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| Jan. | 774. William Sanderson to Cecil. |
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| 1. As he has already informed my Lord of London, he
is compelled to give up the curacy at Berwick into Cecil's
hands. Although he put away his servant, and has not so
much as a boy to carry his books, it will not provide himself,
wife, and child with either meat, drink, or house rent. Has
spent 10l. going and returning, and is 10l. in debt, and can
neither beg nor borrow any more. |
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| 2. Is bound to my Lord of Ely in 100l. either to give over or
keep residence next Michaelmas at a benefice which the writer
has in Cambridgeshire; where, having corn for his house, he
can make more shift with that alone than he can with that
and the other at Berwick, by living at the former only by
the penny. |
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| 3. He was borne in hand of the Bishops of London and
Winchester to have the vicarage of Berwick, or else a prebend in Durham at the next vacation; but the prebend has
been bestowed on another and the vicarage is not yet vacant,
and when it is there is an advowson out of it. Had not he
looked for one of these he would never have taken this curacy.
Finds by experience that he is not able to do things as he
thought he should when he went thither; and cannot stand
up in the pulpit and speak against a man's doings and go to
the same with cap in hand to intreat for a loan until his
wages come; though in this case he has found more friendship
than he can complain of. "I know our sayings be small
esteemed, and we less. They will not stick to say the Mass
was never half so dear in times past as God's free Gospel is
now." Went there to preach and not to serve the cure
(another man having the vicarage), and Lord Grey said they
looked to the writer as the curate.—Signed. |
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| Orig. Hol. Add. Endd.: Mensis Jan. 1561. Mr. Sanderson, preacher at Berwick. Pp. 2. |
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| Jan. 1. | 775. Lord James Stewart to Cecil. |
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| 1. Troubles him with the Marshal's affairs, who desires that
his cause may be set at sight by the ministers of the Borders,
who, knowing his ability, may accordingly determine upon a
reasonable ransom unto him. This is also the writer's request. |
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| 2. Randolph has let him known of some part of Cecil's letter
by which the writer sees that Cecil exhorts him to religion,
whom other times he has taken for too pious a Protestant.
Prays that God may augment and strengthen religion in both
their hearts.—Holyrood House, 1 Jan. 1561. Signed. |
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| Orig. Add. Endd. by Cecil's secretary. Pp. 2. |
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| Jan. 2. | 776. Lord Grey to Cecil. |
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| Letter of recommendation in favour of the bearer, Captain
Browne, who has long served under the writer, and who has
licence to repair to the Court touching his suits there.—
Berwick, 2 Jan. 1561. Signed. |
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| Orig. Add. Endd. by Cecil's secretary. Pp. 2. |
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| Jan. 2. | 777. Randolph to Cecil. |
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| 1. On the 28th ult. received his letters of the 21st, and
found others in the same packet directed to the Queen, which
he delivered the next day, and it appeared to the men who
stood about her that she was pleased therewith by the time
she gave to the reading thereof. She has answered the
Queen's letter and also Cecil's, and willed the writer to say
that she thought herself beholden to him. She was well
pleased to see M. Linerol's confession, which she thinks is a
purgation of the Duke of Nemours, and speaks that way affectionately enough. In answer to her question whether Cecil
received it from Throckmorton or the French Ambassador,
the writer said he did not know. She thinks that whatever
comes from the French Ambassador has more probability than
if it came through others, as he is thought not to be evil
affectioned to her friends, and therefore is not pleased that he
should be, as reported here, succeeded by M. De Fois. Had
other purposes with her, as well before her Mass as after,
walking a long time with her in the garden, as also with
the Marquis, whereof he has written to the Queen. |
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| 2. Need not repeat what he thinks necessary for uniting
these two realms in love and concord. In his last letter he
touched about there being many godly, and some of the
greatest, upon whom she should have further pity now, being
in like peril, though not so near as they were. Is well able
to resolve them, and put them out of a deal of care; and to
assure Cecil that there is not one so near to her who would
wish that she should receive further kindness than might be
measured by the line of the knowledge of Christ. This has
been since the receipt of Cecil's letters communed of between
the Lord James and Lethington; and it is likely more good
will come from this motion than either of the two can tell.
Trusts that he knows Lethington's judgment thereof by his
letters. Is sure that Lord James will persist therein. |
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| 3. The troubles which were in such utter appearance
amongst them seem to be appeased. Earl Bothwell is moved
by some to acknowledge his fail to the Earl of Arran. Arran
seems willing to live quietly, but finds himself so injuriously
treated, that he sees not those conditions that are indifferent.
The matter will shortly be communed of by the means of
the Lord James and the Earl of Argyll, and the issue will be
nothing, but the hatred he sees is immortal. Earl Bothwell seeks but to have the quieter and better life in this
Court; and the other scarcely finds into whose hands he
will commit his cause. This is alleged to have been the
occasion of his last visit being so secret in this town, when
he only spoke with the Earl of Argyll, and is presently
with his father at Hamilton. It appears that there was
some ground for the sudden trouble which was in this
Court, for it is now secretly known that the Earl of Arran
said, "Why is it not as easy to take her out of the abbey
as once it was intended to have been done unto her mother?"
