news from Holland: OF THE ENTERTAINMENT OF THE queens Most Excellent majesty OF GREAT britain, THE Young princess mary, THE Prince and princess of ORANGE, WITH The young Prince their son, and most part of the Nobility at Amsterdam; Invited thither by the Lords Estates of that City: Where in a Barge they were conveyed into the City by divers living Swans fastened to her Barge; With divers Triumphs both by water and land.  
ALSO Divers other remarkable passages from Liepsich, Erford, colen, Wessell, and divers other places.  
LONDON, Printed for Ed. Blackmore, May the 20th. 1642.   

news from Holland, OF THE Entertainment of THE QVEENES most excellent majesty OF GREAT britain.  

From the Hague, May 20. 10. 1642.  
UPon monday the 19. 9. of May, the queens most excellent Majesty of great britain, the young princess Mary, the Prince and princess of Orange, with the young Prince their son, and most part of the Nobility in the Hague went to Amsterdam; being invited by the Lords Estates of that City: where by their appointment upon her arrival, there met her upon the water a most rich and costly Barge, in which her Majesty being entred, without help of oars or sails shee was conveyed into the City by divers living Swans which were fastened to the foresaid Barge; and as she passed along, was entertained with divers triumphs upon the water: Likewise when she landed, as shee passed the streets, divers Pageants and other shows did present themselves unto her, which for cost and magnificence, the like was never seen in Holland before.  
Thursday the 27. of May, the Prince of Orange intends to go into the field with all his Forces: The report goes, he resolves to besiege the City of Gelders, but as yet the certainty of it is not known, though the speech of most is to that effect, the rather because he may bee near unto the French and Weymarish Army, that now lies quartered in the bishopric of colen; so that being neere-one unto the other, they may receive the speedier help one from another if occasion should serve.   

Leipsich 24. April. 4. May.  
TOrshenson hath sent word to the Peers of upper Lusatia, desiring them to provide necessaries for his Army; which if they refuse to do, he threateneth to use them as enemies. The 29. of April, he broken up with his whole army from Spremberg, and advanced toward Scraw, afterward he went to besiege great Glogaw, he hath in his Army 4000 dismounted horsemen. The four Saxons Companies of Dragoners, and three Companies of horse, that lay in Guben, were forced to take pay under the Sweds. The imperial Cavalery, marcheth from all places towards Silesia to the Duke of Saxen Lawenburg. And at Anslow a diet is summoned; and the si●th man of the Inhabitants is raised to oppose the Swedish.   

Leipsich 26. April. 6 May.  
The 19. 29. April, the City of Guben after two dayes siege was surrendered upon composition to general Torshenson; who hath kept rendezvouz at Spottaw, and found his Army complete 20000. strong. The Castle of Sagon is left by the Imperialists; Soraw, Colaw, and other places have yielded to the Sweds. The Swedish parties straggle to the very Gate● of Lignitz: now they batter the Castle of Sonnenwald. Torshenson hath his Quarter now at Sternberg: general mayor Stolhans hath mustered at Crossen 8000 men. The imperial and Saxon souldiers run in great number to the Swedish.   

Erford. 11.1.  
Our governor colonel Goldstein having heard that the imperial colonel Wolfromsdrof and colonel Craft with their two Regiments of horse lay in Ruttelstad, he commanded colonel lieutenant Linden with 400 musketeers and all the horsemen thither, which arrived there about four of the clock in the morning, and found the Imperialists in alarum; Wolffromsdrof fought stoutly, but at last our musketeers forced him to retire, and left his Lady prisone●, from whom colonel Linden took 8000 rich collars, store of Plate and costly clothes, and so sent her away: in this action our men put to the sword fifty horsemen, took thirty Prisoners, with all their baggage and five hundred horse, which they brought hither. The Magistrates and Towns-men of Hildesheim have agreed not to take in any imperial Garrison, therefore they are excluded from the concluded Treaty; and Duke Ludwy hath put more Luniburgish Forces into it, and disarmed the Citizens.   

Leipsich. 11. 1.  
From Dresden and Lubenthall they writ, that on Sunday last the Swedish took by assault the Abbey at great Glogaw, and three houres after they took the City also, and put to the sword them which they found in arms, and took the rest, saving some Officers which retired into the Castle, but they are not able to keep it. In this City lay four Regiments under colonel Rochaw, and colonel Sh●naugen, in four thousand strong, three thousand whereof they put to the sword, one thousand they took: The Swedish got in it forty Canons fourteen whereof are of brass, and got such store of provision in it, which might have served for a long time for the whole imperial Army. The Swedish parties straggle as far as Breslaw; it is feared that they will master that Abbey too. Duke Saxon Lawenburg hath kept rendezvouz betwixt Munsterburg and Frankensteim, and found his Army in sixteen thousand strong; as soon as the nine imperial Regiments are joined with him, then he is to oppose the Swedish.   

colen 14. 4. May.  
From Frankford they writ, that after the Bavarian Forces have received some pay, and kept at Dutybach general rendezvouz, they received order to break up withall speed, and to succour the Elector of colen, they are to take their quarters at Mulle● and the next places to it, fully to consume there, what the Hatsfeldians have left.   

Wesell 15. 5. May.  
The City of Lechinich is quiter burnt down, and the governor retired into the Castle with five hundred men, which the Weymarish batter: The governor hath sent to his Elector, that he could hold it eight dayes longer, but if nosuccour did come in that time, then he will be forced to yield.  
From Holland they writ, that fifty Companies of Germans of the States Army are to join with the Weymarish, whereof three Companies under the command of colonel martin Van I●ghan, are gone already from Emmerick thither, and the rest of the Companies have order to march with speed to that Army. At Vliessingen are arrived four thousand French souldiers coming from deep, which are to join with the Weymarish.  
In Holland are arrived six ships from Brazeill with three thousand six hundred Chests of sugar; wi●h news also, that the Portugall in the Bay keep goo● correspondence with the Hollanders there.  
The Queen of England was ro●ally entertained at Amsterdam the 20. 10 of May The general and Officers of the train of the States Army, together with the Commissioners, are departed from the Prince of Orange with their Commissions to cause the garrisons to march, their rendezvouz is at Lit, and the sconce Tervoren.  
From Paris they writ, that Gustavus Horn, and duke du Boulloin are arrived at Lions, Horn goeth to the King, and duke du Boulloin to his Army in piedmont, with Don Francisco della Marca general Paymaster of the Spanish Army, who was taken prisoner in the last battle in Catolonia, where were found 60000. Spanish duplons, which were divided amongst the French Souldiers.  
Monsieur du Hallier hath order to recover those places in Lorrayn, which the Duke of Lorrayn hath in possession.  
From Antwerp, Don Francisca du Melo is said to have besieged Arras, and the French to have blocked up Cambroy, but neither is believed.   
FINIS.