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PEEFACE.
I haa'e been frequently asked, Avhile engaged upon this book,
Avhat there could be new to say about Rubens. I have been told
that there were critical notices and remarks without number, on
his works ; that Dr. Waagen had Avritten his biography ; that
Emile Gachet had printed a collection of his letters ; that Michel
had written his " Tlistoire ; " that, as late as 1854, Alfred Michiels
had published " Rubens et I' ecole cl' Anvers ;" that the subject was
exhausted ; and that there was, in fact, nothing left unsaid about
the great Flemish artist. Such remarks are true and conclu
sive, but only so far as they apply. My answer Avill, I hope, be
found not less so. In Her Majesty's State Paper. Office there is
preserved a vast and noble collection of Original Papers and
Documents. They are, of course, chiefly of an official and
diplomatic character, but there is also much that is curious and
valuable of a private nature. This rich mine has been rarely
worked; and from it all the letters, Avith but few exceptions,
contained in this volume, have been selected. The Earl of
Arundel, Sir Dudley Carleton, Sir Thomas Eoe, Sir- Balthazar
Gerbier, Sir Isaac Wake, and other public men, kept np a regular
correspondence Avith most of the celebrities of their time. During
several years I had observed that their private letters had
frequently found their way into the State Paper Office, together
with their public dispatches ; and from these, I have taken, much
that is new and valuable. The introductory pages are taken from
those printed sources aoknoAvledged to be the most valuable ; and
5 2
xii PREFACE.
where there Avas discrepancy in date or detail, I have endeavoured
to select the most authentic accomit, and appended notes of
reference. An interleaved copy of Descamps, with valuable
manuscript notes by M. Francois Mols, a native of Antwerp, who
resided there during the greater part of the eighteenth century —
kindly lent to me by His Excellency Mons. Sylvain Van de
"Weyer, the Belgian Minister — has been of the greatest assistance
to me in these inquiries.
In the first letter1 Carle ton gives so curious a picture of
Antwerp, the city Avith Avhich the name of Rubens is indis
solubly connected, that it forms an appropriate introduction to
the correspondence which folloAVS. Soon after Carleton had
arrived as Ambassador at the Hague, he took the opportunity to
make a petty progress, " choosing rather," he remarks, " to
acquaint himself Avith these places in the beginning of his
residence, Avhereby the knowledge of them might be of some use,
than (as many do) at parting, to find talk Avhen they come home."
It Avas on this occasion that, most probably, he first became
acquainted Avith Rubens. A letter from Toby Matthew, Avritten a
feAv days afterwards, informs us that he was in negotiation Avith
Rubens for a hunting-piece, " according to Carleton's commis
sion." '" Through this commission some of the earliest of the
works of Rubens were introduced into England, and it is through
Carleton's great love of the arts, his untiring industry, zeal,
good taste, and judgment, that we are indebted for some of
the noblest and choicest works of art that England possesses.
But I shall have occasion more particularly to speak of this great
patron of the arts by-and-bye. Toby Matthew and George Gage
seem to have acted as Carleton's agents about this time, in
negotiating an exchange of a chain of Diamonds belonging to
Lady Carleton for a picture by the hand of Rubens. There are
several letters on this subject3 which will be read AA'ith interest.
They show the price that Rubens set upon his works at this
period, and the firmness with Avhich he kept to his original and
1 Letter i., p. 11. 2 Letter iii., p. 14. :i Pp. 14 25.
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well-considered estimate of the value of his oavu labours. " His
demands," says Toby MattheAv, " are like the laws of the Medes
and Persians which may not be altered." 1
The careful study which Rubens gave to ' every detail in his
pictures, the pains he Avas at rightly to ascertain the most minute
particulars of any subject he undertook, and the antiquarian
knowledge he displa3yed, are vividly set forth in a characteristic
letter5 written by him to a celebrated Flemish antiquary in 1018.
With reference to this letter I am fortunately able to give the
opinions of two gentlemen, who speak in relation to such
subjects with an authority AA'hich every one will admit. Mr.
Layard, in reference to this letter, observes, "It is both interesting
and instructive, as showing the extent of Rubens's reading, and
the attention he paid to the details of Ms pictures." Sir John
Gardner Wilkinson also says, " I have read this letter with much
interest, and return it you with many thanks." Another illus
tration I would give of Rubens's great attention to detail. In
several of his paintings of " The Crucifixion," and on his
celebrated " Descent from the Cross," the scroll containing the
superscription, written by Pilate, is not only written in real
Hebrew characters, but in the dialect of Aramaean or Chaldee,
used in Palestine at the time of the Crucifixion, that dialect Avhich
St. Paul most probably could speak, write, and which he used
Avhen he addressed the Assembly in the Hebrew tongue. Rubens
therefore Avas at the pains either to get his Hebrew properly
composed for him by one of the great scholars of his day, or,
which is more probable, he Avas himself a critical scholar. It is
somewhat astonishing that other celebrated painters have not
practised the like accuracy, and still more surprising that, in one
or two copies of Rubens's picture, the superscription is copied so
carelessly that it is impossible to read it at all.
A second and more important negotiation Avith Rubens, about
an exchange with Carleton of pictures for the collection of antiques
and statues belonging to the latter, has a considerable degree of
4 Letter xliv., p. 53. 5 Letter xviii., p. 25.
xiv PREFACE.
interest. Mr. Carpenter, of the British Museum, to Avhom I am
indebted for the use of his published English translations of
several of the Italian letters in this correspondence, has, it is true,
previously made this transaction known, but I have found many
additional papers, which explain the origin of the negotiation and
make the history of it more complete. The tone of these letters
reflects the highest credit on both parties. Carleton and Rubens
were both equally pleased at the result of their correspondence.
Carleton not only esteemed Rubens as " the Prince of Painters
and of Gentlemen," but told him so in the most flattering
manner." Lord Danvers, afterwards Earl of Danby, took considerable
pains to get a good painting by Rubens. He had, in his
possession, a picture of the Creation by II Bassano, which,
Avas " very much cracked and spoyled, the color in many
places being come off,"7 and he Avas anxious that Rubens
should repair it. This circumstance was fertile in important
results ; Rubens, in consequence, Avas commissioned to paint
a picture for the Gallery of Charles Prince of Wales. This
picture was not approved of;. Lord Danvers complained3 that
" in every painter's opinion he had sent a piece scarce touched
by his own hand, and the postures so forced, as the Prince will
not admit the picture into his gallery." His Lordsliip Avished
that " the famous man would do some one thing to register or
redeem his reputation." He says that Prince Charles at that, time
possessed of his paintings only "Judith and Holofernes, of little
credit to his great skill."
t: The Creation " which, it will be seen, rendered closer Rubens's
connection with the Court of England, was purchased in Italy, in
161-1, for Lord Danvers by Sir Dudley Carleton, the great instru
ment in the acquisition of most of the celebrated pictures which
found their way into England about this period. In 1616 pictures
to the amount of £200 were sold by Carleton to the Earl of
Arundel and Lord Danvers.9
6 Letter xxiv., p. S7. 7 Letter xl, p. 50.
* Letter xlix., p. 57. " Letter xxx , et ser/., pp. 270 et seq.
PREFACE. xv-
Vexed at the dissatisfaction evinced in a letter to King
James's Resident at Brussels, Rubens repudiates the idea
of gainsaying what he had previously asserted as to the
Avorth of this picture; "that is not my AA-ay of acting.'"" He
candidly confesses that it Avas not painted entirely by his own
hand, but adds, if it had been, "it would be well Avorth tAvice as
much" as Aras agreed upon; nevertheless, in the most gentlemanly
and generous manner, he submits himself to the good pleasure
of Carleton, whom, he says, " I esteem more than any body
AA-ould believe." Perhaps one of the most interesting letters in
this volume Avas Avritten by Rubens in consequence of the bad
reception of this picture. Trumbull saAv him again on the
subject, and the written reply of Rubens " contains points of no
little weight in explanation of his personal and artistic qualifi
cations. "Every one according to his gifts," is the astute
remark of this great painter; "my endoAvments are such that
I have never wanted courage to undertake any design, koAvever
vast in size or diversified in subject."
The purchase, by the Duke of Buckingham, of the celebrated
collection of antiques, gems, and pictures, amassed by Rubens
— the antiques and statues must have been those previously-
belonging to Carleton — is an incident to be found in every
biography of the artist; but the letters in this volume throw
additional light on this well-known purchase. I am inclined to
believe that it was never completely effected; that the greater
part of the collection was sent to England there can be little
doubt,12 but it is equally certain that the purchase had been
agreed upon more than two years before it was completed,1* even
if it were then. Gerbier, in 1640, says,11 " Avhen the late Duke of
Buckingham had bought a great deal of Sir Peter Rubens's
rarities, his design was to get an assignment on part of that
debt [i. e. a debt OAving from the Low Countries to Charles L]
which Sir Peter Rubens made difficulty to accept."
From the acquaintance that Rubens made with the Duke of
10 Letter xlvii., p. 56. " Letter liv., p. 59. n P. 65, note 1)6.
13 Pp. 70 and 103. u P. 71, note 100.
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Buckingham while at Paris, in April, 1625, and again at AntAverp
in the following September, out of Avhich the well-known purchase
of his Cabinet took its rise, negotiations, sprang of a very different
character: negotiations in which Rubens was engaged for many
years, and to which England is indebted for a visit from this
extraordinary genius. War, fierce and intolerable, obstinate
aud fatal, had been raging for some years between the Catholic
States in Flanders, under the dominion of the King of Spain,
and the Seven United Provinces, which had thrown off the
Spanish yoke. The Infanta Isabella, the sister of Philip III.,
and the Governor of the Netherlands, Avho, since the death of her
husband in July, 1621, had found the advice of Rubens more
necessary than ever, employed him in negotiating for a general
suspension of arms betAveen Great Britain, Denmark, Spain, and
the States General of the United Provinces. Balthazar Gerbier,
Master of the Horse to the Duke of Buckingham, and Avhom he
accompanied in most of his travels, met Rubens at Paris, in
April, 1625.'5 On that occasion Rubens made proposals to
Gerbier for effecting a peace, and a correspondence arose out of
this circumstance. Gerbier Avas sent to Flanders and Holland
with powers to treat with Rubens, as the accredited Agent of
the Court of Brussels, either for a peace or a suspension of
arms ; and Lord Carleton, who had returned to England after
having been ten years Ambassador at the Hague, Avas again
sent there in 1627, to assist Gerbier's labours with his influence.
This correspondence is entirely new. The general reader will not
fail to discover in these letters an extraordinary aptitude in the
great artist for political negotiation ; the diplomatist will at once
detect the ability of Rubens, who, through his untiring zeal and
perseverance, brought these negotiations to a successful ter
mination. His letters to the .Duke of Buckingham and to
Gerbier furnish a most vivid picture of his character. A high
and noble tone, dignity and firmness, cautiousness, exquisitely
united to the most polite courtesy, elegant composition, and
elevated sentiment, at once shoAV the education of the gentleman
13 Pp. 67, 68.
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and the mind of the man. It is a remarkable fact, that in no
instance, with the exception of a foolish jealousy of the old Duke
of Arschot,16 have I been able to find any reflection prejudicial to the
character of Rubens, or in any ways affecting the universal popu
larity which he seems to have enjoyed throughout his long career.
The account that the Earl of Carlisle gives Buckingham of his
interview AAith Rubens, whom he met at Yan Dyck's house in
Antwerp, is full of interest.17 Rubens soon after goes to Spain,
where Ave find him Avriting from Madrid to Lord Carlisle, Avith the
same hopes still at heart, " that the interests of the Kings our
Masters will be made inseparable, and their reputation and glory
so united that there will remain no scruple between their servants
in serving either the one or the other."18 Extraordinary changes
had taken place since the days of Elizabeth and the Spanish
Armada. James I., bjr his timid policy and over-anxious desire for
a Spanish alliance, had completely altered the relative positions of
the two countries. When Charles I. ascended the throne, his
favourite, Buckingham, was permitted to act pretty much as he
liked. On account of some jealousy or anger at Buckingham's
conduct while in Spain, in 1623, in company Avith Prince Charles,
the Conde d'Olivarez thoroughly hated the Duke. Buckingham
was not slow to resent this, and under a pretext, trifling even
if true, forced on a war with Spain. While Buckingham and
Olivarez lived, and ruled the affairs of either nation, not much
difference in policy could be looked for; but no sooner was the
former assassinated, in August, 1628, than Rubens set out for
Spain, and negotiations recommenced, which happily ended in a
peace being concluded between the two nations, on -fV November,
1630. All the biographies of Rubens give erroneous dates to his
itinerarv at this period ; the letters printed in this volume are of
no little value on that point. Rubens started in August or
September, 1628, for Spain, which he left on the 27th of April,
1629, and arrived at Paris on the 12th of May following. From
i" Pp. 178-9, note 231. 17 better eiii., p. 119.
IS Letter civ., p. 124.
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thence he went to Brussels, stayed a few days at Antwerp, and
embarked at Dunkirk for London, which he reached between the
20th and 27th of May, 1629, in company with his brother-in-law,
Henry Brandt, and several attendants.1"
Charles himself Avas evidently anxious that the coming of
Rubens should not be delayed.20 The King sent one of his own
ships to Dunkirk, to bring him to England, " for Rubens was
mightily afraid of the Hollanders, and except a ship come to
receive him here, he is of intention to return back ; he only does
expect here for a resolute answer." 31
Although the correspondence relating to this mission of
Rubens to England is not by any means voluminous, the nature
of his employment is clearly explained,22 and it is equally clear that
France was extremely jealous of his negotiation.23 Rubens's visit
to this country is, to Englishmen, one of the most interesting
events in his life. Few details are known concerning it, so that
one or two may be thought worthy of notice in this place.
After he had been in London about a month, in com
pany with Sigr. Barozzi, the Duke of Savoy's Secretary, his
own chaplain, and several others, he took boat for Greenwich.
In shooting London Bridge the boat AAras overturned, in con
sequence of some movement of one of the company — a priest or
chaplain — arising out of timidity. The chaplain Avas drowned,
and Barozzi himself was hardly saved bjT one of the party catching
hold of one of his spurs at his third rising to the top of the
Avater." What a happy escape for the Great Artist !
On the 23rd September, 1629, Rubens paid a visit to Cam
bridge in company Avith Lord Holland, the Chancellor of the
University, the French Ambassador, Henry Brandt, his brother-
in-law, and others. A brilliant assembly of noblemen and gentle
men was there at the same time, many of whom, together with
Rubens, had the Honorary Degree of Master of Arts conferred
upon them." He most probably visited several parts of England.
>3 P. ISO. -° Letter ex., p. 127. *< Letter cix _ p m>
22 P. 130. ss Letter cxix., p. 137. -* Letter exvi. p. 133.
53 P. 138.
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Mr. H. A. J. Munro, has a fine portrait of old Parr, said to have been
painted at Shrewsbury by Rubens. Gerbier's letter to Cottington,
the English Ambassador at Madrid, Avritten about five days before
Rubens left England, contains several curious particulars. He
says that Charles I. had secretly promised to confer upon Rubens
the honour of knighthood, but that when he took his leave of the
King, His Majesty did not do so.26 It is, however, well knoAvn
that he Avas knighted by King Charles on 21st February, 1630,
and that there Avas added to the arms of the neAv Knight a
canton, containing the royal lion of England. He Avas also pre
sented Avith a diamond ring and a hatband Avorth £500, which
His Majesty had previously purchased of Gerbier.2'*
Whilst in London, Rubens lived in the house of Balthazar
Gerbier, who Avas paid, by the King's command, all his expenses
incurred during Rubens's residence.
There is an interesting " relation of the ceremony that passed
in Spain at the publication and swearing the peace by the King of
Spain."23 Just one year before that event, the Spanish Ambassador
had his first public audience with the King and Queen in the
Banquetting Hall at Whitehall, and it is someAvhat singular that
the same complaints Avith which Ave are now famihar Avere made
on that occasion by the ladies present. Carleton, then Secretary
of State, tells Cottington that the number of ladies was so great,
that they reached to the very door, " and yet were there many
fallings out for spoiling one another's ruffs by being so closely
ranked." 2S
After the death of his great patron the Infanta Isabella,' in
1 633, Rubens took little part in political transactions. The
treaty with the Catholic provinces died Avith the Infanta, although
Rubens had returned from the Hague satisfied Avith having pro
cured the introduction of a peace ; 3° which, hoAvever, observes
Sir William Boswell, the King's Resident at the Hague, " a suc
cession of young and warmer blood will hardly entertain Avith
»'¦ Letter cxxxi., p. 115. "7 P. 146. -3 P. 154, note 207.
-,J Letter cxxv., p. 142. 30 P. 157.
xx PREFACE.
the like devotion."31 We cannot omit calling attention to
Rubens's letter to Junius, Avritten in lf.31.35 His critique on
one of this learned man's most A'aluable works, and his remarks
on the great early Italian Masters, will doubtless be read with
interest. A very full account of the pictures painted by Rubens for the
Banqueting Hall at Whitehall Avill be found in this volume.
