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News from Europe and the Levant in March latest letters
A long dispatch from Venice dated March 16 reports Prince Sobiesty son of the late King of Poland arriving with his sister the Electress of Bavaria and preparing for his journey to Rome where he is expected to be made a Cardinal. Letters from Berlin Frankfurt and Hamburg relay movements of armies, fleets, and ministers amid talk of peace between Sweden and Muscovy. News includes a Dutch privateer capturing a French vessel with soldiers, British ships in port, plans to form an army for the campaign, and various courts coordinating at Presburg Ulm and Vienna with dates through March 30. The Queen of Spain declines a journey, and reports mention the Swedes near Minsk and Troops marching to Leghorn and Barcelona. A Lisbon packetboat reaches Bristol with updates on Lisbon and Leghorn arrivals and a Severn galley disaster near Kingroad.