He said this not long before his sudden coming over the
water, though he had but few with him, his father and all
his friends being on this side of the water; but order being
taken with Forbes and others to follow, made the suspicion;
though the writer knows that it would have been impossible
for him without he had brought a cannon on his back and
could have shaken 500 good soldiers out of his sleeve.
She has by this means but twelve halberdiers, and purposes to
add as many more. Captain James Steward is their leader. |
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| 4. Is informed that nothing will be done touching the
Earl of Lennox, and that this Queen will make the Queen
privy to all his intention. |
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| 5. Touching Queen Mary's going to England, trusts that
he knows that the Lord of Lethington rules these matters.
Has often spoken frankly with the Lord James and Lethington touching this Queen's direct dealing. |
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| 6. Queen Mary heard him with good will relate how the
Queen dealt with the Ambassador in diminishing the Duke
of Nemours' case, and how Her Majesty forbore that towards
her uncles, which other Princes would hardly do. To which
she replied that then the time was other than it is now, so
are all their cases. |
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| 7. Gave his commendations to the Lord James, whose
letters the writer now sends. He is most constant in religion
and his word. Has according to his request desired Queen
Mary not to look for letters always in that hand from Her
Majesty, but to expect others more familiar to her, or less
painful to write. She said that she was ashamed of hers
when it was compared with that, and that nothing could
proceed from Her Majesty but what would be welcome.—
Edinburgh, 2 Jan. 1561. Signed. |
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| 8. P. S.—Mr. Hedely has been here about some private suit
of ("my Lord") touching Lord Gray of Scotland and other
matters of the Borders. He spoke with the Queen and was
satisfied in his requests. |
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| Orig. Hol. Pp. 4. |
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| Jan. 3. | 778. Intelligences. |
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| 1. Constantinople, 26 Nov. 1561. The Ambassador of the
Sofi has had several private conferences with Ali Bassa. The
Turk has warned the Persians, Georgians, and Tartars to
hold themselves in readiness, because the Sofi has increased
his forces. The entire fleet arrived at Constantinople on the
9th inst. |
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| 2. Prague, 22nd Dec. 1561. The Grand Master of Livonia
and the Archbishop of Riga have professed obedience to the
King of Poland. The Rhinegrave is still in Saxony, and has
been invited by Rosenberg to his marriage; his non-appearance makes it apprehended that war is impending, with the
approval of the Kings of France and Denmark. The Landgrave's daughter is given to the eldest son of the Duke
of Wurtemberg. The Bishop of Agria will not be present
at the Council, but the Bishop Quinque Ecclesiarum will
attend. |
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| 3. Milan, 1 Jan. 1562. The Count of Feria will go as
Viceroy to Navarre; the Commendator of Castile will be
sent as Ambassador to Rome, and the Count De Montere to
the Council. The Duke of Sessa has been summoned to the
Court by the King; it is thought he will be commander of
the fleet, and the Duke of Alva will be Viceroy of Sicily. |
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| 4. Rome, 3 Jan. 1562. The Pope suffers from the gout;
he will despatch the Cardinal Emps to the Council and with
him the other Bishops. A Bull will be issued against such as
do not go, and the Bull of the reform of the Consistories will
shortly appear. The two Barizelli are still in prison, and
their fate is uncertain. Andrea Doria has arrived, and lodges
with Cæsar Gonzaga. Troops are being raised, probably for
the protection of the Council, which is threatened by the
neighbouring Swiss and Grison Cantons. Vargas is about
to return home, because the Pope has decided that no Ambassador shall henceforward enter the chapel of ceremony. It
is reported from France that the Cardinals Giuri and Tournon
are dead. |
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| 5. Augsburg, 3 Jan. 1562. There is a rising against the
Bishops of Bamberg and Wurtemberg; the dispute is
referred to the Diet, which is summoned for the 15th at Munich.