Many letters relating to this subject supply details and contain
particulars entirely neAv.33 Although Rubens does not appear to
have been commissioned to paint these magnificent pictures until
he visited England in 1029, Avhen he made the sketches for
them ; still it is quite clear, from a letter Avritten by himself,
that, as early as 1621, before the neAv Banqueting House Avas
finished, he Avas the artist selected for that Avork.3'
Such Avas the confidence inspired by the transactions which
the King had with Rubens, that Ave find His Majesty offering the
artist a pension if he would remove to Brussels, and act there as
political agent to the English Government.35
The last letters relating to Rubens to which Ave would draw
attention, haAre an interest of a someAvhat painful nature. Queen
Henrietta Maria was anxious to have her Cabinet at GreenAvich
decorated with paintings. Edward Norgate was instructed,
through Will Murray of the King's Bedchamber, to commission
Jacques Jordaens, a pupil of Rubens, to paint these pictures,
which were to consist of nine pieces for the ceiling and thirteen
to decorate the four sides of the room. But Gerbier, an artist
himself, objected to Jordaens being engaged on a work of such
importance. 26 Rubens and Gerbier, throughout the corre
spondence in -this volume, are represented as having maintained
a constant friendship. Gerbier strongly recommended Rubens as
a fitter artist than Jordaens. " They are," he says, " both
Dutchmen, and of the two, most certaine Sir Peter Rubens is
the gentilest in his representations ; his landskipps more rare,
31 Letter clxix., p. IS-'. 32 Letter exxxvii., p. 159. xi pp 153 184
34 Letter liv... p. 61. 33 Letter eci.; p. 207. 3G p. 211.
PREFACE. xxi
and all other circumstances more proper.".37 But Gerbier's
recommendation Avas not adopted; he still, liOAvever, urged that
Rubens should be put upon the pictures for the ceiling, Avhile
Jordaens should undertake those for the four sides of the room.
An objection arose which prevented this arrangement from being
carried into effect. Rubens demanded =£240 more than Jordaens
for the Avork ; still Gerbier Avould not remain satisfied. He Avrote
to Charles I." himself, as a last resource, inclosing a letter
AA'herein Rubens describes the subjects he Avould make choice of,
and requests the King's instructions Avhether " Sir Peter Rubens
shall be put on those of the seeling, though itt should cost £240
starling more.""'3 Gerbier's kindly offices Avere of no avail. The
great artist, Avho had been a martyr to the gout for a long time
past, was seized, before an answer could be received, Avith a most
violent attack of ague and gout. After some days the gout
reached his heart, and put a sudden termination to the life of a
man of the greatest genius that ever lived. " He was much
regretted and commended, hath left a rich Avidow and rich chil
dren, and many rarities \Arhich -will be sold by out-cry.""0
After the death of Rubens, " Jordaens remained the prime
painter " in Flanders ; and there is evidence that one, at all
events, of his pictures for the Queen's Cabinet reached its
destination. He received £100 on account, and as the sum for
the Avhole work was to amount to £680 sterling, " more money
is looked for by Jordaens."'11 This transaction was conducted
secretly; Jordaens, in December, 1640, had not been told for
whom the pictures were intended.
I have unwittingly enlarged so much upon the papers relating
to Rubens, that I must needs be brief AA'ith those contained in
my Appendix. This is of less importance, as I have prefixed to
the becdnning of each diA-ision introductory remarks, in wliich
I have endeavoured to point out the portions of most interest.
Appendix A. contains all the letters of Rubens in the original
lan°'ua»es in wliich he Avrote ; translations will be found in order
3'" Letter ecx., p. 214. 33 Letter cexxv., p. 225. M Letter cexxiv., p. 224.
10 Letter cexxxii., p. 230. 'u Letter eexxxvii., p. 234.
xxii PREFACE.
of date. And I wish it to be particularly understood, that I
have, in every letter throughout this volume, adhered to the original
tert, except Avhere they are translated, in such case the modern
orthography is naturally adopted.
The correspondence relating to the formation of tlie Arundelian
Collection ; to that of the .collection of Robert Carr, Earl of
Somerset; to the collection of antiques and statues belonging to
Carleton ; the letters of Gentileschi, Gerbier, Hubert Le Sueur,
Myttens, Torrentius, and others, are full of curious matter
hitherto unknoAvn. The history of the acquisition of " The
Mantuan Collection " is not tlie least interesting part of the
Correspondence. It gives a complete account of the purchases
of those priceless Avorks of art, and affixes the exact dates at
Avhich they were made. Raphael, Titian, Correggio, Mantegna,
Tintoretto, and most of the great artists, are frequently alluded
to; their pictures — Avhich include the St. Catherine, of Cor
reggio ; Mercury instructing Venus in the presence of Cupid,
by Correggio, now in the National Gallery; the Triumph of
Julius Caesar, by Mantegna, now at Hampton Court— are the
subject of purchase : Avorks, the admiration of all. The King's
Ambassador at Venice, Sir Dudley Carleton, on his return
home, in November, 1615, brought Avith him a large store of
pictures and works of art, collected in Italy. Many of the finest
paintings Avhich have found their way into England Avere originally
purchased by this indefatigable amateur, either for himself or for
some one of his numerous patrons. It is very probable that the
first pictures purchased by the Earl of Arundel were bought of
Carleton.''' To his acquaintance and long correspondence Avitli
Daniel Nys, to Avhose daughter Cecilia he Avas godfather, it Avas
owing that " Tlie Great Mantuan Collection " AA'as purchased for
King Charles I. Carleton either purchased for, or made presents
of works of art, to almost every Englishman of eminence of his
day. James I., Charles I., Somerset, Buckingham, Arundel,
Danvers, and a host of others, may be cited as evidence. The
Correspondence in this volume proves that he Avas a great
42 P. 238.
PREFACE. xxiii
connoisseur, a liberal patron, an intelligent agent, and a lavish
giver of the greatest treasures of art, antiques, as well as
pictures. Before taking leave, I have a most pleasing and agreeable duty
to perform. From the time that I first undertook the task of
collecting the materials for this volume, to the present hour,
I have met with the kindest, the most considerate, and the most
invaluable assistance from every one to AA-hom I have applied ;
even more, from those avIio have cheerfully volunteered their help.
Never say that authors are jealous — generous, I am sure, should
rather supply the Av-ord. Altliough I cannot specify by name all
Avho haA'e lent me a willing hand, there are tAvo or three I cannot
pass over immentioned.
To his Excellency Monsieur Sylvain Van de Weyer I am under
the deejiest obligation. Yvrithout his patronage I could not have
continued my labours; Avithout his assistance I should never
have completed them. The books Avhich His Excellency has
placed at my disposal, and the courteous and ready manner in
Avliich he has invariably rendered me assistance, demand from me
this public acknowledgment of gratitude and thanks.
To Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, for
the ready facilities granted me for research and making copies
before the present regulations Avere in force, I am very grateful.
To John Bruce, Esq., I am greatly indebted. Without his
valuable suggestions, clear judgment, and kind assistance,
I should certainly have been found wanting. I beg leave to
return him my very best thanks. To Mrs. M. A. Everett Green,
also, I am under great obligations.
To the late Dawson Turner, Esq., avIio has died since the
earlier sheets of this volume were in type, I am indebted for his
kind permission to reprint the Inventory of Pictures found in
Rubens's House after his death, as also for an original letter, a
facsimile of Avhich only he had previously printed. And to
William Impey and William Douglas Hamilton, Esqs., my fellow
labourers in the field of official life, I am greatly obliged for many
ready acts of kindness and assistance.
xxiv PREFACE.
And noAV, good Reader, fareAvell. I leave the result of this,
my first volume, with confidence in your hands ; assured that,
however inadequately I may have performed my Editorial labours,
you Avill fully appreciate the value and importance of the Original
Papers contained in this volume. AY KOEL SAINSBTJRY.
December 6th, 185S.
JOUN Kl'Jil'Ns.
Lorn 13 March, 1680.
Mod IS March, 1587.
MAHI/V PYrEI.INCX,
lloi-n 21 March, 153S
On.d Hi October, KiOS.
_i_.
John Baptist
Unbent;. Boru at
Antwerp, in
150-2.
Died 1000.
Blandina Kubons. Horn at
Antwerp,
12 May, 150-t.
Diud
23 April, 1006.
Albert
Kubcns. Born
5 June, 1014.
Died
1 Oct., 1657.
Clara
Rubons. Boru at
Antwerp, 17 Nov.,
I D(35.
Died
20 Sep., 15S0.
ITcjU'y
R,ubons. Born at
Antwerp, 1567.
.Died 1583,
Nicholas Rubens. Lorn
23 Mar., 1618.
Died
26 Sept., 1655.
Clara Jane
.Rubens. Born
IS Jan., 1632,
Died
24 Mar., J6S9.
I
Philip
Uubcns. Boru at
Sicgcn,
27 April.
157-1. Died
2S Aug., 1611.
Franeis
Kubons, Bom
12 July, 1633.
Died
26 Sep., 167S.
1st Wifo,
Isabella llrunt.
Married
13 Oct., low.
Diod
Juno, 1026.
Isabolla Holona
llubous. Born
S May, 1680.
Died
21 Sep., 1652.
Utter Haul
Kubtns. Horn at
Siegen,
20th Juno,
1577. Died
20 May,
10-10.
Peter Paul
Rubens. Born
1 March, 1637.
Died
9 Aug., 16S4.
ilml wile.
Helena
Fourment. Born 1014.
Llarnod 6 Doe.
1030.
Bartholomew Kubons. Born n t
Cologne l.VSI.
Died 1083.
Constants Albertina
Rubens.
(A posthumous child.)
Born
3 Feb., 1041.
PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
Peter Paul Rubens, the principal subject of the following
pages, Avas the fourth son and the sixth child of John Rubens,
a lawyer of some celebrity, and Maria Pypelincx, his Avife, both
natives of AntAverp, who emigrated to Cologne in 1568, on account
of the religious Avars which ravaged the Netherlands. In 1571, John
Rubens Avas imprisoned in the citadel of Dillenburg, in the Duchy
of Nassau, in consequence of an intrigue Avith Anne of Saxony, the
second wife of the Prince of Orange. At the end of two years his
AA-ife obtained the privilege of visiting him in his prison and sub
sequently permission to live Avith him in any town of the Duchy.
They went to reside at Siegen, Avhere on the 27th April, 1574, a
fifth child, Philip Rubens, Avas born, and there also, on the 29th
June, 1577, the festival of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, the great
Flemish artist Avas born.' In 1578 they again settled at Cologne,
and there, on the 18th of March, 1587, John Rubens died, and was
interred in the church of St. Peter.2 In the following year tlie
1 " Rubens et l'ecole tl'Anvers, par Alfred Michiels,'' who gives along account of the
origin of the family of Rubens, which he states to have been very humble; of the
amours of his father, John Rubens, with the Princess of Orange; of hi3 imprisonment
in consequence, and the efforts made by his wife, which Ayere ultimately successful,
to obtain her husband's liberty (pp. 54—73). See also a letter dated if July, 163T,
where Eubens says, " I have a great affection for the city of Cologne, where I was
brought up until I wa3 ten years of age." But Alfred Michiels says he never
designates Color/ne as the place of his birth.
2 His residence at Cologne was in the Rue de l'Btoile, in the parish of St. Peter.
A stone tablet, inserted in the front wall of this house, bears an inscription signifying
that Peter Paul Rubens was born there on the 29th June, 1577, and that John Rubens,
his father died there in 1587, and was buried in the church of St. Peter. This house
was subsequently the residence of a Monsieur Jabach, and in 1830 was in the occu
pation of a wine-merchant and publican (Smith's Cat. RaisonnS, vol. ii. p. 11).
2 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
mother of Rubens, after twenty years' exile, resolved to return to
her native city, which had surrendered in August, I080, after a
twelvemonth's siege, to the dominion of Spain, and there Rubens
continued his studies. His mother then placed him Avith Margaret
de Ligne, widoAV of the Count of Lalaing, as page, but the licen
tious life of his companions was little suited to his taste, and in a
short time he returned home.
It was his mother's intention that Rubens should follow his
father's profession, the law, but animated by a love of draAving
and painting, he persuaded her in 1590, when only thirteen years
old, to place him as a pupil Avith Tobias Van Haeght, a skilful
landscape painter,3 with whom he did not' stay long, and after-
Avards with Adam Van Noort," distinguished for his fine colouring,
with AAdiom he remained a longer time than Avith either his
previous or his subsequent master, but whose brutal disposition
and dissolute life compelled young Rubens to leave him. In
1596, at the age of nineteen, he went to Othon Van Veen, usually
called Otto Venius, the Flemish Raphael,5 who Avas at that time
3 Tobias Verbaecht, Verhaeght, or Vanderhaeght, for hi3 name is thus differently
written ; but Van Haeght is correct, for so it is written upon the register of the
Academy, and so he wrote it himself, was born at Antwerp in 1-566. In 1590, he
was received " Maltre," and was " Doyen des Maitres " in 1594-5. It was from him
that Rubens learnt the first principles of draAving; but it is A'ery probable that
Rubens, aspiring to greater things, left this school to go to Adam Van Noort, that he
might become skilful in the historical part of his art. The Duke of Florence thonght
a great deal of Van Haeght's talent, aud Rome itself admires his picture of the Tower
of Babel, an immense work in its details, which he painted to make himself known.
Cornille de Bie, a Flemish painter, who has WTitten the Lives of the Painters in
verse, says he painted the same subject three or four time3. He died at Antwerp, in
1631, aged 65. From MS. notes, Avhich appear to ha\'e been made in 1779 (p. 324),
by M. Francois Mols — who was a native of Antwerp, and resided there during the
greater portion of the 18th century, where he died in 1790 — to an edition of
Descamps, wliich his Excellency M. Van de AVeyer ha3 kindly allowed me to make
use of; also Descamps, torn. i. pp. 228-251.
4 Adam Van Noort, for so he wrote himself on his pictures, and M. Mols states he
finds the name thus lvritten on the list of the Doyens of St. Luke for 1598, was bom
at Antwerp in 1557, and received "Maitre" in 1587. Ho enjoyed a considerable -
reputation, and painted several great works for which he was well paid ; amongst
others, a " Descent from the Cross," in the chapel of the Holy Sacrament in the
cathedral at Antwerp, in which may be seen the principles that Rubens has followed
sometimesin hi3 pictures. His brutality made him dangerous and insupportable; he
lost his friends and pupils, and latterly regarded painting as a means only to make
money. Rubens said of him that he Avould have surpassed his contemporaries had be
visited Rome and " cherchg a se former sur les bons modeles." He died at Antwerp
in 1041, aged 84.— MS. Notes by MM. Mols : Descamps, torn. i. p. 228.
s Othon Van Veen, for so he wrote it himself, was born at Leydenj in 1550. He
was received into the " Brotherhood of St. Luke," or the Chamber of Painters in
Antwerp in 1594, and served as Doyen from September, 1603, to September, 1604.
He was not only held in high esteem by the Archduke Albert and the Infanta
PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS. 3
court painter to the Archduke Albert, .Governor of the Nether
lands. In the selection of this master, Rubens was most happy.
He profited Avonderfully by the advantages of Van Veen's instruc
tion. In 1599 he was received Master in the Brotherhood of St.
Luke, called the Chamber of Painters in Antwerp."
Othon Van ATeen knowing his pupil's great wish to visit Italy,
and anxious to procure for him every advantage in his travels,
presented Rubens to the Archduke Albert- and' his wife the
Infanta Isabella. He requested their protection aud letters of
recommendation, and on the 29th April [9th May, neAv style],
1600, in his twenty-third year, took leave of Van Veen, with
Avhom he had studied three years,7 and left AntAverp for Italy.8
His first resting place was Venice, where he occupied himself
in studying the Avorks of Titian, Paul Veronese, and other great
masters, and in making copies from some of their best pictures. In
the midst of these studies a gentleman from the court of Vincent
II. de Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, avIio lodged in the same house
Avith Rubens, saw, and was so struck with these pictures that,
through his representation, the Grand Duke offered to attach
Rubens to his court, and upon presenting his letters of recommen
dation from the Archduke Albert, he appointed him Gentleman of
the Chamber and Court Painter. Sandrart says that the Arch
duke sent Rubens to the Duke, Avho received him faArourably, and
took him into his service, in which he remained seven years.3
In 1605 the Duke of Mantua sent him on a mission to Philip III.,
King of Spain, with rich presents for the Duke of Lerma, one of
that King's principal- favourites. While at Madrid he painted a
Isabella for his personal qualities and talents, but also on account of his noble birth,
being descended from John Van Veen, called "Is petit Batard," natural son of
John III., Duke of Brabant. He was superintendent of the finances of his Catholic
Majesty in the Netherlands, and died at Brussels, April 26, 1634, aged 78.— MS.
Notes by M. Mols ; Descamps, torn. i. pp. 223-225. See Appendix B.
5 Mat tre dans la Confrerie de St. Luc. — M. Mols, MS. Note in Descamps i. p. 298.
7 M. Mols, MS. Note in Descamps i. p. 228.
" Mrs. Jameson, in " AVaagen's Peter Paul Rubens, hi3 Life and Genius," p. 7, says,
quoting from Descamps, i. p. 323, that Eubens painted the "Adoration of the Three
Kings" previous to the commencement of his Italian journey. But M. Mols, in a
MS. note, savs this "Adoration des Rois " is not by Eubens, but by 'Van Dalen, Avho
has been confounded with H. Van Balen.
