Venice: May 1570 | 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: May 1570', in Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 7, 1558-1580, (London, 1890) pp. 456. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/venice/vol7/p456 [accessed 25 April 2024]

May 1570



May 3. Original Despatch, Venetian Archives.	481. Alvise Contarini, Venetian Ambassador in France, to the Signory.
	The army of the Queen of England has entered Scotland, and has burnt and destroyed all the castles and habitations of those persons who had lately invaded England, that is to say, so far as the Catholics were concerned, for the property of the Protestants has been spared. It is said that this destruction has extended to four hundred castles, properties, and villages. The English have heard that the Scotch had liberated the Duke of Châtellerault, the principal partisan of the Queen of Scotland, from prison, and that he was about to arm a large force to oppose them. The English forces have retreated to Berwick, which is a place upon the frontiers between the two kingdoms.
	Paris, 30th May 1570.
	[Italian.]