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

380 PAPAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH MARY [8 APRIL
darmi conto del suo viaggio in scriptis, io non voglio lasciare
per servitio della Beatitudine Sua mandare a V. S. Illma la
medesima scrittura di lui, dalla quale si comprende in buona
parte tutto il progresso di questa negotiatione, et anco quello
che si puo sperare delle cose di la.
[6] Quanto ai danari del soccorso, restano xvim A15; per-
cioche se ne mandarono, come V. S. Ulma sa, a quella Regina
iiiim et della mia provisione mi son valuto per trattenermi
qua del mese d’Agosto, quando io arrivai in Parigi, insino al
mese di Marzo inclusive, che sono otto mesi intieri.
Bacio riverentemente la mano di V. S. Illma, etc.
[The Bishop of Mondovi to the Cardinal of Alessandria.
Paris, 8 April 1567.
[1] Monsignor the Ambassador of Scotland, hoping that the Bishop of
Dunblane would arrive here in a few days, according to his letter to me
of the 17th of February, which I have already sent on to you, prayed me
earnestly that I would delay my departure hence until this week. On
which point I was willing to please him, to show him that 1 indeed did
not fail, in accordance with the holy intention of the Pope, to show all
due moderation and patience, so long as there should be any hope of
assisting the holy Catholic religion and the salvation of her serene Majesty
and her kingdom. This week, however, some Scots have arrived who
left Edinburgh on the 15th of last month, and they give no hope at all
of the coming of the bishop. I shall therefore depart, with God’s help,
in three days, according to the order, which you were pleased to give me
by your letter of the 17th of last month. It seems to me that accord¬
ing to the judgment of good Catholics, and in particular of Mens, the
Ambassador of Spain, 1 have done all that the dignity and reputation of
his Holiness required, especially that I have effectually demonstrated to
every one that his Holiness will in no way fail to show every office of
paternal love to the Queen of Scotland, whenever she can dispose her
subjects to receive, with the aid of God, the holy Catholic religion.
[2] From the aforenamed Scots we have heard that the disturbances of
Scotland were quieted, all the principal lords remaining obedient to the
queen. She has taken away the guardianship of Edinburgh Castle from
Lord Erskine, and granted it to the Earl of Bothwell, and this has given
the Earl of Murray such offence and alarm that he has taken leave of
the queen in order to go forth out of Scotland. If this be so, one may
hope that that queen, moved by the Holy Ghost, was little by little
paving the way towards obedience, and the restoration of holy religion.
This may be the more easily done as there is now a hope that the King of
Spain may come to Italy, and perhaps to Flanders. However, as this