Henry Van Balen and Sebastien Vranekz (see note 59, p. 2-3) were the two fellow
pupils of Eubens Avhen he was with Adam Van Noort. (Smith's Catalog. Baison.,
vol. ii. p. 14.)
9 Eubens, in a postscript to a letter of 31st July, 1630, [p. 103] says he is
extremely grieved at the most sad news of the City of Mantua having been taken by
the Imperialists, from having served the House of Gonzaga many years. Vincent II.
de Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, died iu 1627. b 2
4 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
number of portraits of the Spanish nobihty, and many historical
pictures for which he received large sums of money. On his
return to Mantua, Rubens persuaded the Duke to allow him to
visit Rome," to which he consented, at the same time, charging
him to make copies for him of the finest pictures. He copied
the principal paintings of the great masters, and at the request
of the Archduke Albert painted three pictures for the chapel of St.
Helena, Avhich the Archduke was then- repairing in the church of
Santa Croce della Gerusalemme."
After remaining some time at Rome Rubens proceeded to
Florence, but the Grand Duke hearing everywhere of his great
renown, begged him to return to Mantua, and at his first audience
requested him to paint his OAvn portrait, to be placed in the public
gallery of the city, among the portraits of the greatest painters
of the Avorld.'3 It was during his stay at Florence he took
pleasure in examining the antique statues, Avhich he there found
in endless variety. Before leaving his Court the Grand Didce
presented Rubens Avith a gold chain, with his portrait attached,
and many other presents of great value.'5 He then again Avent to
Venice, Avhere he remained longer than on his first visit, and
completed his studies of the Great Masters there. From thence
he passed to Rome; on his arrival, the Pope requested him
to paint a picture for his Oratoiy of Monte Cavallo," and cardinals
10 Descamps, torn, i, p. 300, says, the Duke sent Rubens to Rome to copy pictures
from the great masters ; but Michel, in his " Histoire de la vie de P. P. Rubens," p. 31,
that Rubens persuaded the Duke to let him go, consenting to his departure with
regret, which is most probably correct.
11 The subjects of the three pictures painted for the Archduke Albert to adorn the
church of Santa Croce della Gerusalemme, at Rome,— the Prince having borne the title
of Cardinal of that chureh previous to his marriage with Isabella, — ivere, " St. Helena
discovering the real Cross," " Christ Crowned with Thorns," and " The Crucifixion."
They were brought to England in 1811, and sold by auction the following year. The
Crucifixion, afterwards sold by Mr. AVoodbnrn to Count AVoronzow, and sent to St. Peters-
burgh, was unhappily lost at sea. (AVaagen's P. P. Rubens, ed. by Mrs. Jameson, p. 10.)
12 It has been the cnstom for upwards of two centnries to place the portrait of every
distinguished painter, done by his own hand, in thi3 gallery. (Smith's Cat. Rais.
torn. ii. p. 20.)
H Eubens, during his residence at Mantua, was so pleased with the triumph of Julius
Ceesar, by A ndrea Mantegna, no w at Hampton Court, but at that time in the Mantuan
Gallery (see Appendix H), that he made a free copy of one of the nine pictures. This
sketch was in the possession of Ruben3 at his death. It subsequently became the
property of the late Samuel Rogers, at the sale of whose pictures in 1856 it was pur
chased for the National Gallery for 1 050 Guineas.
14 The subject was, "The Virgin Mother accompanied by St. Anne, adoring the
Infant Jesus." Alfred Michiels, pp. 92-3, describes thirty-two pictures, painted by Rubens,
between the age of 23 and 31, while in Italy, viz., five at Florence, twenty-three at
Rome, two at Milan, and two at Genoa; besides many -others which he doubtless
painted for the Duke of Mantua.
PAPERS RELATING TO EUBENS. 5
and princes were eager to ornament their galleries aud cabinets
with pictures from his hand. During his second stay at Rome,
he resolved, after a seven years' residence in Italy, to visit Milan,
where' he remained some httle time and painted the famous Lord's
Supper of Leonardo da Vinci. From Milan he went to Genoa,
where he was received Avith the most flattering distinction, by
the nobihty and the first merchants. His cordial reception,
the beauty of the city, and the mildness of the climate, which
agreed with him better than any other part of Italy, induced him
to prolong his stay. He painted for the Church of the Jesuits,
" The Circumcision of Jesus Christ," and " St. Ignatius healing
the sick and crippled," which the Genoese assert ought to be
regarded as the chef d'omvre of the artist. It was at Genoa he
undertook to make drawings and plans of the most beautiful
palaces of the city, which collection was subsequently engraved
at AntAverp.13
His various studies were most painfully interrupted in the
beginning of November, 1608, by neAvs that his mother was
dangerously ill ; he hastened to Antwerp, but did not reach home
in time to see her alive. She died on the 19th October,1" and
he did not arrive there until November. Overwhelmed with grief,
he retired to the Abbey of St. Michael of Antwerp, Avhere, in the
deepest seclusion, Avith nothing but his pencil and a few chosen
books to console him, he remained four months. After raising
a tomb to the memory of his mother, the epitaph to Avhich he
composed himself, he determined on returning to Mantua, but
the Archduke, and his wife Isabella, would not hear of his leaving
Flanders ; they sent for him to attend the Court at Brussels, gave
him a considerable pension, and appointed him Court painter.17
On the 13th of October, 1609, Rubens Avas married in the Abbey
15 The title was "Palazzi antichi di Genova, raccolti e designati da Pietro Paolo
Eubens; in Anversa appresso Giacomo Meursio, anno 1613." The work appeared in
two books, one of 72 plates, the other of 67 plates.
10 Alf. Michiels says she died on the 14th November, but the following translation
of the Latin epitaph which Eubens composed himself, Avill show that her death took
place the 14th of the calends of November, which is the 19lh of October: "To the
very prudent and excellent lady Maria Pypelincx, who iras united in matrimony to
John Eubens, Juris-consult of A ntwerp, and being bereft of him, sacredly cherished
her widowhood for twenty-two years, to the clay of her death. Philip and Peter Paul
Rubens, Avith her Grand-children and her Daughter Blandina, erected this monument
to their pious Mother of blessed Memory. She lived 70 years, 6 montli3, 29 day3, and
died the 14th of the calends of November, in the Year 1608."
17 The Letters Patentare dated 23rd Sept. 1609 [N.S.] " Particularites et documents
inedits sur Rubens, par Gachard [Braxelles, 1842}," lvho says that Michel, and other
C PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
Chm-ch of St. Michael, to Isabella Brant,18 daughter of John Brant,
and niece to his eldest brother Philip's wife," Maria, de Moy, and
they took up their residence with his father-in -laAV. The Archduke
stood sponsor to their first child, and gave him his own name,
Albert. In 1610 " he built a princely house at Antwerp, in the Italian
style, after designs of his own. Between the court and a large
warden, in which he cultivated the rarest flowers and trees, he
constructed a rotunda, lighted from a cupola above, similar to
the Pantheon at Rome, in Avhich he arranged a choice collection
of antique statues, busts, bas-reliefs, medals, onyx, agates, and
pictures of the great masters which he had amassed in Italy.
biographers after him, affirm that at this period the Archduke appointed him cham
berlain, and Michel says that heAvas created Councillor of State, but this could not be,
for Rubens Avas not of noble birth, and the dignity of Councillor of State was
reserved for the most eminent men, as the Prince of Orange, the Duke of Arschot,
&e. &c.
!3 The entry of thi3 marriage will be found in the special register of St. Andrew's
Church, on Avhich the Monastery of St. Michael was dependent : —
"A.D. 1609, cUe 13 Octobris,
St. Petrus Pauwels Rubens
Jofi* Isabella Brant
" Solemnisatum in ecclesft d. Michaelis." Alf. Michiels, p. 568.
Descamps, Fclibien, Michel, AYalpole, call her Elizabeth.
19 The following is a translation of the Latin epitaph written by Peter Paul Eubens
on his brother Philip's tomb: "To Philip Rubens, Juris-consult, son of John, Citizen.
and Senator of Antwerp, the disciple and pupil of the great Lipsius, to Avhose learning
having almost attained, he happily equalled his modesty, at Brussels under the Presi
dent liichardot, at Eome under Ascanins the Cardinal of Colonna. From his letters
and studies, and from the Secretaryship of the Senate and people of Antwerp, he
departed rather than died, surviving in his reputation and writings, the 5th of the
calends of Sept. [2Sth August] 1619, in the 39th year of his age. Maria de Moy,
Mother of his two children Clara and Philip, piously erected this sepulchral monu
ment of her grief and love to her Avell-deserving husband and to his Mother Maria
Pypeliucx. Good Stranger, lift up your hands in fervent prayer and contemplate.
He has gone before : shortly I must follow."
i0 Vie de Eubens, by Philip, his nephew. Michel and all subsequent biographers
are therefore in error when they say Rubens built a house before he Avas married. In
preparing the foundations of his new house, Rubens had unknoivingly trespassed on a
piece of ground belonging to the company of Arquebussiers, at Antwerp. A lawsuit
Avas threatened, and Rubens, with all the vivacity of his nature prepared measures of
resistance, but when his friend Rockox, one of the greatest hvwyers of the city, had
proved to him that the right lay not ivith him, he immediately dreiv back, and offered
to paint a picture by way of compensation, to be placed in the chapel of St. Christopher,
in the Cathedral. This wa.=s the origin of the celebrated "Descent from the Cross."
The agreement that he entered into with the company of Arquebussier3- is dated
the 7th Sept., 1611.— AA'aagen's Rubens, ed. by Mrs. Jameson, p. 22 ; Rubens et l'ocole
d'Anvers, p. 103.
According to Houbraken, the building of this house cost him 60,000 florins.
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Being thus established according to his taste, he apportioned
his time in the folloAving manner : —
He rose early ; in summer at four o'clock, and immediately after-
Avards heard mass. He then went to Avork, and Avhile painting
habitually employed a person to read to him from one of the clas
sical authors (his favourites being Livy, Plutarch, Cicero, Seneca)
or from some eminent poet. At this time he generally received his
visitors, with Avho.ni he entered willingly into conversation on a
variety of topics, in the most animated and agreeable manner. An
hour before dinnerwas always deA'oted to recreation, Avhich consisted
either in alioAving his thoughts to dwell as they listed on subjects
connected with science or politics, which latter interested him
deeply, or in contemplating his treasures of art. From anxiety not
to impair- the brilliant play of his fancy, he indulged but sparingly
in the pleasures of the table, and drank but Httle wine. After
working again till evening, he usually, if not prevented by
business, mounted a spirited Andalusian horse, and rode for an
hour or two. This Avas his faA-ourite exercise; he Avas extremely
fond of horses, and his stables generally contained some of remark
able beauty. On his return home it was his custom toreceive a
few friends, piincipally men of learning or artists, Avith whom he
shared his frugal meal (he was the declared enemy of all excess),
and passed the evening in instructive and cheerful conver
sation.2' He now began to enjoy his reputation and fortune in tran
quillity. He Avas rapid in his designs, equally so in executing
them, and could work for a long time together without affecting
his health. All the towns of the Netherlands22 Avere disputing the
honour of possessing some of his chefs d'ceiivres ,- the cities of
Italy also showed the same eagerness. Genoa, Bologna, and
Milan obtained through favour a very small number of his
pictures, and they ranked among the marvels of Italy. Such
an extraordinary reputation could not fail to attract envy; and
Descamps0 relates that Janssens,2'1 Avho previously wras considered
21 Dr. AVaagen's P. P. Rubens, ed. by Mrs. Jameson, pp. 17, 18.
" Descamps, torn. i. p. 303, says, "The Four Evangelists" of the Jacobins of Ant
werp is by the'hand of Ruben3 ; but M. Mols, in a MS. note, states, he must mean
" The Dispute upon the Holy Sacrament," for there is no picture of " The Four Evan
gelists " in that- church.
23 Tom. i p. 304.
24 Abraham Janssens was a pupil of Jean Snellinck in 1585, "Mai tre" in 1602, and
Avas received " Doyen de3 Matures Peintres " in 1607. Pie died in 1632, according to
8 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
one of the first artists in Flanders, had the temerity to challenge
Rubens to a trial of their art. Rubens replied that he would
accept the challenge, Avhen Janssens could prove by his works
that he was able to compete with him. M. Mols, hoAvever,
in a MS. note to Descamps says, that in spite of the reputation
of the A-riters from whom M. Descamps has taken this anecdote,
he beheves it to be untrue, the answer stated to have been given
to Janssens being contrary to the disposition and character of
Rubens. It was about this time that an English alchemist named
BrendeP5 came to Rubens, and promised to divide with him the
treasures of his art, if he Avould only construct a laboratory and
pay some little necessary expenses. Rubens, after listening very
attentively, took him to his studio : " You are come," he said,
" twenty years too late, for it was then, with this palette and
these brushes, that I found the philosopher's stone." M
Having thus far given a sketch of the life of the great Flemish
artist, I proceed to the original letters which I have found in
the State Paper Office. The first is from Sir Dudley Carleton,
in Holland, to his friend John Chamberlain, in London, and by
its curious picture of Antwerp and the towns adjacent, forms an
appropriate introduction to the correspondence which folloAvs. It
is somewhat remarkable that Carleton makes no mention of having
\isited Rubens, but he most probably did so at Antwerp, for by
a letter from Toby Matthew, dated 29th September, 1616 (see p.
14), it will be- seen that he Avas then in negotiation with Rubens
for a hunting-piece, according to Carleton's commission.
the registers of the Academy of Painters at Antwerp. MS. note by M. Mols (Descamps,
torn. i. p. 261), who also says, " It is a great loss to the public that he became jealous of
Rubens and that he took such an aversion to his style of painting ; for, if Janssens had
been able to join to the [f.ert$] boldness of his draiving the [suavite] sweetness and
the [moelleur] softness of the pencil of his rival, accompanied with the judgment of
chiaro-scuro [entente du claire obscur], I doubt very much if he would not only have
equalled, but perhaps have surpassed him."
25 Descamps, torn. i. pp. 3034. In a note to AValpole's Anecdotes of Painting, &c,
vol. ii. p. 172, " The alchemist who applied to Rubens was one Brondel, an unsuc-
sessful painter— Graham."
26 Descamps, torn. i. p. 305. " For so long it is," said he, " since I found the art of
making gold Avith my pallet and pencils." — AValpole ut sup. " My friend, you are
come too late. Twenty years ago I might have been tempted to listen to your offer,
but I am now in possession of the object of your researches," and showing his pencils,
observed, " these have long since obtained the magic poiver of turning all they touch
into gold." — Smith's Cat. Rais., p. 29.
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I. SIR DUDLEY CARLETON 27 TO JOHN CHAMBERLAIN." (Extract.) 5
Hagh, Sept. —, 1616.
Goode Mr. Chamberlain :
I left aa'"1 you at the Spaa the *| of the last, from Avhence we
parted within tAvo or three dayes, taking the way of Mastricht, as
Avell to avoyde an ill encounter Avch was threatned us at Liege
(wdierof I Avrote unto you) as likeAvise to see a new towne and
27 Sir Dudley Carleton was born at Baldwin Brightwell, in Oxfordshire, on the 10th
of March, 1573. He Avas educated at AA'estminster School and at Christ Church,
Oxford. In April, 1598, he went to Ostend, in the suite of Sir Ed. Norris,
governor there. He took his degree of M.A. at Oxford, on 12th July, 1600, aiSl then
travelled ; was at the Hague in December, 1600, and at Paris in July, 1601. He Avas
secretary in 1602 to Sir Thoma3 Parry, Ambassador in France, and was appointed
secretary to the Earl of Northumberland about August, 1603. He sat for a Cornish
borough in the first Parliament of King James I, was in Paris in November,
1C05, ivhen the Gunpowder Plot was discovered, but ordered home and put under
arrest on suspicion of being concerned in it, through his connection with the Earl of
Northumberland, and Avas not, in consequence, employed in any public capacity until
five years afterwards. In the latter part of the year 1607 he married Anne, daughter
of George Gerard, Esq, who died 18th April, 1627. (See her letters, Appendix D.)
He was knighted in August, 1610, and succeeded Sir H. AVotton as Ambassador at
Venice ; recalled on the 6th September, 1615, and arrived in London on the 11th
December following. He then succeeded Sir Ealph AVinwood as Ambassador at the
Hague, [his instructions were dated 6th January, 1615-6,] where he continued to
reside until October, 1625. In the folloAving month he Avas- appointed Vice-Chamber
lain, and immediately after sent cn a special mission to France, conjointly ivith
the Earl of Holland ; on the 24th November a Avarrant was issued for £153-5, for the
transportation of himself a3 Ambassador Extraordinary with the French King and his
train, to and fro betAvixt Paris and London. In March, 1626, he was elected MP. for
the borough of Hastings, and created Baron Imbercourt in Surrey, 21st May in the
same year, to balance the Duke of Buckingham's enemies in the House of Lords. He
Avas again sent Ambassador Extraordinary to France, in July, 1626, and to the Hague
on the 27th May, 1627; his last letter from Brill is dated if May, 1628. During
this negotiation he was in personal communication with Eubens (see letters of this
date). King Charles I. created him Viscount Dorchester on 25th July, 1628, and
Secretary of State on the 14th December following. He married a second time, in
June, 1630, Anne, the daughter of Sir Hemy Glemham,. relict of Paul, Viscount
Banning, who surviA'ed him. He died 15th February, 1631-2, and was buried on the
19th in AA'estminster Abbey. It will be seen by the correspondence in thi3 volume,
that he was a great admirer of the Fine Arts; and that he purchased numerou3
pictures and statues, not only for himself but for others, of which he appears to have
been considered a very good judge.
