Series 1 > Papal negotiations with Mary Queen of Scots during her reign in Scotland, 1561-1567

288 PAPAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH MARY [7 OCT.
from hence, I need say no more on the subject, except to praise the
resolution you have taken, which cannot essentially differ anyway from
his Holiness’ pious intention in this matter. Nevertheless I have already
sent you, along with my previous letters, the briefs you asked for cor¬
rected in your own way. This for your information ; I conclude by
continuing my offers of service.
From Rome the last day of September 1566.
Come fratello, etc.. The Cardinal op Alessandria.
[Addressed as before.']
[Endorsed] Received in Paris, 20 October].
No. 75
THE BISHOP OF MONDOVI TO THE CARDINAL
OF ALESSANDRIA.
Inghilterra, I. A, fol. 7 b.
[Paris, 7 October 1566]
Da Parigi, alii vii di Octobre m.d.lxvi.
[1] lo scrissi ultimamente alia S. V. Illma che per 1’ordine
che ella havea dato a Monsignor di Ceneda sopra quelli brevi
che toccavano la osservatione del Concilio per il clero, delib-
berai di consentimento et consiglio di esso Monsignore andare
in corte a presentare li miei, li quali in questa parte erano
poco differenti da quelli di S. Sria, ma havendo inteso che
queste Maiesta s’erano in Suession imbarcate sul flume per
andare a Gaglione,1 et essendo ancora state soprapreso d’un
poco di flusso, non potetti proseguire il viaggio; et come che
il male mi habbia durato pochi giorni, nondimeno mi risolsi
aspettare la risposta di V. S. Illma avanti che facessi questo
officio con le Maiesta loro; parendomi che il Sr Iddio
m1 havesse mandata quella poca indispositione per farmi poi
intieramente eseguire la santissima volunta di Nostro Signore,
come faro hora che ho ricevuti i secondi brevi acconciati nel
1 The French court was making one of those royal progresses, in which the
sovereigns of that age took so much pleasure. When Laureo arrived (21 August,
§ 3, ante) it was at Villers-Cotterets, now it has reached Soissons, and embarked
on the Oise, in order to travel down stream to the Seine, and then down the
Seine to Gaillon, which would be some fifty miles from Paris by road. By the
time Laureo leaves (infra, 26 March) they have come round to Fontainebleau,
on the south-west.