Now! Then! The Rev. Heywood prays for more death and destruction in the new year

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At night J.B. sent me this week’s public news which was that the Poles had got the victory over the Turks, killed 30,000 men, 3 bashaws [pashas], taken 2 prisoners – very rich spoils, &c – that the French have left Utrecht, Kampen, Zwolle, Deventer, and other towns, which are now under their old masters, the estates of Holland. Next summer (saith the intelligencer) if our sins hinder not, I hope it will bid fair to the destruction both of Turk and Pope. December 10, 73. Amen.

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At night J.B. sent me this week’s public news which was that the Poles had got the victory over the Turks, killed 30,000 men, 3 bashaws [pashas], taken 2 prisoners – very rich spoils, &c – that the French have left Utrecht, Kampen, Zwolle, Deventer, and other towns, which are now under their old masters, the estates of Holland. Next summer (saith the intelligencer) if our sins hinder not, I hope it will bid fair to the destruction both of Turk and Pope. December 10, 73. Amen.

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