214 John Chamberlain was born in 1 552, and educated at Cambridge. He was of a good
family and possessed a large fortune ; Avas the intimate friend of Sir Dudley Carle
ton whom he accompanied to Venice in 1610, and with whom he kept up a regular
correspondence for many years. On 30th July, 1613, Carleton writes to him from
Venice " I shall have more of yr company then you thincke, having violently rob'd
Tintoret of a picture of y™ he retained, Avch is (I assure you) a master piece." He died
at an advanced age, as appears by a- letter from .Sec. Lord Dorchester to Sir Isaac
AVake of the 15th October, 1 630, ivherein he says, "Mr. John Chamberlain, oAvr
go'ode frend, Avho ia Avith God."
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countrie ; avc1' are very ill matched, the towne being very poore and
desolate, and the countrey both rich and pleasant. From thence
we came the next day to St. Troine, Avhere by the Avay Ave were
encountred wth a troope of the B. of Collens horse, who having
made goode cheere in the towne whether Ave were going, and half
drunck (as it seemed) came toAvards us w111 theyr pieces and
petronels in theyr hands, after the manner of a charge to see,
belike, yf they could make us afrayde, or by some disorder give
them occasion of assayling and robbing us ; wch Ave the rather
believe because by one I sent abowt an hower before they knew
avIio Ave were, and lay in ambush for us in an open field behind a
hill untill Ave came to a fitt distance for theyr bravado. But Sr
Horace Vere23 and my self, whom they mett wth first, keeping on
oaat way wthovrfe alteration, after some words they left us to owr
Jomey. From St. Troine Ave came the next clay to Louvain,
Avhere Mr. Trumbull30 mett us, and giving us to understand of the
Archduke and Infantas absence from Bruxells we tooke that place
in owr AAray ; where we dined av* Mr. Trumbull, and lodged that
night at Machlen, whether he conducted us in companie of Mr.
Toby MattheAv31 who foAvnd us at Louvain, or rather we him (for
there is his residence), and left us not untill we came to Antwerp.
At Louvain we saw nothing remarquable but the D. of Ascots
chappel, an English mile distant from the toAvne, where those of
that house have theyr monuments ; and it is a great raritie for a
23 Sir Horace Vere the youngest son of Geoffrey Vere, brother of John, sixteenth Earl
of Oxford, was born at Kirby Hall, in Essex, in 1565, and served in the Low Countries
with his brother, Sir Francis ; had a considerable share in the victory near Nieuport,
anl in the defence of Ostend. He succeeded his brother in the government of the
Brill, Avhich post he held until 1616. In 1620 he Avas appointed commander of the
forces sent by King Jaraes I. to the assistance of the King of Bohemia, on which occa
sion he effected a memorable retreat from the Spanish General, Spignola. He was the
first person raised to the peerage by Charles I. There is a dooquet in the State Paper
Office, dated 18th July, 102.5, for a charter of creation for Sir Horace Vere to be Baron
Vere of Tilbury, iu co. Essex, entailing the said honour upon him and his heirs male
of bis body. Pie was Master of the Ordnance in 1629, and died 2nd May, 1635, aged
70, when the title became extinct.
SJ William Trumbull served under Sir Thos. Edmondes, from 1597, in the Council
Chamber " without fee or reward ; " was appointed, in 1605, " agent of King James J.,
resident at Brussels," and returned to England on 17th October, 1625. There are
warrants to AVilliam Trumbull, gentleman, for payment of 20,3. per day, as H. M.
agent Avith the Archduke of Austria, and it appears by a " Grant unto Thos. Meautys,
Esq., for his life of the ofhce of Miuter-Master-General of England," on 26th March,
1636, that "AVil. Trumbull, Esq., deceased, late held the same." — Ori°-. Papers,
S. P. O.
31 Toby Matthew was banished the Court of King James I. (see Appendix I.), and
seems from his letter to have acted at this period as an- agent for Sir D. Carleton
in the exchange of pictures from Buben3.
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familie under the condition of absolute Princes. At Bruxells Ave
had the full sight of the Court, "where the hall and chappell are
exceeding faire, and the parke wftin the Avails of a toAvne is a
singularitie ; the grotte and gardens very perfect and pleasnut ; the
Avhole house and furniture rather comodious then sutable to
the pallace of a Prince. - The seat of the towne was all Ave could
consider in so short time, wch is the most pleasant that I have
seene any where. The English Nuhnes tooke it unkindly to be
left unvisited, Avho take themselfs to be such pretious peeces
(and so are sett OAvt and magnified by OAvr English Catholiques>
whereof there Ave fownd many) that they thinck they should not
have ben so slighted ; but we had nether time nor much desire
to use that ceremonie. Machlen both for the waves and
gardens neere it, and the fayrenes of streetes and buildings
was absolutely the best towne we saw in Brabant, untill we came
to Antwerp, wch I must confesse exceedes any I ever saAv any
where else, for the bewtie and uniformitie of buildings, heith
and largenes of streetes, and strength and fairenes of the rampars.
We stayed there (as in all other places), one night onely, having
an afternoone and a morning to see the towne, Avck we performed
in frends coches, Avherby to give our owne rest, and left nothing of
moment unseene.32 But I must tell you the state of this towne in
a Avord, so as you take it literally, magna ci\itas magna solitudo,
for in yc Avhole time Ave spent there I could never sett my eyes in
the Avhole length of a streete uppon 40 persons at once : I never
mett coach nor saw man on horseback : none of owr companie
(though both Avere worlde dayes) saAv one pennie worth of Avare
ether in shops or in streetes bought or solcle. Two walking
pedlers and one ballad-seller will carrie as much on theyr backs
at once as was in that royall exchange ether above or beloAv.
The English house is filled wth schoole-boyes under the Jesuits
discipline, and the Esterlings33 stands emptie. In many places
grasse growes in the streetes, yet (that Avch is rare in such
solitarines) the buildings are all kept in perfect reparation. Theyr
condition is much worse (Avch may seeme strange) since the truce
then it was before ; and the whole countrey of Brabant Was suitable
to this towne; splendida paupertas, faire and miserable. "VVe
32 Is it not most probable he visited Rubens.
33 The Esterlingers were a company of merchant adventurers who traded to
the eastern parts, aud it is probable the Esterlings was their hall, or place of
business.
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soone fowncl the contrarie qualities in the first step Ave made into
the territorie of this State, wch is rich and unpleasant. And this
Ave imputed rather to the nature of the goverment then of the
soyle (for Brabant was never accounted poore) and therof
observed this manifest reason, that it proceeded of the qualitie
rather of the stranger-soldier then the inhabitant ; in that on that
side the soldier is a master over the state (the Spaniard, I meane),
on this side (of Avhat nation soever) a servant. At Breda (wch both
for the towne and castle is a place Avorth the sight) Ave Avere both
lodged and defrayed by the Governor, as we were at Guerten-
bergh in owr going, and saw both the garrisons as Avell horse as
foote in armes. At Gurcom and Turgoe (wch way we- returned to
avoyde shipping of oaat horses) we had the like entertainment of
the burgers, as Ave had likewise at Dort in oAvr going : but Roterdani
makes profession of laying aside all such courtesie.
* * * * *
Y" most affectionatly,
Dudley Carleton-.
II. SIR D. CARLETON TO J. CHAMBERLAIN. (Extracts.) 4
Hugh, Oct. -, 1616.
Goode Mr. Chamberlain- :
I am noAV againe returned from a pettie progresse having taken
the oportunitie of his Ex.™' absence and a Vacation of affaires to
visit Harlem, Amsterdam, Utrecht, and Leyden, in avc1' jorney I
spent six dayes, chusing rather to acquaiut my self av* these places
in the beginning of my residence here, whereby the knowledge of
them might be of some use, then (as many doe) at parting to finde
talke when they come home. I fownd at Harlem a whole towne
so nete and clenlie, and all things so regular and in that goode
order, as yf it had ben all but one house. The painters were the
chiefest curiositie; wherof there is one Cornelius34 for figures, who
34 Cornelius Cornelisss was born at Haerlem, in 1562, and from his youth gave such
tokens of a genius for painting that he was placed Avith Peter le Long the younger,
under whom he made a most rapid progress, and was surnamed Corneliu3 the
Painter. On leaving his master, at the age of seventeen, whom he greatly surpassed,
he would have gone to Italy, but at Rouen the plague prevented his proceeding
further, and he was allured to AntAverp by the reputation of the great painter in that
city. He placed himself with Francis Pourbus, (his true name, in Flemish, was
Poyerbus, which signifies Powder-Box.— M. Mols. MS. note. Descamp3, i. p. 277,)
and afterwards Avith Giles Coignet, where he remained a year, and by their instruc
tion corrected his manner of painting, Avhich ivas raw and hard, and acquired a more
PAPEES RELATING TO RUBENS. 13
doth excelle in colouring, but erres in proportions. Vrom3i hath
a great name for representing of Ships and all things belonging to
the sea ; wherin indeede he is very rare, as may appeare by the
prises of his works, when a Burger of Alemar gave him for the
fight Avch Greenfield made in the Revenge, £200 sterl, and his sonne
for the Battaile of Lepanto (\vch is not aboAre a yard and a half long
and a yard broad) doth demaund and stick hard at £120. Goltius36
is yet living, but not like to last OAvt an other winter ; and his
art decayes ava his bodie. At Amsterdam I saAv many goode pieces
but few goode painters ; that place being in this commoditie as in
others, the ware-house rather then the worke-house. The plague
groes hott there, wcb made my stay the lesse, yet I saiv the Avhole
towne, and observed this difference from AntAverp, that there was a
toAvne Avtbowt people and here a people as it were withowt a towne;
such are the numbers of all nations, of all professions, and all
religions there assembled, but for one busines onely of marchan-
dise ; Theyr neAv toAvne goeth up a pace, Avch they make account
will be finished and filled within the space of tAvo j?eares.
At Utrecht I saw eleven companies of the K's subjects in arms,
Avch Avas more then any towne in these 17 provinces can sheAV of one
language, or I may Avell say any toAvne in Europe ; and they are
all A'ery goode men. At Leyden I onely stayed a dining time
having the comoditie' to see that place at leysure : and yet I must
note as a singularitie the comon Inne Avhere we dined, wch hath
divers roomes hung Avith tapistrie, and some furnished w* pictures
of the best hands.
***** Y's most assuredly,
D. Caeleton.
soft and agreeable style. He painted a large picture representing the Deluge for the
Earl of Leicester, in which the naked figures and their different ages are admirably
expressed. His pictures, though numerous, ai-e difficult to be met with. He died
in 1633, aged 76. — Descamps, torn. i. pp. 240-2.
36 Henry Cornelius Vroom, born at Harlem in 1566. His father was a statuary, but,
dying Avhen young, his mother married a second time Cornelius Henricksen, a
painter on china, who gave him instruction in painting. After travelling through
Spain and Italy, and escaping shipwreck, he took to painting ships and vessels. He
also painted the naval engagements between the English and Spanish fleets in 1588,
and visited England, where he was well received. He died in 1619, aged 53.—
Descamps, torn. i. p. 254.
36 Henry Goltzius was born at Mulbrecht in the duchy of Juliers, in 1558. His
own geniu3 and application raised him to that considerable rank Avhich he held
among the best artists of his time for painting and engraving. Though he did not
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III. 3'" TOBT MATTHEW TO SIR D. CARLETON.38 (Extract.)
Kept 29
Brussels, -—'- — , 1616.
May. it please your L1' : (A.J
* *¦ * * *
I Avas lately at AntAverpe to take leave of my Lady of Pembrooke,39
who departed thence tOAvardes England on the third of this moneth.
Mr. Gage 10 and I dealt w* Rubens, for the peece of huntinge11
accordinge to your L^3 Commission ; savinge that betweene my
receavinge of your Lpa former letter, avcU was at Lovaine, and my
goinge to AntAverp, I had not the chaine of diainondes in my hand,
for I had left it here in Brussells, so as Rubens saAve it not. But
that importeth not much, for the very loAvest price, to wch av* much
adoe Mr. Gage could drawe him, was fowerscore poundes sterling;
w* he said not expressely he would take, but I thincke he will.
Wee tell him of a chaine, and described it the best we could; but
those thinges Avorke not upon him, and he will not meddle with
it, but so farre forth as by the estimation of gouldsmithes and
jeAvellers, it shall rise to his price. What it shall wante, he will
expecte to be punctually made up in money ; and I must tell
your Lp I 'meete av* noebodie of any condition, who will geve
much above fifty poundes for the chaine. There have not yet
beene stirringe any other chaines of diamondes, for Avch I might
exchaunge yours ; so as it may please your Lp to coiuaunde Avhat
begin to paint till he was above forty, it is incredible the number of pictures ho
finished. He died at Haerlem, in 1617, aged 59.
37 See Appendix I.
33 Printed in the supplement to " Catalogue RaisonnS of the AVorks of the most
eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French Painters," &c, by John Smith, pp. 234-5.
The date i3, however, according to the new style.
39 Lady Mary, one of the three daughters and co-heirs of Gilbert Talbot, Earl of
Shrewsbury, Avho died on the 8th May, 1616. She Avas married, in 1604,. to AVilliam
Herbert, third Earl of Montgomery, a well-knoivn favourite of King James I, and " the
most universally beloved and esteemed of any man of that age;" but, according to
Lord Clarendon, the union Ava3 not a happy one. Her husband died in 1630; she
survived him many years.
40 George Gage appears to have acted as an agent for Sir Dudley Carleton in the
purchase, &c, of pictures. He was employed in several special missions by King
James I. On the 10th October, 1621, Trumbull writes to Carleton, "The Dispen
sation for or allyance w'" Spaine is pursued by Mr. George Gage, and Padre
Maestro," also on 17th January, 1622-3, "Mr. Endymion Porter was redispatched
[from Spain] towards England, and Mr. Gage sente forward towardes Italy." His
credentials to Pope Gregory XV, to hasten the dispensation for the Spanish match,
are dated, 30th September, 1622.
41 See p. 21, note 54.
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I shall doe, whether I shall sell the chaine as highe as I can
and make good the reste to Reubens for his picture ; or Avhether
I shall expecte yet a litle longer, to see if I can finde for myLadie,
a chaine of Diamondes avc1' she will like better ; or els (Avithout
medlinge either Avith the picture or the exchaimge) Avhether I shall
embrace the firste good comodity of sendinge the chaine to her
handes. ***** Your L1'3 humble and most
affectionate servaunte,
Tobie Matthew.
IV. TOBY MATTHEW TO SIE D. CARLETON. (Extract.)
Louvaine, Nov- — , 1616.
Slay, it please your L :
* * * * *
Concerninge the chaine, there is noe possibility to accorde the
difference betwene your Lp and Reubens ; especially considering
that whereof I have written to my Lady about the litle wch wilbe
geven for the chaine here ; but hoAvesoe ver, Mr. Gage, Avho is going
to AntAverp Avithin these foAver or five dayes, will take it Avith him,
together av* the instructions of your last letter, and see wmat can
be done for you.
* 9f. * -* *
Your Lrs most humble and
affectionate servaunt,
Tobie Matthew.
V. TOBY MATTHEAV TO SIR D. CARLETON.42 (Extract.) 20
Louvaine, Dec. --, 1616.
Mat it please your Lp:
* * » * *
The reason of my writinge no sooner to your Lp about Mr Gage's .
Treaty Avith Rubens Avas this. He came by Brussells where he
staid long, but AA'ith dayly purpose of cominge hether, wtU made
him forbeare to write, especially considering that Rubens did
absolutely refuse his offer. To that absolute refusall peradventure
43 Printed in Supplement to Smith's " Catalogue RaisonnS of Painters," pp. 235-6.
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Rubens Avas the more hastned, by reason that at the same time
the Duke of Ariscott Avas in AntAverp, and in highe termes to buye
the huntinge peece.43 Howe it hath succeeded I knowe not, but
I rather thincke it is sold ; for as the painter esteemes it to be
richly Avorth a hundred poundes in itself, so yet he wilbe glad of
fowerscore, in regard of the errour Avch nowe lie acknoAvledgetli
himself to have committed in makinge the picture so very bigge,
that none but great Princes have houses iitt to hange it up in.
