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Dec. 1.
Hardwick, i. 160. | 758. Throckmorton to the Queen. |
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| 1. Advertised her on Nov. 29 of the French King's state in
his sickness, since which he is somewhat amended, yet so
very weak that he could not keep the feast of the Golden
Fleece on St. Andrew's Day. Now the physicians mistrust
no danger of his life. |
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| 2. Having written in the same letter that the French Queen
was not then minded to send either her picture or a letter,
as she had promised to the Queen, now understands that
she has given order that Lord Seaton shall bring both to
her. The French King has pressed thirty-two captains to
be ready with their bands.—Orleans, 1 Dec. 1560. |
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| Orig. A small portion in cipher, deciphered. Add. Endd.
by Cecil's secretary. Pp. 2. |
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| Dec. 1. | 759. Throckmorton to Cecil. |
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| 1. Good accord and amity among all the Estates of Scotland
is to be maintained. But if the devil will cast a bone
amongst them, the Earl of Arran and his be most fit for
England for many respects; and he, if he be wise, must
needs be English. If the Scots upon the refusal of the
treaty now resolve to seize into their own custody Inchkeith and Dunbar, and to put out all the French, then
they should be committed to the guard of some fit men of
the country, and such as be wholly at the devotion of the
deputy of Edinburgh; for thereby, if some turn their coats
and fall to catch who catch may, the said Earl being theirs, they
will not make the worst end for themselves. Again, all the
country on this side of the Clyde and the Frith shall be
at the Queen's devotion, which is no evil frontier, and
thereby also she may better order Ireland; but these matters
must be cunningly handled. |
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| 2. The bearer Alexander Clark will disclose, if Lord Seaton
keep promise with him, some folks that are the intelligencegivers to the French. Has (fn. 1) not heard from Cecil since Oct.
19th. At this time the Queen will receive sundry letters
from the writer, and in some matters there may appear some
contrariety unless he reads them one after another as they
are dated.—Orleans, 1 Dec. 1560. Signed. |
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| Orig., chiefly in cipher, deciphered. Add. Endd. by Cecil's
secretary. Pp. 2. |
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| Dec. 1. | 760. [Franciscus] Hotomannus to Cecil. |
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| Commends the bearer, who has some business with the
Queen. He has been the counsellor and Master of Requests
of the King of Navarre and Prince of Condé, of whose
misfortune Cecil is probably aware. Has written this partly
of his own accord and partly through Mundt's advice. The
business is important; serviceable to England, and necessary
for the Church of France.—Strasburg, Cal. Dec. 1560. Signed:
Hotomannus, Jurisconsultus. |
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| Hol., with seal. Add. Endd.: Hotomannus Sturioss [sic]
Lat. Pp. 2. |
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| Dec. 2. | 761. Licence for Sir T. Grey of Horton. |
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| Licence to Sir Thomas Grey to leave Northumberland, and
ordering him to let to farm his house and grounds to Lord
Grey of Wilton.—Westminster, 2 Dec. 3 Eliz. |
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| Copy. Endd. by Cecil's secretary. P. 1. |
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| Dec. 3. | 762. Chamberlain to Cecil. |
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| 1. Wishes that Cecil and the Queen may have better health
than he had at his last despatch from hence on the 21st
Nov. Answers Cecil's letter of the 19th and 20th October,
with such matters as the humours of the Court minister. |
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| 2. It is wished that the Queen without longer delay would
resolve upon the disposing of herself, seeing that her own
welfare and safeguard depend thereupon presently, and that
of her realm and subjects in time to come. The Spaniards
think the necessity of the case were sufficient to move her
to some resolution, and greatly marvel that she so long forbears. All her suitors are liberally talked of, and finally
some one for the necessary consideration wished to speed,
which the best sort of Spaniards wish; not forgetting that
the welfare of each estate depends on the other. |
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| 3. Hopes for good success in the money matters, and that
the abating of the value of foreign gold in England will
not make them to have less. The talk is as to the person
whom the Queen will send to the General Council now
assented unto by the Pope, the Emperor, and the French
and Spanish Kings to be kept at Trent; and that she, for
the quietness of Christendom, will not refuse to understand
and hear the matters in question debated. Sent the Queen
long since a copy of the Pope's brief, which the Abbot of
St. Salute should have brought her; but has not heard
whether it arrived. Is glad to hear of the order taken for
the discharging of the Queen's debt within one year. After
the disturbance thereof with breach of peace, he does not
greatly fear for that the adversary has work enough at home,
and not like to be soon ended. Dares warrant the indifferent friendship and somewhat more of King Philip,
upon the ancient assured friendship maintained on their
part. A solemn embassy of two persons besides the Ambassador resident, has arrived from Venice to congratulate the
King on this peace and his marriage. Such manner of compliments are friendly taken and earnestly looked for by the
Spaniards where they have amity and friendship; wherefore
Cecil would do well now and then to move the Queen to
write two words of her own hand to Philip, though it were
only acknowledging friendship, which he believes (with the
good nature he finds in him) would work greatly to her
benefit. Asks him whether King Philip was refused of the
Queen for umpire in the last accord.—Toledo, 3 Dec 1560.
Signed. |
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| Orig. Add. Endd. by Cecil's secretary. Pp. 3. |
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| Dec. 3. | 763. Mundt to Cecil. |
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| 1. In his letter of the 26th ult. he mentioned the disturbances lately arisen amongst the Swiss. Forwards letters
which he has received concerning these matters from Bullinger.