There are insurrections in the bishopric of Brissanone in
the Tyrol, whence the insurgents intended to have proceeded
to Trent, but their designs were discovered by certain miners,
and three or four of them were hanged. |
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| Orig. Ital. Pp. 3. |
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| Jan. 3. | 779. Intelligences. |
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| 1. Prague, 15 Dec. 1561. Two Diets were appointed to
be held upon Epiphany Day, one in Silesia, and the other in
Moravia, to which the Emperor sent certain noblemen as
presidents. The King of Sweden (who has long practised to
marry with England, or to conclude some league with that
realm,) being in doubt of Denmark, now practises to marry
a sister of the King of Poland, and will marry a sister of his
own to the Baron of Jarnoschi, one of the principal Princes
of Poland; thinking thereby to keep Revel and the three
other places of Livonia, the rest being in the King of
Poland's hands, and also to come to the crown of Poland,
failing issue of the King, the Baron De Jarnoschi being
principal elector of that realm. Suecia, Livonia, Lithuania,
and Poland being bound together, they will be more able to
defend themselves from the Turks and Muscovites. The
Electors of the Empire have answered the Emperor concerning
the Diet, that he should always find them obedient. For
saving of time and expense, they would like to know before
meeting of what matter he intends to treat, so as to make
short work thereof. The Emperor's reply thereto is not
known. The King and Queen of Bohemia will keep their
Christmas in Bavaria, being invited by the Duke. |
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| 2. Vienna, 22nd December. The Despot, brother to the wife
of the Duke of Moldavia, has long tried to make himself lord
of Moldavia, as a State appertaining by right to him, being
driven therefrom by Duke Alexander, Vaivoda; and has
lately (by consent of the nobility of Moldavia, and with the
assistance of the Prince of Transylvania,) entered with an
army thereunto. Having encountered the said Alexander,
who had six times the power of the other, he has overthrown
him, who, if he had not escaped by flight, would have been
slain. His carriages, (whereof fifteen were charged with
money,) his munition and artillery, all fell into the Despot's
hands, who has driven the Duke Alexander into a stronghold, to which he has laid siege, so it is thought that he
cannot escape. Antonio Zacheo, and Lashy De Kasmak, and
M. De Russel, a gentleman of Burgundy, were present at the
battle, and behaved so valiantly that the Despot gave them
sixty thousand crowns between them. Duke Alexander's
wife was a party against her husband, and sent aid to her
brother. The King of Transylvania has levied a power to
aid Duke Alexander, and had already passed the river
Theiss. Six Bohemian Lords have rebelled against the
Crown, and keep the field with six hundred horse. |
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| 3. Milan, 24th November. The Duke of Savoy had qualified his imposition upon salt, and in lieu had proposed an aid
of two hundred thousand crowns for eight years, to be levied
through his whole state. The country of Asti had yielded
thereunto, after the rate of four royals a head, but Cuneo,
Fossano, and Vercelli made difficulties. After the Duchess is
delivered the Court will go to Savigliano. She has sent a
gentleman to France to treat for the reconciliation of the
Duke of Nemours. Licence is granted to the Duke of Parma
to sell his estates in Naples, and to buy such states as are
offered him by the rebels in Parma and Piacenza. King
Philip has given to the Duke of Sessa twenty-six thousand
crowns, to be levied in Milan. |
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| 4. Rome, 27th December. Cardinal Gaddi, who was sent to
Cosenza in Calabria, (whereof he was Bishop,) to stay the
alteration of religion beginning there, died by the way. He
had a great number of promotions. The opening of the
Council, which was to have been Epiphany Day, is deferred
until the coming of the Emperor's Ambassador. Panta is
liberated from the common prison, but is a prisoner in her
own house, which favour was shown her through Cæsar
Gonzaga. |
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| 5. Venice, 3rd January 1562. There will be war between
Spain and France if difficulty is made of the delivery of the
forts in Savoy, and the King of Navarre travails in that case
to have aid of the King of Denmark, of the Switzers, and
Princes of Almain, and is in hopes of aid from England. The
Duke of Savoy's commissioners were still at Lyons. Unless the
delivery of the Duchess (which was expected next week) did
not help the matter, there was no great hopes to be had of
any good end. The horsemen of Naples are ordered to be in
readiness; it is thought they will be sent into Piedmont. The
Secretary of Florence, who lately fled from Venice, has
retired to Chieri, a town in Piedmont. Ascanio Della Cornia
is made colonel, with commission to levy 4,000 men, pretended
to be for the defence of the Council. |
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| Orig. Endd. by Cecil: 3 January 1561. Pp. 5. |
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| Jan. 3. | 780. An Oration by the Chancellor of France. |
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| "An oration made by the Chancellor of France in the
Assembly of the Courts of Parliaments of France,
at St. Germain-en-Laye, 3 Jan. 1561." |
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| The King proposes to offer a general pardon for all who
have stirred in matters of religion, and forbids all public or
private assemblies. He therefore desires the advice of those
assembled whether he shall suffer such meetings or not. |
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| Copy. Endd. by Cecil. Pp. 12. |
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| Jan. 3. | 781. Another copy of the above. Translated into English. |
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| Endd.: 3 Jan. 1561. Pp. 8. |
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Jan. 4.
Labanoff, i. 121. | 782. Queen Mary to the Queen. |
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| The writer having been informed that her uncle, M. De
Guise, will be at the French Conclave the 15th inst., sends
to him the bearer with intelligences, and is anxious to hear
from him in reply; as his silence, and the reports which
she hears, have occasioned her some disquietude. Asks the
Queen to employ her influence in his favour through her
Ambassador resident in the French Court. Is happy thus
to avail herself of the Queen's proffers of service.—Seaton,
4 Jan. |
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| Orig. Hol. Add. Endd. Pp. 4. |
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| Jan. 4. | 783. Intelligences from Paris. |
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| At Christmas the Protestants congregated in the Faubourg
St. Marceau, whereupon the priests and Papists assembled at
St. Medard and determined to attack them. One of the
Protestant soldiers going to remonstrate with the Papists was
run through with a partizan and is reported to be dead. The
Protestants who were appointed to guard the assembly,
seeing this, ran to his succour, but were driven back by
numbers. Other Protestants coming up put the Papists to
the rout, and forced their way into the church, in which affair
many were wounded. The Prince De la Roche, the King's
Lieutenant in Paris, arrived with a strong force of horse and
foot, who beat and wounded the people most pitifully and
carried off several wounded to the Châtelet, on whom they
intend to execute justice. |
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| Copy. Endd.: Advices. Fr. Pp. 2. |
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Jan. 5.
