A MESSAGE FROM The King of Scots, TO HIS SISTER The Princess of Orange.  
Printed at the Hague. And A Letter to the Lord General Cromwell, concerning the Earl of Cleveland, Col Blague, and divers other Officers. The raising of a new Army in Scotland, for their King, by the Marquess of Argyle; With a Lettter from the Earl of Newcastle; Ordered to be burned.  
ALSO, A true Relation of the sad and wonderful inundation of waters that befell the famous Town of Bilbo in Spain; showing the manner how it rained for 24 hours together, the water pouring down the Mountains with such a strong torrent, that it broke down the houses, drowned all their Mules, Sheep, and cattle, filled their Iron-Mines, overturned their Mills, broke down the Wharf, and carried all their Ships into the Sea, dismanted whole Woods, leaving not a Tree standing, beat down the Fowl in the Air, and destroyed many Families.  
Sent to Mr. Jacob a Merchant, living in Fleetstreet.  
Imprinted at London for Geo: Horton▪ 1651.   

THE KING OF SCOTS MESSAGE TO THE Northern Counties, and his Sister the Princess of Orange.  
Right Honourable,  
WHereas it hath pleased God to honour the Parliaments Forces with extraordinary success in England, as the effect of God's mercy, and the consequent of good Order and Discipline; so likewise His Divine Majesty hath been pleased to add a further trophy of Conquest to his Servants in Scotland; and to make them instrumental of breaking the host and power of his Enemies. For on the 17 of this instant, we fell upon the Scots now Levies in the West, and after a sharp dispute, gave them a great Defeat, killed about 300 on the place, and took divers prisoners. Yet notwithstanding, we hear that the Marquess of Argyle is raising Forces, and so are divers Shires in the West, and in the North. A good Force, and a good council might do well to reduce and settle this Land. As for their King, No man can tell what's become of him: so that its probable, his former demonstrations will now produce a Verification; for upon his advance for England, He sent a Letter to the Gentry of Cumberland, and Westmoreland; intimating, That he had left Scotland, with a Resolution never to return thither any more; and had cast himself upon his good Subjects of England; leaving the event and success thereof to God.  
This week we received an Express from the Low Countries, containing Occurrences of very great consequence, printed at the Hague in Holland; a Copy whereof followeth:  
THe King of Scots grows every day more formidable th●n other, and marched without opposition, in great haste toward his chief City of London, being within a days march of it with four score thousand Horse and Foot. This great news hath since been confirmed from Ter-Veer in Zealand, brought thither by an Expres● sent by the said King to his Sister the Princess of Orange: with this addition, That on Thursday the 28 of August, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, the said King had made his Triumphant Intrado into London, whose he was received with the greatest acclamation that possibly could be expressed: As also that two ships were arrived at Rotterdam with Parliament-men flying to save their lives. The English at the Spa, and other places in Holland, have lately had a day of Jubilee; and to ratify the truth of their frantic-joy, gave out, that the king of Scots had a more formidable power in England then ever his Father had; that he increased like a snow ball in his march (but I am certain he dissolved as fast in his Retreat) and that the Citizens in most places set open their Gates. From Ireland, We he●r that Limerick is even upon their knees: gladly would they accept of the first Offers of my Lord Deputy; for they have many division among themselves which will necessitate them to a surrender: On the 25 of August they made a sally upon our Guards with 1000 foot, and 300 horse: We had a dispute with them for an hour, killed of them above 80, and wounded many: we have 9 slain, and 35 wounded: Clare Castle is blocked up, and Galloway much straightened.  
The Lord still direct and protect the Parliament and council of State; and give the godly in the Land eyes to see, and hearts seriously to consider what dreadful dangers, and grievous inconveniencies they have run themselves into, by refusing to own, and be faithful unto those whom God in much mercy hath set in authority over us, and under whose authority we may (if we will) lead a godly and peaceable life.  
From Holland it is certified as followeth,  
SIR,  
WHen Captain Beck was at Rotterdam with his Ship, the vice-admiral of Holland was ready to come to sea, but where it could not be told, nor at that present understood. There were two French Ships that did come in thither for convoy for France, and they had two convoys granted them: And some of our friends there heard some discourse between the French and Hollanders, to this p●rpose: The French men did say, That there was a Parliament Dog in the Harbour meaning Cap: Beck's ship): The Dutch men answered, that they would hoist him in if they should meet him at Sea: Cap: Beck was forc●d to come with his Convoy hither, and left them at the Brill.  
