[672] Turnbull, Foreign Calendar, Mary, 28th January, 1558, p. 361.

[673] MS., St. Mark’s Library, Venice, Cod. xxiv., Cl. x., p. 192.

[674] Stow, Annals, p. 632.

[675] Gonzales, Memorias de la real Academia de la Historia, vii., 257, Madrid, 1832.

[676] The word in the original is maltratti, literally, knocked about or maltreated.

[677] Ven. Cal., vol. vi., pt. iii., 1152.

[678] Brantôme, art. “Strozzi,” Collin’s Peerage, vol. iii., p. 343.

[679] MS., St. Mark’s Library, Cod. xxiv., Cl. x., pp. 224-26. Strype, iii., 231. Burnet, ii., 315.

[680] One of the reasons advanced for Peto’s promotion was the fact that he had been the Queen’s confessor.

[681] Navagero to the Doge, Letter-Book, Ven. Arch., 18th June 1557.