorn.                                                   
     Tis much wondrd yt Ld Hd hath movd this term for bayl since he is          
sensible he can't have ye benefit of this term because he mov'd not ye          
first week  some say ye reason is becaus he will come in agn ye Ld Sh           
next week                                                                       
     Sr John Heydon was yesterday agn exmd in Councill & ye K upon his          
good defence seemd displeasd he had been put to so much trouble upon            
so frivolous acct.                                                              
     The Prbendary of Worcester is disposd of to Dr Collet.                     
     They talk agn of ye Ld Hides being to be made Ld Trear                     
     This day ye K & Q was splendidly treated by ye Ld mayr & abt 7 return      
home wth great Satisfacon  ye Councill Judges Nobility Domesticks forreign      
minr dind also wth his lop                                                      
     The Stationrs Company were this day divided ye whigs dining at ye          
hall & ye Tories at ye Sun Tavern wch was causd by whig renter [?]              
wardens (who made ye feast) providing a pitifull diner.                         
     Bonfires were made as ye K returnd & ye people made loud acclamations      
[c]rying Gd blesse ye K & Q.                                                    
     One Bradly prisnr in ye gatehous & one of Plunkets companions was          
this day brought to ye K bench bar (wre he sd he was a ptest) & a day           
apted for trying him for treason this term.                                     
     L. c. 1144     [Handwriting changes here.]     Lond. 9ber 5th 81           
+Yesterday Judge Jones gave in Charge to ye 3 grand Juries of Mdsx they         
should present all that went to mas & [?] did not take ye Sacrament &           
refused ye oath of aleageance and that were not Conformble to ye                
Church of England; and added: yt ye Presbeterians were in like manner           
to be presented as papists; notwithstanding they pleaded themselves             
protestant dissenters at which ye Court wonderd; from Linne Crick [?]           
we heare of a plimoth vessell that is Cast away and only one man and boy        
Saved                                                                           
+Mounsier de Pelletier hath bin sent by the french king to declare to ye        
Dutch and Spaniards yt he must take possession of part of ye Spanish            
netherlands in Lew of ye Countrey of Allost; Accordingly ye french              
troopes have possession of severall townes about Namur and tis said ye          
Ellector of Brandenburg is Comeing against them with a great force and          
that the other electorall princes are preparing to Joyne with him               
except ye Ellector Pallatine who takes ye french Kings part.  ye french         
King hath given order to block up Luxenburg as Streight as Can be and           
Intends to be at ye Seige himselfe & ye Duke of Monmouth with ye Lords          
Herbert & Grey have declared that whatever ill men may have represented         
them to designe they never intended more then the intire settlement of          
his Majtie in his throne: Mr Deirry hath bin Cast in his Claim to ye            
Earldom of Northumberland but will renew it next term.  ye Lord Shafburies      
triall is deferd and tis said twill be toward ye end of ye next weeck:          
ye Lord Howard hath given order for moveing his discharg ye Last day of         
terme if no one Comes in against hime.  tis said bills are drawing up           
against Wilmore and Whitaker and that they will be tryed ye Last week           
of terme.  ye K speakes of goeing to Newmarket ye next week after terme.        
The Lord Lovelas is Just Come to towne & tomorrow presents himselfe to          
ye King                                                                         
     L. c. 1145     [Handwriting changes here.]    Lond. Novembr 8th 81         
     Much damage was don in portland Town the last week by Stormy Easterly      
Winds but ye Shops had litle harm & they have advice there of great             
Damages don in other places:                                                    
     Two Second Rates wth a 100 men on Bord each, & a lesser vessell wth        
60 men on Board lye at the Mouth of Chatham River, to Guard it, there           
passing not a Ship but they send their Boat on Board to know whoe they          
are                                                                             
     On ffriday Sr Maurice Eustace an irish Gentleman had a hearing             
before the Councell for Recovery of 400 L p Ann in yt Kingdom & after           
fower howers Arguing by his Councell Sr ffrancis Winington Sargent              
Maynerd & Sagt Stolt the K. Ordered a Decree in his favour                      
     On Satturday Last Bradly an Irish Justice plunkets Companion peticoned     
yt he might com to his Tryall or be Bayled & he was Answeard that it was        
intended he should be tryed next week, but if nothing came against him          
this Term he should be Bayled ye last day                                       
     On Sunday last a Gentleman came in to Mr Baxsters meeting in Bridges       
Street & Sung when the Ministr was preaching & they desiring him to be          
quiet he broke ye Windows upon wch they putting him out he drew his             
Sword, But was hindred from doeing Mischeifes by the people:                    
+This Morning a ffire began in St: Catherens in the House where the             
man was Removed in whose House the ffire there began; about 20 Houses           
were Burnt & Spoyled & Seven psons killd by the fall of a House & three         
by the Blowin up another.                                                       
+They talk of a Jury to be Chose out of the verge of White Hall for             
finding the Bill a[gst y]e E of Shaftsbury it being said he spoke Treaso        
there, & that he will be tryed in Westmstr Hall;                                
     This day was a Tryall of 40000 L Concerne bet ye D of Norff &              
Bernerd Howard in Chancery ye Ld Chancellr ye 2 Cheif Justices being            
upon ye Bench but Judgmt deferred.  This day Curtis ye printer appeared         
at ye Ks Bench & the Ld C Justice appointed a day for a Tryall bet him &        
the E of Danby haveing Arested him for Scandelum Magnatum for Saying &          
printing yt the E was Concerned in Godfreys Murder & hired men to Swear a       
prisbeteran plot                                                                
     Sr:  On Tuesday night last I was taken very ill in soe much yt I           
could not give you an acct of ye pformance of yo[u]r Comands wch was            
don by me accordingly, & Eliz Beale came to my House & paid me for wch I        
humbly thank you                                                                
     L. c. 1146     Lond Novembr ye 10th 81                                     
     On the 7th instant 80 Merchantmen wth 10 men of war for Convoy set         
saile from Deal on their severall vyages                                        
     The same day Sr Thomas Linch wth his ffamily at Portsmouth in Ordr         
to embarke on the sweepstakes for Jamaica                                       
     The affaires in Hungary are in a very ill posture ye Assembly for          
Composing differences being abt breaking up without doing any thing  The        
Rebells & Turks are Master of the ffeild, & are soe Twisted yt they             
cannot Seperatly make a peace                                                   
     The ffrench Ministr being Recalled from Cologne they daylie expect         
the ffrench fforces at their Gates                                              
     The Danish K. hath Informd ye Emperors Ministr yt unles the 600000         
Crowns wch he prtends due from ye Emperor last war be paid him he will          
not enter into the League agt ffrance wch is though will be don rather          
then lose his Allyance.                                                         
     fflandrs is very Joyfull at ye ff Troops with drawing thence, Mounsr       
De fferrues is coming hither wth 2 new Regemts of Jermains & they expect        
3000 Spanierds & 2000 Itallians from Madrid upon the arrivall of ye             
plate fleet wch some Letters say is allready com In                             
     Mr Skelton is goeing within 8 dayes to Hamburgh to Succeed Sr:             
peter Wilch Resident there whoe is called home                                  
     On Tuesday last ffrancis Smith should have been tryed at Guild Hall        
for publishing the Noble peares Speech, Severall depositions were given         
in against him, but Mr Astwood the Cheife Witness being Sick it was             
deferrd till Monday  But its beleived he will not then appear, he haveing       
disappeard ever Since he was accused of printing the Raree Shew.                