From the West-Indies we hear that the Lord Willoug●by seems to have an inclination for the surrender of that place.  
Yarmouth 19 Septemb. 165●  
By Letters from Portsmouth we have received an account of the prosperous success of the good ship called the tiger: a Copy whereof followeth:  
SIR,  
THese are to acquaint you, That God by his good grace and hand of Providence, hath brought us out of the straits in safety, unto the Port of Portsmouth, with the Angel Captain Rand, and the Bonadventure Captain Hoxton, and one merchants' ship in Convoy, laden with Currants and Silk: And likewise at the Bay of Bulls at my going into Cales, I had intelligence of a frigate there riding, which came from France laden with linen cloth, the which I did surprise: All her cloth being delivered, I found in her about 20000 Dollars of pieces of Eight, Spanish Moneys: besides a good quantity of Bars of Silver, and some Barrels of Cochenel; and Bills of Lading assigned for St. Mallows and Ross in France: Which moneys, and the Silver, I have on board the tiger, and as for the frigate, she hath ten pieces of Ordnance in her.  
A Letter from the governor of Stafford to the Lord general Cromwell, came as followeth:  
May it please your Excellency,  
WE have purposely sent up the bearer hereof to give you an account of the persons both English and Scots with us here in the garrison, with the names and conditions of them, amongst whom is Colonel Blague, formerly governor of Wallingford, whom amongst others, as they passed through this Country, was taken by this bearer & brought hither: also the Lord of Cleveland, Maj. Galbreth, with many other Officers, Gentlemen, and common soldiers, above three hundred.  
Your Excellencies most humble servant, H. DANVERS.  
My Lord,  
YOur lordship's Letter by Creswel is so nobly kind, friendly, and so wise council, as it is too big for my pen, ink, and paper, only it hath made me all over thankfulness, and that is as much as I can either say or do. For my estate they are now selling of it, it is against all the old tenants that I should be a traitor & rebel, and all my estate confiscate, and I to be hanged without mercy. My Lady Oneal and myself sitting in council, like provident parents, agreed upon a match between my son Harry and her daughter, and gravely articled, bought 18 penny worth of Ribond for the wooing the old Lady a lean chicken in a pipkin for the dinner, with three preserved cherries, and 5 drops of Syrup by them for the banquet, &c. With other particulars of a very strange nature,  
Dated from Antwerp. And subscribed, W. Newcastle.  
From the ancient and famous town of Bilbo, by letters to several London merchants, it is certified, that there hath happened a great inundation of waters; an exact Copy followeth:  
Sir, On the 8 of this instant Aug. here happened an accidence of very amazing consequence, & as sad an inundation as hath befell in any part of Europe these many years; the manner thus: It rained by fits almost 24 hours together, and very great were the showers; so that at the last, there came pouring down the Mountains such a torrent of waters, that in 4 hours' time the water was 16 foot high in our houses: insomuch that most of the goods in Cellars & Warehouses were utterly spoiled: the stream was of such a force, that it bare down many strong houses, and leveled them with the ground; & had it not been for the great Church at the end of the bridge which did break the impetuosity of the fall, it had undoubtedly swept away the whole town. It has drowned all our Mules, Hogs, sheep, and other cattle, filled our Iron Mines, overturned our Mills, carried away all our stores of Charcoal, broke down our Wharf, that there is no sign of it left, carried away all our ships, Barks, and lighters into the sea, dismantled whole Woods, that there is not so much as a shrub left, undermined the very graves, so as to give forth their dead, beat down the fowls in the air, yet hath not destroyed many persons that we can hear of. This place is totally undone, and of the sweetest place in Spain, is now become the noysomst in the world: we all gave ourselves up for dead men, for we had no visible refuge: the Lord give us hearts to be living Monuments of his praise. It is to be observed, that this happened on a day dedicated to a great romish-superstitious Procession; but now the Images and Altars in the Churches are all demolished by the waters.  
FINIS.