| Title: | Letter, Henry Oldenburg To Hartlib |
|---|---|
| Dating: | undated [1658] |
| Ref: | 39/3/45A-46B |
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Sir<sub>/</sub>
My two last from Frankford acquainted you with what mony the Earle of Hohenloe had paid me for you, and my order to MyLady Ranelagh of repaying the same to you in England; as also with our intentions to poursue our Iourny voyage throw Germany and Bohemia: which God hath pleased so far to blesse [as?] that we are safe arriued at Nurnberg, hauing by the way visited the Old Countes of Hohenloe at Schillingfurst, finding with her two of her Sons, and two of her Daughters and one of her Grand Childern, the 3rd Son being at Wurtzburg waiting on the Elector of Moguntia, who is the Eldest, but a great affliction to his mother, who did very freely communicate unto me the sorrows, which this Son did burthen on her, because of his indifferency in matter of religion, and from thence of his facilnes to be easily turned to the publique profession of Popery, if wordly advantages were to be enjoyed from thence, which the Court of Moguntia giues <him> great hopes of. Our litle Count professeth a great deal of sincerity and constancy in the Protestant faith, and no lesse fermenes in the present Interest of England, and devotion to the Protector, who if he would giue him a company in Flanders[altered], or employ him elsewhere, particularly in giuing intelligence of the desseins of the House of Austria, could <make him to> be very serviceable unto him for no great charges. The said Austrians are said to haue <now> a dessein of making peace with Sueden, cost what will, only to put the Protestant party, so formidable at present, out of that posture of strength, they now are in; Wherefore it will concerne the Protector to watch diligently, and to encourage both Sueden and France to an earnest and constant poursute of abasing that family.
Being neer Nurnberg we [deletion] went a litle on the side of it to see Altorf, the uniuersity of the fundation of Nurnberg: where, besides some learned Professors, we found a poor lame man, that had made a litle chariot, of that kinde, you heretofore did mention to us, wherein he <did> set himself and drew it forwards and backwards and sidelings ad [cubitum?]. It is made with certain wheeles
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that goe into and moue one another, with two iron handles, which he, sitting in the chariot, turneth about according as he will goe, prorsum, retrorsum. Your Art of flying, if sure, will be far more excellent, and the particulars thereof, which you promise to send me, will be very welcome; and as soon God shall bring us back to Frankford (which I hope will be about the Franckforter Messe) I shall visit again the contriuer of the M. P. at Moguntia, hoping, <then> to find the machine compleat and the way of it in print, which was not yet, when we left Frankford. The name of him, that desired the instrumentum Petti, I know not; the person meeting us accidentally in a Printers shop, and making a beginning of acquaintance, which hath not been continued: but so much I know, that he is a Dutch-man, that hath formerly been preacher to to hidden Protestants at Collen. The new Emperour hath been very stately and sumptuously receaued here at Nurnberg, the Magistrat hauing also presented him with a <great> chalice of massy gold <filled up with gold gulden to the brim>; The Emperor also hath declared himself, they say, very graciously towards this City; and
Sir your real friend and servant
Mr Iones remembers his very H. O.
affectionate seruices to you.
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P.S. I need not tell you, I receaued <at Nurnberg> yours from the 30. Iuly. for you'l see that enough by the contents of this answer./
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A Monsieur
Monsieur Samuel Hartlib
neer Charing=
crosse. à
Londres
Franc per
Anvers./
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