Excerpt from The Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell and the State of Europe During the Early Part of the Reign of Louis XIV, Vol. 2 of 2: Illustrated in a Series of Letters Between Dr. John Pell, Resident Ambassador With the Swiss Cantons, Sir Samuel Morland, Sir William Lockhart, Mr. Secretary Thurloe, and Other Distinguished Men of the TimeOther letters from London, of the same date, say, That there had been newly a general muster of the foot, with an intention to block up Dunkirk the next week after that, in the Thames, some Dutch ships had been arrested for importing prohibited Spanish wares. That the peace between us and Portugal shall not be published in England till the English agent be safely returned to London.August 3rd, the Venetian resident made fires of joy at Zurich for the victory described in the papers which I send you herewith. I know not whether it be necessary that you send them to Whitehall, because the Venetian resident that is there will be forward enough to make known any tidings of that nature.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.