+A Moore of Quality haveing Comitted som offence fled lately into Tangier       
& being demanded was Refused wch may cause a Rupture.                           
+Mackenaugh was last night before ye Councell & Ordrd into Custody, &           
its said the Outlawry agt him will [be?] Reversed & he Suddenly tryed fo        
being one of the 4 Ruffians, allthough Bedlow the Cheife Witness agt            
him is dead, wch is beleived was ye Reason of his coming In                     
     L. c. 1147     Lond Novembr ye 13th 1681                                   
     Yesterday morn a Com of Oyer & Term & Goale delivery (as usually           
at the Sessions) was Seated for finding Bills agt the Ld Shaftsbury ye Ld       
C J: pemberton [about twelve letters unreadable] & the Court Sitts at           
Guild Hall in London  a new Witness is com in, agt the ld Shafts & his          
pardon will be passd before the 23d Instant wch will be the time of             
their Sitting                                                                   
     On Wensday last ye Lady Ogle wth Sr: William Temples Lady went to          
ye Exchange & leaving ye Coach att ye foredore went out at ye back dore         
& by Morn got to the Downs where Mr Sidney put them on Board a yacht he         
had provided for them wch Sayld to Holland, She went away to avoid Mr           
Thin whom she somtime since Married, But was not Beded year of                  
Widowhood [sic], Tis said, the Marriage will be made void & yt Shees            
designd for the Dutchess of Cleavlands Son whoe is newly made Earle of          
Northumberland, Mr Thin is gon to take possession of her Estate                 
     yesterday was a Tryall bet the Ld Shafts & the Clerk of ye peace for       
Middx he haveing Sued his Losh for 500 Guineys wch he prsented him when         
he was Ld Chancellr for Standing his freind for the place & being Cast,         
The Ld C J told him yt by buyeing yt place wch ought not to be sold he had      
made himself uncapable of Executing it, & tis said he will lose it              
     Makarnaugh is Comitted to ye Gate House he haveing in vain movd the        
Councell for Baile & Justiefied his Innocence                                   
     The K hath acquainted the D Ambr as soon as the Empr & Danesh K.           
shall Signe the League he will call his parl & Sign allsoe & the Empr           
hath Ordrd his minstr to declare yt so soon as the Spanerd & English K          
shall signe he will to, we know not how it will be desided.                     
+The ffrench Troops approaching Geneva make the Cantons declare yt if           
any [about five letters illegible] be don agt yt place they will defend  it &   
uppon it Monsr de Grevilles Son the ff [resid]ent there declared yt his Mr      
in stead of hurting will defend them.                                           
+The Ld Mayor after he had taken great pains in quenching the ffire was         
Splendidly Treated by the Ld Alington in the Tower                              
     L. c. 1148     [Handwriting changes here.]     Lond. 9ber 15. 81           
     On Sunday night ye Ld Chanr sent a prcept to ye Ld mayr to ordr ye         
Sheriffs to return a jury on ye 21 inst  all ye Aldrmen are in Com except       
Sr Pat: Ward & ye Sessions is ye same yt usd to be after term only hastned      
becaus yer Ld Ch J. sd ye Ld Sh should be baild ye last day if yre was no       
psecucon  tis sd ye term will be yn adjd for 2 dayes.                           
     some Already say yt Capt Wilkinsons informd yt he was tampd wth to         
Swear agt ye Ld Sh is an artifice of his Ldp to psuade ye world he has          
foul play  tis sd wilkinson will be tryd at Sessions.                           
     Capt wheeler hath latly sunk an Algerine  They are upon breaking           
wth F & incline to peace wth us  Canary Capt of ye golden hors intends          
not to return home wthout an Eng man of war yey having threatned to cut         
him in pieces if he comes in wthout one he having psuaded ym to continue ye     
war wth us  The Eng merchts at Cadiz have made a prnt to Capt Booth for         
his good Service in taking ye 2 lions & crown & other merchts intend ye         
same                                                                            
     The Moor yt fled into Tanger being ye Emprs sisters son intends to         
Submit himself to ye Empr                                                       
     mr Thin hath feed 6 Councellrs in each Cot to setle him in ye Lady         
Ogles estate.                                                                   
     This week Mr Brathwaits ye Lady Bridgwaters & ye Subalmoners Lodgins       
in whitehall were broke ope & from ye 1st plate & Jewells worth 50 L            
taken from ye 2d sevll sums of money & from ye 3d clothes worth 60 L            
     The Ld Morton was on ye 7th inst splendidly buryd at Edinbr ye Cot         
being at it                                                                     
     Endeavrs have been usd to psuade mr Smith to recant his evidt agt          
St Laurence a priest in Dublin                                                  
     This being ye Qs birth day ye Ks players acted Alexdr ye great after       
wch was a ball & entteinmt given to ye Cot                                      
     L. c. 1149     Lond. 9ber 17. 81                                           
     Sevll vessels came latly for falmouth from Bordeaux 2 of 'em being         
Eng brought 30 F protest psons of quality who forcd ymselves on board           
chusing rather to lie on ye Decks yn endure ye F psecute  yey yt some           
vessels being forcd back agn by contrary winds ye protests were carryd          
on Shore & Garrisond                                                            
     The Inhbt abt ye Rhine are undr great aprnsion of ye F since yey           
make prtensions to any place yey have a mind to & enter                         
     The Switzers declare if ye F march yt way yey will oppose 'em              
     The Empr hath sent a lre to ye Diet at Ratisbon to compleat him an         
army of 60000 men & sth he will make evry village find him one & evry           
great town 2 men.                                                               
     The Hung rebels carry all before 'em                                       
     The league signd bet ye swed K & ye Dutch is sent to sevll princes         
who seem willing to sign it also.                                               
     The F. K. refuses to restore ye Bp of Strasbr tho by his help he           
gaind ye city alledging he promised ye inh[ab]it[ant]s to make no               
Impositions upon ym.                                                            
     Yesterday ye K went down ye river to woolwich to see ye last               
Algerine prize & was splendidly treated on board her                            
     Last week an Eng vessell was cast away near Dover & all men being 19       
drownd.                                                                         
     On Tuesday night Knevet hastings & another of ye same sr name              
kinsmen of ye Ld Huntingdom went to Peters Coffee hous in covent garden         
& tore down ye D. of Ms vindication touching wt had pasd bet him & ye sd        
E. & after sevll reflexions on ye D. told peter if he put up another he would   
break his head  The D. of M. having notice of it wthin half an hour sent        
ye Ld Colchester to ye E. for satisfacon by sending his kinsmen to beg          
his pdon or that he wth ym woud fight ye D. Ld Colchester & Sr Tho.             
