Add MS 48087

DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS relating to the Thirty Years' War and the Valtelline question, and chiefly concerning the missions of Sir Isaac Wake at Turin and Venice, and Sir Dudley Carleton, Baron Carleton of Imbercourt (1626) and Viscount Dorchester (1628), at the Hague; 1619-1632. Latin, English, French and Italian. Copies, temp. Charles I. Originals of a number of the items are to be found among the State Papers Foreign at the Public Record Office. Sir Isaac Wake's letter-books, 1615-1630, are Add. MSS. 18639-18642 and 34310-34311.

1. ff. 1-1b. Memoranda on the Roman Republic. Italian.

2. ff. 4-12b. 'Instruccione a Principi': an anonymous treatise on the Jesuit Order. Italian. First printed under the title Instruttione à Prencipi . . . , Poschiavo, 1617. For other copies see Add. 48114, artt. 6, 10.

3. ff. 13-13b. Letter from Muzio Vitelleschi, General of the Jesuit Order, to the state of Venice; 4 Sept. n.s. 1621. Italian. Marginal note, f. 13b, states that the letter was burnt by the Venetian Senate.

4. ff. 14-15. Address of Étienne d'Aligre, Sieur de la Rivière, French ambassador to Venice, to the Venetian 'Collegio' or cabinet; Dec. 1624. Italian. See SP Ven. 1623-1625, p. 445.

5. ff. 15b-16b. Address of Sir Isaac Wake to the Venetian cabinet; 9 Jan. n.s. 1625. Italian. See SP Ven. 1623-1625, pp. 534-535.

6. f. 17. Address to Sir Isaac Wake from the Venetian cabinet; 17 May n.s. 1625. Italian. SP Ven. 1625-1626, p. 45.

7. ff. 20-21. Treaty of Madrid; 26 April n.s. 1621. French. Dumont, v, pt.2, pp. 395-396.

8. ff. 22-28. Treaty of Monzon; 5 March n.s. 1626. Preceded by a narrative preamble concerning the negotiations and followed (f. 26) by the secret articles. French. The articles and secret articles are printed in Dumont, v, pt.2, pp. 487-489.

9. ff. 29-34. Negotiations with Venice by Father Zaccaria Boveria, Capuchin friar, on behalf of Pope Urban VIII, relating to the Valtelline crisis; autumn 1623-spring 1624. Italian. See f. 29b and SP Ven. 1623-1625, pp. 245, 252-253.

10. ff. 35-36. Memorandum on the Mantuan succession; 1627? Italian. Headed 'This wrightinge was spreade by the Count Martinengo', possibly Conte Ottavio de Marcantonio di Martinengo (see P. Guerrini, I Conti di Martinengo, 1930, p. 492).

11. ff. 38-43. Papers submitted to the Venetian cabinet by Sir Isaac Wake;

11 Nov. n.s. 1627. Italian. See SP Ven. 1626-1628, pp. 460-464. Material on ff. 41b-42b is printed in The negotiations of Sir Thomas Roe, ed.

S. Richardson, 1740, pp. 711-713. Followed (f. 43) by the reply of the Senate; 19 Nov. n.s. 1627. Italian. SP Ven. 1626-1628, p. 475 and Richardson, p. 719.

12. ff. 44-46b. Letter of Sir Isaac Wake to the Protestant cantons of Switzerland; 13 Nov. n.s. 1627. Italian.

13. ff. 50-56b. Documents relating to negotiations at the Hague between Great Britain, the States General of the United Provinces and Denmark; Nov.-Dec. 1625. As follows: (a) Abstract of propositions put by Sir Dudley Carleton, ambassador extraordinary at the Hague, to the States General; 20 Nov. n.s. 1625. ff. 50-50b; (b) Abstract of a despatch from George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, ambassadors extraordinary at the Hague, and Sir Dudley Carleton; 14 Nov. o.s. 1625.

ff. 51-51b; (c) Treaty of the Hague; 9 Dec. n.s. 1625. French. Dumont, v, pt.2, pp. 482-483. ff. 53-55; (d) Memoir on the Treaty of the Hague, signed by the ambassadors of Great Britain and Denmark and the Deputies of the States General of the United Provinces; 9 Dec. n.s. 1625. French. Dumont, v, pt.2, p. 485. ff. 55b-56b.

