latristereina:She heard from Fernando, from Calatayud, his letter of July 30 providing a rare glimps
latristereina:She heard from Fernando, from Calatayud, his letter of July 30 providing a rare glimpse of how little they differentiated between public and private matters in their ordinary exchanges, as well as corroborating their intimacy. He worried, he wrote, for he had not heard from her since she had been given a purge. He had heard from her secretary, Lope Conchillos, and congratulated her on something she had said to Besançon. Yesterday letters had come from England. Its king was well and whatever Besançon had told her was a lie; however, he could not read them more closely, for his secretary Almazán had not brought the cipher with him; have Lope send it. Authorities at Perpignan reported that the French were moving to the frontier and with artillery, “a lot of it, even against us a lot.” He should reach Zaragoza Tuesday or Wednesday morning. He expected her to follow, but she should avoid the bad road from Sigüenza to Monreal. He awaited an envoy from the king of France. “I close kissing the hands of Your Ladyship whom may Our Lord guard more than all others, as I desire.”- Peggy K. Liss, Isabel the Queen: Life and Times -- source link
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