News Notes From Europe Sea to Sea
Numb 1642 reports from Amsterdam and Hamburg dated Feb 3 and 9 with Stockholm dispatches: Count Hom elected Marshall of the Nobility for the next Diet. Osterman returns to Stockholm seeking terms with Russia. Swedes fear marching troops if emperor demands satisfaction. Vienna and Paris chatter on Sicily, Zumlungen and Lede, and a peace rumor. The King of France restricts diamond wear. alliance forms advance toward Quadruple Treaty signing. Palatine Elector seeks Protestant concessions. Paris marriage ceremony linked to policy, and treaty clauses discuss Sicily and Sardinia exchanges to avert Italian war.