Milan: 1580

Calendar of State Papers and Manuscripts in the Archives and Collections of Milan 1385-1618. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1912.

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'Milan: 1580', in Calendar of State Papers and Manuscripts in the Archives and Collections of Milan 1385-1618, (London, 1912) pp. 601-602. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/milan/1385-1618/pp601-602 [accessed 26 April 2024]

1580

1580.
June 2.
F. Inf.lett. 111.
Bibl. Ambros,
Milan.
1008. Lodovico Berlaymonte, Archbishop of Cambray, to Cardinal Carlo Borromeo.
Expresses satisfaction at hearing the cardinal has received Audoeno into his household. Is sure he will be very well served.
Quesnoy, the 2nd June, 1580.
[Italian.]
June 6.
F. Inf. 88a.
lett. 208.
Bibl. Ambros.,
Milan.
1009. Ludovico Audoeno to Cardinal Carlo Borromeo.
Explains reasons for his desire to stand in the choir as Mons. Galerio does. Asks pardon if he caused any trouble in this.
Encloses letter from the Bishop of Bergamo giving an account of the facts. Fears there is no remedy against the Venetians.
Milan, the 6th June, 1580.
[Italian.]
Aug. 18.
F. 88. Inf.
Lettera 119,
fol. 247.
Bibl.
Ambrosiana,
Milan.
1010. John Leslie, Bishop of Ross, to the Cardinal of S. Prassede.
Non mediocriter Amplitudinem vestram iis ingenii mei monumentis quae superioribus annis ei miseram, delectatam fuisse, dici non potest quantae mihi voluptati fuerit. Cum Amplnis V. auctoritas ejusmodi sit, ut ejus judicium, tanquam a viro gravissmo profectum, nemini non gratum esse queat brevis certe ejusdem comendatio, pro laude coeterorum omnium valere debet. Apud me quidem tantum potuit, ut quemvis laborem subeundum, non leves stimulos addiderit. Cumque nuper li[ber] de Sermae Reginae meae jure et titulo, quem in regni Angliae successione habet comisissem, volui eundem Amplm. V. mittere ut ex eo perspiceret, si, ut o[pera] tam florentissimi Regni possessio, Principi Catholicae obvenerit, quantum inde Christianae (cujus Ampl. V. columna non infima existit) emolumen[tis]… rum sit. Neque vero desunt ambitiosi nonnulli qui idipsum impedire cona[ntur] nescio quem sibi titulum falso arrogare praesumunt; quorum ego temerita[tem] meo scripto ita redarguo ut coeca potius ipsos regnandi cupiditate incitari … juro aliquo niti, rationibus et argumentis ostendam; additis etiam schema … quibus idipsum luce meridiana clarius demonstratur. Verum de institu … ratione nihil addam amplius cum Ampl. V. ex Revo. D. Aùdoeno. Refendario Aplo. viro optimo et amico mihi ut fratri colendo (quem ut a… inter familiares habet) rem omnem, ut pote cui ea notissima est, cognoscere … unum id saltem ab Amplm. Vra. quam possum officiosissime rogatum velim … hunc meum laborem, et de Ecclesia, publicaque tranquillitate bene merendi et … qua solet humanitate, benevole accipiat, meque in eorum numero habeat, qui… et fausta laetaque omnia ex animo precantur. Deus Opt. Max. Ampl…. salvam et florentem nobis diu conservet.
Rothomagi, xviiio Augusti, 1580.