Armstrong  ye E. sd yt they did not tare [?] it by his ordr & he coud           
not fight till Thursday becaus he had some prliminaries to adjust meaning       
settle his estate but ye Ld Col telling him it woud take air yey agreed         
to meet next morn at fox hall but ye Ld next morn as ye D. was dressinge        
2 hastings came in & sd That ye Ld Huntingdon had sent them to beg his          
pdon wch yey did & were sorry for wt yey had don Sr Tho Armstrong & mr          
John Trenchard being prnt                                                       
     The grand jury is sumond to meet on Thursday ye Cot being to be            
yr held & Sr Sam Bernardston is forman                                          
     Mr Graham is answring wilkinsons narat.                                    
     The Ld Rochester dyd this week at Adderly in Oxon & ye family is           
extinct.                                                                        
     The 2 Childr laid at Dr Oates door are dead                                
     Thomson ye printer was this day assaulted by ye Rable in fleetstreet       
& after being beaten got home.                                                  
     This night ye pope was carryd thro ye city attended wth Jesuits &c         
yn burnt in Smithfield                                                          
       [A name appears in another hand on outside of letter]                    
     L. c. 1150      Lond. 9ber 19. 81                                          
     On Thursday night a barbers journeyman in Chancery lane having 18          
doz of serpents abt him they all took fire & sadly burnt him  At ye             
burning of ye pope ye people cryd God blesse ye K. D. of M. E of Sh & Capt      
wilkinson  ye D. of M. was at ye crown tavern & to avoid being hallowed         
home by ye croud set his servt at ye foredoor & went out at ye back.            
     The Ld Mayr hath given mony & cloth to 12 young men to pick up             
wenches & bring ym to him who sends 'em to Bridewell.                           
     They talk of one Dr Thomson who will come agt ye E of Sh of Thursday       
ye Grand jury have all been plt men among whom are sr Pat Ward Aldrman          
Love mr papilion & Duboyce.                                                     
     On Thursday night Capt Parker followd by Brewer Blackston &                
Billingsly came into peters Coffee hous & tore down ye D. of Ms vindication wch 
had been ye 2d time pasted up & being told ye Ld Herbert put it up he ansd      
tell him I pulld it down  ye next morn ye 2 hastings came to Peters & let       
a pap in it denying ye Submission sd to be made by ym to ye D. of M. for        
pulling it down ye 1st time & justifying what was don agt any yt durst          
question ym upon wch a duell was designd bet ye Lds Herbert & Colchester        
& Coll Godfrey one side & Parker & ye 2 hastings on ye other but ye K           
having notice confind ye Ld Herbert in his hous  ye rest coud not be            
found                                                                           
     The Muscov Embr is expected here on Monday The K having ordrd his          
coaches to attend yn at ye towr                                                 
     Some diffrences bet ye Inh[ab]itant]s of Lyn regis were last               
council day setled.                                                             
     yesterday was a hearing before ye Comte of councill for trade bet          
ye Muscov & greenland marchts abt ye oyle trade but some principally            
concernd being absent it was deferd till Monday.                                
     Last thursday one of ye Qs troop wrestled wth one of ye Ks footgaurds      
before ye K in St James park but night aproching ye decision was                
deferd till next week.                                                          
     The Smirna fleet hath brought an Adrsse of thanks for ye Ks                
declar signd by ye Eng Factory at Leghorn                                       
     Abt 50 officrs this week arrested Sr Philip Hord at ye Ship tavern         
wthout Temple bar & carryd him to ye prsse yard                                 
     L. c. 1151    [Handwriting changes here.]    Lond No: the 22th 81          
     Levallion & Broghill (2 of the Irish Ruffians) haveing wth others          
in paris fallen upon som Eng Gent (whoe ye night before being in the next       
Room to them & not knowing them after drinking the Ks Qs & D of Ys health       
proposed Doctor Oats) ye Eng were to hard for them; but they Crying out         
the heritick doggs will Murdr us, some ff papists helping them the Eng          
were wounded & hasted to their Lodgings where they were advisd to goe           
Imediatly for Eng there being a designe to Murdr them, & they arrived           
here last week                                                                  
     A Certifficate under Walker the Clerk of the parliamts hand, yt E          
Tyrone was Impeached, Tho ye Atturney Gen told the Court on Monday yt           
he was not being dd to ye L: CJ on Satturday  the Tipstaff was sent for         
for ye E was in bed at ye Mr of ye Gate House he not haveing pd his fees,       
The E being brought into Court, was Comitted again to the Gatehouse & his       
Baile  the E of Anglesey & Ld Longford were discharged                          
     K Ed: the 2ds Queen haveing founded St Kathrins Hospitall & Impowered      
ye Qs of Eng to appoint Mrs Sr Robt Atkins got a Grant of the Reversion         
some years since, but ye Ld Brunker getting a grant of it imediatly uppon       
Mr Montegue the late Mrs death last vacation, There was yesterday a tryal       
& it appearing by Records yt it was not in the Qs power to grant Reversion      
the cause went for his Lp                                                       
     A tryall was allsoe yesterday bet ye K & a Gent whoe was Sued for          
building his House to near ye Tower but he proveing the Land it stood upon      
his own the Cause went for him                                                  
     Some Gent at Westmstr being at play Quarreld the one Refusing to lend      
the other money & a Duell was yesterday fought bet 4 & 4 Gent & after 2         
or 3 were wounded they were parted                                              
+Sargt Walcot was yesterday knighted & made C Justice of North Wales in         
the Room of Sr Kenderick Eaton whoe dyed lately.                                
