Catalogue description PHILIP II., KING OF SPAIN, to the EARL OF TYRONE.

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Title: PHILIP II., KING OF SPAIN, to the EARL OF TYRONE.
Description:

I have been informed you are defending the Catholic cause against the English. That this is acceptable to God is proved by the signal victories which you have gained. I hope you will continue to prosper; and you need not doubt but I will render you any assistance you may require. Give credence to Fussius, the bearer, and acquaint him with your affairs and your wishes.

 

Madrid, 22 January 1596. ["Stilo noro" is added in Carew's handwriting.]

 

Headed: "A letter sent to the Earl of Tyrone from the King of Spain, delivered by Alonso Cobos; which letter the Earl sent to the Lord Deputy and Council, taking Captain William Warren's promise, and his servant's oath who brought it, that no copy should be taken of it."

 

Copy.
Date: 22 Jan 1596
Related material:

Another copy in MS 617, p. 242
Held by: Lambeth Palace Library, not available at The National Archives
Former reference in its original department: MS 612, p. 65
Language: Latin
Physical description: 1 Page.
Unpublished finding aids:

Calendar of the Carew Manuscripts preserved in the Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth, ed. J. S. Brewer & W. Bullen (6 vols., 1867-73), vol. III, document 203.

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