Venice: July 1569

Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 7, 1558-1580. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1890.

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'Venice: July 1569', in Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 7, 1558-1580, (London, 1890) pp. 434-435. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/venice/vol7/pp434-435 [accessed 23 April 2024]

July 1569

July 1. Original Despatch, Venetian Archives. 457. Alvise Contarini, Venetian Ambassador in France, to the Signory.
I have passed by the bridge of Charenton, and have arrived at this city, where I have now joined the Court, and I hear that my predecessor is now resident in Paris.
Orleans, 1st July 1569.
[Italian.]
July 9. Original Despatch, Venetian Archives. 458. Alvise Contarini, Venetian Ambassador in France, to the Signory.
Mentions the departure of his predecessor, Giovanni Correr, on the 4th instant.
Orleans, 9th July 1569.
[Italian.]
July 11. Original Despatch, Venetian Archives. 459. Alvise Contarini, Venetian Ambassador in France, to the Signory.
There is a report that the King is sending to the Pope to urge the Princes of Italy, and especially the Republic of Venice, to aid France with a levy of three or four thousand foot and as many horse. Nothing has been said on the subject either to my predecessor or to myself, because I believe that if their Majesties can come to an understanding with the Pope, they think it will be unnecessary for them to negotiate with the other Powers, and although it is said that the Queen of England is making preparations, and that there is fear from Germany, nevertheless the Ambassador in ordinary from Spain has told me this morning that he had received good news for his Majesty, namely, recent letters from Germany to the effect that there was no sign of war there, and that all this bluster from England was simply owing to the operations of a few corsairs, who, taking advantage of the misunderstandings between the Catholic King and the King of France with the Queen of England, did mischief whenever and wherever they could. The Ambassador from England [Norris] has made a similar statement to me.
Orleans, 11th July 1560.
[Italian.]
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