+Tis said Mr Sidney is Married to ye Lady Ogle                                  
+Letters from Bristol give an account of great feuds there Occassioned          
by the late Choice of Magistrats.                                               
+The Muscovia Embr wth his Retinue in ffurrs passed thro this City in           
ye Ks Coaches.                                                                  
+This day was a Tryall bet the East India Company & the Interloper lately       
Seized & the latter haveing the better, a Wart wch was sent to Seiz             
another Interloper was Stopt.                                                   
                     The names of ye grand Jury for thursday are                
Sr Sam. Bernardiston formen   Mich. Godfrey  Gabr. Whitly   Wright              
Sr Pat. Ward                  John fflavell  Cha. Bascavill Cox                 
Aldrman Love                  ---- Smith     Peter Hubland   Gardner            
Tho: papilion                 Jos: Richdson  Edwin           Emson              
Cha: Leigh                    John Lane      Godfrey         Kenrick            
Leon: Robison                 Wm Hall        Mellis          Ashurst            
John Petersen                                Bevill          Carpenter          
                            Last night a Lieutent of the Ks going thro          
                            Ks Street Westm some blades endeavring to           
                            take away his wife from him wounded him so yt       
                            he is caryd home dangerously ill                    
     L. c. 1152     Lond 9ber 24. 81                                            
     This morn a Judge of each Court went down to Westmstr where haveing        
2 or 3 Motions they arose, & then the whole 12 went to ye Old Baylie where      
a great many psons of quallity as well as Comon Sort waited for them            
The Cort being Sat, sent for ye Jury & they were Empanneled & Sworn:            
The Indictment agt the E of Shaftsbury was Read & 10 Witnesses of 14            
yt were present was Sworne.  There Evidence was generally a like vizt,          
That his Lordp had imparted to him that he designed a Comon wealth & in         
Ordr thereto would Seize and Depose the K  Then a paper (wch Mr Gunn [?]        
Swor was taken out of the Trunk ye Ld Shafts locked up when it was Carried up   
to ye Councell) was read, the purport of wch was that upon the prorogation      
of the Oxford parliamt an Association should be made & some prnciple of         
ye Membrs should Govern till another was calld, Then ye Cort adiourned,         
& as the Witnesses went out ye people Shouted & hooted & threw dirt at          
them, uppon wch one Mr Burton promisd to sent for 2 Companies of ye Ks          
foot Guards  Dr Oats went to ye Queens Arms where he said rather then the       
Witnesses should com there, he would fill the House wth porters  about          
2 a Clock ye Court mett & the Witnesses Seperatly Cross Examd but               
agreed in most things very litle Contradicting each other  Smith Complaind      
yt Dr Oats man had Assaulted him, but the Dr said he knew nothing of it         
nor wch of his men it was for he kept 5 or 6, Smith being askt wt Contryman     
he was whither Eng: or Irish he was; refused to Answear  Cheif Justice North    
repeated ye paper aforesaid & said it tended to Treason, The Jury askt          
the Court whither they might not Examin the Witnesses as to their being         
Guilty of Coyning ffelony & C J p told them yt if they were Informed of         
any such thing they search Records  at last abt 7 a Clock the Jury desird       
the Statut book might be Carryed up wth them wch ye Court unwillingly           
agreed                                                                          
      The Jury were under Consideration of the whole matter & were not          
Returned by 9 this not [sic] & its sd they will not give in their               
[verdict?] till tomorrow Morn, But its generall thought they bring in           
Ignoramus:                                                                      
[Note near address of letter:] Leave this Letter at the Three Cupps In          
Holborn to Sent Uxbridge to Sr Rich: Newdigate                                  
     L. c. 1153     Lond No: the 26th 81                                        
+The Witnesses were last night before the Councell & Compaind of ill            
usage at ye old Baylie  3 of them were discharged from Sallery and              
attendance, They talk of Inditting ye Sheriffs for a Riot                       
     The Ld Shaftsbury haveing his Habeas Corpus will be brought wth the        
rest to ye Ks Bench Barr & Bayled.                                              
     Mr Thelwell Succeeds Sr: Thomas Walcott in his welch Judges office         
     A Gent hath sent a Letter from Dublyn yt ffitzgeralds wife told him        
yt her Husband wth others were hired & had Instructions for making a            
prisbiterian plot.                                                              
     Some of the Witnesses haveing [about eight letters blotted] they           
could Swear Treasonable words agt Sheriff Shute upon inquiry it was found       
they mistooke him for his brother whoe is since dead                            
     The E of Argile is brought over to take the Test & is to be discharged     
     Macharneys Outlawry was yesterday Reversd an Irish man Swearing he         
had been Sick at paris ever Since the proclamation for his coming In was        
published till he came over  however he was Recomitted & will Suddenly          
be tryd                                                                         
     Bradly plunkets Companion was yesterday tryd & aquitted, ye witnesses      
yt were brought agt speaking more for him then agt him                          
     They talk of prferring a bill agt ye E of Sh on Monday to a Midx Jury.     
     The evidences yt are dischargd are going to Ireld.                         