Sends also a second letter of Melancthon, in which the writer
fully explains his opinion about the Eucharist; the former
one which Mundt forwarded is said by the Lutherans to
have been tampered with. Has been told that Melancthon
had written on this subject to the Archbishop of Canterbury;
it would be very beneficial if this letter were published, in
order to settle the dissensions and heart-burnings between
those who hold the common cause. The minds of all are
more inclined to discuss this matter at present. |
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| 2. The French King is conferring with the Swiss about
paying his debts, and offers two thirds, with a quarter for
interest, and to pay the whole within three years; which
condition they refuse, and desire him either to stand to his
written promises, or that the matter shall be discussed in some
place appointed in Switzerland.—Strasburg, 3 Dec. 1560.
Signed. |
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| Hol. Add. Endd. Lat. Pp. 2. |
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| Dec. 3. | 764. Edwards to Cecil. |
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| 1. Wrote last on Nov. 29, signifying the lading of twenty
pieces of ordnance at Dieppe, the principal laden in a ship of
70 tons, the rest in two hoys, all ready to depart for Calais,
but they remain for lack of wind to convey them. This day
two poor men of the Congregation were condemned to death
as seditious persons, one to suffer in the parish where the
matter was commenced, the other in the common place. The
first, in going to execution, was taken from the officers by the
people, discharged of his fetters, and conveyed out of the
town. As soon as this was known to the justices, the
trumpets were blown, and proclamation made that no man,
on pain of death, should go forth of his lodging after 8
o'clock, and great watch was kept all night for fear of prisonbreaking. The same day no man durst bring forth the other
prisoner for execution. The next day all the gates were kept
shut, and suddenly, about 11 a.m., the prisoner was strangled
in the prison, and after, out of the prison window, within a
court, was hanged, and the doors shut until he was dead.
The people greatly murmured, saying that they could have
no such justice upon them that killed their men and brake
their houses on Corpus Christi Day. |
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| 2. They cannot brook the Cardinal of Lorraine or the Duke
of Guise, saying that this matter is of their brewing, to keep
down Christ's true religion. They talk of the coming of a
garrison. The Vidame of Chartres has been seen of late
walking upon the walls of the Bastille, speaking with his
servant. The Constable's son has not gone. Men say that
D'Andelot will not be found. The king is sick eight days
past, but it is not believed; they say it is devised by the
Duke and Cardinal, that he should hear no prisoners' supplication. |
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| 3. Can perceive no great preparation of shipping. The
French shipping is not to be feared as long as the Scots may
be trusted. The galleys of Marseilles must be remembered,
especially if the King of Navarre and the Cardinal of Lorraine
be agreed. Though they can do little with their galleys, they
will go to some island. The Wight must not be forgotten.—
Rouen, 3 Dec. 1560. Signed: F. E. |
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| 4. P. S.—Yesternight the Lord of St. John came post to
this town, and pretends to go with the first passage to
England. |
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| Orig. Hol. Add. Endd. by Cecil's secretary. Pp. 3. |
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| [Dec. 3.] | 765. Complaint of the French Protestants at Rouen. |
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| A complaint made by the faithful children of God of the
church of Rouen by a Confession of Faith presented to the
Parliament of the said town, which they caused to be burnt
before the cemetery of Notre Dame; sung to the air of the
Psalm "De ma jeunesse." Twenty-eight lines of poetry. |
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| Endd. Fr. Pp. 2. |
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| [Dec. 3.] | 766. Song of the Scholars of Paris. |
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| By which the Scholars of Paris are incited against the
Huguenots, and advised to assemble in arms at 5 o'clock at
the Carfoux de St. Geneviève. Sixteen lines of French poetry. |
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| Endd. Pp. 2. |
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| [Dec. 5. | 767. Prophecy of the Bishop of Viterbo. |
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| Note in French, without signature, enclosing certain prophecies by the Bishop of Viterbo of the accessions and reigns
of Francis I. and Henry II., after whom there should arise a
king named Francis, who should obtain possession of Venice
and Rome, restore quiet to Christendom, and reign prosperously for a long time. |
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| Copy, in Somers' writing. Endd.: Prophecies of the
Bishop of Wittenberg. Lat. Pp. 2. |
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| [Dec. 5.] | 768. Anagram on the Name of Charles of Valois. |
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| Eight lines of French poetry, headed "Non tourne
[Nocturne ?] de Charles de Valois," beginning:—
"Peuple François, resjoyr te faut oré,
Car le bon Dieu ung roy t'a suscité." |
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| Pp. 2. |
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| Dec. 5. | 769. Lord Grey to the Privy Council. |
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| Has declared his full mind of the state of things in his
charge to Mr. Grimston, who presently repairs to the Court.
Desires to receive their directions. Will they consider how
great cases of importance increase within his charge, which
need examining, and which cannot be done by himself alone?
Asks that a marshal may be sent, till which time he cannot
suffer the absence of Sir W. Inglesby, who would gladly
repair into his country.—Berwick, 5 Dec. 1560. Signed. |
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| Orig. Add. Endd. Pp. 2. |
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| Dec. 5. | 770. Lord Grey to Cecil. |
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| Reminds him that Lord Erskine required a licence for
transporting two geldings from England, and that, by reason
of Cecil's grant, he promised to obtain the same. Lord
Erskine has divers times charged him withal, and now has
caused Lord James to write. Desires that the licence may be
sent with Colwich, to save his credit.—Berwick, 5 Dec. 1560.
Signed. |
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| Orig. Add. Endd. by Cecil's secretary. Pp. 2. |
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