sábado, 4 de agosto de 1554

Edad:
27 años

El Emperador a sus embajadores en Inglaterra

The Camp near Cambrai,

We had long ago intended to send M. de Humbermont, a gentleman of our chamber and bearer of this letter, to visit the King and Queen and congratulate them on their marriage; but as things have happened of which you will already have heard and will obtain a more detailed account from M. de Humbermont, we decided to defer his departure until we should see what was going to come next and should thus be better able to decide what message we must send to the King, our son. We were also unwilling to do M. de Humbermont the injustice of sending him off while we were so near the enemy and as yet uncertain of the upshot; and now he will be able to give you an eye-witness's account of all that has occurred.

You gave us great pleasure by fully informing us of the King our son's arrival and doings in England down to the celebration of the marriage, together with the ceremonies performed, the Queen's happiness and the general satisfaction felt in England with the bridegroom's bearing. We pray God of His grace to permit our son so to continue that this marriage may fail of none of the results we hope will accrue from it to the prosperity, repose and security of both realms and their inhabitants.

You now request to be recalled, saying that your commission has expired now that the King is in England and married; and by the time this letter reaches you he and the Queen will probably be in London and all his suite lodged. Moreover, you plead, those who surround him now know how they must bear themselves in order to please the English, towards whom it is advisable to behave in a deferent manner at this early stage. In answer to this request, it seems to me that you, M. de Courrieres, may return with the King's and Queen's leave, unless they require your services for some time longer, in which case we desire you to comply. You, however, Lieutenant of Amont, have derived considerable knowledge of affairs and persons from your long residence and incessant activity in England; and you must continue to reside there for a time in order to give our son and his advisers the benefit of your experience and assist the Spaniards and Englishmen to carry on affairs together in perfect confidence. M. de Humbermont will expose to you the instructions with which we have sent him to England, and we charge you to grant him all possible favour and help in the execution of his commission.

Minute. French.

Fuentes

Vienna, Staatsarchiv, E.23.

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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