Excerpt from A Collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe, Esq., Secretary, First, to the Council of State, and Afterwards to the Two Protectors, Oliver and Richard Cromwell, Vol. 5 of 7: Containing Papers of the Year 1655The ambafi'adors at Dantzick Write, that they are going. To Elbing, having done no more at Dantzick than inform themfelves of the rights, privileges, and fi'rength Of the city, and have writ this from thenc'e a thing, which doth as much pleafe the faid city, as if one fhould aik one, that 15 Itarved, if he be hungry, without giving him any thing. It 13 alfo to be admired, that 6 Swedi¿i {hips of war, with the queen of Sweden, are arrived at the Pillauw with divers tr00ps, ' and other requifite things for the king and m the mean time the ¿eet of admi1al Opdam 13 here in harbour, without going out yea, it is faid, that they are not to go to fea, till the fates of Holland are met. Yea, one of the admiralty told me xl1imfelf, that the {hips of the Meufe have not yet one third of their mariners.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.