Labanoff, i. 123. Haynes, p. 376. Keith, ii. 134. | 784. Queen Mary to the Queen. (fn. 1) |
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| Whereas by Elizabeth's letter of the 23rd Nov. Mary
understands that she is not satisfied with the writer's answer
given to Sir Peter Mewtas, as he has reported it, the writer cannot imagine what lack could be found therein. Her meaning
has been sincere and just, and she so tempered her answer
that it might stand well with the quietness of both. To that
end she wished that the treaty might be reviewed by some
commissioners authorized on both parts; whereunto she
[Elizabeth] has in her letter "apponit" such just consideration
that the world shall not by their dealing in open assembly of
ambassadors, judge that the amity is not sound, but in some
points shaken. This, the writer takes as a plain declaration
of Elizabeth's good mind towards them, and thinks it better
to communicate privily to Thomas Randolph, or by letters, the
just causes that stay her in the ratification. She does not
touch in what time the treaty was past, by whose commandment, what Ministers, and how they were authorized; but
will only touch that head which is meet for her to provide,
and on Elizabeth's part not inconvenient. How prejudicial
that treaty is to her title and interest, by birth and descent,
Elizabeth may perceive by inspection of the treaty, and how
slenderly a matter of such consequence is wrapt up in obscure
terms. The writer knows how near she is descended from the
blood of England, and the devices that have been attempted
to make her as it were a stranger from it. She will not have
any judge (at present) of the equity of her demand but
Elizabeth. If she had such a matter to treat with any other
Prince, there is no person whose advice she would rather
follow, so great account does she make of Elizabeth's amity
towards her. For the treaty, in so far as concerns her, she
will be content to do all that of reason which may be required,
or rather enter into a new one of such substance as may stand
without her own prejudice in favour of Elizabeth and the
lawful issue of her body; provided that, her interest to that
Crown failing herself [Eliz.] and lawful issue of her body,
may be put in good surety.—Seton, 5 Jan. 20 Mary. |
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| Copy. Endd. Pp. 4. |
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| Jan. 5. | 785. Maitland to Cecil. |
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| 1. Intended to have delayed Queen Mary's answer to
Cecil's letters of 23rd of Nov. until he [the writer] had received an answer to his letters of the 5th ult., but perceiving
by his [Cecil's] of 20 Nov. that if they did not at once fall
plainly to work time would not serve, he has advised Her
Majesty to answer directly. If Cecil will let the writer
know what point he has neglected, he will reform it accordingly. |
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| 2. His mistress presently directed the bearer, Montaignac,
purposely to France, as her uncle M. De Guise is to be at
Court on 15th inst. She has written with her own hand by
him to the Queen of England, wherein she has craved favour
for her uncle, which the writer prays him to procure. The
Queen's offer will oblige both the Queen and the Duke of
Guise. Prays that he will push forward the time until they
have met, at which time one shall so govern the other that
hereafter they shall need no mediator, and then he will say
"Nunc dimittis." This matter shall be prosecuted by special
messages, if he advises it. Asks Cecil to present this gentleman to the Queen; and that Cecil and himself may first confer
together by letters.—Seton, 5 Jan. 1561. |
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| 3. P. S.—Will presently send back to Cecil his letter of the
10th Nov. which he requested might be returned by any
trusty man. |
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| Orig. Hol. Add. Endd. by Cecil. Pp. 3. |
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Jan. 5.
