[450] C. S. P. For., No. 602, October 11, 1561, from Rome.
[451] Papiers d’état du cardinal de Granvelle, VI, 432-43: “Rapport secret du secretaire Courtville,” December, 1561.
[452] Cf. Montluc, bishop of Valence, “Discours sur le bruit qui court que nous aurons la guerre à cause de la religion,” Mém. de Condé, ed. London, III, 73-82. A note adds: “Ce discours se trouve aussi au fol. 61 recto du MS R et il est à la suite d’une lettre de M. de Chantonnay, du 24 mars 1561. Il dit à la fin de cette lettre, que l’on disoit communement que ce Discours étoit de l’évêque de Valence (Montluc). Ce Discours a été copié dans ce MS sur l’édition qui en fut faite dans le tems.”
[453] On November 23, 1561, Charles IX wrote to the bishop of Limoges in regard to Philip II: “Dites-lui que je le prie si l’on luy a donné quelques doubtes et soupçons de mes déportements, qu’il vous en dye quelcun et ce qu’il la mys en doubte, affin que s’il veult prendre tant de paynes d’envoyer ung homme fidelle en lieux où il aura oppinion qu’on fera quelques préparatifs, je luy face cognoistre que c’est une pure menterie.”—Catalogue ... de lettres autographes de feu M. de Lajariette, Charavay, Paris, 1860, No. 667. Five days later, on November 28, 1561, Catherine de Medici wrote to the same ambassador: “Je me défie tent de seux qui sont mal contens ... car je ne veos ni ne suys conselliée de venir aus armes.”—Collection de lettres autographes ayant appartenu à M. Fossé-Darcosse, Paris, Techener, 1861, No. 193.
[454] Hist. du Languedoc, V, 211. Philip II was reputed to have spent 350,000 crowns of his wife’s dowry in Germany (C. S. P. For., No. 659, §18, November 14, 1561). Catherine sent a special agent, Rambouillet, into Germany to assist Hotman in discovering information about Spain’s intrigues there (C. S. P. For., No. 713, December, 1561; Mém. de l’Acad. des sc. moral. et polit., CIV [1877], 661). D’Ozances in Spain received special instructions to decipher Philip II’s conduct if possible.
[455] C. S. P. For., No. 265, §11, June 23, 1561. This was in consequence of the apprehension aroused early in May by the appearance of a large body of Spanish infantry and cavalry to survey Abbeville whence they returned toward Guisnes (ibid., No. 248, from Paris, May 18, 1561).
[456] Ibid., No. 712, December 9, 1561, from Strasburg; No. 717, §6, December 13, 1561, from Paris. There had been some anxiety lest the Emperor might avail himself of the distraction in France to seize the Three Bishoprics. But at this moment, on account of the activity of both the Turk and the Muscovite, and because he was angry with the Pope over the Council of Trent, Ferdinand, was friendly to France and cordially received Marillac, the bishop of Vienne (D’Aubigné, I, 332, 333).
[457] “Le conseil du roi, voyant que les mouvements les plus divers agitaient le royaume, décide que chaque gouverneur, lieutenant, sénéschal et autres ministres, se rendissent à leurs gouvernements.”—Baschet, Journal du Concile de Trente, 89.
[458] C. S. P. For., No. 595, October 9, 1561; No. 602, October 12, 1561; No. 624, October 18, 1561; No. 659, §20, November 14, 1561. The appointments of Coligny and Condé never became operative, owing to the outbreak of civil war early in the next year. They are important only as they reflect Catherine’s policy of caution and craft.
[459] Ibid., No. 729. Thomas Shakerley was an Englishman by birth, who had once been a page to Edward VI, while the latter was prince. He had left England nine years before and had spent most of his time in Rome, where, becoming an organist, he “obtained the estimation of a cunning player for the substance and solemnity of music.” He came to France in the suite of the cardinal of Ferrara. The Spanish ambassador approached him with an offer to enter the secret service of Spain, which Shakerley patriotically communicated to Throckmorton (ibid., No. 730, §5, December 18; No. 750, §10, December 28, 1561).