Feilding- Hamilton Correspondence: GD 406/1/9469 Page 04
Letter of Lord Basil Feilding to his brother-in-law James, 3rd Marquis [later 1st
Duke] of Hamilton, 7th August 1637 New Style
Transcription
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the greatest princes. The Spanish Ambassador
denying him the title of Excellence,
contrary to the [?poprise] made the Venetian Ambassador in the Court of Spain
is very ill taken her and may give
His Majesty a handsome way to oblige
there with little or no inconvenience
which would be repaid to His Majesty’s
great advantage in businesses of greater
consequence if His Majesty did so publicly favour the Venetian Ambassador in those
pretences, as the state might take
notice of it here and have cause upon
the Spanish Ambassador’s further obstinacy
(which I cannot doubt of) by perceiving
the difference betwixt His Majesty’s love to
them and the pretended affection the
Crown of Spain professes, to join in a
nearer correspondence with His Majesty and
fall off by degrees from the
fair intelligence they hold with the King
of Spain, which is greater than doth
well comply with His Majesty’s present
interests and designs. This I leave
to Your Lordship’s wisdom, as also the concealing from the Venetian Ambassador whatsoever I shall write concerning this
State.
The order sent me of buying La Nave’s
study, which I received in Your Lordship’s of
Transcription by Rosalind K. Marshall 2006