Labanoff, i. 128. | 786. Queen Mary to Throckmorton. (fn. 2) |
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| The Queen of England having offered him to serve the
writer towards her uncles in France, prays him to embrace
the business.—Seton, 5 Jan. 1561. Signed. |
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| Copy. Endd. Pp. 2. |
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| Jan. 7. | 787. Lord Grey to Cecil. |
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| Received lately from Randolph a copy of a letter written
by the Master of Maxwell to the Master of the Rolls, complaining of Lord Dacre have informed the Queen and the
Council of Scotland of his [Maxwell's] misdemeanour. Randolph asks that the Queen's Council will cause satisfaction
may be made to the Master of Maxwell. Sends copy of the
letter touching this matter. Thinks that some fitter man should
have Lord Dacre's room.—Berwick, 7 Jan. 1561. Signed. |
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| Orig. Hol. Add. Endd. Pp. 2. |
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| [1562.] | 788. The West Borders. |
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| "The Heads of the Master of Maxwell's complaints upon
the Lord Dacre, Warden of the West Marches of England." |
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| 1. Sir William Cordwell, Master of the Rolls, Sir Thomas
Gargraffe, and Sir Thomas Carns, being in commission at
Carlisle, 22nd Aug. 1561, on the part of England, an order
for making redress of complaints of Scotland was made,
wherein it was appointed that a march day should be held
on the 16th of Sept. following. |
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| 2. This indenture has not been kept by Lord Dacre, who
also refuses to make answer for the attempts which are made
daily upon this realm by Andrew Grahame, Richie Grahame,
sons of Huchcoun Grahame; Fergus Grahame, son to Matho
the Blak; Jok Grahame, and his son Jok; Willie Blackburne, stepson of Richie Grahame of Medop, and other Englishmen, rebels of Scotland. |
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| 3. Although an indenture was made between the Wardens
at the foot of Sark water in Sept. 1560, that if any Englishman occupied any ground of Scotland within the West
Wardenry he should pay double the principal, yet Willie
Grahame of Fauld, Georde Graham, son of little Thome,
Will Grahame of Carlisle, Thom Grahame of Galloway,
Fergus Grahame of the Mort, Richie Grahame of Netherby,
Gibbe Grahame of Sark, and his son Georde, Quintyne
Grahame of Sark, Fergye Grahame, son of Matho the Plump,
and other Grahames, Englishmen, have occupied lands within
the West Wardenry of Scotland, nor has Lord Dacre made
any redress thereof. Nor has the complainant received any
answer to his request for redress for thefts by Andrew
Grahame, son of Hucheoun; Biack Jokye Grahame; Sym
Taillor; Robeyn Foster; Georde Grahame, son to little
Thom, and others. |
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| Copy, in a Scottish hand. Endd. Pp. 3. |
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| Jan. 8. | 789. Throckmorton to the Queen. |
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| 1. By his letters of the 28th ult. he informed her that the
Lord of St. Colme had declared to him his negociations with
the French, and their proceedings with him; and that he had
journeyed from hence to the Cardinal of Lorraine and the
Duke of Guise, whose proceedings St. Colme has also declared
to the writer since his return. He found all the brothers of the
house of Guise at Joinville, where they seemed to care little
for their ill willers. The Court fears the Guises, more than
the Guises fear the Court. Cannot perceive that the Cardinal
or the Duke intends to come to the Court for a long time,
yet they send daily from the Court to them, and from them
to the Court, which reminds him of Duke Maurice's behaviour
to the Emperor Charles, who at length came to visit him at
Isbourge with 40,000 or 50,000 men. The Duke and his
brethren have gone to Nancy in Lorraine, where the Duke
[of Lorraine], the Duchess, his mother, and other great personages of Almain meet them. It is suspected by some that
the Duke of Nemours may come thither secretly to confer
with his friends; he has been summoned to the Court, but has
refused to come, although he says he will remain a faithful
servant to the King. Lord St. Colme told the writer that
the Duke of Guise asked him in presence of the Cardinal of
Lorraine whether he spake with the Queen in his coming
hither concerning the overture lately proposed by the Laird
of Lethington to her for composition of the differences
betwixt her and the Queen of Scots. To which he answered
he was charged to speak with her, but there was no mention
made of the aforesaid matter. He was then asked whether
he had spoken with Throckmorton since his arrival, to which
he answered, Yes; at which the Duke said he marvelled he
had heard nothing from the Ambassador to such matter as he
proposed at his being last in Paris concerning the composition.
He said that he would be pleased if the Queen would conclude with his niece as the matter deserves, and which would
be profitable to both Queens and their realms. In the end
the Cardinal and Duke concluded with good words to the
Queen, and charged Lord St. Colme to present to her their
commendations. |
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| 2. Since his last there have been great discords in Paris
between the Papists and Protestants, and not only many
killed and wounded on both sides, but also the Protestants'
preaching-place has been burnt and several houses adjoining
the same. A church of the Papists, named St. Medard, in
the Fauxbourg of St. Marceau, was notably spoiled. The
Prince of Rochesuryon (who was Governor of Paris) has
either given it up or is discharged of the same, and the order
thereof is committed to Marshal Montmorency, ordinary Governor of the same, who, to keep the people in order, guards the
Papists in their processions and preachings, and the Protestants
in their assemblies, alternately. To provide a remedy for
these enormities here and elsewhere in France, the King has
assembled at St. Germain (on the 4th inst.) many learned
men of his realm, unto whom the Chancellor of France has
proposed on the King's behalf how to remedy the same, as
will appear to the Queen by the copy of the oration he sends
herewith. |
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| 3. M. D'Osenze has returned from Spain, and has brought
good words from the King of Spain to the King of France,
and also gives out that the Queen of Spain is with child,
which is a matter very plausible to the Queen Mother and
others here. If it was not for the King of Navarre (who
quarrels with the King of Spain for Navarre) the King
would live quietly with France. He does not like the proceedings here in religion, and so he does not let to say. |
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| 4. Intelligence from Rome states that the Bishop there
intends nothing less than an orderly reformation in religion,
because lately he made an Ordinance that from henceforth no
man shall employ such magnificence in obsequies and sepulchres, but may bestow what they will upon buildings and
restoration of certain antiquities, as conduits, highways, etc.
