ENGLISH HISTORY. 90 Ancient Treaties between France and England, viz. i. Scriptum per quod Johannes de britannia primogenitus Ducis britannia' remisit Regi Angliæ totum jus suum in Agenn' (Agenois). Written in French, dated 7th July 1268. ii. Treve entre l'Angleterre et la France, an. 1343. iii. Prolongation de Treves depuis le 1 Septembre jusqu'à la Pentecôte de l'an 1350 entre les Rois de France et d'Angleterre, an 1349. iv. Treves entre le Roy et le Roy d'Angleterre à la requète · du Pere Sainct, 14 Octobre, 1373. v. Eutrevue des Ambassadeurs de france et d'Angleterre au sujet de quelques entreprises des Anglais sur la Bretagne, 24° Aoust 1448. MANUSCRIPTS, very neatly written, folio, sewed, 11. 4s. A curious Collection. The first relates to a deed which is in Rymer's Fœdera, and with which it should be printed. 91 Rotuli Parliamentariorum II. Ricardi iij et I et II Henrici vij. MANUSCRIPT, very neatly written, thick folio, in old law binding. Written apparently about 1680. 21. 2s. 92 BP. PECOCK. Collections for the Life of Bishop Pecock. PART OF THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF JOHN LEWIS, folio, very neatly written, 21. 2s. This Manuscript consists principally of extracts, in Lewis' remarkably neat hand-writing, from unpublished documents, (and some from printed works) relative to Bishop Pecock. It contains many pieces at length which are only referred to in the published life, including the curious list, which he often quotes, of " al the Juellys of the Cherche of Cronbroke (in Kent) as shewde the 13th day of Aprill, the 24th yere of king Harry the 7th, and Anno Domini 1509;" and it would form a desirable appendix to a new edition. From the casting of the pages at the end, it would seem that Lewis had intended to have printed it as such. 93 Relatione d'Inghilterra del Claro. Sigre. Daniele Barbaro fatta in signoria di Venetia, lanno 1565. UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT, folio, neatly written, 31. 13s. 6d. Barbaro, the author of this interesting relation, was a Venetian of noble family, and one of the most learned men of the sixteenth century. On the death of Cardinal Bembo he was appointed Historiographer to the Venetian Republic, and in October, 1548, he was sent as its Ambassador to Edward VI. of England; and according to Aretino, (quoted by Mazzuchelli), was greatly distinguished in this country for his learning, amenity, and magnificence. He was recalled in 1550 to be made joint Patriarch of Aquileja with Cardinal Grimani, and was afterwards Bishop of Verona, in which capacity he assisted at the Council of Trent. He died in 1570. Many of Barbaro's other works have been printed, and it is singular this should still remain in MS. It is a faithful account, by a learned and intelligent eye-witness, of the effects as they appeared to him, caused by the extraordinary changes in the reigns of Henry VIII. and Edward VI. Foscarini, comparing it with Niccolò Tiepolo's account of the Congress of Nizza, (Nice) "giudica amendue si belle per copia di fatti ragguardevoli, e rivestiti di preziose circonstanze, che niun altro lavoro di tal genere lor vada innanzi." It has in some measure the authority of an official report, since the Venetian Government were accustomed to exact from their Ambassadors and Secretaries of Legation accounts of the several countries to which they were deputed. These it was not always politic to publish, and this reason may apply to the present; had it been printed, James I. might not have been, at a later period, so friendly to that state. Mazzuchelli mentions but two copies of the MS. viz. in the Ambrosian Library, at Milan, and in the Coislinian Library of San Germano. This MS. belonged to the late Earl of Guilford. The work of Tiepolo with which Foscarini compares this, is printed in Dumont, Corps Diplomatique; it is an account of the truce for ten years between Charles V. and Francis I. negociated in person by Paul III. and Robertson quotes it as his authority for the narration in his Histtory of Charles V. 94 Speech of King James I. to both Houses of Parliament, on Thursday, the 22nd of March, 1603, together with the Commons' Protestation thereupon. MANUSCRIPT, folio, neatly written, 10s. 6d. 95 Bentivoglio. Relatione d'Inghilterra, fatta da Monsignore Bentivoglio, Arcivescovo di Rhodi, &c. et inviata all'Card. Borghese solto li 31 di Gennaro 1609: con questa va congiunta un altra relatione di varie cose appartenenti alla Religione Catholica in Inghilterra et una breve Relatione ancora di Danimarca. MANUSCRIPT, 4to. neatly written. 