But howsoever his resolute answere Avas, that Avhether the Duke
of Ariscott bought it or no, he would not sell it a penye under
fowerscore pound, Avhereof your chaine was nowe lastly valewed
in AntAverp but at fiftye. Rubens for the gusto AVch he takes hi
that peece of hunting, is makinge another picture of it, but much
lesse. For whereas the great picture is eighteene foote long and
betweene eleven and twelve foote highe, this other is but ten foote
long and seaven foote highe."' This later picture if you hke to
have for your chaine, you may ; and he undertakes to make it of
as much perfection as the other, if not more; and if you hke the
matche, Mr. Gage Avill see that he shall performe it. He hath
already seene so much of it, as is done, and likes it exceedingly,
and saith he had rather geve threescore pound for this, then
foAverscore for the other, for besides that he assureth himself that
this wilbe better finished, he saieth that the other picture is so
bigge as that it cannot be hunge up in the house of lesse then a
Prince. It may please your Lp to make Avhat resolution you like
beste, and you see upon what reason I forbeare to sende your
chaine till I have an answer hereunto.
***** Your Lps most affectionate,
and most humble servaunt,
Tobie Matthew.
On Dec. 27, Toby Matthew Avrote again to Carleton, stating
that he had no more to say concerning the chain until he heard
again from his Lordship.
43 See Toby Matthew's letter of 14th April, 1617, p. 21, wherein he says, " The great
peece of huntinge is sould and carried away for an hundred pound sterlinge."
44 In a "List of my (Sir D. Carleton's) Pictures, given the 1st September, 161S,
to the King of Denmark's merchant," [see p. 46] the one I have numbered 6 is a
hunting-piece, 8 feet high and 11 feet long, which 13 no doubt the same mentioned,
here.
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VI. TOBY MATTHEW TO SIR D. CARLETON.45 (Extract.) Jon. 27
Louvaine, , 1616-7.
Maie ir please your Lordship: ¦L<eb- "
*****
Mr. Gage hath written to Rubens to know what he will under
take concerninge the paintinge of those Birds, wherin yu shalbe
advertised ; but we are alredie out of doubt but that hi other
respects your huntinge peece Avill be at least as good as the other,
Avch I thinke the Duke of Arscot buyeth for an hundred pounds,
and Avch the Arch-Duke had bought long ere this, if anie roome of
his bowse at Brussells Avould have held it, excepting abvaies bis
great hall, wch is yours or mine as much as his. But I verilie
thinke the Painter will not take anie thing lesse then your Chaine,
especiallie if he cause the Birds to be painted by that other
Maister," and I rather doubt Avhether he will oblige himself to
that. Your Lp shall knoAv what he saieth as soone as I know it,
and I will governe myself for yu, as if it Avere mine OAvne case.
As for the picture of the battaille wch yu desire, yu mistook e Mr.
Gage if yu thinke he spake of tenne pound as the price of it ; for
he and I caused a coppie of eleA'en feet in length, and eight in
depth, as I remember, to be taken for Generall Cecill, wch cost
fcwentie pounds, though it were draAvn not by Franck/' aaIio Avas
the first Master, but by another. Soe as herin yr Lp must resolve
eyther to spend more, or to content your self w* a coppie in
small volume. * * a * *
I continue a most humble and affection'" Servant,
Tobie Matthew.
VII. TOBY MATTHEW TO SIR D. CARLETON.43 (Extract.)
Louvaine, Feb. — 1616-7,
Maie it please yr Lop:
I have seene, at last, the answeare of Rubens to Mr. Gage, wch
is precisely thus. He will not make the lesser huntinge peece
45 Printed in Supplement to Smith's " Catalogue RaisonnS of Painters," p. 237.
46 Frangois Snyders, see note 58, p. 23.
47 Sebastien Vranckz, see note 59, p. 23.
48 Printed in Supplement to Smith's " Catalogue Raisonng of Painters," pp. 237-8.
o
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for lesse then y1 Lps chaine. Concerninge the causiuge of anie
part therof to be made by Snyder, that other famous Painter, yf
Lp and I have been in an errour, for I thought as yu doe, that his
hand had been in that Peece, but sincerly and certainly it is not
soe. For in this Peece the beasts are all alive, and in act eyther
of escape or resistance, in the expressing wherof Snyder doth
infinitlie come short of Rubens, and Rubens saith that he should
take it in ill part, if I should compare Snyders av* him in that
point. The talent of Snyders is to represent beasts but especiallie
Birds altogether dead, and wholly AV*out anie action ; and that
Avch yr Lp, Mr. Gage, and I saAve of his hand, Avch Ave liked soe well
Avas a Gruppo of dead Birds, in a picture of Diana, and certaine
other naked Nimphes, as Rubens protesteth, and Mr. Gage
avoAveth, and now myself doe Avell remember it. This was the
ground of y* Lp3 errour and mine. I Avrote to yr Lp some fort
night siuce, but then I was not able to speake soe clearly Ex
meute authoris ; soe as I shall doe nothing upon yr Lps answeare
to my last, but Avill expect yrs to this, because to this it maie be
absolute. If yr Lp like not the condition, I will presentlie put the
chaine into Mr. Tromball's hands, well seene and sealled up,
accordinge to former directions, to be convayed. If y* Lp be pleased
to exchange your Chaine for the Picture I will take all the paines
I can, aud Mr. Gage will gladlie use all the judgement he hath,
to make the Maister doe it excellentlie. But indeed there will
be no neede of it, for I see he is disposed to doe his best ; and me
thinkes he rather chuseth not to doe it, then to doe it soe as not
to get honT by it.
*****
Yr Lps eA'er most humble and affectionate Servant,
Tobie Matthew.
VIII. TOBY MATTHEAV TO SIR D. CARLETON.
Brussels, -fc6- ? ° , 1616-7.
Maie it please ye Lp: Marcli 2
I am called by some necessarie occasion to Paris, or elce I
would not goe in these times of soe great danger. If this purpose
had not come suddenlie upon me I had offred sooner to serve y'
Lp in that place. It will certainlie be after Easter before I
returne, and if in the meane tyme yu need anie factour there I
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desire that I maie be the man. Anie letters that come in the
meane tyine hither concerning y1 Pictures, or Chaine, I have
appointed to be delivered [to] Mr. Gage, that he maie doe upon the
reading of them, as I would, if I Avere present. Soe in great hast
I humblie kisse my good Ladies haud, and yours
Your Lp" most affectionate Servant,
Tobie Matthew.
IN. AV. TRUMBULL49 TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.)
Brussels, March — , 1616-7.
Right honorable my very good Lord :
* * * * -»
I have delivered yr 1. Ir" to Mr. Gage, beeing nowe in this
Towne : and he pretendeth that in the ende of this Aveeke, he
will make a journey to Antwerp, of purpose to speake av* Rubens
about yor 1. pictures.
***** Yor good L. moste ready to be commanded,
W. Thttmbull.
X. G. GAGE50 TO SIR D. CARLETON.51 (Extract.) 4
Brussels, Marsh — , 1616-7.
Mat it please your Lord1':
*****
I missed very narrowly Sig* Rubens 3 dayes since at Louain
but I purpose to goe shortly to Antwerp, where I will not faile to
complye in all diligence Avith y* L. order, taking it to bee alirmid
boni propter vicininum bonum to bee imploied in yr service Avhom
my frende and I so much honour. I doe not see hoAV (with all the
craft I have) I shall bee able to make any other bargain Avith
Rubens then for the chaine, his picture. The rest of the money
will procure tAvo pictures of Brugel and Sniers, but they are like
to bee very litle. That Avhich occures to mee is to deale by Rubens
as for myself, who by continual exchainge of workes and truckings
can get them to doe something, as for him, better cheape then any
49 See note 30, ante, p. 10.
50 See ante, p. 1-4, note, 40. .
51 Printed in Supplement to Smith's " Catalogue RaisonnS of Painters," pp. 238-9.
c 2
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man els. If any thing occuire better I will follow it. There is
no harme in proposing. They have in Antwerp a yong man who
hath lived long in Italy, who I think is the rarest man living in
Lantscape. I am sorry I forgot to shoAV yr L. him at y1 being
there. If yr L. shall give mee order, I thinck a matter of 20
croAvnes would not bee Avorse bestowed that way if you care for
Landscapes then of any of the rest.
***** Yr L. most humble servant,
G. Gage.
XI. TOBY MATTHEW TO SIR D. CARLETON.82 (Extracts.) 14
Louvaine, April, — , 1617.
May it please yr Lordship :
At my returne from Paris I finde a letter of yr Lp3 concerninge
yr Pictures, wherin the paines that Mr. Gage hath alrecly taken
dischardgeth mine. He went to Antwerpe to see them all in hand,
and I dare say by his report who hath seene the beginninge of
them that they Avill be to yT Lps contentment. If any thinge more
occurre concerninge this matter I will adde it by way of postscript
if the Phisicke av* he is takinge will not give himselfe leave to
write at this tyme.
***** Your Lps ever at eomaundement,
Tobie Matthew.
Post. Noe more occurreth concerninge yr Lp5 pictures but that
yr Lp cannot have them all these two or three moneths, and that
Bruegel 53 hath two peeces in hand almost finished, wherof the
52 Postscript, printed in Supplement to Smith's " Catalogue Raisonne of Painters,"
pp. 239-40.
53 John Breughel, called Velvet Breughel, on account of the peculiarity of his dress,
was a son of Peter Breughel the Old, and was born at Brussels in 1568. He was
taught to paint in miniature by Peter van Aelst, but his last master was Peter
Goekindt, who instructed him in oil painting. He studied a long time at Cologne,
painting fruits and flowers after nature, which Avere regarded as prodigies, and soon
obtained for him a great reputation. . Rubens admired his paintings so much, that
he employed him in several of his pictures. One of their finest joint performances
was '-"Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden," which Smith, in his "Catalogue
Raisonne " (vol. ii., p. 113), describes as a matchless production, and was sold in- the
collection of Madame Backer, at Leyden, in 1766, for £661 — now worth 1200 guineas.
He died on 12th January, 1625. Rubens was so attached to John Breughel, that
he offered himself as tutor to his tAvo daughters, and composed the Latin epitaph for
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bigger is to be of fourteene pounds sterlinge at the last Avord, it
beinge of a baskett full of floAvres, the lesser is a pott of floAvers,
and a garland of floAvres lyinge by it, and the loAvest price of
that is twelve pound. Mr. Gage conceiveth the lesse much more
exquisitely to be done then the other, and desireth to know yr
niinde. Franck and Snyer have both begunne pictures for yr
L1' : Rubens is A\_ell forAvard, and it will be a rare peece. The
great peece of huntinge is sould and carried away for an hundred
pound sterlinge.54
XII. TOBY MATTHEAV TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extracts.)
Lovaine, June, — , 1617.
May it please your Lordship : "°
I have received your Lpa of the 20* of June, and concerninge
my returne into England I meane to putt in effect" — as soone as
I shall have recovered a litle healthe wck I am goinge to seeke at
the SpaAV. *****
Your Pictures shalbe done before I goe, and if they should not
Mr. Gage hath soe diligent an affection toAvards your service as
that nothinge will be lost by my absence. I have in my hand
fortie florens of your Lps and your Lp maie at your comoditie
make over as payable to Mr. Gage or me the hundred and tAventie
croAvnes whereof you wrote for your three lesser pictures. That
wch I have of yours in my hand maie defraie the chardge of
makinge them up in cases, and the rest I will leave in Mr. Wake's™
hand to be disposed of at your Lpa pleasure upon anie such
imployment as maie arise herafter.
* * * * *
Your Lps ever' humble and affectionate servant
Tobie Mattheav.
his tomb (printed by Michel, p. 86), which he also decorated with a portrait of the
deceased, painted by himself.— Descamps, torn. i. pp. 375-9 ; Michel, pp. 85-6.
54 This is no doubt the " hunting-peece " mentioned in his former letters of 29th
September and 20th December, 1616, whichis in the possession of the King of Bavaria.
65 He evidently did so, for Ed. Sherburne writes to Carleton from London, on 23rd
August 1617, and says Toby 3Iatthew remembers his best love and service to his lord?.
56 Lionel Wake was an English merchant trading at Antwerp, and frequently ¦
employed by Rubens to pack and transmit pictures. In Nov., 1 627, Sir John Hippesley
" made stay [at Dover] of one Lionell Wacke and his soun Arho came to passe over
in to France bycase he refused to take the oath of aleagence and byeause he heares he
is a very riche man and lendes the Archduches great storre of monies."
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XIII. TOBY MATTHEW TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.) 8
Brussels, July — , 1617.
Ma7 ir please your Lordship :
* * * * *
As for the sending away your Pictures before I went, Mr. Gage
will be as carefuU in seinge them well put into your hands as he
hath beene in makinge your severall painters to outstripjje them
selves in what they have done for yw, and I dare say yw are to
have somwhat from them Avci is thrice worth your money. He
stayeth here, and Avill upon all occasions be most affectionately
redie to seiwe your Lp.
*****
Mr. Gage will sett all accompts streight between© us, and I
continue Your Lps intirely affectionate freind and servant,
Tobie Matthew.
XIV. LIONEL WAKE TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.)
Antwerp, Aug. — , 1617.
This inclosed from Mr. Gage will assure yon of the perform
ance of such things as you weare pleased to comande me to
perfforme by yr 1™" of the 8 of July : Mr. Gage hath left w* me
2 cusses av* certayne picturs, the avcH I will send you by the first
shipp that shall depart from hence towards the Hage, the avcV> I doubt
will not be yett in 8 or 10 dayes, for that there is none yet lading.
Mr. Trumbull hath sent me a pass from the finances that they
shall pass free on this syde of all Gabells : and I will direct them
to you, Avch I think is suffitient to free them at Lillo.
* * * * *
At yr lionno™ comandment,
Ltonell Wake.
[Inclo.mre.']
XV. G. GAGE TO SIR D. CARLETON." (Extract.) 13
Brussels, Aug.- - , 1617.
ALay ir please your Lord : 23
To deale plainly and ingeniously Avith yr Lordship, I must con-
5'" Printed in Supplement to Smith's " Catalogue Raisonne" of Painters," p. 240.
PAPEES RELATING TO RUBENS. 23
fesse that by my negligence it hath happened, that you have not
receaved your Pictures almost a month since. For before my
going to Dunkerch (Avhither I did accompany my frend Mr.
Matthew) your pictures ivere finished, payed for, and encassed up
in Mr. u ake's. house. The errour Avas, that at my departure out
of Brussels, haAing many things to troble a. Aveake braine, I forgot
to get by Mr. Trumbal a billet of free passage for those peeces,
which only hath bin the cause of their stay. I hope their good-
nesse will make some part of amends for this fault. I will not
commend them, only I Avill tell yr Lordsp : concerning that of
Sniers,58 ye I have bin wooed to let some have it for more money
then it cost, and I doe assure voav that it hath bin esteemed by
some very judicious workemen and gentelmen at a 100 croAvnes.
Your Ls money hath bin thus reparted according to the best
bargaines that I could make : Rubens had the cheyne never
valued heere above £44 sterling, Bruegell had £14, Sniers £12,
and Sebastian Franc59 £10.
****** Yr L. most humble servant,
G. Gage.
Understands he has received divers antique heads and statues
out of Italy, — AAishes to know if they Avere bo' of Daniel Nice,
shd much like to see them, especially if any Statues as large as
life. — See Appendix C.
53 Francois Snyers, or Snyders, born at Antwerp in 1579, was a pupil of Henry Van
Balen, and of Pierre Breughel, in 1593. He became " Maitre" in 1G03, and painted
animals and fruits so exquisitely as almost to deceive beholders. Rubens was the first
to ])raise and appreciate his talents, and he frequently employed him to paint fruits
and animals in his own pictures. One of his paintings, representing a stag hunt,
made his fortune. Philip III., king of Spain, having seen it, ordered him to paint
several grand subjects for him. He died 1657, aged 73. — Descamps, torn. i. p. 330,
Avith MS. notes, by M. Mols.
59 Sebastien A'ranckz — for so he wrote it himself — Avas of quite anotherfamily to the
Francken (improperly written Franck), with which the Biographers have confounded
him. It is true there was a Sebastien Francken, who was called the Younger,
perhaps, to distinguish him from another Francken, or from Sebastien A'ranckz.
The former was the son of Francois Francken the Elder, and his pupil. Aran
Mander confounds him with the other artist, but later authora have no excuse for
so doing, because Van Dyck painted the portrait of Sebastien Frankeu the Younger,
engraved by Hondius, with the inscription below, "Sebastianu3 Francken, junior,
humanarum figurarum minorum Pictor," Avhich should have sufficed to distinguish
him from the other Sebastien, who was a painter of battles, aud Avho generally put his
monogramme V upon the rump of a horse in his pictures. He was born at Antwerp
in 1573, was received "Maitre" in 1601, and his name will be found on the list for
1612 of the "Doyens des Maitres-peintres" of Antwerp. — M. Mols, MS. note in
Descamps, torn. i. p. 2S1.
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XVI. G. GAGE TO SIR D. CARLETON.ro Oct. 22
Peronne, -r- — — , 1617.
Mr Lordb : Nov- X
I hope yT Lp will beare Avith ill inck and . paper, since
I am forced to answeare your last out of an Inne in a vagare, that
I am fetching for some few monthes into Spaign. I am exceeding
glad your L. pictures came to your handes so well conditioned,
Avhich I thought long till I heard, and I thinck it not amisse to
put y' L. in minde of one thing concerning them, which is that
yow keepe them not to long roled up (as often it happineth) before
yoAv hang them up, for it Avould much prejudice the colors."
