Venice: December 1539

Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 5, 1534-1554. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1873.

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'Venice: December 1539', in Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 5, 1534-1554, (London, 1873) pp. 81. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/venice/vol5/p81 [accessed 25 April 2024]

December 1539

December ? MS. St. Mark's Library, Cod. xxiv. Cl. x. No date. Printed in v. iv. pp. 32, 33. “Epistolarum Reginaldi Poli.” 209. Cardinal Pole to Pope Paul III.
When by divine providence, Pole detached himself from his country, parents, and kinsfolk, placing himself in the hands of the Pope, he earnestly prayed to be relieved from the embarrassment in which he sees others involved by awaiting from foreign powers rather than from the sole vicar of the Lord, whose dominion alone he acknowledges, what is necessary for their dignity. This he has now obtained by his appointment, through the Pope's goodness, to the legation to the patrimony [Viterbo]. Will shortly return thanks orally, and kiss the Pope's feet, but in the meanwhile, announces how much he is affected by so great and opportune a benefit, conferred at a moment when the succour was very greatly needed.
—, December ?
[Latin, 16 lines.]
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