THE TRUE COPIES OF TWO ESPECIAL LETTERS VERBATIM SENT FROM THE PALATINATE BY SIR. F. N. Relating the dangerous encounter which happened betwixt the Duke Christian of Brunswick, and Monsieur Tilly's passing over the bridge lying upon the river maine about Ausbourge.  
With the uniting of his forces with the King of Bohemia's, as also the fearful expectation of the great Turks coming down into Germany.  
With the late proceed in the Low Countries, in their Proclamations set forth by the States of Holland, the first showing the last appointed time, as well for foreigners as inhabitants of this Country to come into the West India Company of the Nether-lands: the second a letter of Mart, the last prohibiting the inhabitants not to assuer any goods of the Spaniards.  
Printed this 21. of june.  
LONDON Printed by William jones for Nicholas Bourne and Thomas Archer, and are to be sold at the Royal Exchange, and in Popes-head Alley. 1622.   

A COPY OF THE FIRST LETTER.  
SIR,  
I wrote to you at large on Sunday last and have little to add since, but am like to have enough very shortly, I pray God it prove good. The Duke of Brunswick was four days since at Nidda in the land of Hessen, about five leagues from Francfort. Mounsuor Tilly etc. are gone towards him, and if they be once on the same side of the Main, there will in all likely hood be blows between them. Archduke Leopold is not gone to the grisons, but doth now assemble his forces again, with design as we judge to besiege Hagenaw again, or else to fall down to join with his party, neither of which must be suffered by the Count Mansfield, and he is likely therefore to go to the Archduke we hope to morrow, for as yet he lieth between the two rivers by the town, and is not himself well able to stand. This is all we have here.  
From Vienna we have that the Diet of Hungary goeth not on the Emperor's mind, and that the Turk is like to giue'vs peace here, we have small signs of one else, and that is a bad one. The King of Bohemia to obey his father, is minded against his mind to stay here or at Heydelberg, in expectation of the issue of the treaty at Brussels. Manheim the 6. of june.   

A Copy of the second Letter.  
IN my last Letter you know that Monsieur Tilly was then marching towards the Duke Christian of Brunswick then in the land of Hessen, not fare from Frankford. The Duke soon after took Hoest a town and castle of the Elector of Ments, standing upon the Main before Frankford, where he had news that Tilly and Gonsales joined and marched to him over the Main at Aschburg with an army of 40. m. as was given out, I think not much less than 30. m. yet he resolved to abide it rather than the hazard of a retreat. And they thereupon marched on furiously by Hanaw and Frankford. The Duke in the mean time provided himself the best he could to receive them, seeing on the advantage of the ground, entrenching himself, and burning the villages by which the enemy were to march to him. This done, he sent hither to the Count of Mansfeld, to let him know in what poshire he stood, and that he would do the best he could to hold himself so, till the Count might march to him, for whose passage, or his own retreat if he were forced to it, prepared to make a Bridge over the Main, This news came to the Count Mansfield as He was Marching over the Rhyne, with design to have gone to break the bridge at Oppenheim, or that failing, to have made some other diversion on that side, thereby to have eased the Duke of Brunswyck, by giving Gonzales occasion to look backward. But hereupon He the same instant commanded sixty troops of horse to march over the Neccar towards the Duke intending to have followed himself with the rest of his army this day. But we have this morning news, that the Duke was beaten yesterday. The manner and measure of it. is yet variously related, but I hope to add it to this before I close it. In the mean to do all I may, against the sudden dispatch of the post, I heartily take leave rest.  
I must close this Letter and yet have no more certainty of the defeat of the Duke of Brunswick, but that he never gave Battle, but having been extremely molested by the Enemy's Cannon, who had twelve pieces at least, whereas the Duke had but two: through some confusion among his men he was forced to retire over the Bridge he had made over the Main, by the breaking whereof, many of his foot were drowned, others cut off being hindered by carriages, they all are lost as well of baggage as munition, saving the Dukes own wagons, wherein his money was, His Horse escaped well, some over the Bridge, other are forced over the deep that they were put to Swim, by which means some number of them also are lost, and among them the Count Lenestlin who married Mistress Dudley, thought to be one, the number can not yet be estimated, but diverse came hither will not believe there were above one thousand men lost, yet I doubt more, The rest are retiring through the Bergstrate hither in great confusion, and I doubt most of the foot will have cast away their Arms, which is a great unreparable loss, whether the Enemy do pursue them on this side the Main or no, is not yet known here, But to be sure the Count Mansfeild hath drawn out his whole Army into the Bergestrate, who being fresh we may redeem loss if the Enemy do follow, the Duke of Brunswick is for himself safe for certain, and extremely discontented that he fought not.  
Mainheim the 11. of june 1622.   

