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MISSION TO ENGLAND
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mendation from Guidobaldo. ' And I am certain/ he
adds, That since the Duke has obtained this Cardinal s
hat tor him, he will not refuse to gratify him by
taking an honourable youth into his service. But if
you and the Magnifico Giovan Pietro think that this
plan of mine ought to be made known to our most
Illustrious and Excellent Lady and Mistress [the
Marchioness Isabella], I should be well pleased, for in
all ways Her Excellency is our pillar and support.
But do just as you like about this/
A rumour concerning Baldassare himself now
reached Madonna Luigia s ears, which excited her
keenest curiosity.
' As to what you say, of my probable journey
to England/ her son wrote on March 2, ' I know
nothing. My lord has not mentioned it to me, either
with his own lips or through anyone else. All I
know is that some one will have to go. Who it may
be, I have not the least idea/
The next day he is more explicit in his remarks
upon the subject:
'As for my mission to England, all I know is
that my Lord Duke must send a representative,
and has, it appears, told some one that he is
determined to send me. And when I consider the
gentlemen of his household and their different offices,
it is easy to see that the task is likely to be mine. The
reason which renders this mission needful is the con-
firmation of the privileges of the Order of the Garter,
an order something like that of St. Michel in France,
of which His Majesty the King of England is the
head. For this task it is necessary to send a man of
birth who will be acceptable to His Majesty the King,
and will be treated with much honour. It would take
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mendation from Guidobaldo. ' And I am certain/ he
adds, That since the Duke has obtained this Cardinal s
hat tor him, he will not refuse to gratify him by
taking an honourable youth into his service. But if
you and the Magnifico Giovan Pietro think that this
plan of mine ought to be made known to our most
Illustrious and Excellent Lady and Mistress [the
Marchioness Isabella], I should be well pleased, for in
all ways Her Excellency is our pillar and support.
But do just as you like about this/
A rumour concerning Baldassare himself now
reached Madonna Luigia s ears, which excited her
keenest curiosity.
' As to what you say, of my probable journey
to England/ her son wrote on March 2, ' I know
nothing. My lord has not mentioned it to me, either
with his own lips or through anyone else. All I
know is that some one will have to go. Who it may
be, I have not the least idea/
The next day he is more explicit in his remarks
upon the subject:
'As for my mission to England, all I know is
that my Lord Duke must send a representative,
and has, it appears, told some one that he is
determined to send me. And when I consider the
gentlemen of his household and their different offices,
it is easy to see that the task is likely to be mine. The
reason which renders this mission needful is the con-
firmation of the privileges of the Order of the Garter,
an order something like that of St. Michel in France,
of which His Majesty the King of England is the
head. For this task it is necessary to send a man of
birth who will be acceptable to His Majesty the King,
and will be treated with much honour. It would take
VOL. i.