Intrigue and theft plague European courts and messengers
Fragmentary seventeenth century notice recounts conspiracies among French and Italian powers. The Duke of Bourgoigne, governor under the French king, imprisons nobles. a Parisian messenger is robbed by thieves. three Lowcountry domestics steal thirty thousand pounds in pistols and jewels. a ship laden with silks sails toward Amsterdam as officials pursue missing aides and suspected treachery.