Henry VIII,the Reign
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Wrote last on 29 April, enclosing a letter from Sir Robert Wingfield. The Archduchess says she has received no more from the Emperor touching the charges of Count Felix than Berghez and the President declared to them on 29 April, viz., that the Emperor wishes the solemnization of the marriage to be deferred to the end of May, as he wishes to be present at it. She denies that Count Felix had anything to do with the change of place. The Emperor wrote that he wished it to be at Antwerp or Mechlin, and that the Prince's two sisters (fn. 1) should be present. Lord Berghez thinks she is influenced in this by the Prince's council, who are afraid of their authority being diminished. She said that Count Felix denied that he received any charge from the Emperor, as the ambassador of Arragon asserted, on the authority of a letter from his fellow Don Petro Dorea, to proclaim the truce and persuade England to the same. She thinks he may have received such an order, but it was countermanded when the Emperor heard of the taking of Arnhem. Berghez believes that he had, and advises the King not to bring over his army, or enter into any further expense, unless the Emperor is personally with him. Believe that the Archduchess knows this, especially as they make no instance to bring the King over. When they urged the Archduchess, from the confidence that England had in her, to be more explicit, she said that the King would know the truth from the Emperor's letters. She advises the King to write a letter to the Emperor in his own hand. She desires justice to be done to John Cavalcanti, Ph[ilip] Gualterotti's factor in London. Send news from Bruges. Mechlin, 2 May. Signed.
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