Pandering Conflagration Amid European Power Shifts
Reports from reg. oO wy detail tensions over papal authority and royal power in Portugal. The Portuguese king cedes part of church to the Emperor, while the Pope forbids Portuguese clerics from leaving, fearing schism. Separate dispatches note Sultan Efref, 100000-man army, marches toward Russia, and Polish fears of Moscovite moves toward Courland. Plenipotentiaries at Soissons discuss a provisional peace as prices and trade suffer in Dublin and London markets.