News from Holland and France in April reports
The April dispatches describe the valier de St George traveling with the late Duke of and Lord Mar to Avignon. Reports note Balin Balingbrook’s withdrawal from Pretenders affairs and various military movements in Hungary Alsace and Poland. Hamburg and Amsterdam chatter cites Swedish, Danish, Muscovite forces, tax levies, and troop transports. A Marseille sailing mentions Sicily earthquakes and a rare tragic street scene. A Strasburg count is reported dead as a tragedy plays before the king who rewarded the youth actor.