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Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… horse to surprise 18 ensigns of French that lay dispersed in the villages. The weather was very foul that night. If … doing anything but kill 4 or 5 soldiers and take 11 prisoners. They returned to camp the 1st of December. Dec. 4. … harm, with his experience here. The ill inclination of France towards these countries may appear by the letters of …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… on your proposals. Ultimately we have agreed to acquiesce in certain resolutions which you will hear more fully from … advanced the business ; so that you may truly say that in our judgement we have known no more dexterous and … another merchant.Paris, 18 Dec. 1577. Add. Endd. 1 p. [ France I. 57.] Dec. 19. 524. MR. WILKES'S INSTRUCTIONS. …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… there is no alteration of their opinions. How I have dealt in their cause I refer to the effect and to the Marquis' … you find upon the report of the Marquis that they persist in desiring our men, then I pray you haste their desire, … in the Letter-book now in the Bodleian Library.] 1 p. [ France I. 58.] Dec. 25. 541. [DAVISON] to POULET. I have not …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… the STATES-GENERAL. The burgesses of the city of Brussels, in order to promote the arrival and reception of the Archduke … (16), two carriages for the provost and one more for prisoners as occasion doth serve at 8 patars the horse a … I should scarce make of the pound sterling 23 s. 6 d. Flemish ; for the mint is here only 'Rykes dolers,' very rich …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… the short time permitted, and noted the principal points in which Don John's actions are calumniated ; quite … same time Count Fouquenberg returned from his mission into France, where he heard it said that his Highness was a … French version, that given above being translated from the Flemish. Or it may be an earlier draft ; see Davison's letter …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… requisite considering the designs of the enemy discovered in the letters which I last sent to the Prince. I shall … to maintain the substance of the speeches you made to him in her Majesty's name and to assure him of corresponding good … to the maintenance of the wars ; and (3) touching the prisoners to bind themselves by a solemn oath that no …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… at perceiving therefrom that the little service in which I have been employed in these parts for the … thought to have ; and the report goes that he made them prisoners. This would not be inopportune for the furtherance … as was reported at Court at my departure. I send you a Flemish pamphlet, of which Dathenus is author, in which the …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… whom I would gladly communicate before I deal with them, in order that I may better 'pass' the negotiation committed … ; which is not the custom here, though it may be in France. I perceive they will have to accommodate themselves ; … all the villagers who passed by had been stopped and kept prisoners in the wood. All being discovered, they of Mons on …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… army going to a distance from the provinces mentioned in your letter, which may assure them of my sincere will in … I thought good to dispatch this bearer. Add. Endd. 2 pp. [ France II. 88.] Dec 6. 424. POULET to WALSINGHAM. After … in the Bogspierde street in Saint Barbet at Antwerp. Flemish. 2 pp. [ Holl. and Fl. X. 66.] Dec. 9. 430. DAVISON …
Calendar of State Papers, Scotland
… [Dec. 27.] Has considered her meaning touching her letters in favour of Claud Hamilton, his rebel, and, according to her … shortly. He means in short time to leave his living in France to his second son, and set down his staff in Scotland. … in time past and to come. At the meeting all unlawful prisoners taken on either side and all bands and promises for …