TWO LETTERS Of great Consequence, Sent from HAMBOROUGH; Which were Intercepted going to OXFORD. The one, To the Lord Digby; The other, To Sir Thomas Rowe; Exactly relating the Proceed of the Wars BETWEEN The Swedes and the King of Denmark. In which Letters appears the excellent Success of those Noble SWEDES in their several Defeats against the DANES. Read in the House of Commons this 13. of February, 1643.  
ORdered by the Commons in Parliament, That these Letters be forthwith printed and published:  
H: Elsing, Cler. Parl. D. Com.  
Printed for Edw. Husbands. Febr. 14. 1643.   

To the Right Honourable the Lord DIGBIE, Principal Secretary of State, and one of the Lords of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, etc.  
At Court. Right Honourable, and my very good Lord,  
TO clear the doubt and different reports were here spread of the Duke of Holsteins' agreement with Feildmarshall Tortenson; (whereof my last weeks made mention) we have now certain advertisement that this Prince hath accorded to give one hundred thousand Dollars, to free his own Country and people; Ditmarsh being exempted, and the Gentry also within his jurisdiction; for these are to be holden unto a like contribution, and treatment, as the rest of the Gentry of Holstein, in that part thereof, which belongs to the King of Denmark. And, as for this Duke's two Regiments, they are disbanded; part of them being taken on by the Swedes, & part into the King of Denmark's service, and these last sent away for Gluckstadt. As I guessed by my last, so is it already fallen out with Kremper Marsh, Wilster Marsh, and Ditmarsh: for all these lower Lands near the Elve, and West Sea, this frosty weather are fallen into the hands of the Swedes Army: 150. of the Paysans, with some Soldiers being there slain, and 300. more taken prisoners, that made resistance; and all these places will doubtless far the worse, because they refused Tortenson entrance, when he first required it both by message and writing. Yesterday, by an express, I received a letter myself from Colonel Dowglas (who as Major General commands the left wing of the Swedes Army) in these words, Viz. The ninth of this month we have begun our wars very fortunatly here in Juitland; in respect we did encounter the whole cavalry of the Danes in these parts; who were twelve hundred horse strong, of the best mounted manly-like-men, that ever I did see, a mile on this side Colding; and beat them so, as that there did not 200. come into their Leaguer, the most part of their Officers killed, and their Principals taken prisoners, as Lieutenant Colonel Bockwald (who commanded them) Ritmeister Ulfild, Ritmeister Luke, and divers other Ritmeisters', Lieutenants and under Officers: we are now lying here in the Dorpes about the King of Denmark's Foot, which lies in a retrenched Leaguer on this side of the Belt, over against Middleford in Funen; they are esteemed 7 or 8 thousand strong, but more than the half part miserable poor Bawres; we are about an exploit, which if it effectuate will make us a good war. Thus far he. Now this day here is fresh news come, that the Swedes with their Ordnance, were since advanced before this Leaguer; and that after they had Canoncerd upon it a while, and that the Danes saw them ready to make a fair assault upon them, they threw down their Arms, and cried out for Quarter; the Marshal of Denmark Andrea's Bilke (who Commanded in chief) seeing themselves too weak to oppose the Swedes, took away their Colours, Ordnance, chief Officers, and as many of the best common Soldiers, as so short time would give him leave; and escaped therewith by small shipping into Funen; yet left behind them sundry Captains and under Officers, besides all their Horses, and four thousand five hundred Foot men, whereof one thousand old Soldiers, and therewith many of the Bawres or Paysons also willingly ranged themselves amongst the Swedes Troops; the rest, after the Soldiers had stripped them of their best , were sent away unto their homes: This is the effect of a Letter sent unto this Town, which was written by Tortenson himself; who added hereunto, that by this general defeat of the Danish Forces both Horse and Foot, he accounted the whole Continent on this side the Belt, to be as good as in their Possession; and this letter of his I myself have seen, bearing date at Middleford Sconce the 14. of this month. What the King of Denmark doth in Zealand, Funen, or Schonen, we know not, more than in general, that he maketh all the preparation for the wars that he can: for all the Passages out of Denmark are stopped, so that we can have no certain Intelligence from thence as yet. It hath been rumoured here abroad all this week that the States of Denmark, and Sweden, were treating together upon the borders of both Kingdoms; and such advertisement was brought also unto the Chancellor of Denmark (who is yet here) as I had it from himself. But Lowis de Gear (a man of good account, and at this time employed from the Crown of Sweden for Holland) arrived here yesterday, affirming that himself came by shipping from Calmar (being not far off the borders) the 12. of this month, and that then there was neither any such meeting, nor yet any speech thereof; but that Fieldmarshall Gustavius Horn had 20. thousand men on Foot, and was with them to march into Denmark the 20. of this month. The Chancellor aforesaid faith, the King of Denmark hath in Schonen already 13. or 14. thousand men to make head against the Swedes there; and that 18 thousand more are shortly to come out of Norwegen, but these being (for the most part) Paysans, not injured to the wars; it is to be feared that they will not be able to withstand the fierce eruptions of the Swedes Armies; especially seeing these last have had already such success in their enterprises on this side the Belt. The Chancellor also let me understand that the King his Master, hath lately sent unto him, and the rest of his Colleagues at Osnabrugge, his Letters of revocation; requiring them to come away from thence with all expedition. So what will become of the general Treaties when they are departed, we shall see ere long, at least whither they will go forward or not. We have nothing this week of the Imperial Army above in High Germany; save only that they have betaken themselves into their Winter Quarters. And this being what this week affords, I humbly take leave, and remain ever  
Your Lordship's most humble and most faithful Servant, J. Avery. Hambrough the 19/29 jan. Anno 1644.   

To the Right Honourable, Sr. Thomas Rowe, Knight, Chancellor of the most Noble Order of the Garter, and one of the Lords of his Majesty's most honourable Privy Council, etc.  
LONDON Or elsewhere. Right Honourable, etc.  
I Am told this day, that Fieldmarshall Tortenson hath given the Lordship of Wandesbeck (belonging to Count Pentz, and situate within two English miles of this town) unto one whom the Officers call here, The Swedes Agent; and that he hath already taken possession thereof, this seeming to argue what mind the Swedes bear, when they thus begin to dispose of places in Holstein as of a conquered Country. From Danzig the Hollands Resident writes of news to be arrived there, out of Moravia, that the Emperor's towns in Hungaria have declared Ragotzy for an Enemy, that he hath an Army on foot of above 30. thousand men; and that the Turk will join unto them 24000. more to make war against the Emperor; sure it is, that he hath received moneys from the crown of Sweden, and France both; and this makes many to conjecture, that the Emperor will have work enough for his Armies above in the Country; and that the Swedes will have no disturbance from thence unto their proceed in these parts: others conceive that the Crown of Sweden have a purpose to make a particular peace with the Emperor, that they may the better intent and pursue their new begun war against the King of Denmark; and it is written from Leipsick, that they have a conference about this time with the Imperialists at Fridburg in Lusatia, about a truce, a little more time will give us more light to judge of the weight of these conjectures; but in the mean time, the Landgravin of Hessen, hath sent a principal Minister of Hers to expostulate with Tortenson, for drawing away all his forces so far off from assisting of Hers, and for beginning of this new war to stir up more enemies against themselves and their Allies. This being what this week affords, I humbly kiss your hands, and remain  
Your Honours most humble and most faithful Servant, I. AVERY. Hambrough the 12/22. jan. Anno 1644.  
FINIS.