Ble birth, does likewise this month gain immortal honour by a great achievement. The affairs of Poland are this month entirely settled: Augustus resigns his pretensions which he had again taken up for some time: Stanislaus is peaceably possess'd of the throne; and the King of Sweden declares for the Emperor. I cannot omit one particular accident here at home; that near the end of this month much mischief will be done at Bartholomew Fair, by the fall of a booth. September. This month begins with a very surprizing fit of frosty weather, which will last near twelve days. The Pope having long languish'd last month, the swellings in his legs breaking, and the flesh mortifying, will die on the 11th instant; and in three weeks time, after a mighty contest, be succeeded by a cardinal of the imperial faction, but native of Tuscany, who is now about sixty-one years old. The French army acts now wholly on the defensive, strongly fortify'd in their trenches; and the young French King sends overtures for a treaty of peace by the Duke of Mantua; which, because it is a matter of state that concerns us here at home, I shall speak no farther of it. I shall add but one prediction more, and that in mystical terms, which shall be included in a verse out of Virgil, Alter erit jam Tethys, & altera quae vehat Argo. Delectos heroas. Upon the 25th day of this month, the fulfilling of this prediction will be manifest to every body. This is the farthest I have proceeded in my calculations for the present year. I do not pretend, that these are all the gre
