Add MS 79520

Relazioni and other historical papers relating to Spain, England and the Papacy; 17th cent. Italian. Copies. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford but lacking his armorial bookplate. 'L362' in pencil in lower left corner of front pastedown and '1479' in brown ink upper left corner of f. 1. Formerly Phillipps MS. 7838, trace of Phillipps shelfmark on lower spine. Purchased, together with Add. 79517, 79518, 79519 and 79521, through Finarte Semenzato Auction House, Venice, 5 May 2003.

Paper; ff. i + 108 (modern foliation in pencil). 196 x 265mm. Horizontal catchwords on each page. Two 17th-cent. Italian hands. 19th-cent. binding of brown paper on pasteboards.

1. f. 1-22v. 'Relatione dell' Ill[ustrissi]mo et Ecc[ellentissi]mo Leonardo Moro Ambasciatore Veneto appresso la Maestà Cat[oli]ca l'anno 1627', Relazione of Spain by Leonardo Moro, Venetian Ambassador in Spain, dealing with (a) the territories under the Spanish crown, (b) its revenues and expenditure, (c) its land and sea forces, (d) its government and relations with other princes; [1627]. [italics]Italian. Copy. Inc.[/italics] 'Ser[enissi]mo Pr[inci]pe. Tra tutte le cose che portano beneficio al governo di stato', [italics]expl.[/italics] 'e questo è q[ua]nto mi occorre dire delle cose di Spagna'. Other copies in Add. 8355 (art. 5, ff. 100-188v; art. 10, ff. 252-283v), 48148 (Yelverton MS. 160; art. 11, ff. 163-211v), and Stowe 96 (art. 5, ff. 131-207). Mentioned, but not published, by Barozzi – Berchet, ser. 1, vol. i (1856), p. 598.

2. ff. 23-30v. 'Relatione d'Inghilterra'; [[italics]circa[/italics] 1587-1603], Relazione of England written during the reign of Elizabeth I, after the death of Mary Queen of Scots (f. 30). [italics]Italian. Copy. Inc.[/italics] 'L'Isola d'Inghilterra, Ser[enissi]mo Pr[inci]pe (…) descritta dagli antichi per la p[rim]a[superscript] [/superscript]e la magg[io]r di quant' altre havevano cognit[io]ne …', [italics]expl[/italics]. 'con i Grandi del Regno, e p[er] il suo valore, e part[icola]ri intelligenze che hà, e qui faccio, fine'.

3. ff. 31-74v. 'Instruttione al Card[inale] Ginetti legato per la pace dell' anno 1636', instructions from Cardinal Francesco Barberini to Cardinal Marzio Ginetti, appointed [italics]legatus a latere[/italics] in 1635 to preside over the peace congress at Cologne between France, Spain and Germany, written by Ginetti's secretary Pietro Benessa. [italics]Inc[/italics]. 'Le discordie e li discomponim[en]ti tra Pr[inci]pi Cat[toli]ci', [italics]expl[/italics]. 'mà che questo capitolato degli Heretici si faccia à parte. Fine'. Other copies of the text in Add. 8264 (art. e, ff. 374-554), 8299 (art. 5, ff. 97-167v, dated 1630), 8323 (art. 1, ff. 2-113v), 8732 (art. 1, ff. 2-194) and 8772 (art. 1, ff. 1-123v). Original drafts of the instructions are in MS. Vat. lat. 6915 and in Archivio Segreto Vaticano, Misc. III, t. 36, ff. 536-670, 672-691v. Partly printed by K. Repgen in 'Die Hauptinstruktion Ginettis für den Kölner Kongress (1636)', [italics]Quellen und Forschungen aus Italienischen Archiven und Bibliotheken[/italics], xxxiv (1954), pp. 268-287.

4. ff. 75-108. 'Conclave fatto dall' Emin[entissi]mo Cardinal Albornoz spagnolo per morte di Papa Urbano Ottavo Maffeo Barberini fiorentino nel quale fu assonto al Pontificato il Cardinale Pamfilio Romano detto poi Innocentio Decimo 1644', an account of conclave following death of Urban VIII in 1644 that elected Giovanni Battista Pamphili as Innocent X; 1644. [italics]Italian[/italics]. [italics]Copy[/italics]. [italics]Inc[/italics]. 'Molti e varii sono gli accidenti, e successi d'una sede vacante, e d'un conclave', [italics]expl[/italics]. 'sperandosi dal Sig[no]re longa vita et ottimo pontificato'. Copies of different accounts of the same conclave in Add. 4350, 8416 (art. 24, ff. 312-323v; 324-388v), 8421 (art. 1, ff. 1-54v), and 19327.