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Miscellaneous 1495



1495. April 14. Deliberazioni Senato Secreta, v. xxxv. p. 35.	1330. The Doge and Senate to the Ambassador at the[Papal] Court.
	The King of France, on hearing of the league, said to the Venetian ambassadors, that he on his part would make a league with the Kings of England, Hungary, Portugal, and Scotland, and thus harass the territories of the allies. The Doge and Senate attribute this threat to rage and vexation; but as it is safer to anticipate rather than to be anticipated, they consider it necessary that the Pope (Alexander VI.) should acquaint those kings with the nature of the league, which has for object not merely the preservation of the mutual territories, but the quiet of Italy, and the safety and benefit of the Christian religion; and that he do invite them to join the league. In addition to the papal breves, it would be advisable for the Pope to speak accordingly to the agents of those kings at his court, that they may notify to them the announcement received by word of mouth from his Holiness.
	The Signory has communicated this opinion to the ambassadors of the Emperor and the King of Spain in Venice; that they may impart it to their sovereigns, and to such of the Imperial and Spanish agents at foreign courts as they shall think fit.
	Read to the College on the 16th April.
	[Latin. 26 lines.]