Also that most of the old soldiers in Naples and Sicily are to
be sent into Spain, whereupon some think the King intends
some enterprise against the Turks; others think it is to
invade Bas Navarre, which the King of Navarre holds. |
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| 5. News from Italy mention that lately the Duke of
Ferrara (being at his house called Belgardia, twelve miles
from Ferrara) was bitten in the head and neck, as he was
asleep in bed, by a scorpion, but the danger is past. The
Turks and Venetians arm; the latter suspecting Philip's
preparations more than the Turks. The Genoese have sent
an Ambassador hither about the matters of Corsica and
Bonifacio in the said isle. |
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| 6. The Duke and Duchess of Savoy have presented to the
King, the Queen Mother, and the King's brothers and sisters
acceptable new year's gifts, and by his Ambassador solicits
the rendition of the towns in Piedmont. He begins to put
things in order to recover the same one way or another;
whereupon the French put forth a rumour that they will
surrender the towns according to the treaty. |
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| 7. M. De Foix at his return to the Court visited the writer,
and commended the Queen, her realm, and subjects very
much. He also spoke well of the Queen of Scots, but not of
her realm or subjects. He liked the form of religion used in
England, and intends to exhibit the book which he brought
with him (translated into French) to the Queen Mother, the
King of Navarre, and the Chancellor. Dr. Balduine (Professor of Civil Law) has written something in form of an
apology of the said order of religion in England, which he
has desired the writer to send to Cecil, and if his labours are
agreeable to the Queen, he will proceed in the whole as he
has done in parts; or otherwise the same may serve (if it
does not please her to employ him) as a pattern for some
learned man in England to make a like apology for the
defence of her formula, which is thought to be necessary.
He perceives that such as sent him [Foix] thither think it
unkindly that he should return from the Queen without any
present, seeing the Queen of Scots gave him one. The said
De Foix was as well addressed to her with special instructions as to Scotland, to whom (it is said here) his legation
was not so pleasant as to the Queen of England. Foix, being
a man likely to come into credit, deserved some consideration. |
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| 8. Under colour of religion a great number of people are
assembled at Guienne, where they have committed many
outrages, and have also sacked a town and besieged M. De
Bury, Lieutenant to the King of Navarre, in that government; whereupon M. De Grandmont (lately made Knight of
the Order) accompanied with others of the long robe, is
despatched to persuade them, and in case that does not
prevail, the Prince of Condé will be sent with a force. |
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| 9. Upon the late persecution against the Protestants in the
Low Countries, above 200 wealthy families have come into
France, at which the King of Spain is offended; and to
prevent the same for the future, it is said all the towns and
passages are stopped upon the frontiers. |
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| 10. Linerolles (the Duke De Nemours' servant) is removed
from St. Germains (where he has been prisoner since his
apprehension) to Melun. The French will shortly make out
the process of the Duke De Nemours. |
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| 11. The bruit is revived that the Turk is dead, and that
Zelim, his eldest son, makes great preparation for war, which
is judged to be against his brother Bajazet rather than
Christendom. All Princes that have any interest in the
Turk's doings begin to arm. |
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| 12. Advertisements from Germany state that the Protestant Princes do assemble to consider the election of a King of
the Romans, and give order amongst themselves in case they
are assailed by their adversaries, which they suspect, because
the King of Spain, the Bishop of Rome, and the Duke of
Savoy begin to put themselves in order. |
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| 13. Has been informed from the Court that it is resolved
ere long to send M. De Foix to reside as Ambassador in
England, and M. De Sevre is to be revoked.—Paris, 8 Jan.
1561. Signed. |
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| Orig. Add. Endd. Pp. 7. |
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| Jan. 10. | 790. — to Shers. (fn. 3) |
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| The Council will open about the middle of this month;
the Emperor has promised that by that time his Ambassador
shall be at Trent. The Patriarch of Venice has set out to-day,
and to-morrow the Papal Nuncio follows. Mathio Dandolo
and Niccolo Da Ponte, elected by the Venetians to go to the
Council, are not yet ready. The scarcity at Trent is insupportable, and possibly the Council may be removed thence.
Has seen a letter (which is trustworthy) which mentions as
an undoubted fact that the Pope, the Emperor, the King of
Spain, and the Princes of Italy have resolved to enforce the
decrees of this Council. "My Ambassador" has received
letters from Piedmont, stating that the Queen Mother has
sent to the Duchess a bed for herself and a cradle for her
infant. The Queen Mother and the King of Navarre have
promised to restore the fortresses, with the exception of
Pinarol, for which they will give Carmagnola in exchange.—
Venice, 10 Jan. 1562. Signed, but the signature is torn off. |
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| Orig., with seal. Add.: To Shers, in London. Endd.:
Advices. Ital. Pp. 3. |
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| Jan. 10. | 791. N. Stopio to Sir John Mason. |
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| "Wrote last Saturday as usual. Sends intelligence with this.