18s. This transcript, in which Bentivoglio is styled only Archbishop of Rhodes, was evidently made before his elevation to the purple. His "Relazioni" were first printed in 1629. 96 GONDOMAR PAPERS. THE STATE PAPERS AND DESPATCHES OF DON DIEGO DE SARMIENTO, COUNT OF GONDOMAR, THE CELEBRATED SPANISH AMBASSADOR TO ENGLAND IN THE TIME OF JAMES I. Comprising upwards of ninety letters, written between February and December, 1621, by Philip IV, king of Spain, (countersigned by the Spanish Secretaries of State, Don Juan Ciriça and Don Balthazar Zuniga), by the Archduke Albert and the Infanta Dona Isabel, Regents of the Low Countries, by Sigismund, king of Poland, &c. &c. having reference not only to all the great political events of the time, the proposed marriage with the Infanta, the War of the Palatinate, the disputes concerning the Valteline, &c. but also, in particular, to Count Ernest of Mansfeldt, Count Schomberg, Marquis Spinola, the Imperial Commanders; Lord Digby, afterwards first Earl of Bristol, Sir Walter Aston, Sir Francis, afterwards Lord Cotington, the British Ambassadors to the Emperor and the Court of Spain; Marshal Bassompierre, the French Ambassador to the same Court; Gonzalvo de Cordova, Tilly, &c. &c. THE ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPHIS, except a few papers which are necessarily official copies, transmitted to Gondomar from the respective courts. WITH THE SEALS IN VERY FINE PRESERVATION. of the papers are indorsed by Gondomar. Several portions are in cipher, but a key is added. THE MSS. ARE FROM THE CELEBRATED LIBRARY OF YRIARTE, FORMERLY SECRETARY OF STATE AT MADRID, AND ARE UNPUBLISHED; they are bound in a folio volume, in English Vellum, of the time of James I. most probably for Gondomar himself, 941. 10s. Some This is a collection of extreme importance to English History, both as it regards the political events of a most important period, and as it displays the motives of Gondomar's conduct which would in vain be sought for elsewhere. The chief feature in his character was duplicity, which he once carried so far as to assure Lord Digby "he was an Englishman in his heart." It is more than probable this volume contains all the despatches received by Gondomar during the above time, and, therefore, his springs of action at a time when he is known to have governed the English nation by means of his personal influence over the king, and the extensive system of bribery which he had employed with the nobility. To what a pitch this last was carried we may conceive, when we find from a letter of Philip IV. in this volume, that James, (2nd) Marquis of Hamilton, the personal friend of the King who had heaped honours and wealth upon him, of whom Douglas says, " he possessed the greatest share of the affection and confidence of his Sovereign," and whose fame has hitherto been untainted, was a traitor, and that too while holding the important office of Lord High Commissioner of the Scottish Parliament. The Collection relates to many transactions over which the deepest mystery has hitherto hung, and fully exposes the crooked policy of the Spanish court; a policy which caused Lord Digby, who knew them well, to say "they were falser than all the devils in hell, for deeper oaths and protestations could not be made." It was at this time the courts of Madrid and Vienna flattered James with the hopes of obtaining an honourable peace for the Prince Palatine, and many of the despatches contain hints and instructions for Gondomar's temporising conduct with James, on the remonstrances that were made by Sir Walter Aston and Sir Francis Cottington, ambassadors at Madrid, and by Lord Digby, ambassador extraordinary to the Emperor. Copies of all that passed at those courts were sent to Gondomar, and are here included. We find several letters authorising him to tamper with the English Catholics, and to give them "alguna pension secreta para su sustento y acrecentamiento," and in another letter, instructions to pension the Catholics in Scotland and to patronise the missionary priests. There are also full instructions for Gondomar's conduct towards "su beatitud el Arzo |