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Calendar of State Papers, Spain
… Chapuys. Wien, Imp. Arch. Corresp. Engl., 9. "Monsieur I'Ambassadeur,"We send you, together with this letter, a … are to go to France as heralds, in order to challenge king Francis in pursuance of the treaty of closer friendship and … the declared enemy of that country. That will render king Francis anxious, and make him attend to the defence of his …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain
… relating to Piedmont, and yesterday, after dinner, I went to the Privy Council and communicated its contents. … last year brought you widgeons as a present 8 from king Francis, and I did so in order to have occasion to ask them … curiously enough Reigne, sieur de La Reine, usher of king Francis' chamber, had brought her a present from that …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain
… her daughter are in another castle far away. As far as I can gather from the privy councillors, their master's … from it, and has crossed over [to Calais]. Should king Francis really intend to invade England, it must be requisite … ravage them. As far as We can learn, the designs of king Francis for the present consist in sending most of his forces …
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… of April and 5th inst. came to hand, and the day after, as I could not see and speak to the King, owing to his having … the King, their master, by defeating the plans that king Francis may have formed in favour of the Scots, or for the … Majesty the contents of a letter written to him by king Francis from Saint Germain on the 9th inst., as well as the …
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… country, and doing incredible damage besides that of which I wrote last, had reached in safety the English frontier, 9 … Monsr. de Fourquesol ( sic) told me positively that king Francis could not possibly forget the great friendship and … each other by two princes who were once friends. King Francis, I warn you, has just visited all the ports of …
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… letter of the 21st inst. came to hand, and yesterday I, myself, went and communicated its contents to the privy … had also been glad to hear that his answer to king Francis' letter had met with the Emperor's approval. Of that … they were not, with arms and baggage, succoured by king Francis. The viceroy of Sicily (Ferrante Gonzaga), who is in …
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… handled and boldly maintained by sundry here, 7 as I, the earl of Hertford, shall at more leisure declare unto … who St. Martin was, the Count was told that he was king Francis' servant, and was doing the King service. This the … of the lords named in this passage are probably those of: Francis Talbot son of George, king Henry's Lord Steward; Sir …
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… further than to thank the Emperor for his goodwill. This, I am informed by the Emperor himself, although many things to … plague and died. Blank in original. i.e., between the Duke Francis of Lorraine and the Bishop of Mete, Jean of Lorraine, … the younger Cardinal of Lorraine. The famous mistress of Francis 1. These reports of great defeats of the English on …
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… 1 It would be worse if the Ambassador were not with him ( i.e. the Pope). The interests at stake, being so great, the … de Vega to the Emperor. (Extracts.) On the 11th instant I wrote that up to that time the Pope had kept the secret of … on certain conditions, which neither the Emperor nor Francis I. had shown any readiness to fulfil. The marriage of …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain
… pourrait bien ranger) and their army was not large. When I said that it was not likely that the French would abandon … been sent from France to notify the demise of the King (Francis I) as had been done to your Majesty, he only replied … Suffolk subsequently married a gentleman of her household, Francis Bertie, and thus became the ancestress of the earls …