Venice: September 1570

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: September 1570', in Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 7, 1558-1580, (London, 1890) pp. 458-459. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/venice/vol7/pp458-459 [accessed 24 April 2024]

September 1570

Sept. 17. Original Despatch, Venetian Archives. 487. Alvise Contarini, Venetian Ambassador in France, to the Signory.
The Queen of Spain, after having remained three days in Antwerp, had proceeded to Berges (sic), where she was only waiting fine weather in order to embark, for in that place and in Zealand a fleet had been got ready, consisting of eighty armed vessels and upwards of one hundred and twenty others, so as to sail safely to Spain, and without fear of the fleet of La Rochelle, which consists of twenty ships, and every day commits some fresh act of piracy; indeed it has lately captured a Flemish vessel of the value of more than 100,000 ducats. It was reported from England that the Queen, hearing of these preparations by the King of Spain in these seas, had herself armed a number of vessels; but she has nevertheless sent one of her principal gentlemen to acquaint the Queen of Spain that she had given orders at all the seaports of her kingdom that if by stress of weather or for other cause her Catholic Majesty should enter one of them, she was to be received with all due honour.
Paris, 17th September 1570.
[Italian.]
Sept. 27. Original Despatch, Venetian Archives. 488. Giacomo Soranzo and Giovanni Michiel, Venetian Ambassadors with the Emperor, to the Signory.
A gentleman sent by the Queen of England still remains here, waiting the answer and decision touching what the Emperor has written to the Archduke Charles with reference to the marriage of his Highness to the Queen. It is said that this gentleman is invested with sufficient authority and power, both from the Queen and from the kingdon, to bind her to whatever he may conclude as to the marriage. He therefore says that the decision rests entirely with the Emperor, if the Archduke places himself at the Emperor's disposition upon this occasion, in like manner as he did the last. This gentleman announced that the Queen greatly distrusts the King of Spain, who does not approve of the marriage between the Queen and the Archduke, notwithstanding that both parties might consent, and that the affair was originally undertaken by the advice and counsel of his Catholic Majesty.
Spires, 27th September 1570.
[Italian.]
Sept. 29. Original Despatch, Venetian Archives. 489. Alvise Contarini, Venetian Ambassador in France, to the Signory.
The agents of the Huguenots are in negotiation for the restoration to the Cardinal Châtillon of the revenues of his ecclesiastical preferment, which he had held, and to effect this purpose a suggestion has been made that a Catholic should be appointed as his nominee, but the Nuncio opposes this idea. On the other hand, in order to keep the promises which have been made, it has been proposed to give to Châtillon a pension secured upon Crown property of an equal amount with his ecclesiastical revenues, and this plan is the more feasible, because the greater part of this preferment has already been conferred upon the Cardinal of Bourbon, and produces more than 2,000 crowns annually.
Paris, 29th September 1570.
[Italian.]
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