     Sevll proposalls have been latly made to ye Comte of Councill for          
farming ye Irish revenue but not being likd tis uncertein whether it will       
be farmd or Comrs apted.                                                        
     Sevll Burghers of Luxembr are gon out & Garrison are resolvd to            
defend it to ye utmost  a recruit is Coming to 'em convoyd wth a pty of         
Hors & Mr Lambert Comandr of ye F forces hath given ordr to charge them         
sent for 2000 Men more                                                          
+The Muscov Embr having audience on Thursday desird a free trade & a firm       
league might be setled                                                          
     L. c. 1154     Lond No: ye 29th 81                                         
+Yesterday the Ld Shaftsbury Howard Mr Wilmore & Whittaker were brought         
from the Tower Mr Wilson my Lds Gent from ye Gatehouse & Mr Witherige to        
ye Ks Bench barr & baild, for the first The Ld Russell Sr Wm Cooper             
Mr Montegue & Charleton were baile & for ye Second ye Ld Kent, Clare,           
Herbert, & Grey, & for ye rest Sufficient Comoners, The D of Monmouth           
wth Severall peeres there prsented in a list to ye Ld Shafts: to be his         
Bail, but he Refusd them Saying he would have only his Own Kindred, The         
Ld Shaftsbury at ye barr made a Speech vindicating himselfe & beginning         
to Reflect on the Witnesses, But ye L. C. J. desired him to forbear, it         
not being proper  its thought he would have been discharged had not the         
Attorney Gent refused to Consent to the desire, The Ld Shafts payd ye           
Leut of ye Tower his ffees, but ye Ld Howard wth ye rest Refused wth ye         
rest saying to him when he dund him what am I taken by an Algerein yt           
I must pay my Ransom, soe the Leut hath given Ordr to an Attorney to            
Sue them & they likwise Attorneys to defend it & its said he cannot             
Recover any thing, They all except the last dind wth ye Lord pagitt, near       
the Hall, & then went to their Severall Houses, There was a great Shout         
at their being in the Hall                                                      
     On Sunday the Ld Mayor waited on his Matie whoe Ordrd him to send          
the Leutennants to him next Morn whoe accordingly attended his Mats             
pleasure & were Ordrd to send out strong Guards to prvent bonfires, The         
Ld Mayor made proclamation allso, that ther[e] should be none made & Six        
Companies of Train bands were out all night, & the Watch was doubled in         
City & Subberbs wch effectually prvented bonfires making, Harvey the            
Marchant this is [?] in Newgate is like to fare worse then the aforesaid        
Severall Credible Citizens saying they must be forct for their own Security     
to Witness agt him he haveing spoke Treason Severall times in their             
Company                                                                         
     yesterday sr wm Goring & other papists movd to have yr bail dischargd      
but yey refuseing to take ye oathes of Alleg &c yr bail was continued           
     mr Proby is made Residt of ye Cot at Luxembr                               
     Notice being given to ye Condemd priests in newgate to prpare for          
ye banishmt to Ceylon in ye West indies [sic] Marshall & Cocker have            
petiond ye K. yt yey had rather be executed yn go thither.                      
     The Governr of Tanger having by ye mediation of yre Alcade Omers           
reconcild ye Xeriff to ye Empr waited upon him wth 30 hors to ye Estrade        
where ye Alcades brother meeting ym ye Governr declard yt if ye Empr had        
not by his Oath promsd ye Xeriffs pdon & he been willing to return he           
woud not have dd him                                                            
     The Comrs of ye Customes have sent lrs to ye ports to turn out             
all officrs yt refuse ye test & going to church.                                
+sr No tryals [?] or any thing else worth sending are yet come out but          
wn yey do yey shall be sent by sr / yo[u]r most humble servt / ff G.       -    
      L. c. 1155      [Handwriting changes here.]    Lond. 10ber 1st 81         
      Thomson ye printer hath brought an Inform in ye crown office agt          
Charlton for beating him.                                                       
     The Ld Sh went this morn into Dorsetsh having ordrd a cons [?] to be       
brought agt mr Graham Burton &c for a Conspiracy agt his life Capt wilkison     
& his wife being his witnesses  2 or 3 witnesses were last night arrested       
& comted on ye Same act.  tis sd his Ldsp will sue ye Ld Clarendon on           
ye same act  some psons of Quality have been to beg ye Ld Shs pdon for          
aping agt him he having been misreprnted to him [sic].                          
     The K hath ordrd the Attor Genll to sue ye Comrs for disband ye            
late army yey not having adiusted yr acts                                       
     Last night ye K. sent for ye cheif of ye East indea & Turky Company        
& ordrd ym to call a Cot & bring a writing undr yr seal to stand to ye          
Ks arbitracon of yr diffrences.                                                 
     The Hampshire lies ready to bring ovr ye Embr of fez hither &              
another vessell to bring over his prnts.                                        
     The Span plate fleet is arrivd but has made an inconsidrable voyage.       
     Sevll recruits is come to Flars from Madrid.                               
     Last Sunday ye Ks Messengrs wth Constables waited At ye Forreign           
minrs chappells to take up all Eng yt come thither                              
     Mr Mackerny having been arraignd a day is apted next term for his          
tryall.                                                                         
      L. c. 1156     [Handwriting changes here.]    Lond 10ber ye 3d 81         
      Letters arrived on Thursday from Holland giving an account of a           
Complecated plot agt the prince of Orange, to poyson Seize & blow him,          
But Letters Since Say yt it was only a designe of some ffrench men to           
Spirit away the Earle of St pauls whoe being a Native ff man had writt          
Severall books agt the ffrench Interest & Retired to Amsterdam, The ff:         
K: haveing promised Millions of Crownes to any that should bring him back.      
