Elizabeth de Valois, Queen of Spain, and the Court of Philip II: From numerous unpublished sources, in the archives of France, Italy, and Spain. Vols 1 and 2 by Martha Walker Freer

Author:Martha Walker Freer [Freer, Martha Walker]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: RenaissanceAlive.com
Published: 2015-05-15T23:00:00+00:00

"Monsieur mon fils,

"Having heard from the queen my daughter, and from the Sieur de St. Sulpice, and by your ambassador, that it has pleased your majesty to permit your consort to journey to Bayonne to see the king her brother and me; and also, that you give us some hope that (your majesty not sojourning very far from the frontier) I may have the happiness of seeing you also, I cannot longer delay thanking your majesty for the benefit conferred upon me, and expressing the gladness I feel at witnessing the fruition of a thing I have long so ardently desired; and which I hope will not only confer an infinite pleasure on the king my son and upon myself, but prove a lasting boon for the peace and repose of Christendom. I pray God to grant me life to witness this good: moreover, Monsieur mon fils, I entreat you to believe that you have so greatly obliged me, that I never can forget, or be ungrateful. In the hope that I may speedily have opportunity to testify to you in person the joy with which this meeting inspires me, I will ask God to give you such amount of prosperity and felicity as prays,

"Your good sister, and affectionate mother,

"CATHERINE."39

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