Venice: June 1549

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: June 1549', in Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 5, 1534-1554, (London, 1873) pp. 234-235. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/venice/vol5/pp234-235 [accessed 20 April 2024]

June 1549

June 6. MS. St. Mark's Library, Cod. xxiv. Cl. x. 563. Cardinal Pole to the Bishop of Ceneda. (fn. 1)
The letters addressed to Pole by those two English gentlemen who have been with the Bishop, purport that they are unable to express by words the extreme courtesy and kindness received from him, for love of Pole, for which he thanks the Bishop heartily; and with regard to Pole's having requested Cardinal Farnese to write to the Bishop in this matter, he did so, not from any distrust of the Bishop's affection for him and his affairs, but because this cause being both public and private, (fn. 2) and considering the Bishop's position, he thought it becoming to act thus, to give him an opportunity for exerting himself more freely in this matter, according to circumstances; yet were the Bishop's loving complaints very dear to him, proceeding as they did from affection, which he has never doubted, being as it is the counterpart of his own for the Bishop. Is waiting to hear the result obtained by these messengers, who will acquaint the Bishop with it in detail according to Pole's instructions, (fn. 3) nor need he recommend the cause to him farther. Prays God for a better result than might be anticipated from past and present events, and that the other public negotiations for the general benefit and comfort entrusted to the Bishop may succeed prosperously. Messer Marc' Antonio Flaminio, and Messer Luigi Priuli, kiss the Bishop's hands, and send him their loving salutations.
Having had leave from the Pope to remain abroad during the present hot weather, Pole has been nearly a month in this castle (castello) belonging to the monks of St. Paul, distant twenty miles from Rome, a very convenient and opportune place for the season, where he thinks of passing the summer, unless other causes take him to Rome.
Civitella, 6th June.
[Italian.]

Footnotes

  • 1. In the year 1549 the See of Ceneda was held by Don Michele della Torre, Apostolic Nuncio in France. (See Lc Chiese d' Italia, vol. x. p. 305, ed. Venice, 1854.)
  • 2. From this paragraph, I infer that these were the two English gentlemen sent by Pole to the Protector Somerset, and whose mission is recorded by the Venetian Ambassador, Matteo Dandolo, date 20th July 1549. I am unable to ascertain their names o but by another Venetian despatch, dated Rome, 7th September 1549, it seems that two' other messengers were then on the eve of departure for England, and I shall therefore date Cardinal Pole's second letter to the Protector accordingly.
  • 3. We thus learn that these two gentlemen were to return from England by way of France, as they went. They delivered a letter from Cardinal Pole to the Protector, dated 6th May 1549, and received his reply, dated Greenwich, 4th June in that year. (See Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, 1547–1580, p. 17.)
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