Add MS 18741

ORIGINAL LETTERS of distinguished persons of foreign countries, or papers signed by them, viz.: "Gilbertus de Corigia Comes Bersili [Gilberto di Corregio Conte di Brescella, captain of Condottieri] ; Soave, 2 May, 1455. Ital. With seal, f. 1; Ludovicus de Campofregoso, Dux Januensis; Genoa, 16 Dec. 1461. Lat. With seal, f. 3; P[aulus] de Campofregoso, Archiepiscopus et Dux Januensium; Genoa, 15 June, 1463. Lat. With seal, f. 5; Louis XI. of France, his orders upon a report of proceedings against Charles d'Albret, styled the "Capdet de le bret," as a partisan of the Count of Armagnac; 24 Mar. 1472 [1473]. With signature. Fr., f. 7; Charles VIII. of France; Moulins [sur l'Allier], 19 Jan. [14⁸⁹/₉₀]. Fr. Signed, f. 12; Ymbert de Batarnay [Seigneur de Bouchage]; Amboise, 11 Apr. [ 1498]. Fr., f. 14; "Germane," [Germaine de Foix, second wife of Ferdinand the Catholic]; Seville, 29 Oct. [1508]. Fr., f. 16; "Loyse," [Louise de Savoie, mother of Francis I. ]; [1525]. Fr., f. 18; [Antoine] de Castelnau, Bishop of Tarbes; Toledo, 6 Feb. 1538 [1539]. Fr. Signed, f. 20; [Hercules II. ] Duke of Ferrara; Ferrara, 3 Feb. 1558. Ital. With seal Signed, f. 24; Francis II. of France; St. Germain, 4 Oct. 1560. Fr. Signed, f. 28; Loise de Bretaigne; n.d. Fr., f. 33; Charlotte de Bourbon [daughter of Louis Duc de Montpensier, afterwards married to Guillaume de Nassau, Prince d'Orange]; n. d. [1558- 1572]. Fr., f. 36; H[enri] d'Angoulesme [Grand Prior of France, natural son of Henry II. of France]; Avranche, 2 June, 1570. Fr. f. 38; M[ichel] de L'Ospital [Chancellor of France]; Bu, 2 Jul. 1571. Fr., f. 41; Henry [Duc d'Anjou, afterwards Henry III. of France]; "en camp devant la Rochelle," 1 Jul. 1572. Fr. Signed, f. 43; Catherine [de Medicis, widow of Henry II. of France]; n. d. [circ. 1571]. Fr., f. 46; Henry de Bourbon [Prince de Condé]; 10 Sept. 1578. Fr., f. 48; [François de] la Noue; Brussels, 1 Dec. [1578]. Fr., f. 50; [Antonio, Grand Prior of Crato, natural son of the Infante Don Luis, son of Emmanuel, King of Portugal, under the assumed title of] King of Portugal; "Estepene," 21 Jul. 1580]. Portug., f. 52; Ysabel daughter of the Emperor Maximilian II. and widow of Charles IX. of France]; 23 Sept. [1588]. Span., f. 55 N[icolas] Potier 'de Blancmesnil]; Chalons, 29 Dec. [1590]. Fr., f. 58; Diane f[ille] de France [Duchess of Angoulême, legitimatised daughter of Henry II. of France]; Tours, 5 Mar. 1591. Fr., f. 60; Pope Clement VIII. [Ippolito Aldobrandini]; 26 Mar. 1596. Ital., f. 62; Philippe G[uillaume] de Nassau [Prince of Orange]; Emmerich, 15 Oct. 1596. Fr. With seal, f. 65; [Nicolas] de Neufville [Seigneur de Villeroy]; Paris, 10 Nov. 1598. Fr., f. 68; Charles [II., Duc de Lorraine] ; Nancy, 6 Jan. 1599. Fr. Signed, f. 71; Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse [Cassel]; Cassel, 5 Dec. 1602. Fr. Signed, f. 73; D[iane] d'Estrées [sister of la belle Gabrielle, and widow of Jehan de Montluc, Seigneur de Ballagny]; signature to a deed, dat. 19 Oct. 1604. Fr., f. 76; [Philippe de Mornay, Seigneur] du Plessis; Thouars, 28 Oct. 1604. Fr., f. 78; [Charles de Gonzague, Duc de] Nevers; 19 Nov. 1609. Fr., f. 80; "Yo la Reyna" [Margaret of Austria, daughter of the Archduke Charles, and wife of Philip III. of Spain]; Aranda