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: September 1547', in Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 5, 1534-1554, (London, 1873) pp. 221. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/venice/vol5/p221a [accessed 26 April 2024]
September 1547
| Sept. 20. Deliberazioni Senato (Secreta), v. Ixv. p. 148, tergo. | 526. The Doge and Senate to the Venetian Bailiffs [Baylis] at Constantinople. |
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| By letters from their ambassador with the Emperor, dated Augsburg the 10th instant, are informed that his Majesty was recovering from his indisposition. | |
| From France they hear that the Queen of Scotland, (fn. 1) with the assistance of the Prior of Capua [Pietro Strozzi], who was sent by the most Christian King to favour the affairs of that kingdom with a certain number of galleys, recovered the castle of St. Andrew's, which had been taken from her, and was held by the English, being a strong and important fortress. The Prior also got back another place, and after this success returned to France. | |
| Owing to this support given by the most Christian King to the Queen of Scotland, and in consequence of certain difficulties about the fortifications of Boulogne, it seemed that distrust and suspicion had arisen between France and England, so that there was a fear of discord, but it is now said that their Majesties will agree together, and not dispute further. | |
| Ayes, 193. Noes, 6. Neutrals, 5. | |
| [Italian.] | |