14. ff. 57-58. Treaty of Ulm; 3 July n.s. 1620. French. A German version is printed in Dumont, v, pt.2, p. 369.

15. ff. 58b-60. Letter to Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, from 'B.N.', probably in the Duke's service; late April-early May 1621. French. f. 58b. Followed by documents enclosed in the letter, as follows: (a) Letter from James I of England to Ambrosio Spinola, Marqués de los Balbases; 5 April o.s. 1621. French. f. 59; (b) Treaty of Mainz; 12 April n.s. 1621. Latin. A French version is printed in Dumont, v, pt.2, p. 391. ff. 59b-60.

16. ff. 61-63b. Treaty of alliance between the United Provinces and Venice;

31 Dec. 1619. French. A Dutch version is printed in Groot Placaet-

boeck . . . , ed. H. J. van Wouw etc., 1658 etc., iv, pp. 283-285.

17. ff. 67-77. Documents relating to negotiations of Lord Carleton, ambassador extraordinary at the Hague; Sept. 1627-Jan. 1628. French. As follows:

(a) Address of Carleton to the States General; 10 Sept. n.s. 1627. ff. 67-70b; (b) Propositions of Carleton to the States General; 15 Sept. n.s. 1627. Printed in Richardson, op. cit., pp. 691-692. ff. 71-72;

(c) Propositions of Carleton to the States General; 6 Oct. n.s. 1627. Printed, ibid., pp. 702-705. ff. 72b-75; (d) Reply of the States General; 6 Oct. n.s. 1627. ff. 75b-76; (e) Propositions of Charles de Faye, Sieur d'Espesses, French ambassador to the United Provinces, to the States General; 1 Jan. [n.s.?] 1628. Printed, ibid., p. 751. ff. 76b-77.

18. ff. 85-91b. The Treaty of Paris and subsequent agreements relating to the alliance of France, Venice and Savoy under this treaty. French. As follows: (a) Treaty of Paris; 7 Feb. n.s. 1623. Dumont, v, pt.2, p. 417. ff. 85-86b; (b) Articles agreed by France, Venice and Savoy; St Germain-en-Laye, 5 Sept. n.s. 1624. See also Stowe MS. 137, ff. 118-120b. ff. 87-89; (c) Propositions agreed by France and Savoy; St Germain-en-Laye, 5 Sept. n.s. 1624. See also Stowe MS. 135, ff. 120-121. ff. 89b-90b; (d) Propositions agreed by French representatives at the conference at Susa; 22 Oct. n.s. 1624. See also Stowe MS. 135, ff. 123-124, 125-126. ff. 91-91b.

19. ff. 94-98b. Documents relating to Sir Isaac Wake's mission to Switzerland; early Sept. 1625. See SP Ven. 1625-1626, pp. 152-153, 159, 163. As follows: (a) Negotiations with the Grisons. Italian. The marginal note assigning this item to 1624 is not correct. ff. 94-94b; (b) Propositions to the Protestant cantons. French. ff. 95-96b; (c) 'Un memorial donne aux Princes de la Ligue', probably from Sir Isaac Wake to the allies of the Treaty of Paris, concerning the Valtelline question; 1625, aft. Sept. French. ff. 97-98b.

20. ff. 102-103. Contract for the marriage between Princess Christina, sister of Louis XIII of France, and Victor Amadeus, Prince of Piedmont, eldest son of the Duke of Savoy; 11 Jan. n.s. 1619. French. Printed in Dumont, v, pt.2, pp. 326-328, where the preamable and first article are fuller than in the present MS.

