Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 6, 1555-1558. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1877.
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'Appendix: Miscellaneous 1465', in Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 6, 1555-1558, (London, 1877) pp. 1594. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/venice/vol6/p1594 [accessed 19 April 2024]
Miscellaneous 1465
| July 26. Officiali alle Rason Vecchie Notatorio 2o cte 189. (Presented on the 30th July.) Venetian Archives. | 49. Shipment of Presents from the Signory of Venice for Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, and for Edward IV., King of England. |
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| Bernardo Zorzi, Alessandro Contarini, and Bernardo da Cha da Pexaro, officials of the Rason Vecchie, to Miser Piero Arimonda, Captain of the present Flanders galley. | |
| Have loaded on board his galley two kilderkins (charattei) of malmsey, and one painted chest, containing 16 earthen pots confections, viz., 8 pots green ginger, 3 pots quince, 3 pots melon, and 2 pots candied myrobolan plums (marabolani candidi), and four gourd-shaped gilt glass flasks of rosolio, which on his arrival in Flanders they request him to be pleased to present to the Duke of Burgundy in the name of the Signory. | |
| They have also loaded on board the London galley, Ser Lorenzo Zane, master, eight butts malmsey, and two painted chests, in one of which are 40 earthen pots, confections in syrup, viz., 20 green ginger, 10 melon, 10 quince, and in the other 20 gourd-shaped gilt glass flasks of rosolio, all which things they request him to order Lorenzo Zane to deliver as expeditiously as possible to the Venetian Consul in London. | |
| Venice, 26th July 1465. | |
| [Italian.] | |
| July 26. Officiali alle Rason Vecchie Notatorio 2o cte 189. Venetian Archives. | 50. The Same to Lorenzo Lane, Master of the London galley. |
| Confirm the instructions respecting the eight butts malmsey and two painted chests, as in the foregoing letter. | |
| Venice, 26th July 1465. | |
| [Italian.] | |
| July 30. Officiali alle Rason Vecchie Notatorio 2o cte 189. Venetian Archives. | 51. The Same to Marin Dandolo, Consul in London, and to his successor. |
| Desire him to present the malmsey, painted chests, &c., as usual, to the sacred Majesty (ala sachra Maiestà) of the King of England, and to the Chancellor and the Treasurer, (fn. 1) and to give notice of their receipt to the office of the Rason Vecchie. | |
| Venice, 30th July 1465. | |
| [Italian.] | |