News from Rome and Vienna in July dispatches
Yesterday arrived a mail from Holland and Naples dated July 17. A Spanish officer in the emperor's service was seized while seeking to fetch his wife and held on suspicion of private plots. a council met on a courier from Montemar with little public detail. The Prince de T- was fined 20,000 ducats for tobacco smuggling. Timber from Calabria for ships floods the king's magazines. An earthquake touched Rome briefly. Rome doubts a Spain Rome accord. the pope may resist ceding benefices. The Order of Malta petitions the pope to spare employments for brave Knights. In Vienna, the Archduchess and Dutchess of Lorraine are believed to be with child while evacuations continue through Italy and Germany. Baron Dahlmann codes new talks for Russian Ottoman peace, as 40,000 imperial troops mass near the Danube and Turkish forces gather near Widdin. Proposed peace terms tilt toward Russian gains including Asaph control and Black Sea navigation. At Mentz Count Seckendorff moves toward Philipsburg and a king elected in favor of the Duke of Lystaly, though opposed by several. A note on Pigeon powders and Boyle’s philosophy closes the mix.
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Duke de Montemar
Spain
Prince de T
Calabria
Rome
Two Sicilies
Holy See
Order of Malta
Vienna
Lorrain
Italy
Germany
Baron Dahlman
Constantinople
Joseph de Lichtenstein
Hungary
Danube
Widdin
Black Sea
Porte
Persia
Francfort
Count Seckendorff
Mentz
Philipsbourg
Fort ‘Khel
London
Empire
Ryswick
Naples
Algier
Iran
Leghorn
Baron de Neuhoff
Bastia
Catalonia
Baron Neuhoff
Lucca
Milan
Baron de Breithwitz
Pisa
Majelsty
Marshal de Noailles
Milanere
Gome
Sardinia
Novareze
Tortoneae
Barcelona
Duke de Monsestar
S. Gopamand
Tuscany
Apothecary Joins Forthcoming Ferment Trial
Fragmentary OCR text describes a certificate or notice involving an apothecary named John Moore and a location Laureate-Pountney's-Lane. It mentions remedy of a festivity or feast and references conditions of a small appetite or illness. The readable fragments are unclear and partially garbled.
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John. Moore
Pountney's-Lane
Canim
Papal Remonstrances and European Intrigue Heat Up
From Rome comes word the Pope urges Roman Catholic Princes to resist abolishing the clause on Religion in the Treaty of Ryswick. Naples reports a plan to seize Algier Port to curb pirates, while Leghorn notes Bar on Neuhoff’s cautious actions amid Corsican fort confrontations. Lucca and Milan gossip claim tensions among French Spanish and German forces, with Sardinia gaining sovereignty terms. Local items include a fishmonger appointment, deaths, river and street crimes, and stock market notes.
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Tursnay, Avg
Holland
Joan Moore
Dupont
England
Boyle
Burroughs
Hungerford Market
Beadle
Roberts
Deceas
Philpot-lane
Saunderson
Wm. Hilliard
Westminster Bridge
Evans the Younger
St. Thomas’s Hospital
Deptford Common
White Horse Inn
Southwark
Pete
London Bridge
Prem
India
Royale Exchange
London Assurance
Gepost
Welchakta
Esripror’s Loan Ag
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