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Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… render Lord Ritz, the English ambassador, suspect to the French. This arises from their fear that the marriage … with that crown. In discussing this marriage with the French Ambassador I mentioned how easily it could be … in Spain, to the DOGE and SENATE. Relations with the French ambassadors. The Imperial ambassador very friendly. …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… embassy, as is customary with him with a royal purse. The French ambassador here seems to hope well of the public … if I did not know that they keep the chief control at the French Court. While the Spanish ambassadors announce here … is settled, though they keep silence about the manner, the French ambassador here tells me that although the Ambassador …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… and sailors can assemble. Eight ships are granted by the French, besides the royal vessel, upon the conditions I have … the king being well, his start does not seem likely. The French ambassador keeps busy in the supposition that what … parliament, at the instance of the Catholics through the French, as they know what they have to fear from it but …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… any decided plan. There is some rumour of a hitch over the French marriage, and Gondomar, who was waiting for this … task; four or six months earlier he might haveupset the French marriage and arranged something about the Palatinate, … recommended three things to his son, the hastening of the French marriage, the preparation of the fleet, and not to …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… If this prove true it will rouse his Majesty's wrath. The French ambassador has received money to pay the ships … in the conversion of the Marquis of Hamilton, but the French ambassador prevented this by powerful influence on the …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… that the Prince of Piedmont had remarked to them that the French wished to pacify Italy and especially the Duke of … and SENATE. I will bear in mind the ill behaviour of the French ambassador to Pesaro in London. I must tell your …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… are in disgrace for promising satisfaction to the French ambassador. Secretary Cuch, to cover their failings … spoken in parliament of the deceit and shortcomings of the French. At the very first they used the ships contrary to … arrest of goods and persons at Calais is not verified. The French assert that that port is as open as possible. It is …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… to convince the government that as yet the policy of the French does not tend towards direct persecution of the … with security, by reason of the behaviour of the French, their designs and the accumulated affronts heaped by … here, perceiving that the boasts hitherto made by the French, their caprices and their subterfuges, according to …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… in reply complained bitterly of the bad return made by the French for the good will he has shown them on so many … the receipt here of several corroborative advices that the French have not a sufficient force afloat to blockade La … excused himself, alleging the evil behaviour of the French which compelled him to turn aside from the path he had …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… and in a day or two he would suggest it with the French also. Accordingly, they conclude that the duke is … is easy to see that nothing will be arranged, and if the French are wise, the game is in their hands. Madrid, the 17th … at the ports for the ships to abstain from injuring the French. It would be advisable for the like to be done there, …