Venice: December 1571

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.

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'Venice: December 1571', in Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 7, 1558-1580, (London, 1890) pp. 478-479. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/venice/vol7/pp478-479 [accessed 26 April 2024]

December 1571

Dec. 19. Original Despatch, Venetian Archives. 530. Sigismondo di Cavalli, Venetian Ambassador in France, to the Signory.
I have received, long after date, the letter addressed by your Serenity to the Queen of England, and in consigning the same to her Ambassador here, I begged him to excuse the delay caused by the fault of the couriers, and the frequent changes of residence of this Court. He answered that the letter would be most acceptable to his Queen, and said that it should be forwarded immediately.
Amboise, 19 th December 1571.
[Italian.]
Dec. 23. Original Despatch, Venetian Archives. 531. Sigismondo di Cavalli, Venetian Ambassador in France, to the Signory.
The English Ambassador informed me that he has forwarded your letter to the Queen, and, in the advices he has received from her, she desires to express her great satisfaction at the victory, for which she thanked God. The Ambassador then narrated to me at great length the conspiracy which had lately been discovered against his Queen, and said that she felt under obligations to the war with the Turks, because the Pope and the King of Spain, being occupied in that matter, were not able to assist the conspirators against her with money, as if they intervened they might cause great changes in the kingdom; but now that the Queen was on her guard, she would know how to act for the future, and would meet her enemies with less difficulty.
Amboise, 23rd December 1571.
[Italian.]
Dec. 29. Original Despatch, Venetian Archive?. 532. Sigismondo di Cavalli, Venetian Ambassador in France, to the Signory.
One of the principal members of the Queen of England's Council has arrived at this Court, but it is not yet known what his mission may be.
Amboise, 29th December 1571.
[Italian.]
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