1642, May 17. Brussels. Hugh Bourke (Commissary of the Irish Friars Minors in Germany and Belgium) to Luke Wadding, Guardian of St. Isidores, Rome. I am Killing myself with travel and travail, and yet cannot accomplish any good result for lack of means; wherefore I am minded to leave all and withdraw to Bohemia for I can do no more.... V.-, p. 140. _The Manuscripts of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, K. G, K. F._, preserved at Montague House, Whitehall. 1610, Feb. 26. Dusseldorp. Jo. Dickenson to Winwood. Touching affairs and disputes in Germany, Bohemia and the Netherlands. V. 1, p. 98. 1611, March 20. Dusseldorp. Same to same. Affairs in Bohemia, Alsace, the Palatinate, Juliers, Germany, Brussels, etc. V. 1, p. 98. 1613, Dec. 29. Mons. J. Luntius to Winwood. Affairs of Germany, the Turks, Transylvania, Hungary, Bohemia. V. 1, p. 148. 1614, Mar. 29. Mons. Dathenes to Winwood. Refers to the affairs of France, Spain, Transylvania, the Bohemians, Austrians, Hungarians, Germany and the Swiss Cantons. V. 1, p. 157. 1617, Apr. 10. Cologne. Mons. Bilderbeck to Winwood. Affairs of Italy, France, Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Poland, Spain. V. 1, p. 195. 1620, Dec. 13. Spittle. Sir Charles Montagu to Sir Edward Montagu. To begin with the worst first, there is news come now of more certain truth than heretofore from Bohemya, which is that the King’s army hath had a great overthrow, and Prage is lost, but the King and Queen are at a strong place called Presslaw in Selecya, and the King of Hungary and he have met and they both intend to raise a far greater force to set on them suddenly; God give them better success. V. 1, p. 255. _The Manuscripts of the Earl of Mar and Kellie_, preserved at Alloa House, N. B. 1621, Feb. 18th. London. The Archbishop of St. Andrews to John, Lord Erskine: In Bohemia they ar making to the feildis. Count Mansfeild layis in Bohem with ane army of ten thowsand. The King is yit in Silesia with another. It wold appear that His Majesty expectis good and honest dealing at the Spanishe hand, quharin I bessech God he be not deceavit. V.-, p. 94. 1626, Mar. Intelligence from Germany. The Bohemians have got a great defait. Count of Manflet, thair generall, being courting his mistres in Pragg, and his armie upon the fieldis with his Serjant-Major, Count Bucquoy set upon them on a sudden, Kild 300 men and defait the rest. V.-, p. 149. _The Manuscripts of J. B. Fortescue, Esq._, preserved at Dropmore 1788, Aug. 4. The Marquis of Buckingham to W. W. Grenville, in London. I have seen a great deal of a very intelligent Irish Bohemian Count Taafe, who is come to collect part of Butler’s property at Ballyragett, to which he is heir, and his language is that of the most sovereign contempt for the Imperial Joseph and his army.... His accounts of the disaffection of Hungary and Bohemia are very interesting.... V. 1, p. 349. _The Manuscripts of Lord Montagu of Beaulieu_