21. ff. 104-105b. List of marriage alliances made and proposed between the royal houses of England and France; 904-1581. French.

22. ff. 107-125. 'A discourse of the 13 cantons of the Helveticall League', by Sir Isaac Wake; 1625-1632 (see f. 112b). Printed in Wake's A three fold help to political observations contained in three discourses, 1655, pp. 1-62. Another copy is Add. 22591, ff. 102-110b.

Paper; ff. i + 210 (190-199 lacking). 17th-cent. foliation. Quarto. Temp. Charles I. Two hands: (a) artt. 1-21. See also Add. 48062, f. 60; (b) art. 22. Vellum binding with green silk ties, numbered '95' (twice) on spine.

Sir Isaac Wake, diplomatist: Correspondence and papers: 1619-1632: Engl., Lat., Fr. and Ital: Copies, temp Chas. I.

Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester: Papers rel. to his diplomatic missions: 17th cent.: Copies.

Sir Isaac Wake: Papers rel. to his diplomatic missions: 17th cent.: Copies.

Elizabeth I of England: Papers of R. Beale, Clerk of the Council: 16th cent.

Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council: Correspondence and papers.

includes:

• ff. 1-1b Ancient and Modern. City of Rome: Memoranda on the Republic: 17th cent: Ital.
• ff. 4-12b Orders Religious. Jesuits: Political Tracts: Treatise, `Instruttione à Prencipi', conc. the Jesuit Order: c. 1617: Ital: Three copies, 17th cent.
• ff. 13-13b Orders Religious. Jesuits: Letter from M. Vitelleschi, general of the Order, to the state of Venice: 1621: Ital: Copy.
• ff. 13-13b Muzio Vitelleschi, General of the Jesuit Order: Letter to the state of Venice: 1621: Ital: Copy.
• ff. 13-13b Venice: Letter to, from M. Vitelleschi: 1621: Ital: Copy.
• ff. 13-17, 29-34, 38-43, 61-63b, 85-91b Venice: Diplomatic correspondence and papers conc.: 1619-1627: Fr. and Ital: Copies, temp. Chas. I.
• ff. 14-15 Étienne de Aligre, Sieur de la Rivière; French ambassador to Venice: Address to the Venetian cabinet: 1624: Ital: Copy.
• ff. 15b-17, 38-43 Sir Isaac Wake, diplomatist: Negotiations with the Venetian cabinet: 1625, 1627: Ital: Copies.
• ff. 20-21 Treaties: Treaty of Madrid: 1621: Fr: Copy.
• ff. 20-21 Madrid, Spain: Treaty of: 1621: Fr: Copy.
• ff. 20-34, 38-46b, 85-98b Valtelline, Italy: Diplomatic correspondence and papers conc.: 1621-1627: Fr. and Ital: Copies.
• ff. 22-28 Treaties: Treaty of Monzon: 1626: Fr: Copy.
• ff. 29-34 Urban VIII; Pope: Negotiations of Z. Boveria with Venice on behalf of: 1623-1624: Ital: Copy.
• ff. 29-34 Zaccaria Boveria, Capuchin friar: Negotiations on behalf of Pope Urban VIII with Venice: 1623-1624: Ital: Copy.
• ff. 35-36 Conte Ottavio de Marcantonio di Martinengo: Memorandum on the Mantuan succession by(?): 1627(?): Ital: Copy.
• ff. 35-36 City of Mantua: Memorandum on the succession of: 1627(?): Ital: Copy.
• ff. 44-46b Sir Isaac Wake, diplomatist: Letter to the Protestant cantons of Switzerland: 1627: Ital: Copy.
• ff. 44-46b Switzerland: Letter to the Protestant cantons of, from Sir I. Wake: 1627: Ital: Copy.
• ff. 50-56b Netherlands, United Provinces: Treaty of the Hague, with related documents: 1625: Engl. and Fr: Copies.
• ff. 50-56b Christian IV of Denmark: Treaty of the Hague, with related documents: 1625: Engl. and Fr: Copies.
