SECT. 5.
[Sect. 5] Tho the Embassadors on both sides, had brought this grand Affair so great a length; Yet there arising so many Obstructions and Difficulties in carrying on the Treaty between the Emperor and France tw••erein the Dutch Embassadórs were very Active the King of Spain having an Eye still on the Emperors Concer••s, and being very desirous to have them adjusted and settled, delayed the ra∣tifying of the Peace till the midle of December, ex∣pecting the Event of that Negotiati••n between the Emperor and France,* 1.1 This so enraged the French, as they ma••c••a greater Ravage and Have••k in Flan∣ders, than they had done in any so long time dur••ing the War,* 1.2 and on this consideration the King of Spain was for••ed to Sign and ratify the Peace the fifteenth of D••cember: De••mark, and Brandenburg finding the Emperors Embassadors taking the same measures with Spain and Holland, in carrying on a separate Peace, are extremly vexed, However the Elector in person Ships over his Forces to the Isle of Rugen,* 1.3 of which he makes himself Master in a days time, and two dayes after takes Stralsond. The Duke of Lorrain, seing all go to wrak, accepts of what Con∣ditions the French King was pleased to give him, and agrees, quitting Nancy to France