War is expected in Piedmont, in consequence of the retention
of the fortresses. The Pope is raising troops. — Venice,
10 Jan. 1562. Signed: N. St. |
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| Orig. Hol., with seal. Add. Endd.: Advertisements.
Ital. Pp. 2. |
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| Jan. 10. | 792. Intelligences. |
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| 1. Spain, 13 Dec. The King has been to Alcala to see the
Prince, who has lately recovered of his quartan. Great joy
was signified at his recovery by processions, shot of artillery,
and juego de cañas. |
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| 2. Conte Brocardo has arrived. The Pope sent him to the
King respecting the grant of certain galleys by the Church.
The King has made a general view to see what soldiers may
be had in case of war, taking one out of every parish at
the charge of the same. |
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| 3. The principal Estates of Castiglia have repaired to the
Court, touching an impost lately ordered. |
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| 4. Nicesto Grimaldo, merchant of Genoa, has contracted
with the King to cause 500,000 crowns to be delivered at
Genoa, and 500,000 in Flanders by May; and also 500,000
in Spain, which he has there. The King assigned Guiri
[Algaria] in Spain for repayment of the money. He has sold
part thereof to Ruy Gomez, part to Erasso, and part to
Don Luys Mendes de Haro. The King also gave him a rich
commandery worth 6,000 crowns a year, and 70,000 crowns
in money, and will recommend Grimaldi's brother to be made
a Cardinal. |
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| 5. The King will probably come to Flanders, and it is
thought that he intends to make provision for the war. The
States of Flanders have made suit to the King to procure the
daughter of Cleves to be married to the Prince, which would
be a great surety to the rest of the Estates of the Low
Countries. The Marquis of Pescara is appointed to go to
Trent on behalf of the King. There are divers discourses
who shall be General by sea. Some think that the Duke of
Sessa will, who for the recovery of his sickness was seared in
the mouth. A son of the King of Bohemia will come to the
Court at the beginning of the year. The French gentleman
lately sent by the Queen Mother has had a long audience
with the King; and the day after he was with the Duke of
Alva, in company with the ordinary Ambassador; and has
since departed. The cause of his coming was to declare the end
of the Assembly in France, and what Bishops should be sent
to the Council, and also speak of the matters of Navarre. A
man of great reputation in the Indies has rebelled against the
King. |
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| 6. Paris, Dec. 22. The war, for lack of restoring the
places in Savoy, is confirmed, for that the King fortifies
Metz, Calais, and sundry other places. |
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| 7. Prague, 24 Dec. The Despot has made himself Duke of
Moldavia, and Duke Alessandro is retired to the Turk for
aid. The Transylvanians are fortifying a castle near Rysguarda, appertaining to the Emperor. Sentence is given in
the contention between the Dukes of Bavaria and Wurtemberg for the inheritance of Duke Ernest of Bohemia with the
Duke of Bavaria. |
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| 8. Milan, Jan. 7. The King of Spain means to amass five
millions of money, whereof he will make part in Flanders,
Naples, and Milan, besides what he makes in Genoa and
Spain. The Duke of Sessa (perceiving the disorder of apparel
in Milan) devised to set an impost on apparel, himself
wearing cloth; whereupon both men and women suddenly
fell to the like, and so the matter is much remedied. |
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| 9. Rome, Jan. 10. The Pope kept a feast last Tuesday in
remembrance of his coronation; at which the Cardinal De
la Cueva requested him to set Cardinal de Pisa at liberty, the
whole college crying gratia, gratia. He yielded, and gave
him liberty to see his friends in prison; but he is not yet
abroad. The Bishop of Trecene, a Neapolitan of the house of
Caragiola, has fled to Geneva, and become one of that religion.
On Tuesday last, at Stabia (a town appertaining to Flamino
da Langiulara) was found in a secret place a little shrine of
gold, in which was the blood of the Circumcision of Christ.
The Pope has sent the Bishop Maffeo thither to bring a true
report of the matter. The Duke of Florence minds (with the
consent of King Philip) to found an Order of sixty Knights,
to be called the Knights of St. Stephen, who are to have from
100 to 1,000 crowns for their entertainment. They are to have
a palace at Pisa, and also two galleys which they shall use
on the sea, as they see occasion, for the service of the religion.
The Pope understands by letters from Spain that the King
accepts the clergy's contributions for the maintenance of
certain galleys, and that he will appoint certain livings to
the Borromei, the Pope's nephews. King Philip minds to
marry the Prince his son to his sister, the Queen of Portugal.
