MISCELLANEOUS historical pieces, of the first half of the XVIIth cent., viz.: 1. "Parte of the liffe of Kinge James of ffamous memorye, with diuers matters of consequence which hapned in his Raigne." Printed in the Somers Tracts (1809), Vol. II., p. 265. f. 3. 2. "The manner of the Sicknes and...
MISCELLANEOUS papers relating to England, France, Italy, and the Netherlands, consisting chiefly of copies of letters, relations, despatches, etc.; in Italian, Spanish, and Latin. Among them are:- 1. "Se sia espediente alla Reina d'Inghilterra maritar la S- Ar[a]bella [Stuart] al Prencipe di C...
MISCELLANEOUS papers,chiefly political; 1559-1705. Included are:- 1. [Pietro Paolo] Vergerio [the younger, Italian reformer] to Queen Elizabeth; Heidelberg, 29 Oct. 1559. Ital. Copy. f. 1. 2. Answer of Queen Elizabeth in council to the Spanish ambassador, refusing to admit the Abbat of Marti...
HISTORICAL collections of Sir Peter Manwood, of Hackington co. Kent (son of Sir Roger Manwood, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, 1578-1592), Sheriff of Kent 1602, K.B. 1603, d. 1625: consisting mainly of transcripts and translations of state papers, 1564-1618 especially for the years 1603-1605. Most...
DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE THIRTY YEARS WAR IN ITALY, etc.; 1544-1631, n.d. Latin and Italian. Copies, 17th cent. 1. ff. 2-68b. 'Discorso di Mons. Claudio Tolomei . . . ', a political discourse by Claudio Tolomei on the ability of Pope Paul III (1534-1549) to give judgement in favour of France ...
TRUMBULL PAPERS. Vol. CLXI (ff. 144). Papers and tracts relating to the Spanish Netherlands; 1515-1624, n.d. Mostly copies. Partly imperfect. Mostly Latin, French, Spanish, Italian and Dutch. The material largely concerns affairs in the Spanish Netherlands under the Archdukes Albert and Isabella...
EDMONDES PAPERS. VOL. III. (ff. 385). 21 Feb. 1605-22 Mar. 1606, N.S. Edmondes started for Brussels on 19 April, 1605, and his first letter here is dated 3 May, containing an account of the Marquis Ambrosio Spinola, the newly-appointed Spanish General in the Low Countries. The principal events t...
EDMONDES PAPERS. Vol. IV. (ff. 309). 29 March, 1607- 16 March, 1607 [8]. A gap of a whole year occurs between this and the preceding volume. The latter part of 1606 had been taken up by the secret negotiations of John Ney, Commissary General of the Friars Minor, on behalf of the Archduke, for a ...