The hunting peece of Rubens in my opinion is excellent,63 and
perhaps preferable to the first, because Avhen a Master doth a
thing the second time, lightly it is for the better. I imagin in
your praise of the others, y1 L. excepteth this cum semper sit ex-
cipimdiis. — Plato. The peece of Sniers (as I thinck I told you)
was judged heere by skilful men worth 100 crowns. And Iioav-
soever yow esteeme there your Jaques de Ghein,6' yet AVee preferre
by much Brugel, because his thinges have neatnesse and force, and
a morlidezza, which the other hath not, but is cutting and sharpe
(to use painters phrases) and his things are to much ordered. I
delivered to. Sigr Rubens what yT L. Avrightes to mee concerning
yr heades and statuaes. Hee and I were both sorry that I had
resolved on this jorney, els Avee would both haAfe Aisited yr Lord-
60 Part printed in Supplement to Smith's " Catalogue RaisonnS of Painters,"
pp. 2-10-1.
01 See Gerbier's Letter to Rubens, of -?T Sept., 1635, who allude3 to the great
injury done to the pictures for the Banquetting House at AVhitehall, "through being
rolled up almost a whole year."
e'2 This is no doubt the picture measuring 11 feet by 8 feet [Numbered 6], described
in Carleton's List of Pictures, 1st Sept., 1618, and the "first" here alluded to is most
probably the one in the possession of the King of Bavaria.
69 Jacques de Gheyn Avas born at Antwerp, in 1565, and was an admirable painter
upon glass. Ho died about the age of 50 (Descamps, torn. i. p. 249) ; but a MS. note
by M. Mols states that " Jacques Van de Gheyn was received 'Mattre ' in 155S, as a
painter upon glass, according to the Register of the Academy of Painters at Antwerp ;
and it is therefore probable that this Jacques de Gheyn is another artist of the same
name ; or rather the father of Jacques, who might have been born in 1565 ; but no
other artist of this name and profession appears on the registers." Pilkington, in his
" Dictionary of Painters," describes James Gheyn as the son of James Gheyn, an
eminent engraver, at Antwerp, of Avhich city he was a native. He studied at first
under his father, after which he went to Italy, where he had Tempeata for his, instructor.
He painted landscapes and flowers, and died in 1630. He also practised engraving
Avith reputation.
PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS. 25
ship. That which can bee donne is, that at my returne (which I
shall bee by the grace of God in the Spring) wee will goe together
to Avait upon yoAv, and I doubt not but there will bee contentment
given and received on both sides. But, if by any occasion yr Ld
shoidd bee removed from that place before the Sommer Sigr Rubens
entreateth yc L. to cause him to bee certified in a Avorde therof,
and hee will not faile himself alone to wait on you. Thus
beseeching y' L. to command mee Avith all freedome whersoever I
shall bee in any thing that shall occurre for yr service, Avith my
humble service to my good Lady, I rest
Yrr Lordship's most humble servant,
G. Gage.
[Translated from the Latin.]
XVII. SAVERT u TO CAMDEN.63 Feb 28
Antwerp, ' 1617-3.
Dear Caaides: March 10
I haate received your letters on our common business, and
return you my undying thanks < I do not now ansAver yours,
money matters preventing. I send [a book entitled] Europa
Rediviva [Europe Revived], the author of AA-hich is our friend
Scrieckius; at page 59 you will find the name of Camden, also
The Historical Encomium of Henry IV., King of the French, and
an Ode on his Statue, Avhich I received from the author. You
will also see the opinion of Peter Paul Rubens, the Antiquary and
Apelles of our time, upon the Statue of Isis. Farewell. I do not
write more : at another time, further.
[Inchsure.]
[Translated from the Latin, which see in Appendix A, No. 1.]
XVIII. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO F. SWERT.
My dear Mr. Swebi: [Antwerp, Feb. 1617-8.]
To confess the truth, I have never been able clearly to per
ceive the Isis of our Avorthy friend Mr. Camden, nor indeed
from a figure so rude (I ask the Artist's pardon) have I been able
64 Francis Swert, a celebrated Flemish Historian and Antiquary, was born in 1567,
and died in 1629.
6S The Originals are in the British Museum. Cott. MS. Julius 0. V. fol. 2-10-1.
26 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
to form a probable conjecture. As for the heifer, unless her
existence be credited on the faith of Mr. Camden, I should say
she Avere something else, as the shape, proportions, gait, and pose,
wonderfully contradict the properties of an animal of her class.
Apis, Avho is almost always represented in ancient marbles,- at
least as often as I have observed, either by the side of Isis or of
Egyptus himself, includes the proper stature of an ox almost full-
groAvn ; his side, furthermore, is symbolized by its peculiar mark
of a moon more than half-full ; also, he has the horns and other
characteristics of an ox ; but what girl has ever fondled a cow
instead of a lap dog, and has nursed it in her lap ?
With regard to the garland and fillet very usual to Isis, and
indeed, her inseparable accompaniment, here does not appear
at all, for, unless I am deceived, no one ever saw her painted or
designed Avithout a sistrum, Avhich is her distinctive mark. But
lest I should say nothing, although I would not venture to affirm
anything for certain hi a matter so obscure, I will observe, — If
this animal be an heifer, I should suspect it to be for some voav
for good harvests, according to that verse, — Thou shalt make a
sacrifice for good harvests with an heifer; this being received as
the interpretation, as tlie patera (boAvI) bearing corn would lead
us to suppose ; and the drinking vase in the other hand, entirely
different from the urns of rivers, both in the volume of its waters
and in its shape, for they poured in their sacred festivals libations.
As the lanfera (laurel) crowns appropriated to sacred rites were
made of fioAvers, leaves, gold, or any other material, as we may
learn from many examples. Good sh-, reckon this nothing to the
matter in hand, but for my affairs abundantly sufficient, which
call me hence away. The inquiry concerning Isis we must
leave entire and unaltered. Farewell, and continue to love me
always. Altogether your's
Peter Paul Rubens.
The tAvelve folloiving letters, from Rubens to Carleton, and
from Carleton to Rubens (March to May, 1618), Mr. Carpenter
has printed in a volume containing Pictorial Notices of Van Dyck
and other Painters patronised by Charles I., and I am under great
PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS 27
obligations to that gentleman, for alloAving me to copy his transla
tions, which are here reprinted : the letters are exceedingly in
teresting, but it will be seen that I have found others Avhich tend
to complete the history of this transaction. It appears by Gage's
letter dated2'2nd October, 1G17 (ante, p. 24), that he delivered a mes
sage to Rubens from Carleton, concerning his heads and statues,
Avhich seems to have led to this negotiation. (See Appendix C.)
[Translated from the Italian.]
XIX. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO SIR DUDLEY CARLETON. 7
Antwerp, March — , 1617-8.
Most Excellent SrR : 17
Having heard from many persons of the rarity of the antiques
which Y. E. has collected together, I longed to come to see
them, in company Avith your countryman, Mr. George Gage, but
on account of the departure of that gentleman towards Spain,
and in consequence of the pressure of my business, this idea has
been given up. Still, Y. E. having expressed to Mr. Gage that
you would determine on making some exchange with me of those
marbles for pictures by my hand, I, as being fond of antiques,
would readily be disposed to accept any reasonable offer, should
Y. E. continue in the same mind; but I cannot fancy a better
expedient to arrive at some negotiation than by means of the
bearer of this letter, to whom Y. E. being Avilling to show your
collection, and permitting him to take an inventory, so that he
may be able to give me an account of it, I Avill also send you
a list of those Avorks that I have at home ; or, should they be
done on purpose, such pictures as would be more to Y. E.'s
taste. In short, one could begin to form some negotiation that
would be well for both parties. This gentleman is called Francis
Pieterssen de Grebbel, a native and an inhabitant of Harlem, — an
honourable and respectable person, on Avhose sincerity we may
place the greatest confidence. With this I commend myself ivith
all my heart to Y. E.'s good graces, and pray heaven to grant you
happiness and content.
From Y. E.'s most humble servant,
Peter Paul Rubens.
To the Most Excellent Lord, and my most respected
patron, Sir Dudley Carleton, Ambassador of the King
of Great Britain at the Hague.
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[Translated from the Italian. Indorsed by Carleton, " From Mr. Rubens, the 28(A of
April, 161S, rec4 the 6th of May, 1618, an" the Sth."]
XX. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO SIR DUDLEY CARLETON. id
Antwerp, April — , 1618.
Most Excellent Sir: 8
By the advice of my agent, I have learnt that Y. E. is much
inclined to make some bargain with me about your antiques ; and it
has made me hope Avell of this business, to see that you go earnestly
about it, having named to him the exact price that they cost you :
in regard to this, I wish Avholly to confide on your knightly word.
I am also Avillmg to believe you purchased them Avith perfect
judgment and prudence ; although persons of distinction are
wont usually, in buying and selling, to have some disadvantage,
because many persons are willing to calculate the price of the
goods by the rank of the purchaser, to Avliich manner of proceed
ing I am most averse. Y. E. may be Avell assured I shall put
prices on my pictures, such as I should do were I treating for
their sale in ready money ; and in this I beg you will be pleased
to confide on the wrord of an honest man. I have at present in
my house the very floAver of my pictorial stock, particularly some
pictures which I have retained for my OAvn enjoyment ; nay, I have
some re-purchased for more than I had sold them to others; but
the whole shall be at the service of Y. E., because brief negotia
tions please me ; each party giving and receiving his property at
once ; and, to speak the truth, I am so overwhelmed with works
and commissions, both public and private, that for some years I
cannot dispose of myself: nevertheless, in case we shall agree, as
I anticipate, I Avill not fail to finish as soon as possible all those
pictures that are not yet entirely completed, though named in the
herewith annexed list, and those that are finished I would send
immediately to Y. E. In short, if Y. E. will make up your mind
to place the same reliance in me that I do in you, the thing is
done. I am content to give Y. E. of the pictures by my hand,
enumerated below, to the value of six thousand, florins, of the
price current in ready money, for the Avhole of those antiques that
are in Y. E. house, of which I have not yet seen the list, nor do
I even know the number, but in everything I trust your word.
Those pictures which are finished I will consign immediately to
Y. E., and for the others that remain in my hand to finish, I will
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name good security to Y. E., and will finish them as soon as
possible. Meanwhile I submit myself to Avhatever Y. E. shall
conclude with Mr. Francis Pieterssen, my agent, and will await
your determination, with recommending myself, in all sincerity,
to the good graces of Y. E., and Avith reverence I kiss your hands.
From Your Excellency's most affectionate servant,
Petes Paul Rubens.
To the most excellent, most esteemed, Sir Dudley Carleton,
Ambassador of the most serene King of Great Britain
to the States of the United Provinces, at the Hague.
66 LIST OF PICTURES WHICH ARE IN MY HOUSE.
500 florins. 1. A Prometheus bound on Mount Cau
casus, with an Eagle which pecks his
liver. Original, by my hand, and the feat.
Eagle done by Snyders.
600 florins. 2. Daniel amidst many Lions, taken
from the life. Original, the Avhole by "
my hand.67
600 florins. 3. Leopards, taken from the life, with
Satyrs and Nymphs. Original, by my
hand, except a most beautiful Land- —
scape, done by the hand of a master
skilful in that department.
66 The Pictures which I have numbered Avill be found the same a3 those described by
Carleton, in a "List of my Pictures given to the King of Denmark's merchant," 1st
Sept., 1618. See pp. 45, 46.
67 This picture was presented by Sir Dudley Carleton to Charles I., and is inserted
in the printed catalogue of his collection at page 87 : —
" Done by Sir Peter Paul Rubens. No. 14.
" Item. A piece of Daniel in the Lions' Den, with Lions about him, given by the
deceased Lord Dorchester to the King, so big as the life, in a black gilded frame."
The picture ia now the property of Hi3 Grace the Duke of Hamilton, and is at his
palace in Scotland. — Carpenter's Pictorial Notices of Vandyk. See Rubens' letter of
3rd September, 1621 (p. 60), inwhich it will be seen that he had almost finished a
large picture representing a Hunt of Lions, Avhich was ordered by Lord Digby for
the Marqui3 of Hamilton.
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500 florins. 4. A Leda, with Swan and a Cupid.
Original, by my hand.
500 florins. Crucifixion, large as life, esteemed
perhaps the best thing I have ever
done.
1200 florins. A Last Judgment, begun by one of my
scholars, after one which I did in a
much larger form for the most serene
Prince of Neuberg, who paid me three
thousand five hundred florins cash for
it ; but this, not being finished, would
be entirely retouched by my own
hand, and by this means will pass as
original.
500 florins. 5. St. Peter taking from the fish the
money to pay the tribute, Avith other
fishermen around ; taken from the
life. Original, by my hand.
600 florins. 6. A Hunt of men on horseback and
Lions, commenced by one of my
pupils, after one that I made for His
most Serene, of Bavaria, but all
retouched by my hand.08
50 florins The Twelve Apostles, with a Christ, done
each. by my scholars, from originals by my
own hand, which the Duke of Lerma —
has, each having to be retouched by
my hand throughout.
63 Smith, in his Catalogue RaisonnS of the Works of Rubena, at No. 250, describes
a duplicate of the King of Bavaria's picture of this subject, as being in the Dresden
Gallery.-— Carpenter. See " List of my Pictures," indorsed by Carleton, 1st Sept.
161S, p. 46.
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31
600 florins. A picture of an Achilles clothed as
a Avoman, done by the best of my
scholars, and the whole retouched by
my haud, a most brilliant picture, and
full of many beautiful young Girls.63
300 florins. 8. A St. Sebastian, naked, by my hand.™
300 florins. 9. A Susanna, done by one of my scholars,
the whole, however, retouched by my
hand."
[Translated from the Original Draft in Italian, written by Carleton, who has
indorsed it " To Rubens if 8th of May, 1618."]
XXI. SIR DUDLEY CARLETON TO PETER PAUL RUBENS.
Ha9ue,A^, 161$,
My VERY ILLUSTRIOUS AND 3IOST kisd Sir : y '
I received the day before yesterday your most agreeable letter
of the 28th April, in conformity with your preceding one of the
17th of March, concerning my marbles, and instantly reflecting in
the presence of the bearer of it, on the list of your pictures an
nexed, I made choice of some, but having since very maturely
considered what they were, I find that the Crucifixion is too
large for these low buildings, and those also of England, and in
lieu of it, I will accept (if you like) the St. Sebastian. I do not
dispute the prices of them, esteeming them reasonable, since they
are not copies, nor the work of scholars, but all from your hand,
just as the whole of my antiques show the hand of the master. It
Avouldbe very agreeable to me, if you, Sir, Avould take the trouble
of coming into these parts (Avhere my house is yours) before pro-
69 Lord Alford possessed a picture by Rubens of this subject, bat of much smaller
dimensions than those "stated above. — Ibid.
70 Mr. Yates, of Bond Street, has a St. Sebastian by Rubens, the dimensions differing
very little from those given above. — Ibid.
71 A picture of this subject, by Rubens, and of nearly these proportions, Avas in the
Houghton Collection, which is now in Petersburgh.— Ibid.
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ceeding any further in the transaction, not to buy, as one is Avont
to say, the cat in the bag ; but yom* affairs not permitting this,
and all things proceeding with the exchange, you, Sh', may calcu
late on having in this collection of marbles, the most costly and
most precious in hoc genere, which no prince or private person,
whoever he may be, on this side the mountains can have. But to
persons who are always in motion, as my situation obliges me to be,
a thing of so much weight is not convenient, and then (to confess
all) homo sum humani nihil a me alienu puto ; sometimes people
change their minds, and mine has shifted within a short time from
sculptors to painters, but more particularly to Mr. Rubens." Now,
to adjust our account and to shorten the business, the number of
pictures by your hand not sufficing, the whole of which (i. e., the
Prometheus, the Daniel, the Leda, the Crucifixion, St. Peter,
and St. Sebastian) do not come to the price'2
3500 florins, I have proposed a mode to agent
Francis Pieterssen, to cuvide . . . . . that is to say, half pictures
and half tapestry of Brussels manufacture, letting alone (as before
mentioned) the Crucifixion. You, Sir, thinking Avell of this
proposal, it Avill be the work of feAV days, and such is necessary
for the perfect satisfaction of both parties, you wishing despatch,
and I being obliged to make a journey into England, towards the
end of the present month. I send you, Sir, enclosed a letter ad
dressed to the person Avho acts as Agent for the King my master,
at Brussels, and send it open with a loose seal, to the end, that
should circumstances require it, you may accommodate yourself to
the contents. I also write to a certain English Merchant residing
in Antwerp, to be informed as to the tapestries which may be
found there ready finished, agreeable to my measure and taste,
taking this precaution to gain time, and these letters not being
for any other object, it is unnecessary to deliver them at all, if it
does not please you. From this place I will arrange so (should it
be necessary) . . ¦ passage will be as much for the one as the other,
and to avoid the inconvenience in other instances, it is well that
all be done promptly. As to the rest, remitting myself to
Mr. Francis. With much affection, Sir, I kiss your hands.
From your most affectionate at command,
Dudley Carleton.
72 The words wanting in the spaces are torn away in the original draft.
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[Translated from the Italian, indorsed by Carleton " From Mr. Eubens, if l'2th of
May, 1618."]