• ff. 50-56b The Hague, the Netherlands: Treaty of, with related documents: 1625: Engl. and Fr: Copies.
• ff. 50-56b Treaties: Treaty of the Hague, with related documents: 1625: Engl. and Fr: Copies.
• ff. 50-56b, 67-77 Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester: Negotiations, etc., at the Hague: 1625, 1627-1628: Engl. and Fr: Copies.
• ff. 51-51b George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham: Despatch from the Hague: 1625: Abstract.
• ff. 51-51b Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland: Despatch from the Hague: 1625: Abstract.
• ff. 57-58 Treaties: Treaty of Ulm: 1620: Fr: Copy.
• f. 58b Charles Emmanuel I; Duke of Savoy: Letter to, from B. N.: 1621: Fr: Copy.
• f. 58b B. N: Letter to the Duke of Savoy: 1621: Fr: Copy.
• f. 59 James I of England: Letter to the Marqués Spinola: 1621: Fr: Copy.
• f. 59 Ambrosio Spinola, Marqués de los Balbases: Letter to, from James I: 1621: Fr: Copy.
• ff. 59b-60 Treaties: Treaty of Mainz: 1621: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 61-63b Netherlands, United Provinces: Treaty of alliance with Venice: 1619: Fr: Copy.
• ff. 61-63b Venice: Treaty of alliance with the United Provinces: 1619: Fr: Copy.
• ff. 61-63b Treaties: Treaty of alliance between the United Provinces and Venice: 1619: Fr: Copy.
• ff. 67-77 Netherlands, United Provinces: Papers rel. negotiations with England and France at the Hague: 1627-1628: Engl. and Fr: Copies.
• ff. 67-77 Treaties: Papers rel. negotiations between England, France and the United Provinces: 1627-1628: Engl. and Fr: Copies.
• ff. 76b-77 Charles de Faye, Sieur d' Espesses; French ambassador to the United Provinces: Propositions to the States General: 1628: Fr: Copy.
• ff. 85-91b Charles Emmanuel I; Duke of Savoy: Treaty of Paris and subsequent agreement with France and Venice: 1623-1624: Fr: Copies.
• ff. 85-91b Treaties: Treaty of Paris and consequent agreements: 1623-1624: Fr: Copies.
• ff. 85-91b Louis XIII of France: Treaty of Paris and consequent agreements with Savoy and Venice: 1623-1624: Fr: Copies.
• ff. 94-98b Switzerland: Papers conc. the mission of Sir I. Wake to: 1625: Fr. and Ital: Copies.
• ff. 94-98b Sir Isaac Wake, diplomatist: Papers conc. his mission to Switzerland: 1625: Fr. and Ital: Copies.
• ff. 102-103 Treaties: Contract for marriage of Princess Christina of France and Victor Amadeus, Prince of Piedmont: 1619: Fr: Copy.
• ff. 102-103 Victor Amadeus I; Duke of Savoy: Contract for his marriage with Princess Christina of France: 1619: Fr: Copy.
• ff. 102-103 Louis XIII of France: Contract for the marriage of his sister with Victor Amadeus, Prince of Piedmont: 1619: Fr: Copy.
• ff. 102-103 Charles Emmanuel I; Duke of Savoy: Contract for the marriage of his son with Princess Christina of France: 1619: Fr: Copy.
• ff. 104-105b France General: List of marriage alliances, 904-1581, made and proposed with England: 17th cent: Fr.
• ff. 104-105b England General: List of marriage alliances, 904-1581, made and proposed with France: 17th cent: Fr.
• ff. 107-125 Sir Isaac Wake, diplomatist: `A discourse of the 13 cantons of the Helveticall League': 1625-1632.
• ff. 107-125 Switzerland: `A discourse of the 13 cantons of the Helveticall League', by Sir I. Wake: 1625-1632.