Venice: December 1575

Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 7, 1558-1580. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1890.

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'Venice: December 1575', in Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 7, 1558-1580, (London, 1890) pp. 541. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/venice/vol7/p541 [accessed 24 April 2024]

December 1575

Dec. 5. Original Despatch, Venetian Archives. 642. Giovanni Michiel, late Venetian Ambassador in France, to the Signory.
Left Paris on the 12th November, but on account of the health of his invalid companion, did not reach Lyons until the 4th inst. Intends only to remain there for the time necessary to recruit, and hopes that before then the four gentlemen of his company who had determined to go from Paris to England will return; he had indeed hoped to have found them here, and had brought with him their servants, horses, and baggage.
Lyons, 5th December 1575.
[Italian.]
Dec. 8. Original Despatch, Venetian Archives. 643. Giovanni Michiel, late Venetian Ambassador in France, to the Signory.
Before the dispatch of my last-mentioned letter, which with this will travel by way of Turin, the four gentlemen who went to England have arrived here by post all safe, and thus my departure hence will take place sooner, and within the next two days. These gentlemen have brought news of the publication in Paris of the truce dating from the 28th ultimo, but the Governor here has not only not yet had orders to publish the truce, but has not yet received any advice for its publication.
Lyons, 8th December 1575.
[Italian.]
Dec. 19. Original Despatch, Venetian Archives. 644. Giovanni Francesco Morosini, Venetian Ambassador in France, to Signory.
Yesterday and to-day it is reported that the Queen Mother and Monsieur the Duke, with the consent of the King, have sent Mons. de La Mothe [Fénelon], and with him Mons. de La Porte, to England, but the cause of their going is not known, though the Spaniards suspect that it is to influence the Queen to their detriment, while others believe that it is to induce her to act in unison with this Crown by giving substantial aid, as well as the words of promise which she utters, and as she is also bound to do by the articles of peace agreed between her and this Crown, and also perhaps to justify Monsieur with regard to the negotiation for the truce, but nevertheless not without suspicion of some understanding with regard to the affairs of Flanders, which is believed almost hourly more and more to exist, because there is at this Court an emissary from the Prince of Orange, who is frequently in conference with his Majesty and his principal ministers; and a similar emissary is about the person of Monsieur, inviting him by large offers to engage in that undertaking.
Paris, 19th December 1575.
[Italian.]
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