XXII. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO SIR DUDLEY CARLETON. 2
Antwerp, May—, 16 IS.
Most Excellent Sir :
Your very agreeable letter of the 8th instant reached me yes
terday evening, by which I pereeive Y. E. to have in part changed
your mind, wishing pictures for the half only of the price
marbles, and for the other half tapestries .... ready money,
because I shall not find these, non mediantibus illis, and this
appears to proceed from the want of pictures on my List, haAing
taken only the Originals, with which I am perfectly content ; yet
Y. E. must not think that the others are mere copies, but so well
retouched by my hand that with difficulty they would be distin
guished from originals, notAvithstanding wliich they are put down
at a much lower price : but I am unwilling to persuade Y. E. to
this by fine words, because persisting in your first opinion I could
still furnish until .... of pure originals, but in order to treat
.... I imagine that not . . . such a quantity of pictures. The
reason ... I would treat more willingly in pictures is clear,
because they do not exceed their just price in the list, nevertheless
they cost me nothing, as every one is more prodigal of the fruits
Avhich they grow in their own garden, than of those that they buy
in the mai'ket ; and I have expended this year some thousands of
florins on my buildings, nor am I willing for a caprice to exceed
the bounds of a good economist. In fact, I am not a prince, sed
qui manducat laborem manuum suarum. I wish to infer that if
Y. E. wishes to have pictures to the full amount, be they originals,
or be they well re-touched copies (which show more for their
price) I would treat you liberally, and am always Avilling to refer
the price to the arbitration of any intelligent person. If however
you resolve on having some tapestries, I am content to give you
tapestries to your satisfaction to the amount of two thousand
florins and four thousand florins in pictures; that is, three
thousand florins for the originals chosen by you, namely, the Pro
metheus, the Daniel, the Leopards, the Leda, the St. Peter,
the St. Sebastian, and for the remaining thousand florins
you can choose from the other pictures comprised in our list ; and
in truth I pledge myself to give you such originals by my hand
34 PAPEES RELATING TO RUBENS.
for that sum as shall be deemed satisfactory by you, and if you
will believe me you will take that Hunt which is on the list,
which I will make of equal excellence Avith that which Y. E. had
by my hand, which should match excellently together, this being
of ... . European huntsmen, and that of lions ... a la
Moorish and Turkish, ATery singular this I would do at
six hundred florins : in addition to this the Susanna, similarly
finished by my hand to your satisfaction, would be apropos Avith
some other galanteria by my hand, attached by way of compliment,
for the hundred florins to complete the four thousand florins. I
hope you will be satisfied Avith this so reasonable an arrangement,
conskleratis considerandis, that I have accepted your first offer with
frankness, and that this change comes from Y. E. and not from
me. I certainly could not increase my terms for many reasons ;
you Avill be served in giAing me as early ... of your resolution
and in case you may be ... to accept my offer you can at your
pleasure .... your departure for England consign the marbles
to Mr. Francis Pieterssen, and I will do the same by those pictures
which are ready, and the remainder in a few days. In the tapes
tries I could be of great assistance to your mercantile friend by
the great experience I have had Avith these Brussels tapestries,
from the many commissions which come to me from Italy and
other parts for similar works ; and besides, I have made some
cartoons very sumptuous, at the request of some Genoese gentle
men, which are now being worked, and to say the truth, if one
wishes to have exquisite things, they must be made on purpose ;
of this I will willingly take care that you shall be Avell served,
though in this I defer to your opinion. To conclude, I kiss Y. E.'s
hand ivith all my heart, to whom in omnem eventum nostri negotii,-
I shall always be the most devoted servant. Mr. Francis Pietera-
sen has not yet sent me the list of your marbles, and I should
Avish even, in case we come to terms, that list with the names
which you Avrite to me that you have found.
Peter Paul Rubens.
I beg, if the affair be concluded that you will continue .... to
procure free passage for them, and if you still have the packing
cases in which these marbles have been conveyed from Italy, being
useless to you, they would to me be a great convenience,
wishing .... in this journey.
PAPERS RELATING TO EUBENS. 35
[Translated from the Italian.]
XXIII. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO SIR D. CARLETON.
Antweip, May — , 1613.
Most excellent Sir : ^
I have just to-day received notice from my friend
Pieterssen as to Y. E. having finally agreed Avith him
conformably to my last offer. Quod iitriaue nostrum felix
fattstumgue sit. I have already, Avhilst negotiating,
given the finishing touch to the greater part of the
pictures taken by you, and brought them to that per
fection I am able, so that I hope Y. E. may be entirely
satisfied with them. The Prometheus, the Leda, the
Leopards, the St. Sebastian, the St. Peter,* and the *The St.'
Daniel, are entirely finished, which I am ready to con- Petf alone
J J -wants some
sign to that person Avhom you shall send to me with an untie,
express order to receive them ; the fact is, that they
are not yet perfectly dry, on the contrary, they require
to remain on their stretching frames for some days
yet, before they can be rolled up without danger, nor
shall I fail, Avith divine aid, on Monday next to put
hand to the Hunt and the Susanna, with that trifle for
the hundred florins ; animated more by the desire of
honour than of profit, knowing the importance of pre
serving the good graces of a person of your condition.
Touching the tapestries I can say little, because
having given the . . . to-day to Mr. Lionello,73 belieA'e
with him he Avould not even to me ..... that
Y. E. gave him an absolute order ... to have that
to do to confer with others of Avhich I am . . . the
least trouble, I not being of a disposition to -put myself
forward. Therefore, I conjure Y. E. to be pleased to
give me orders to Avhom I ought to pay the two thou
sand florins in money, Avhich I shall not fail to do at
sight of your order. I cannot, however, abstain from
telling Y. E. that at present there is little that is good
in the manufactory of tapestries at Brussels, and to
my judgment the one that is least bad, is a chamber
73 Mr. Lionel AVake. See ante, p. 21, note 56. D 2
36 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
Avith the history of Camillus, four braccia and a half
*Twokun- in height, eight . . . Avhich makes 222 braccia,* of
twent^fh-e ¦ • • norms> the braccia as exactly .... similar, that
braccia cost same story taken .... cartoons, and of the same
fourinmdred 1uality- Mr' Cabbaulo at the Hague, where" Y. E.
and forty- uiay and decide according to Avhat shall appear
two florins, to suit; to me, as I have said, it imports nothing;
BotmiSa * auc^ I Sna-U rejoice much if Mr. Lionello shall render
good senice to Y. E. To whose good graces I recom
mend myself; Avith sincerity^, and Avith humble reverence
I kiss your hands, remaining always the most devoted
servant of Y. E.
Peter Paul Rubens.
The Pictures promised to Y. E. shall, by divine
assistance, be entirely finished in eight days Avithout
fail.
To the most Excellent hord, and my esteemed Patron, Sir
Dudley Carleton, Ambassador of His Ma5? of Gt.
Britain at the Hague.
[Translated from the Italian. _ Indorsed " Copie de la lettre escripte il Mons". Rubena,
du 22° de Mey, 1618." Tlie Postscript is in Carleton's handwriting.]
XXIV. SIR D. CARLETON TO PETER PAUL RUBENS. 12
Hague, Nay-. 1618.
Mr host illustrious and kind Sir :
Foe, an answer to your last letter of the 12th inst., I haA'e
referred to your friend Pieterssen, I being then under the hands
of the Physician. Now I have received that other letter of yours
of the 20th, by which you,. making known that you persist in your
determination in regard to the exchange, with the conditions laid
down by j'ou, I am ready to give every satisfaction on my part,
the marbles being in excellent condition to be delivered to Mr.
Pieterssen at any time he may present himself to take them ; and
he shall also have the cases into the bargain, in which they came
from Italy, and those that are wanting shall be furnished. As
regards the pictures, hoping that the six (namely, the Prometheus,
the Leda, the Leopards, the St. Sebastian, the St. Peter, and the
PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS. 37
Daniel) will be perfectly finished by the time appointed by you
(which is the 28th instant). I will send about that day a man on
purpose to bring them here in safety ; you assuring me that the
other three will be wrought to a state of perfection in reasonable
time, and forwarded to the Hague. I am about procuring two
passports, one to accompany the marbles, the other shall be
brought by my man, for the pictures and the tapestries, Avhich will be
either the History of Camillus you recommend, or another chamber
four braccia in height, that will be more for my use : and for the
choice of the one or the other, I shall refer to that seiwant of
mine when he arrives, so without releasing you from your
courteous offer of assisting me Avith your advice. And as to some
other tapestries made at Brussels, after cartoons designed by you,
I would willingly know the story and the measurement, being
then able to regulate the price, and having considered at what
time to furnish myself with that rarity ; so that this our bargain
serves only as a commencement to a more extended corre
spondence between us ; offering myself in exchange to seiwe you,
either here or in other places where I may be useful, in all things
which may be to j'our gratification. You will write to me (if you
please) the probable time when the three pictures shall be finished,
that I may be able to give orders for the bringing of them ....
Hunt, I intend it to be a companion to the one I have at home.
The Susanna ought to be beautiful to enamour even old men,
and for the discretion I must not be fastidious, coming from the
hand of a person so prudent and honourable : and thus I have
conformed in all and every part to the contents of your two last
letters, saA'ing that I cannot subscribe to your denial of being a
Prince, because I esteem you the Prince of Painters and of Gentle
men, and to that end I kiss your hands.
From your most affectionate to serve you,
Dudley Cableton.
Since -writing this I have seen the tapestry of Camillus, which
has a very beautiful border but very ugly figures, and for that
reason I send a seiwant of mine, in order to give me an account
of the tapestries that are to be found in the manufactory, that
I may make choice, and at his return I will then give order about.
everything. At this moment the marbles are being packed,
33 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
XXV. SIR D. CARLETON TO J. CHAMBERLAIN. {Extract.) 13
Harjh,May-,lG\S.
I am uoav saying to my Antiquities Veteres migrate coloni having
past a contract w"1 Rubens the famous painter of Antwerp for a
sute of tapistrie and a certaine number of his pictures, av* is a
good bargaine for us both, onely I am blamed by the painters of
this country who made ydoles of these heads and statuas, but all
others cofiiend the change.
* * * * *
Y™ most assured,
Dudley Carletox.
XXVI. LIONEL WAKE TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.) 14
Antwerp, May—, 1618.
. *4
We have spoken Avth Mons1 Robbins who hath given the just
measure of yr pictures and sayth that they shall be ready and hath
promised to Avrite unto yrou by yr servant, if not to-morrow by the
post, and so expecting yr farthr resolutions herein I take my leave
ever resting at Yr honoIS comandment to serve you,
Lyonell Wake.
[Translated from the Italian. Indorsed by Carleton, " From, Rubens y1 26th of May,
re* by John Frith."]
XXVII. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO SIR D. CARLETON.
Antwerp, May — , 1018,
Most excellent Sir: 26
I have given all the correct measurements of tlie whole of the
pictures to that Man of Y. E.'s, who came to take them by order
of Y, E. to have the frames made, although you had not men
tioned this to me in your letter. For some time I have not given
PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS. 39
a single stroke of the brush, unless it be for the service of Y. E.,
so that all the pictures, even the Hunt and the Susanna, together
Avith that sketch Avhich closes our account, as well as those of our
first agreement, will by divine aid be finished on the precise day
of the 28th inst., agreeable to my promise. I hope you Avill be
content -with these vrorks of mine, both as regards the variety of
tlie subjects, and for the love and desire which urge me to serve
Y. E. with so much zeal. I doubt not in the least that the Hunt
and the Susanna will appear amongst the originals. The third
is painted on panel, about three feet and a-half in length, by two
feet and a-half in height, altogether original. It is a subject as
it were neither sacred nor profane, although taken from Holy
Writ ; namely, Sarah in the act of scolding Hagar, Avho, pregnant,
is leaving the house in a feminine and graceful manner, Avith the
assistance of the Patriarch Abraham.71 I did not give the
measure of this to your man to have a frame put about it; it is
done on panel, because little things succeed better on it than on
canvass, and being so small in size will be transportable. I have
- engaged, as is my custom, a very skilful man " in his pursuit, to
finish the landscapes, solely to augment the enjoyment of Y. E. ;
but as to the rest be assured I have not suffered a living soul to
put hand on them, from the desire not only of most punctually
abiding by my promise, but to increase that obligation of desiring
to five and die Y. E.'s most devoted servant. I cannot, hoAvever,
affirm so precisely as I could Avish, the exact day when all these
pictures will be dry, and to speak the truth, it appears to me
better that they should go aAvay altogether, because the first are
newly retouched ; still, with the aid of the sun, if it shines serene
and AAithout wind (the which stirring up the dust is injurious to
neAvly painted pictures) Avill be in a fit state to be rolled up Avith
five or six days of fine weather. For myself, I should Avish to be
able to consign them immediately, being ready to do everything
that shall be agreeable to you; but I should be very sorry indeed,
if from too much freshness they were to suffer any injury on the
Avay, Avhich might cause some regret to Y. E., in wliich I should
in a great degree participate.
In respect to the tapestries, I can say little, because, to confess
the truth, at present there are no A'ery fine things, and as I Avrote,
74 This picture is now in the possession of the Marquess of AVestminster. — Carpenter.
75 Most probably John AViidena. — Ibid.
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they are rarely to be found Avithout having them wrought on pur
pose ; yet the History of Camillus not pleasing you, I do not think
that man of yours had any disinclination towards the one of
Scipio and Hannibal, wliich might perhaps better please Y. E.
(and to speak frankly, in all these things the selection is arbitrary)
without dispute of great excellency ; I will send Y. E. the whole
measurements of my cartoons of the History of Decius Mus/6 the
Roman Consul who devoted himself for the success of the Roman
people ; but I shall write to Brussels to have them correct, having
given every thing to the master of the Works. Meanwhile,
recommending myself strongly to the good offices of Y. E., and
with humble affection I kiss your hands.
From Your Excellency's most devoted Servant,
Peter Paul Rubens.
The two thousand florins shall be punctually paid at the plea
sure of Y. E. I confess to feeling a great desire to see these
marbles, the more so that Y. E. assures me of their being things
of price.
[Translated from the Italian. Indorsed by Carleton, " From Mr. Rubens, if 26th
of May, rec" the 28tt."J
XXVIII. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO SIR D. CARLETON. 1 ft
Antwerp, May — , 1618.
Most excellent Sir : ^6
I am surprised that Mr. Francis Pieterssen should not yet have
presented himself at the Hague, as he had written to me that he
should return here by the 19th, namely, Saturday last ; and from
Y. E.'s letter I understand that up to the 23rd he had not shown
himself : I now Avrite to him a letter, in which I exhort him to
proceed to you immediately, and if by chance any impediment
should offer itself, that he should send some able person for the
purpose of presenting to Y. E. a note written by my OAvn hand.
Should neither he nor any other person in his name appear
directly : I beg Y. E, will take the trouble to let me know imme-
75 Four large cartoons representing the most distinguished feats of the Consul
Decius, done as patterns to be executed in tapestry, were sold in the collection of M.
Bertell's, at Brussels, in 1779, for 1500 florins— £135. See Smith's Catalogue of the
Works of Rubens, p. 1S2.
PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS. 41
diately, that I may not fail to dispatch a man on purpose, on your
first notice. We have had to-day so fine a sun, that (a few
excepted) the- whole of your pictures are so dry that they could
be packed to-morrow. The same may be hoped of the others in
the course of three days, according to the appearance of the good
season. I have nothmg further at present than to kiss Avith all
reverence Y. E.'s hands. From Y. E.'s most devoted Servant,
Peter Paul Rubens.
To my most Excellent and most Esteemed Lord, Sir Dudley
Carleton, Ambassador of His Ma*7 of Gt. Britain, at
the Hague.
[Translated from ihe Italian.]
XXIX. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO SIR D. CARLETON.
Antwerp, May — , 1618.
Most excellent Sir: 26
Y. E. will at your pleasure deliver your Antiques to Mr-
Francis Pieterssen, the bearer of this, or to Avhomsoever shall on
the part of the said Pieterssen present this note, which will be as
safely consigned as into my oavti hands. To conclude, I kiss
Avith humble affection Y. E.'s hands.
From Your Excellency's most devoted Servant,
Peter Paul Rubens.
To the most Excellent Lord, Sir Dudley Carleton, Ambas
sador of His Mat? of Gt. Britain, at the JEiague.
[Translated from the Original Draft in Italian, written by Carleton, wlio has
endorsed it "Minute de la Ire el Mons*. Rubens, du 29 de Maij, 1618."]
XXX. SIR D. CARLETON TO PETER PAUL RUBENS. 19
Hague, May — , 1618.
My most illustrious and kind Sir: 2"
Agreeably to your note of the 26th inst. I have delivered the
whole of the marbles in good condition into the hands of Mr.