      Tis said yt the Councell in Scotland intends to Extend the D of           
Monmouths Lands there for Refusing the Test                                     
      We hear yt a Quo warranto for Inspecting the City Charters is issud       
out                                                                             
     The ff: K: being incensed att ye Spanierds attacquing the ff:              
fforces near Luxenburg has given Ordr yt it be Closs beseiged, but they         
haveing lately recd Recruits they will hold out long  The Dutch of Mo:          
is coming hither from F                                                         
     Mr Saywell returning yesterday from Ireland gave an account to ye          
Councell of his haveing dd the Irish Witnesses safe to the D of Ormond          
& is to Conduct the rest that are here thither allsoe & its said the            
Councell hath allready Ordered it                                               
+This morn about 5 a Clock a ffire broke out in a Stillers House in the         
Old Baylie.  the ffire catching the Spirits as they were Stilling, his          
House only is burnt, but his Neighbours 2 Houses are much damnefied,            
Dr Daffee famous for his Elizer Lodging in the House was burnt as allsoe        
one of the Stillers Children wth the Smoak for them [?] to Lett fall            
his wife leaping out of ye window 2 p of staires broke her back & leg & since   
falling into Labr is believd by this time dead                                  
      L. c. 1157     Lond 10ber ye 6th 81                                       
      Last week a duell was fought bet Col Churchill & Mr Baker wth 2ds         
but were parted wthout harm.                                                    
     On Sunday night the Ld Kingston Lord Hundsdon wth Capt Billingsley         
& about 12 more went from Wills Coffee House to peters in Coven Garden          
to affront the Whiggs, where they lookt about ye Room, & Cryed God dam          
all Whiggs for Rogues & Sons of Whores, but noe body Speaking to them           
they took hold of one peachy a Tayler as he was going & askt him whither he     
was a Whigg or a Tory & he Cryeing a Whigg they burnt his perriwig &            
Billingsly kicked him down Staires, of wch he threatens to Complain to          
ye Councell                                                                     
     They came again last night abt 5 & had they stayed long they had           
met a party of Whiggs to Incounter them                                         
      Capt: Markarte haveing told ye Ld Nuburgh that ye Ld Kingsale had         
said that when they were at Oxford together he used to beat the Ld Nuburgh      
till he Cryed, upon it ye Ld Nuburgh sent a Challenge to the Ld Kingsale,       
& the duell was fought this day  Col Churchill & Capt: Sarsfeild be             
Seconds & after 2 or 3 of them were wounded, was parted                         
+Its said the Ld Hide is to goe Embassidr for poland.                           
+The 12th instant is appointed for the Tryall of the Ld Argile for Refusing     
the Test.                                                                       
+Severall Conferences have been lately wth the D Embr wth wch he seems          
much pleasd but the Result is kept Secret  Letters from Holland say that        
the occasion of the late Rancounter bet the Garrison of Luxemburgh & the        
ff: was that the Governor haveing Ordrd some Dragoons to fetch faggots          
from an adiacent Wood, ye ff forbid them, but the Dragoons psuing their         
ordr the ff tooke som of them prisoners upon wch the Governor sent out a        
party whoe took them & 40 horses.                                               
     The ffan: ffan arriving from Jernsey gives acct that the Governr thereof   
had advise yt the ff: K: hath layd an Imbargo upon all ye Dutch Ships           
     Wee hear yt Capt Wilkinsons Creditors have Compounded wth him kindly       
Remitting of a great part of their debts                                        
+Sr  pray favour me soe much as to let me know when you are returned            
to Arbury, That I may send you a parcell of books yt are ready for you          
wth the whole proceedings agt the Ld Shaftsbury                                 
     L. c. 1158     [Handwriting changes here.]     Lond 10ber 8 81             
     The Span Ambr [?] was latly arrested for 200 L by one mr Batersby &        
mr Pierce ye Ks Surgeon for cure of a clap & he compling to ye Councill ye      
plts were sent for to ye Councill & by ye K ordrd to discharge him & beg        
his pdon wch yey accordingly did but he rung mr Batersbys nose almost off.      
    Capt Sarsfield is dead of his wounds recd from Coll Kirk on Tuesday.        
    We hear yt yesterday one of ye 4 Ruffians who lain some time private        
abt town was run thro in a quarell                                              
     Last night Complt was made to ye councill of ye pcedings at peters         
Coffee hous on Sunday.                                                          
     The Winds have of late been so stormy yt sevll small vessels are           
cast away & others kept wind bound                                              
     yesterday ye Dutch Dowager of Richmond was convicted of recusancy.         
     mr Rouse yn movd to be dischargd & Mr ward clerk of ye crown office        
being calld & askd if any thing to say why he might not answered yt             
he might be dischargd.                                                          
     yesterday a wart was servd upon Curtis for printing Scandalous             
reflections on ye Ld Berkly vizt yt he killd a man &c as he was begining        
his voyage his Ldp intending to force him upon Scandal magn                     
     Lrs from Marseilles say yt ye Algerines have taken 17 F mercht men         
& yt yey have fitted out 3 Gallions & added ym to yr fleet wch is abt           
18 vessels & given strict ordrs to psue ye F. & are resolvd to make             
peace wth ye Eng.                                                               
     The F have in retaliation for ye Spands deteining yr 40 hors plundrd       
all ye towns from Dunkirk even to Bruges gates & carryd yr plundr to sell at    
yere.                                                                           
     The Dutch of portsm being advisd to drink ye waters of Bourbon for her     
health intends for F. next spring                                               
     some talk of a plt suddenly & others of ye D. of ys coming hither          
     L. c. 1159     [Handwriting changes here.]     Lond 10br 10th 81           
     The D of Monmouth yesterday resignd his pattent of Mr of ye hors to his    
Matie (whoe dd it to the D of Richmond) the D of M haveing 7 or 8000 L          
for it, after wch he met wth the other Governors of the Charterhouse.           
     The Muscovern Embr last Sunday Refused to goe to ye Greek Church           
because he thought the Ks Coach wch was assigned him not good enough            
upon wch notice being given to Sr Steven ffox he sent to his Excellency         
to bear wth it yt time & he should have a better on the morrow, but             
never a Coach being assignd for his preists  Sr Steven not knowing they         
went wth him his Excellency would not let them goe in a Hackny Coach, so        
yt had not a Gent coming by obliegd them wth his Coach their devotion           
would have been Spoild                                                          
     3 posts a missing from Holland 4 from fflandrs & 2 from ff:                
     Ordr was yesterday sent to Edinburgh yt if the E of Argile should be       
found Guilty, Sentence should be delayd till his Maties pleasure was known      
     As the Ld p. Seal was goeing on Wensday to W Hall the Guards told          
his Coachman they would knock him down if he did not stay till they             
were gon by, but his Lp looking out bid him drive on & the Officer              
knowing him mischeif was prvented                                               
     yesterday Baines was arrested at ye Ld Shafts Suit & by habeas             
Corpus Removed himself to ye Ks bench  Booth hath severall actions layd         
upon him since Ld Shafts inlargemt soe yt it is beleived he is a prsnor         
for his life, Graham hath given Bayle to the Ld Shafts action whoe were         
Mr Burton & Lilly Attorneys of Cliffords Inn  The Ld Shafts is bringing         
his action agt one Cradock for saying, for all the Ignoramus Juries he          
would prove him a Traytor                                                       
     The Mayr of Sandwich last night prsented his peticon to the Councill       
& was Ordrd to goe home & live peaceably, Complaint haveing been made           
agt him.                                                                        
+This day sat the Lds of the Comtee for Trade.                                  
