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XXIV. Copies of an original Letter from K. Henry VIII. to Sir Nicholas Carew, Knt. Dr. Sampson, and Dr. Benet, his Ambassadors to the Emperor.—An Indenture between the same King and Sir Gilbert Talbot, and others.—Sir Walter Raleigh's Account of his Voyage to Guiana.—And a Letter from K. Charles the First to the Earl of Nottingham, and others. All of them in the possession of Richard Carew, Esq. of Beddington. Communicated by the Rev. Francis Stone, F.A.S.

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Trusty and right welbeloved we grete you well. Lating you wit that being advertised by Mastre Paulus de Cassalis lately sent unto us as Nuncio from the Pope nowe the Cardinall Farnesius encountring the said Nuncio in his Journey httherward made overture unto the same that he the said Cardinall Farnesius aftir knowleage had of or mynde in that behalf were as of hymself to doo unto us gratuitie and pleasure aftre the best sorte and facōn and wt the most vehiment and pregnant reasons he coulde excogitate nowe at this meting of themperor and the Pope at Bonery attempte and enterprise to perswade the Emperor to be content and agreable to set forthe wt the Pope divises and wayes for the aeheving of or purpose in or greate mater and likewise to write unto the Quene to be content at their instance for cessing of all Sutes and Contencõns to be content to eutre Religion so as wt the Contentement of all parties or matur raaye ateyne wtout delaye of Tyme brief spedy effectuall and sure ende to the quyete of or Conscience the Confirmacōn and contynuance of or olde and depe roted amytie betwen us and the Emperor the satisfaccon of the Worlde and assured repose of all Christendom.

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Archaeologia , Volume 16 , 1812 , pp. 181 - 193
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1812

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page 192 note a Sir Walter wrote “An Apology for his last unlucky Voyage to Guiana,” which was published with some remarks in the year 1700, at the end of an Abridgment of his History of the World. The fatal consequences of the voyage to this great man are well known. It has been supposed by some that he had no knowledge of any gold mine in Guiana, but invented the story with a view of obtaining his liberty: but as he had been enlarged from the Tower two years before, and as he expended so large a sum of his own on the fitting out of the enterprize, the better opinion seems to be, that he really did know of a mine, but was prevented from accomplishing his purpose by the Spaniards, who had discovered his design. It is well known in what manner James sacrificed him to gratify the Spaniards, to whom he had been particularly obnoxious.