de duero, 7 Aug. 1610. Span., f. 83; François [de Sales] Evesque de Genève; Thonon, 12 Sept. 1611. Fr. With seal, f. 87; Catherine de Gonzague [daughter of Louis, Duc de Nevers, and widow of Henry d'Orléans, Duc de Longueville]; [June, 1613]. Fr. With seal, f. 90; [Concino] Concini Maréchal d'Ancre]; Amiens, 10 Sept. 1617. Fr., f. 93; Elizabeth "daughter of Henry IV. of France and wife of Philip IV. of Spain]; Escurial, 20 Aug. Fr. With seal, f. 96; Henry de Rohan; Castres, 19 May, 1624. Fr. With seal, f. 99; Pietro Pauolo Rubens; Antwerp, 30 Dec. 1627. Ital., f. 101; Pierre Cardinal de Bérulle; Paris, 20 Jul. [1628]. Fr. With seal, f. 103; [Charlotte?] de Montmorency [wife of Henri II., Prince de Condé?]; Chantilly, 9 May. Fr., f. 106; Louis de Bourbon [Comte de Soissons]; Paris, 28 Jan. [1635]. Fr. With seal, f. 108; [Louis de Nogaret] Cardinal de Lavalette; Pfaffenofen, 16 June, 1636. Fr., f. 111; Marguerite de Lorraine [daughter of François, Comte de Vaudemont]; 3 Jul. . Fr. With seal, f. 114; Gaston [Duc d'Orléans]; Blois, 26 Apr. 1638. Fr. With seal, f. 116; Vladislao Sigismundo [Wladislas VII. King of Poland]; Warsaw, 3 Mar. [1638]. Ital. With seal, f. 119; Louis XIII, of France; 4 Nov. 1639. Fr. With seal, f. 122. [Partly written in a kind of cipher]; [Louis ?] Comte de Cossé [afterwards Duc de Brissac ?]; Paris, 28 Mar. 1645. Fr. With seal, f. 125; [Josias, Comte] de Ranzau [Marshal of France]; Furnes, 4 Jul. 1648. Fr. With seal, f. 128; [Pierre] Séguier [Chancellor of France]; Paris, 11 Jul. 1649. Fr., f. 132; F[rederic] M[aurice de la Tour d'Auvergne [Duc de Bouillon]; Turenne, 24 Feb. 1651. Fr., f. 135; Armand de Bourbon [Prince de Conti]; two letters, dat. Bordeaux, 7 Aug. [1652 ?],and "la Grange," 15 Sept. 1662. Fr., ff. 138, 141; Charles [IV. Duc] de Lorraine; 20 Feb. 1659. Fr., f. 144; [Godefroy Comte] d'Estrades [Ambassador in England]; London, 20 Feb. 1662. Fr. With seal, f. 147; [Jean] Chapelain [the Poet]; Paris, 4 Feb. 1662. Fr. With seal, f. 150; Marie Anne de Wirtemberg [daughter of Ulrich, youngest son of Friedrich Duke of Würtemberg] "au Calvere," 22 Nov. [1679]. Fr. With seal, f. 153; Louis [Dauphin of France, son of Louis XIV. ]; Versailles, 24 Jul. 1683. Fr. With seal, f. 156; Louis XIV.; Versailles, 25 Jul. 1683. Fr. With seal, f. 159; Isabelle d'Orléans [daughter of Gaston, Duke of Orleans, and widow of Louis Joseph de Lorraine, Duc de Guise]; Versailles, 28 Feb. 1685. Fr., f. 162; [Gottfried Wilhelm] Leibnitz; Hanover, 18 Jan. 1701. Fr., f. 165; [Marie] Elizabeth de Nassau [widow of Heinrich, Count of Nassau- Siegen]; Siegen. 28 Aug. [1701]. Fr., f. 168; Ulrica Leonora [Regent, afterwards Queen, of Sweden]. Signature to letters patent; Stockholm, 22 Dec. 1718; with countersignature of D. M. von Höpken. German. With seal, f. 173; Philippe [Duc] d'Orléans [Regent of France]; Versailles, l2 Dec. 1722. Fr. With seal, f. 175; Louis, son of Philip V. of Spain] as King of Spain; Madrid, 29 Jan. 1724. Span. With seal. f. 179; Gustavus III. of Sweden; Drotningholm, 16 Jul. 1782. Fr., f. 182; Louis XVI. of France; Paris, 18 Apr. 1792. Fr. With seals, f. 185; Charles Philippe [Comte d'Artois, afterwards Charles X of France]; Spithead, 23 Dec. 1795. Fr., f. 188. Paper; XVth to XVIIIth centt. Folio. [Add. 18,741.]