+Notice being given to ye Councill yt a Duell was intended bet the Earl of      
Huntington the 2 Hastings & the Ld Herbert Sr Thomas Armstrong & Col Godfrey,   
a Summons was sent to the Earl to appear yesterday but did not  However         
we hear not that they have fought                                               
   The discourse of a parliamt increases & that the D of Y: will come           
& take his place in the House                                                   
Sr  I could have sent you the whole prceeds agt the Ld Shaftsbury com           
out by ordr wth the 2d part of noe protestant plot allsoe the Memories          
of the life & vindication of the E Shafts allsoe the Conviction of the          
Irish Witnesses price 8 s [?] but I fear you may have them allready             
being then soe near as Uxbridge But when ever you please to send me word        
I shall send them or any other yt you desire / Sr Yo[u]r most humble & /        
obedient Servant / ffra: Gay                                                    
     L. c. 1160      Lond 10br 13th 81                                          
     On Thursday night Sr Thomas Styles son, & Sr Oliver St Johns son,          
Intimate freinds quarreld at a Coffee house in Chancery Lane one averring       
ye others dish to be bigger then his, & being made freinds again they           
went to ye Tavern where words arising Mr St Johns ran the other into            
ye brest, on wch ye Surgion laying a plaster & saying it was slight he          
went abroad ye next day & catching cold dyed on Satturday  Mr St Johns          
is in the presse gard.                                                          
     yesterday a duell was fought bet ye Ld Gererd of Bromly & Mr philip        
Darcy principles & the Ld Dunblain & Mr Hill Seconds & after the Ld Gererd      
was wounded in the Groin they were parted                                       
     The Ld Shaftsbury goeing to St Laurance near Guild Hall on Sunday          
catchd & was very ill.                                                          
     One Mr Alexandr Minister in Sussex hath been Summond before the            
Dellegats for mantaining pop tenents & saying that o[u]r Religion came          
out of Harry the 8ths Codpeece &c:  They would have suspended him had it        
been their power, However they have Ordrd him to doe pennance next Sunday       
at his own Church & preach a Recantation Sermon.                                
     The Lady ffelton & the Countess of Suffolk ar dying they formerly          
being Struck blind deaf & Lame                                                  
     Sargt Sympson dyed lately; The Ld of Dorset is very sick at paris          
& very like to dye.                                                             
     The Ld Shafts is soe well Recovered yt this day he & the Skinners          
Company dined wth Sheriff pilkington the Ld Shafts being free of that           
Company                                                                         
     Justice Warcup hides for fear of the Ld Shafts action                      
     The Coroners Jury upon Mr Styles have found it Murder                      
+upon notice yt the Mayor of Dover Suffers 3 Convinticles in the Town of        
Quakers Anabaptists &c The K hath sent them a Letter to Surpress them,          
The K hath Ordrd pt of New Bridwell to be assignd to the poorer sort of         
ff protestants to Exercise their Trade in.                                      
+The Governor of Newport upon the desent of the ff forces into yt Contry        
opened his Sluces wch doeing the ff much damage, The ff Embr demanded           
Satisfaction  the p of parma whoe in answer demanded Satisfaction for           
the ff Ks invading the Spanish Territories                                      
     The ff: K. haveing pposed to his Councill to debate whither he             
should declare War agt ye Algereins, whither wthdraw his forces from            
Luxenburgh, & how to proceed upon the Spanish, & laying an Embargo on           
ye ff Ships, Have Resolved affirmitivly on the 2 first & as to ye last          
have Ordered yt noe ff ships goe into the Spanish ports;                        
+o[u]r K is Erecting an Hospitall for Maimed Souldrs                            
     L. c. 1161     [Handwriting changes here.]     Lond. 10ber 15. 81          
     yesterday ye D of Grafton Ld Hide & other psons of honr dind wth           
ye Ld Mayr & ye officrs of ye Artillery (of wch yey talk of making ye           
D. leader) & it being discoursd yt ye K. intended to put ye laws in             
Execution agt dissenters ye sd Mayr said he hopd it woud not be for he          
traded wth sevll of ym who owing him mony he shoud be in danger of losing       
it  howevr ye K. in ye afternoon sent for ye Ld Mayr & ordrd him to do it       
& a Com. Councill is suddenly to be held to consult abt it.                     
     mr Johnson is made paymr of ye Souldrs & trearer of ye money collected     
for employing ye poor F. protests                                               
     Sr G. Jeffries & 4 of ye city councill made intrest to succeed             
Serjt Simson in his place of Judge of ye Sheriffs Cot                           
     The Countesse of Suffolk dying on Monday night her daughter ye Lady        
Felton dyd on tuesday night.                                                    
     Cradock was arrested on Tuesday by ye Ld Sh in an accon of 6000 L          
& baild by mr Robins & Bedingfield ye wollen drap & his Lop. is bringing        
his acon agt mr Grimes & Burton                                                 
     Two Embrs from ye Empr of morocoe having a joynt Comission set sail        
from Tanger 3 weeks since for Engld                                             
     The names of ye Cheif at mr vincents meeting on sunday are returnd         
into ye crown office                                                            
     The F. intendant at Courtray hath demanded Satisfacon for ye governrs      
pulling up ye Sluices & yt ye F. may have free passage thro Ghent & yt          
30000 livres be pd him for ye damage don to ye F. at Luxemb.                    
