Venice: August 1576 | British History Online

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.

'Venice: August 1576', in Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 7, 1558-1580, (London, 1890) pp. 551-552. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/venice/vol7/pp551-552 [accessed 19 April 2024]

August 1576



Aug. 26. Original Despatch, Venetian Archives.	661. Giovanni Francesco Morosini, Venetian Ambassador in France, to the Signory.
	This day the English Ambassador [Dale] has told me he had news from London that a Venetian vessel was expected in England laden with goods comprised within the privilege granted to Acerbo Velutelli; and the Ambassador, showing great affection towards your Serenity, said it would be well to advise the consignees of the cargo in London not to make any payments whatever, because he was sure that the Queen would never cause them to lose their property, but that if they consented to pay at the present time they might greatly prejudice their case, for while as it now seemed to him easy enough to extinguish the privilege, it would become more difficult hereafter; and he also said that it would be advantageous if your Serenity would give some satisfaction to the Queen, because when this was done both the existing demand and all others would be conceded to our nation with every facility and readiness. I thanked him for his friendly suggestion, and as he had to forward his letters immediately, I wrote to the merchants as he had suggested to me with regard to their payments, but leaving them at liberty to do whatever they thought best, because it is not my business to advise a course which might turn out to be injurious, and still less, to prejudice the position of our nation in any way.
	Paris, 26th August 1576.
	[Italian.]