A PROCLAMATION OF THE HIGH AND MIGHTY LORDS, THE STATE'S GENERAL of the united Provinces, whereby is prohibited unto the Merchants, and Inhabitants of those Countries, not to make any assurances of goods, Merchandises, or ships belonging to any Subjects of the King of Spain, or Enemies of these Lands.  
THe State's General of the united Provinces to all them that see or hear these read greeting. Whereas We have been certainly informed, that diverse. Merchants and inhabitants of these Countries, (notwithstanding We after the expiration of the Truce, are compelled to encounter the King of Spain, and his adherents, in all hostile manner) to assure the goods, Merchandises, and ships, belonging unto the Subjects and Inhabitants of the King of Spain, and other enemies of these Lands: Whereby it happens, that the said goods and ships being taken by Our men of War, or those that have Commission of Us to endamage the King of Spain, or his Subjects, the said Assurances and Securities, claim and follow them as if they were their own, to have them released: And beside, the said being declared good Prizes and forfeited, the damage doth not light upon the Enenemies aforesaid, but upon the Inhabitants of these Countries, by the means of the aforesaid assurance and security, who enjoy but a small reward or profit for the same, In such manner that the Inhabitants of these Countries, and not Our Enemies hereby are impoverished, being the fame likewise very hurtful to the equipations and setting forth of Ships, which many Inhabitants of those Countries with more mind and zeal would make otherwise against Our Enemies, which now are kept back in regard of the reclamations and pursuings of such assured goods.  
Now to prevent the same and to order this conveniently, We have directly forbidden and interdicted, forbidden and interdict by these Presents, all Merchants, and other Inhabitants of these Provinces, neither directly nor indirectly to assure any goods, Merchandises, or Ships, of whatsoever Fort or kind the said may be appertaining to any Subjects of the King of Spain, or his adherents, in any manner whatsoever: Declaring all and every one of such Assurances made, or here after to be made for nought, and of no value.  
Prohibiting likewise all justices, Courts, Commissioners of the Courts of Assurance, or other whom this may concern, to give judgement of such Assurances: And here besides the Assurances, that shall be found to have made such Assurances since this day, shall forfeit upon every sum small or big, that they shall have signed, hundreth pounds Flemish, one half to the Informer, and the other half to the officer to be paid that shall do the execution.  
And because none here after shall pretend ignorance, We require, and entreat the States, the Governors, the committed Counsels, and the States of the respective Provinces of Gelderland, Zutphen, Holland, and Westuriesland, Sealand, Vtrecht, Vriesland, Overyssell, the City Groeringen, and the Lands about it, and all other justices and Officers, whom this may touch, that they commanded this Our Order presently to be Proclaimed and Published where it is usual, Proceeding and causing to be proceeded against the Transgressor's and offender's of the same, without any favour dissimulation or composition, seeing we find it convenient for the good of these Lands.  
This concluded in the meeting of the High and mighty the Lords States General aforesaid, at the Hage the first of April, Anno 1622. Was subscribed A Ploos'. And lower was written, at the Order of High and Mighty Lords the State's General, signed  
C. Aerssens.   

WARNING CONCERNING THE WEST INDIA Company of the Netherlands.  
THE Committees appointed to collect a stock for the West India Company, in Poland and Sealand, being authorized thereunto by the States of the said Countries, make known by these: That besides other advantages, it is granted unto the said Company by the High and mighty Lords, the State's General of the united Provinces, to traffic only for Salt at Punto deal Key. And that the last time prefixed for the Inhabitants of the united Provinces, to come in the said Company, is the last of july style now, and for Foreigners the last of September following, both inclusive, and according to the new style. Wherefore if there be any that will participate in the said Company, let them direct themselves unto the Committees, appointed into the Cities, and deliver there their Signatures and subscriptions of such sums, as they shall be desirous to participate in the said Companies, which are to be paid in three payments: viz. a third part at the expiration of the aforesaid time: and the other two third parts in three next following years, unless afterwards at the general meeting of the Assistants or Committees, it be thought fit to prolong the said Payments for any longer time, in which case the Participants shall be warned by bills affixed. And after the expiration of the time aforesaid, shall none be admitted into the said Company. Giving notice beside, that according to the resolution of the Lords, the States of Holland, and West Freesland, the chief Participants of the Company, shall be qualified to be Assistants, in this manner, that those who in the Chamber of Amsterdam, shall for themselves bring in the sum of six thousand, and in the respective Chambers about the Maze, and in the Northern parts four thousand Karelies Gilders, shall have power to nominate three, for to choose out of them (according to the Patent) the Assistants. Item that the Cities in Holland where are no Chambers, and shall be brought in upon one name, an hundreth thousand Gilders, shall have power to appoint an assistant after precedent denomination, and to put him in any of the other Chambers. And after the expiration of the aforesaid last of july (agree. to the Patent) shall be presently proceeded to the election of the Assistants, to go immediately in hand with the equipation and octroyed Navigation. This done, the tenth of june, in the year of our Lord, 1622.   

A Letter of Mart, Granted by the Lords States General, to them of the United Provinces.  
BY these presents is Given notice, and made known unto every one out of the Name of the High and Mighty Lords, the State's General of the United Provinces, That whosoever (to endamage the King of Spain his Adherents and Subjects, aswell of Spain, Portugal, Brabant, Flaunders, as also other places being in his Dominions) shall be desirous upon a due and fit Commission to set any Ship or Ships at Sea to go upon free Booty, that they shall henceforth pay no more, except otherwise be ordered, than Eighteen in the Hundred, whereas they did pay here before Thirty in hundred, which the Country and the Prince of Orange as Admiral of the Sea out of the Prizes were used to Enjoy as their right, whereof Twelve shall be for the Country, and Six for the Prince above mentioned. And because an equal order may be kept concerning the putting in of Security, every one that shall be unwilling to go upon Conditions aforesaid, shall be bound to put in Security in the Court of the Admiralty of the place from whence they intent to departed, for Ten Thousand Gilders, which is 1000 pounds Sterling, and that above the Ship and what therein, with action shall serve only to give security that the Court prizes to be gotten by such a Ship shall be brought in to be censured in the College of the Admiralty, where the security hath been given, which being done, the Securities shall be Discharged, Provided always, that if the said Ship goes afterwards with like Commission, there must be put in new Security, And if any body shall pretend that he is wrongfully Damnified, he may enter his Action against the Captain, and those that have Endamaged him.  
FINIS.