hardpacked earth; hardpacked snow

Here is a Proclamation for a Prince: that proclaims him in whoſe name it is emitted [James II of England], to be the greateſt Tyrant that ever lived in the world, and their Revolt who have diſowned him to be the juſteſt that ever was.

Nature to attenuate, open, deterge, and dissolve; and Milk and Water, and Seeds, to cool, nourish, and balmify

A Taiwanese fishing vessel that went missing off Indonesia last week has been found and is being kept under surveillance by the Indonesian Navy, the head of a fishermen's association in Liuchiu, Taiwan's southern county of Pingtung said Wednesday.