HEre arived a Ship on Thursday last, which came from St. Mallowes, by which we received Intelligence as followeth. The French Pyrats do daily much mischief, not onely to the English, but also to the Hollander and Spaniard, and others which they light upon, they have lately taken two Marchants Ships belong­ing to Genua, and are become worse Enemies to Trade then ever the Dunkerks were: wherefore the Marchants in the low Countries, are furnishing out a Fleet of twenty [Page 2]Sale to help to scoure the narrow Seas: the like we hear is intended by the Spanish and others, and it hath been long expected that our own Countreymen the Marchants of Lon­don, would [if possible] have had the honour of giving the first example in this kind.

From Scotland we are advertized, that the Cavalier party are extreamly dejected, and even stand amazed at the manner of putting Montrosse to death, which they chiefly attribute to the leading censure of the Kirk; they say that a man deserves some favour for humanity sake, but that such a man that for goodliness of person, and neat de­portment, is not to be paralleld in Scotland, should be given up to Satan, and sent suddenly to Hell, without lon­ger time of repentance, hath scarce been heard of, yet least his temporal punishment should not be so great in another world, as he was adjudged to deserve in this: the tortures inflicted on him at his death, were more then ordinary, nei­ther after death could the Kirk with safety bless that part of his Karkess which was to be buried, and indeed what reason had they for it; for how knew they what he had eaten, or lay undigested in his stinking guts and garbage, unfit to be put in their holy consecrated ground; yet for all this, the Clergy will be reconciled with their King, and say they will receive him into the bosome of the kirk; but why may not he fear the same sentence with Montrosse, if Montrosse acted by his Commission, and had not received any countermand. Notwithstanding their declared King having received Letters, certifying that Montrosse was dead, declared that he approved thereof, and being told by some that were about him, that he had lost one of his best Servants; he re­plyed that he could not fetch him again, and if he should shew any distast at what had past, it was in the power of the Parliament of Scotland, to make the Treaty null and void; [Page 3]by which it appeares, that the life of him whose dependance was the strength of his Princes assurance, is as soone lost in his affection, as his miscarriage happened in the action, his thoughts being mo [...]e inlarged, and thereby can the ea­sier overlook the first election, knowing that no further ser­vice can be expected from that instrument, some think his coming into Scotland will be retarded, and its very impro­bable he should be crowned in Scotland the 29. of May, for some letters of the 26. of that moneth say, that he was then at Breda, and had a Guard of about 200. men attending his person; in the mean while, the Parliaments Army march this way with an intent [as we heare] to go farther North, they behave themselves very civilly: insomuch, that the Countrey people love them as Brethren, and honour their Commanders, as men most exquisite in observation of good discipline, they take nothing but what is onely neces­sary for their present sustenance, and are willing to give money for it, and are careful not to give any just cause of offence, and are frugall in their expences, carrying them­selves as if they coveted no other recompence for their pains then for the glory of doing well. Great cause there­fore have the Countrey to respect such men, which after the mustering of thousands of enemies are so well able to go­vern themselves; whereas if the poor Countr [...] should be ne­ver so much injured, they can revenge themselves no wayes but with teares, [and those sometimes prove bitter] but o­thers can do it by Armes.

Newcastle the 28. of May, 1650.