Title page known to exist in two states: in one, "Numb. 1" is at head of t.p.; in another, "Numb. primo" is at head.

Crane & Kaye 749; not recorded in Roupell.

"To the reader" signed: N.C.

Okes printed quires B-F, L-N; Bishop, O-1st Q; Dawson, 2nd Q-R"--Pollard (2nd ed.).

Superseding The Swedish intelligencer.

Part 1 of five news tracts issued from 1636 to 1639; continued as "The continuation of the actions, passages, and occurrences". The last three parts are entitled "Diatelesma."

Ex copy has verses inscribed at front: Come hither sweet melancholly, For now it tis no time to be jolly, Dame fortune is poore and Venus is a wh[oore?], And Cupid is folly.

Rare Book copy: At head of title: Numb. 1.

Rare Book copy: Bound with: The continuation of the actions, passages, and occurrences, both politike and polemicall, in the upper Germanie -- London : Printed by E[lizabeth] P[urslowe, J. Dawson, and others] for Nathanael Butter, and Nicholas Bourne, 1637 ; Diatelesma. Nu. 3 : the moderne history of the world, expressing the principall passages of the Christian countries in these last six moneths, whether politicall, or polemicall brought downe from Aprill last to this present -- London : Printed by T. Harper for Nathanael Butter, and Nicholas Bourne, 1637 ; Diatelesma. The second part of the moderne history of the vvorld -- London : Printed by T. Harper, and are to be sold by Nathanael Butter, and Nicholas Bourne, 1638 ; and The Svvedish discipline, religious, civile, and military -- London : Printed by Iohn Dawson for Nath. Butter and Nich. Bourne, 1632.

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), 4293

English short title catalogue, S107084

Crane, R.S. Census of British newspapers and periodicals, 1620-1800, 749

Gift; John Watts de Peyster; 1888-1893.