There is speech, also, of a marriage between the Emperor and
Doña Maria of Portugal. |
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| 10. From France it was written that at Avignon there is a
foul work made among the nuns, friars, priests, and other
religious men; and that the Queen of Navarre was sick and
in danger. The subjects of Petigliano have rebelled against
their Prince, and submitted to the Pope. |
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| Orig. Endd. Pp. 6. |
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| Jan 10. | 793. Intelligences. |
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| 1. Prague, 15 Dec. 1561. The Emperor has appointed a
Diet of the Electors. The Bishop of Quinque Ecclesiæ and
the Baron De Poluillere are appointed Ambassadors to the
Council. The Archbishop of Prague goes as Ambassador for
Hungary, and the Bishop of Aguia with him. |
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| 2. Milan, 20 Dec. 1561. (See Jan. 3, 1562, No. 779.) |
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| 3. Rome, 27 Dec. 1561. The death of the Bishop of Bobbio
is reported, as also that of Cardinal Gaddi. The affairs of
France go from bad to worse. |
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| 4. Vienna, 23 Dec. 1561. (See Jan. 3, 1562. No. 779.) |
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| 5. The Catholic Court, 27 Nov. 1561. The King is at
Alcala to visit the Prince, who has recovered of his quartan,
for which there are many rejoicings. |
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| 6. 28 Nov. 1561. The intelligence of the arrival of M.
Crivello gives satisfaction at this Court. |
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| 7. 2 Dec. 1562. The Bishop elect of Saragossa is dead;
the Archbishop is busy in the Court with the cause of the
Archbishop of Toledo, which progresses. The King is
occupied in making an enrolment of persons who will serve
in the event of war, which leads to the belief that it is
impending. |
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| 8. 7 Dec. 1561. The intelligence of the armament is
confirmed; the levies will be taken into Italy or elsewhere.
The nobles of Castille are expected at the Court; they are
much aggrieved by the new taxes. Nicholo Grimaldo, a
Genoese merchant, has undertaken to pay to the King
500,000 scudi in Genoa and other 500,000 in Flanders.
These sums are intended for the provision of military stores,
and to pay the King's debts. The States of Flanders have
requested the King to obtain the daughter of the Duke of
Cleves for his son in marriage, which would be for the
interest of Flanders. |
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| 9. 10 Dec. 1561. A courier will speedily be despatched to
Rome upon the matter of the galleys. Ambassadors are
appointed for Rome and the Council. The Marquis of
Pescara is to go to the opening of the Council, at Trent, in
the Pope's name. He, or the Duke of Sessa, or Don Garcia
De Toledo, will be Admiral. The Duke of Sessa has been ill,
but has recovered. Of the money received from Grimaldo,
500,000 scudi will be retained in Spain. The surrender of
lands to France by the Marquis of Saluzzo will make it
difficult for the French to restore the Piedmontese lands to
Savoy. A son of the King of Bohemia will shortly appear
in this Court. |
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| 10. 13 Dec. 1561. The French gentleman who came to this
Court from the Queen Mother has returned after having had
long interviews with the King, the Duke of Alva, and the
Ambassador in ordinary. The Queen's Ambassador is Don
Zio: Di Zunigha. He who will go to the Council is the
Count De Montereggio, well learned in theology. Many friars
will accompany him. |
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| 11. Prague, 29 Dec. 1561. The Despot is made Duke of
Moldavia, but it is not true that Duke Alexander is killed.
The inhabitants of Transylvania are building a castle near
Rysvorda. The King's Council has decided the suit in favour
of the Duke of Bavaria, whose claim to the inheritance of
Duke Ernest of Bohemia was opposed by the Duke of
Wurtemberg. |
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| 12. Paris, 22 Nov. 1561. War about the restitution of the
places in Piedmont is expected. Lutheranism increases daily.
The realms of the King of Spain are much inclined to the
new religion, and it is openly preached throughout France.
The Duke of Nemours has sent to the Queen, justifying
himself from the charges brought against him respecting the
Duke of Orleans. The fortifications of Calais are advanced
day and night. |
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| 13. Rome, 10 Jan. 1562. The Bishops sent by various
Princes to the Council are displeased with their mission, and
the Pope has directed that those localities should be
strengthened. The King of Spain has given a gracious
audience to the Count Brocchardo, and has determined to
send Don Luigi, commendator of Castille, as his Ambassador
at Rome in the place of Vargas. At Avignon the French commit many outrages upon all who hold with the Pope. His
Holiness has decided that all Prelates shall wear their proper
dress. Three stars have appeared over certain relics found at
Stabbia. The Prince of Spain is recovered, and as the King
is not likely to have issue, the marriage of the Prince is
recommended. Alarmed at the proceedings in France, the
King has borrowed a million of gold from Anastazio
Grimaldi; he will send the Marquis of Pescara to Trent.
The Duke of Sessa is ill, and has not arrived in Italy. The
French Ambassador, at a long audience which he has had
with the King, has recounted all the proceedings about
religion in France, especially at the late Conference, with
which the King was much scandalized. Letters from Milan
of the 7th instant speak of the intention to enforce a law
against excess of dress. The Duchess of Savoy has given
birth to a son. When the Duke of Pitigliano was hunting,
the populace murdered his guards and drove him into
another of his castles. |
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| Orig., in two hands. Endd.: Advertisements. Ital. Pp. 7. |
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