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17 July.

THE BAITING OF THE TRAP, 1585-1586 - topics: travel,court_patronage,household_family,letters_books

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17 July. - Daybook Entries. Records travel, court patronage, household family, letters books: Pucci entered his voyage toward Prague with my letter to the Nuncius Apostolicus, and with letters to John Carpio from E.K., and with my letters enclosed to the Lord Rosenberg.

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Records travel, court patronage, household family, letters books: Pucci entered his voyage toward Prague with my letter to the Nuncius Apostolicus, and with letters to John Carpio from E.K., and with my letters enclosed to the Lord Rosenberg. And we entered our journey toward Kassel, but that night we rode only three miles...

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THE BAITING OF THE TRAP, 1585-1586

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travel,court_patronage,household_family,letters_books

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Fr. Pucci entered his voyage toward Prague with my letter to the Nuncius Apostolicus, and with letters to John Carpio from E.K., and with my letters enclosed to the Lord Rosenberg. And we entered our journey toward Kassel, but that night we rode only three miles, to Gotha, our horses were so ill that we hired; and therefore sending them back again the next day, we hired a coach, &c. Postscriptum. Remember that Fr. Pucci, the morning before his going, required of me our letters testimonial to our friends, of his fidelity toward us. 'What needeth that,' said I, 'forasmuch as your deeds were as well known to them as to us, and your own conscience to yourself may serve abundantly. But our friends divers, who have warned us of you, and have marvelled why we would suffer you any longer in our house and company, would neither credit our letters as yet in this case: and would also condemn us of light judgement, or great blindness to judge the cause between you and us.' But truly I observed in him, now, a more proud presuming over us than hitherto, before, when he was sore rebuked, for over-crowing us, so as he began to do. Now, he said, he had as great authority as we to publish any of our secrets, at his discretion; that he ought to eat bread with us; that he understood our books of Actions better than we; that he needed not our consent or counsel to deal with the Pope his Nuncius: he did it by his duty general, of charity, &c.; he offered to order the Nuncius, and the Emperor, to the reclaiming of the decree made against us, &c. Note. Consider what this may import, that the decree touching him, being one of my household company, and of them that then did appertain to me: and whose name he is not afraid one way, and another way not abashed to thrust himself into the whole body of our revelations, as a principal fellow or receiver of them: by the first he ought to be afraid of the danger of the decree which banished us, unless he is assured of their goodwill who have showed themselves our mortal enemies; or else some other cause emboldneth him to some other purpose, &c. By the second he might be afraid of so great presumption, being but a probationer, not yet allowed of, and to us known to be cut off. All these points I cannot decipher and judge, but refer them to the profound wisdom and high providence of God, wherefore and how far he hath admitted him to be privy of our Actions, and so a witness to some purposes sufficient. All things be to the honour and glory of God. Amen.

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Fr. Pucci entered his voyage toward Prague with my letter to the Nuncius Apostolicus, and with letters to John Carpio from E.K., and with my letters enclosed to the Lord Rosenberg. And we entered our journey toward Kassel, but that night we rode only three miles, to Gotha, our horses were so ill that we hired; and therefore sending them back again the next day, we hired a coach, &c. Postscriptum. Remember that Fr. Pucci, the morning before his going, required of me our letters testimonial to our friends, of his fidelity toward us. 'What needeth that,' said I, 'forasmuch as your deeds were as well known to them as to us, and your own conscience to yourself may serve abundantly. But our friends divers, who have warned us of you, and have marvelled why we would suffer you any longer in our house and company, would neither credit our letters as yet in this case: and would also condemn us of light judgement, or great blindness to judge the cause between you and us.' But truly I observed in him, now, a more proud presuming over us than hitherto, before, when he was sore rebuked, for over-crowing us, so as he began to do. Now, he said, he had as great authority as we to publish any of our secrets, at his discretion; that he ought to eat bread with us; that he understood our books of Actions better than we; that he needed not our consent or counsel to deal with the Pope his Nuncius: he did it by his duty general, of charity, &c.; he offered to order the Nuncius, and the Emperor, to the reclaiming of the decree made against us, &c. Note. Consider what this may import, that the decree touching him, being one of my household company, and of them that then did appertain to me: and whose name he is not afraid one way, and another way not abashed to thrust himself into the whole body of our revelations, as a principal fellow or receiver of them: by the first he ought to be afraid of the danger of the decree which banished us, unless he is assured of their goodwill who have showed themselves our mortal enemies; or else some other cause emboldneth him to some other purpose, &c. By the second he might be afraid of so great presumption, being but a probationer, not yet allowed of, and to us known to be cut off. All these points I cannot decipher and judge, but refer them to the profound wisdom and high providence of God, wherefore and how far he hath admitted him to be privy of our Actions, and so a witness to some purposes sufficient. All things be to the honour and glory of God. Amen.