     F. lrs say yt 10000 men are coming from Spain To Flars & yt. ye. F.        
K. hath ordrd 40 troops of hors to be raisd & 20 Comp of foot & allows          
7000 livres for raising each troop & 15000 for each Comp  yey add yt Canary     
hath made a descent into St Maloes & taken a considrable booty as also          
a great F. ship.                                                                
     L. c.  1162     [Handwriting changes here.]     Lond 10br ye 17th 81       
+Yesterday we had advice from Bruxells yt the Extravagant demands of the        
ff are very Surprizing to all mankind for the Mareshell D Humeirs not           
content wth his Hostill iruption into fflandrs his plundering ye                
Inhabitants & Carrying away their Cattle, Hath by his Letter Signiefied         
to ye States of yt province, that if they doe not intend to put him to          
ye trouble of another vissit they must speedily pay him Sixty Thousand          
florins for Reparation of the late action that happned near Luxenburgh,         
Thirty 3 Livers for the charge he was at, to com & pillige them                 
     Yesterday There came a ffresh Ordr to ye Ld Mayor from the K: to put       
ye Laws in Execution agt all Dissenters, Information haveing been given         
yt a Brisbeterian Ministr on Sunday Refused to obey the Constable &c whoe       
went into ye meeting House bidding him com down in the Ks name                  
     ffrom Edingburgh we hear that ye Councell have Recd a Letter from          
the K. to Deferr ye Tryall of the Earle of Argile                               
     The difference between the Empr & the Malecontents of Hungaria, being      
adiusted we Expect next post will bring us the Conclusion of a ffirm            
peace between them                                                              
     The new Cittadal of Strasburgh & the other at ffort Kiel are all           
most ffinished & the River will by the assistance of a ff Engineer in           
three monthes time be made Navigable.                                           
+The ff forces are withdrawn from Luxemburgh & gon to Block up Namur,           
The ff: K. haveing Ordrd 10000 men more to be sent to them, On Thursday         
last diverse Quakers were Baptized at St Margarets Westmstr, & next week        
more will be Baptized.                                                          
     Letters from Bermudus say, That by reason of 2 or 3 most tirrable          
Herecanes most of the plantations there are Spoyled.                            
     L. c. 1163     [Handwriting changes here.]     Lond. 10ber 20. 81          
     The young E. of Northton is made Ld Lieut. of Warwickshire &, it is        
to be executed by ye E. of Denbigh till he comes of age                         
     On Sunday night an express was sent to Scotld yt ye Cot should             
proceed to give Sentence agt ye E. of Argile but defer ye execucion till        
his mates pleasure was further known & since an expresse thither its sd         
wth a pdon for him.                                                             
     The Chusing of a Judge in Symsons place being deferd till he shoud         
be interrd to morrow new officrs are chosen thro out ye City & wth in 3         
or 4 days a Comon councill will be calld abt this & other affairs               
     On Sunday no meetings were disturbd but sevll psons observd to take        
ye names of Cheif of ye Congregation & yr minrs in ordr to return ym in         
yr crown office & Levy ye penaltys upon yr estates.                             
     Mor de Chanilly governr of Strasbr hath contrary to ye F. Ks promise       
pulld down all yr chains & posts                                                
     Sevll troops of F. marching towards Cologne causes aprnsion yt yey         
intend to Surprize it as yey did Strasbr.                                       
     Sr Leoline Jenkins lys very ill of an ague                                 
     On Sunday severall of the rabble threw stones into mr Baxters [?]          
meeting hous in ffetter Lane wch hurt sevll people one of wch tis thought       
will dye                                                                        
     Graham hath removd ye Ld Shs accon into ye Comon pleas                     
     This day Curtis was summond to appear before a Comte of Councill           
     Tomson having scandalizd sr wm ffranklin made ye accon [?] of late         
Burges for B-- in his Intel: 10thber ye 1st  this day yey were before ye        
Ld C. J. Pem: where mr Simson pleaded yt his svant who recd all his lrs         
are [about eight leters illegible] soe ye farther hearing was put off           
     A letter being yesterday brought by a Porter to Tomson wth sr Rob:         
Claytons name To it intimating yt he had got his estate by cheating &           
desiring all to come in whom he had been concernd with & receive                
Compensacon ye Porter being seizd was arrgd before Sr Rob: who sent him         
to Sr wm Turner where he discovering a prisonr in ye fleet to be [six           
letters illegible] was discharged                                               
     Turbervill the witnesse dyed on sunday leaving his Confession wth a        
Minister of ye Church of England wch is said to confirm all he ever             
exposed [?]                                                                     
     L. c. 1164     ]Handwriting changes here.]     Lond 10br ye 22th 81        
     This day the Adressers of St Martines Le Grand being about 50 Dined        
together & Sr Tho Bludworth Sr Jonathan Ramont Sr George Gefferies &            
Sargt price dined wth them, The K haveing sent them a Buck & a halfe            
     Yesterday was a Quarrill at Longs in the HayMarket bet 4 Lords &           
Mr Billingsly Capt parker & 2 more of the Life Guards but people coming         
in upon drawing their Swords Mischeife was prevented.                           
     The Sentence of the Earle of Argile is deferrd & his plea Signd by         
Sr George Lorbard & is taken into Consideration of the Councell to see          
if there be cause to Comitt them                                                
     yesterday the Comon Councill were Chosen Genrally being Church of          
England men.                                                                    
     The ff: K. resolves to Chuse o[u]r K Arbitrator bet him & the Span         
K. touching alost, he hath given Ordr to fit out 12 ships of 24 & 8 of          
40 Guns at Thoulone agt the Algerines whoe much infest them, & the              
Chancellor of ff: & Mounsr vilaroy are Comrs for the delivering out the         
Comissions                                                                      
     The 2 Macknamarras were yesterday taken at the Suit of a Woolen            
draper for debt & Since they were in Newgate The Earle of Shaftsbury &          
Rouse have layd their Actions on them  Rouses is for debt  John Macknamarra     
was taken in bed wth Mrs peacock ffitzharris Mayd they going for man &          
wife in Coven Garden                                                            
     Comrs yt were Ordrd to Inquire into ye Citty Charter haveing made          
their Report a Quo Warranto was yesterday served of Sheriffe pilkington.        
Mr Starkey lately Burgess whoe broke the Goale of Windsor was on Tuesday        
night taken & Comitted to Newgate.                                              
+Leut Wren whose Capt was killd in fighting 5 Algerenes this week was           
prsented to the K who gave him a Gold Chaine & Medall.                          
+upon Information yt a Barne was Erecting at Windsor for a Conventicle          
the K sent Ordr to ye Mayor to Surpress it, Yesterday a Councill agreed         
to put the laws in Execution agt Dissenters by the Civill power & not           
Military, & Sr Rich How were calld in & Reproved for not proceeding agt         
the Meetings in Southwark, the K saying yt he was Satisfied of the Loyalty      
of the 2 last parliamts & if they would not Continue soe he would put in        
them yt should, upon wch they promisd to pforme their duties                    
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