domingo, 4 de noviembre de 1554

Edad:
27 años

Felipe a la Princesa Regente de España.

London,

On October 19th I received your letter of September 13th and one in your own hand, together with the duplicate of one dated August 3rd, which reached me by the over-land route. It was such a long time since I had heard anything from Spain that I was anxiously waiting for news of your and my son the Infante's health; thank God you are well! I can well believe that, as you say, you were very happy to hear from my letter written at Windsor (Vindilisor) of the conclusion of my marriage to the satisfaction of everybody and the arrival of the Regent, Don Juan de Figueroa, with the Milanese and Neapolitan matter.Since then I have written to you by Don Juan Tavera, by a Portuguese gentleman who went by land and by Rodrigo de Heredia, my courier, to whom I am sending this letter besides the one he has already taken, as I hear his boat is still at Plymouth.

Moreover, I also wrote by a merchant's courier who left here on October 16th; and all these letters will have given you what news I had of the Emperor's, my own, and the Queen's health, as well as the present condition of affairs here. All I have to add is that I hear his Majesty is very well, and I and the Queen are also in good health. We have summoned Parliament for the 12th instant, in order to negotiate important affairs, of the progress of which I will keep you posted . . . (Local Spanish matters.)

Holograph. Spanish.

Fuentes

Simancas, E.808.

Calendar of State Papers, Spain, Volume 13, 1554-1558

Edited by Royall Tyler.

Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1954.

 

 

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