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Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… we shall see which is the stronger, the word of the Pasha or the command of the king. The day after we had audience of … been kept, and either the Cadi was despising his orders or he had not received any. He went so far as to say that if … grew the more angry, and declared that whether they would or no, all the merchants and dragomans should pay the carazo. …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… with money to England and Flanders, to send hither five or six large and fine ships under the pretence of bringing … waxed very wroth at these words, and swore by God three or four times in succession that such things should not be … of exchange to England and Amsterdam to obtain four or six ships, under the pretext of trade, to use them against …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… you for our service either from the Captain General at Sea or any other; this is in order that you may send us whatever … possibly circulate here, of his having formed any scheme or intention to surprise Geneva. London, the 5th October, … the Spanish ambassador to engage soldiers beyond the forty or fifty who were here, and the ambassador's promises far …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… to declare himself, either came to birth in a moment, or that it had been formed in his mind long before, and he … all others makes this likely as if the marquis had known or suspected it before, he would much sooner have shown … him that he would never again trust any Spanish ambassador or minister, as his patience had simply increased their …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… anything of the kind, nor had any one else either for him or for the king his master, and declaring that if he could … by uttering the strongly worded statement I reported, or perhaps he thought it better to soothe him, having … secret audience, after which letters from Spain arrived or were manufactured, reporting that the marriage articles …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… circumstances. I think it impossible that he should accept or even listen to the proposal, after the first intelligence. … gain one fourth on the outlay; namely 2 s. on each lion or 2,000 s. on 1,000 lions, making a gain of 500 s. on the … away the silver and other materials without any charge or duties whatsoever, and that his Majesty shall not claim …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… will make an impression upon him, that the Catholic king or his ministers have announced that if the emperor will not … required by the situation without more vain questioning or protest. I understand that the king has somewhat cooled, … that the Council has never shown itself so unanimous or better disposed or the prince more ardent and resolute. …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… the marriage with the Infanta of Spain will be broken off or completed, yet it seems that their hopes of marrying … on the way to Venice, bringing with it a Turkish gerba or caramuscale 1 laden with cotton and soap. This caramuscale … satisfaction of the Palatine by making him eighth elector or to use the vote by turns with Bavaria for a certain time. …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… and Tilly promising not to meddle in the Palatinate or Germany, while they on their side promised not to interfere with the Marquis of Coure or help Leopold. If Mansfeld took the flag of the League, … I may state that they agreed to pay him 20,000 l. a month or 200,000 francs; to ordain a levy of 12,000 English in this …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… that the letter to Gabor makes no mention of the emperor or Spain, but merely states that the door stands open for … written before the negotiations for the truce in Hungary or the arrival of the gentleman for one with Spain. We send … and Swiss, sent to ask if he could see the ambassador, or, failing him myself. I went to the house and begged him to …