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AN AUDIENCE OF THE EMPEROR, 1584 - topics: court_patronage

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17, 18 Sept. - Daybook Entries. Records court patronage: On Monday and Tuesday the 17 and 18 of September I sent Emericus up to the Castle, to listen after answer of that Dr Curtz his report to the Emperor, of that he had perceived by me.

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Records court patronage: On Monday and Tuesday the 17 and 18 of September I sent Emericus up to the Castle, to listen after answer of that Dr Curtz his report to the Emperor, of that he had perceived by me. But on Monday Octavius Spinola had sent into the town for Emericus, and told...

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AN AUDIENCE OF THE EMPEROR, 1584

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On Monday and Tuesday the 17 and 18 of September I sent Emericus up to the Castle, to listen after answer of that Dr Curtz his report to the Emperor, of that he had perceived by me. But on Monday Octavius Spinola had sent into the town for Emericus, and told him that the Emperor had care and desire to understand my doing with the Doctor: and therefore asked Emericus if I had been with the Doctor, and he affirmed that I had. 'Hereof,' said he, 'the Emperor will be glad.' And yet (as I began to note) Emericus, coming on Tuesday in the face of the Doctor in the Ritter-Stove, had not one word spoken to him, that either he had spoken to the Emperor or he had not. And therefore I suspect that the Doctor dealeth not honestly, faithfully or wisely in this so weighty a case. And forasmuch as he told me that the Emperor his Majesty was persuaded, that he was pious, &c., perhaps he would be loath now to prefer me to the speech of the Emperor, seeing both he himself and the rest of his council stood persuaded to the contrary of this King. Hereupon this great delay upon sinister report made to the Emperor might follow, &c.

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On Monday and Tuesday the 17 and 18 of September I sent Emericus up to the Castle, to listen after answer of that Dr Curtz his report to the Emperor, of that he had perceived by me. But on Monday Octavius Spinola had sent into the town for Emericus, and told him that the Emperor had care and desire to understand my doing with the Doctor: and therefore asked Emericus if I had been with the Doctor, and he affirmed that I had. 'Hereof,' said he, 'the Emperor will be glad.' And yet (as I began to note) Emericus, coming on Tuesday in the face of the Doctor in the Ritter-Stove, had not one word spoken to him, that either he had spoken to the Emperor or he had not. And therefore I suspect that the Doctor dealeth not honestly, faithfully or wisely in this so weighty a case. And forasmuch as he told me that the Emperor his Majesty was persuaded, that he was pious, &c., perhaps he would be loath now to prefer me to the speech of the Emperor, seeing both he himself and the rest of his council stood persuaded to the contrary of this King. Hereupon this great delay upon sinister report made to the Emperor might follow, &c.