Francis Pieterssen, who now goes in person towards you, to bring
hither both the pictures and the tapestries promised me in'
exchange ; and, since you, by your letter under the same date,
42 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
write that within three days all the pictures Avould be dry and fit
to be packed, we have now more than sufficient time for that
effect, and as nothing was wranting on my part in regard to these
things, both as to the pacldng and foi'Avarding them Avith care for
your satisfaction ; I rely equally on some little pains being taken
with the pictures, and that you will send them with the tapestries,
so that I may have them alJ by Saturday next. In the interim
the marbles will be forwarded. I, wishing to procure the pass
port for them, and give it also into the hands of the master of the
vessel, avIio takes the things by order of Mr. Pieterssen, recei\ing
from him his bond in ivriting in regard to the pictures and
tapestries, which, on his return Avith the before-mentioned things,
Avill be restored to him. This is the best expedient we have
found to adjust the affairs of both parties, without either the one
or the other losing time. Sir, I kiss your hands.
From, Sir, Your most affectionate at command,
Dudley Carleton.
[The Original Draft by Carleton is endorsed, "Minute of a lie to Mr. Wake of the
29th of May, 1618."]
XXXI. SIR D. CARLETON TO LIONEL WAKE. 19
Hague, May—, 1618.
Mr. AVake: 29
The bearer hereof, Frances Pieterson of Harlem, is father to
the yong man I mentioned in my letter wch I sent you yesterday
by Sr Francesco Balbani, he going expressly to bring hether the
pictures and hangings avc!i I am to have of Mr. Rubens in
exchange of mystatuas and other antiquities of marble all
wcb I have this day fully delivered to this bearer himself in
Mr. Rubens behalf. I pray you facilitate the businesse as
much as you may, to the end I may have the things here by
Saturday next; wch may well be yf I be Avell dealt w*, as I mis-
doAvt no other : For any custome or rights that shall be clemaunded
I had rather pay them then stay, yf the pasport be not come from
Bruxells. Any difference that shall be in the price of the hanc-
ings I will adjust wth you uppon yr lre according as by my last I
wrote unto you, and for the choise I remaine of the same minde
as then, desiring to have ye stories of Scipio. Uppon the chests
or cases both of the Pictures and hangings this marke must be
sett DC wth a superscription in the Duch Language adressed unto
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me, wherby they avlII come untouched according to a pasport AYch
this bearer hath wth him.
Thus AY,h my heartie comendacons, I am
Yr very assured frend,
Dudley Carleton.
[Translated from the Italian. Indorsed by Carleton, " From Rubens if 1st of June,
rec1 by Petersen if Zrd, 1618."]
XXXII. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO SIR D. CARLETON. May 22
Anticerp, ~f~~ , 1618.
Most excellent Sir : June 1
In compliance Avith Y. E.'s order, I have paid the
two thousand florins to Mr. Lyonell, for which he has
given a receipt in his own hand, and will give advice to
Y. E., and I have delivered tlie pictures* likewise to * The Daniel,
Mr. Francis Pieterssen ; the whole in good condition, ^Hunt^'
and packed with care, with which I think Y. E. will be St. Peter,'
perfectly satisfied, as Mr. Pieterssen was astonished in ^u""?ua'.
seeing them all finished con amore, in order, in a roAv. Prometheus'
In a AA'ord, in lieu of a chamber furnished A\ith marbles, Lec'^
Y. E. receives pictures sufficient to adom an entire ^^ran'
palace independent of the tapestries. Touching the
measurement, which proved rather smaller than you
expected, I did my best, taking the dimensions of the
hanging with the measure current in these countries,
and be well assured, that this trifling difference imports
nothing as regards the price, in making the account of
the pictures different from that of the * tapestries,
which are purchased by measure ; but these, according
to their excellence, subject, and number of figures :
nevertheless, the trouble which it gave me is so grati
fying and honourable, that I conceive it to be a very
high favour, so much so, that I shall most willingly
send ray Portrait to Y. E ., provided you, reciprocating,
will be pleased to do me the honour to alloAV me to
have in my house a memorial of your person, conceiving
it to be reasonable that I should place a much higher
value on you, than you on me. I have just to-day
received the marbles, Avhich I have not yet been able
41 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
to see, from the hurry of Pieterssen's departure, still I
hope they Avill be equal to my expectations. Mr. Ly-
onell took upon himself the charge of procuring a free
passage for your things, I having delivered the letter of
Y. E. for Brussels many days since ; I did not find that
a convenient route for my marbles, so that I obtained
the object by other means ; nevertheless, I remain with
infinite obligations towards Y. E. for all that has been
done in our favour, AA'ith Avhich I shall make an end,
kissing with all my heart Y. E.'s hands, and desiring to
be ever Your most devoted servant,
Peter Paul Rubens.
To the most Excellent and most Esteemed Lord, Sir
Dudley Carleton, Ambassador of His Maly of Gt.
Britain, at the Hague.
XXXIII. LIONEL WAKE TO SIR D. CARLETON.
May 23
Antwerp, -—^ — , 1618.
gn . June 2
I have receaved y* severall leres of the 28 of the last moneth,
and according to yx order have bought for you the Story of
Scipio, AVch cost 11 florins the ell, and doth q, as you may per-
ceave by this inclosed note @ 202 J- amounting unto 2227J florins,
whereof I have receaved of Monsr Rubens 2000 florins, and in
regard there was no order from Brussells for the free passing of
them, I Avas forced to pay for the licent and othr tolls, 101 florins
and 4 stuyvers. I do expect order for the restitution of it, for I
did declare it uppon the tolls in y1 OAvne name and for yr OAvne use.
Mr, Rubens never sent yr lefe to Mr. Wolly, but gave it to me
some 4 or 5 dayes synce, the wcl1 1 sent, and I do houerly expect
the order to the officers to have the money agayne, so that you
need not make it me over before you do here from me agayne : I
doubt not but you Avill have receaved both yr pictures and hang-
inges befor this cometh unto yr hands : But Peterson never came
to me about them, but sent Monsr Rubens his man for the hang
ings the wcb I d\ and so hoping that you Avill accept of my goode
will to serve you herein or any thing ells Avherin you wilbe pleased
to cofnand me I take my leave ever resting at
Yr Honnors cofnandnient to serve you,
Lyonell Wake.
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XXXIV. LIONEL WAKE TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.)
Antwerp,- ,T --, 1618.
gn . A ov. 3
Although I have receaved from Mr. Trumbull an order unto
the officers of this toAvne for the restitution of the monys payd for
the licent of tilings for yr honnor, yet because yr OAvne note cloth
not as well speciffy the pictures as well as the hangings they do
make difficulty therein, so that I doubt beefore I shall gett the
mony, that yr honn' must send an other note, specifying both the
hangings and 8 pictures, othVise they Avill allow me but the hang
ings allone. When I have ended w"1 them I will desyre you to
cause the monny to be repayd in this towne, for that I have no
correspondent in those parts. The remaynder of the tapistry is
just 227^ flors. wtb some petty charges whereof I will send the par
ticulars. * * * * *
at Yr hon" coniandment to serve you,
Lyonell Wake.
[Translated from the Italian. Indorsed by Carleton.]
" List of my pictures given the first of 71"* st° vet. to the K. of
Denmark's marchant, brought unto me by Mr. Hugins.""
XXXV. INVENTORY OP A CERTAIN COLLECTION OP PICTURES
WHICH ARE IN HOLLAND, ALL FURNISHED AVITH GILT
FRAMES. September 1, 1618.
Secundo la
1. A Prometheus bound on Mount Caucasus, with
mt^m-a
d'Auversa
an Eagle which pecks his liver. The Prometheus by ££ g%L8
Rubens. The Eagle done by Snyders.
2. Daniel amidst many Lions, taken from the life.
All by the hand of Rubens.
77 The Pictures which I have numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, are those taken in exchange
by Carleton for his Antiques, &c, and described in the " Li3t of Pictures," ante,
pp. 29 — 31.
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n 3. Leopards taken from the life, Avith Satyrs and
Nymphs, by the hand of Rubens, and Avith a most
~i Tl beautiful landscape, done by the hand of a master
skilful in that department.
4. A Leda, with Swan and Cupid. All by Rubens.
5. St. Peter talcing from the fish the money to pay
_ tlie tribute, with other fishermen around, taken from
" the life. All by Rubens.
6. An Arab Hunt on horseback, and Lions. The
T Avhole by Rubens.
7. A European- Hunt, with Wolves and Foxes.
u The Avhole by Rubens.
1 8. A Saint Sebastian. By Rubens.
5 9. A Susanna. By Rubens.
10. The Rape of Proserpine. By Tintoretto Vecchio.
- 11. The Contention of Mars and Apollo concerning
Music. By Tintoretto Vecchio.
PAPEES RELATING TO RUBENS. 47
12. The History of Jupiter and Semele. By
Tintoretto Vecchio.
[Translated from the Italian, which see in Appenrlix A, No. II.]
XXXA'I. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO SIR DUDLEY CARLETON. 18
Antwerp, May — , 1619.
Most excellent Sir : -&
I have not by any means deceived myself in believing Your
Excellency to be the only one Avho can by his dexterity conduct
to an end negotiations otherwise impossible. Certainly it Avas
opportune, the chase of such formidable animals which you gave
to those Signors, as well as the fishing of the Apostles, which
truly have become for us fishers of men. -As Your Excellency
astutely hints to me, it does not appear to me strange because
all tilings are of greater efficacy under their oavii climate. In
fact, Avithout these means nothing is obtained, altho' the reason
alleged by the States General that I was not their subject or
resident in their States is not of such consideration, as other
Princes or Republics have ever alleged it, it appearing to them
just to provide that their subjects- do no wrong or injury to any
other person, Avith invasion on the labours of others. Besides
that, all potentates, although distrustful amongst themselves in
greater matters, are accustomed to be of one accord in favouring
and protecting virtue, sciences, and the arts, at least, they ought
to do so. The specification of my pretension I have sent to that
friend, who will give your excellency a most accurate account of it.
* In the mean time I beg Your Excellency to lend your hand to
the undertaking, even to its entire perfection. And, finally, I
kiss your hands Avith a thousand thanks for the esteem and great
affection which you evince towards me who truly desire to be of
some value in serving you more to your and my oavu taste.
Your Excellency's Most humble seiwant,
Peter Paul Rubens.
It often happens in an assembly of many who have become
favourable one by one that many of those Lords, notwithstanding
when united together, act altogether contrary to their particular
promises, wherefore I beg Your Excellency to consider with your
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accustomed prudence, if our pretension may not run the rislc of
stumbling anew in tlie same repulse", and if you presage anything
although ambiguously, I beg you at once to interrupt the design,
Avithout maldng other instance ; not that I am already changed
in thought, nor that I think it little to obtain this favour, but for
other great causes, it is not agreeable to me to be importunate in
soliciting it, and again I kiss Your Excellency's hands.
XXXVI*. LORD DANVERS TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.)
My Lo : Cornbury Parke, 12 July, 1619.
* * * * *
And iioav lett me also no less thankfully acknoledge yr Lo :
carefuU remembrance of my picture, wch accordinge to Rubens'
letter is delivered Mr. Lock to be sent to Anwerp. I see thear
hath bine valew inough sett upon the owld peece, and in
exchaynge on singular is much better then divers indifferent,
the storye or severall desighnes I leave to y1 Lo : choyse and
remayne Yr Lo : treAv frend to serve you,
IL Davers.
XXXVII. THOMAS LOCKE <s TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.)
Right honoc,'e : [ Westminster], July 17, 1619.
My humble duty remembered unto yor Lp.
*****
I have receaved ansivere of my Ires from my Lo. Danvers, and
he hath given order for the sending of that peece to Antwerp.
I have seene it, there must be a great deale of care used in the ,
packing of it, wch wiU not be w,hout some charge, for there must
be a frame of boords of the bignes of the peece, and some soft
substance put betwixt. I knoAve not whether his Lp have given
order for the disbursing of that w1* it shall cost ; if he have not,
I will lay it out, and see that it shalbe carefully don, when I
send it I will consigne it by a Ire unto Rubens in yr Lps name,
referring him to -f Lp for the disposing of it, I thinck I shall have
oportunitie to send it this next weeke.
's Thomas Locke wa3 Keeper of the Council Chest, and many of the Council
Minutes are in his hand-writing. On 31 July, he writes to Carleton,—" The picture
of the Creation Avilbe sent this weeke. AVill. Dieston hath promised to see it con-
vayed, he goeth over' with Mr. Trumbull." See also Appendix K.
PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS. 49
My Lo. Danvers referreth him to y* Lp, saying that you know
his mind and desires therein, the peece is much fretted and peeled
alreadie in diverse x^laces.
8 * * * as
Yr Lps servant,
, Th. Locke.
XXXVIII. LORD DANVERS73 TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.)
My Lo : Hedton Hov.se, 1th, August, [1619].
Now the picture of the Creation ™ is gone to Ruben, geve me
leave to accept against soum such of his Avorkes, as ar made to
be sett at great distance for our rountes ar littell in this cold
cuntrye of England, and pleasinge peeces to stand ten fowte hye
sutes best w"1 our clime; even such an on as yl Lo: Daniell
wth thoes bewtifull lions in the den would Avell satisfye my desire,
and now I haA'e sayed for that matter.
3S ifc vp 3jj 3j4
Yr Lo: most assured to serve you,
H. D AVERS.
XXXIX. T. LOCKE TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.)
My humble duty ebiiexbred unto yok Lp : Westminster, Sept. 18, 1619.
*****
The picture was much galed and fretted before it was sent from
hence, wch (they said heere that knewe it) Avas done when it came
over first av411 the salt-Avater, but now there could no water nor
any thing else come to it to hurt it, if it came thither as it went
from hence. * * * *_ *
Y° Lps faythfuU servant,
Th: Locke.
79 Henry Danvers, the second son of John Danvers, Knt., and Lady Elizabeth,
daughter and co-heir to Nevil, Lord Latimer, was born at Dantsey, «o. AVilts, in
1573, and served in the Netherlands under Maurice of Nassau, afterward3 Prince of
Orange ; also in France under Henry IV, by Avhom he was knighted. AVa3 Lieut.
of Horse and Serjeant-Major of the Army in Ireland, under Robert, Earl of Essex,
and Charles, Baron Mountjoy. King Jame3 I. created him Baron Danvers of
Dantsey, in July, 160-3, Lord President of Munster and Governor of Guernsey.
Trumbull writes from Brussels on 1st September, 1615, that "Lord Danvers wa.s
among the prisoners detained at Brussels, and treated with much severity." By
King Charles I, he wa3 created Earl of Danby in February 1626, a Privy Councillor
in July 1628, and a Knight of the Garter. He died in 16 H, when his honours
became extinct.
80 See p. 52. E
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XL. JOHN AVOLLEY S1 TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.)
, Jan'. 29 „ „„ „ „„
Brussels,-^, 1019-20.
Right eoxoiuble, hy vehy cood Loud :
According to yor Lo: command, in my passage through Ant
werp, Avhen I came from you, I repayred to Mons. Rubens about
the Picture : and before this tyme, I would not have fayled to
have given yor Lo: an accompt of my proceeding therein, wth him,
and in Avhat case I found the said picture ; but my stay in this
towne, after my arryvaU Avas not above three or fouer houers,
beeing imployed by my Mr- in a busines aycU concerneth his MafaM
service some 4 or 5 dayes journey from hence, and it is but a
feAve dayes since I am returned back; this hath ben the only
cause of my so longe sylence, for w* I moste humbly crave pardon
of yor Lo:
After I had made knowen the cause of my comming to him, by
his speech and answer, I found him both willing and desirous to
doe yor Lo: any service : and he desired me to give yor Lo: all
humble thancks for the care and paynes yo'Lo: doth take in his
busines, Avcb he shaU not be able to deserA'e. After further talke
had vfth him, he brought me into a chamber, where the said pictor
stood, and there I tooke a narrow view of it : I find it very much
cracked, and spoyled, the couller in many places beeing come off,
a good breadth : and there is more of it av* hangeth so gingerly
upon the cloath, that v/& the leaste touch that may be it faUeth
away also : In so much as in my opinion, (w* I muste confess is
but smaU) the said peece, if it weare to be sould, as it is now so
broken, would not yeald much money : but he esteemes it at £10 :
— sterling, or some thing more, only to drawe coppies by it, con-
fesseing wthall, that if it weare parfitt, it were worth about 50 or
£60 sterling, to Avch I ansAvered, it is true, that it is some thing
broken, yet not so much, but that he Avho is so good a Master,
might Av'h a little labor repayer those faultes, and make it good
againe, (to Avch said he, I doe thincke I could doe as much as any
other, but neither I nor any man els is able to mende it). In w*
opinion Mr' George Gage is also, whose advice I have desired
aboute it, and he hath promised me, when he goeth for Antwerp
wch wilbe very shortly (beeing noAV recovered againe of his sicknes)
81 John AVolley was the bearer of Trumbull's Despatches. In June, 1623, he became
his Secretary.
PAPEES RELATING TO RUBENS. 51
to goe to Mons* Rubens howse, and see it ; (over whome he hath
more authority then any man I knoAv) and he -will deale wth him in
such manner, as that yor Lo: shall have satisfaction. In the
meane Avliile I Avill teU yo1 Lo: that I found him no Avayes AviUing
to make any peece of his oune hand, or procure one of the hand
of some other rare Master, avc1l should be juste of that bignes,
AVthout adding to the said Pictor a good somme of money : Yet
he is contented either to make the Hunting of the Wooife him
selfe, or gett donne a Conflicte, Lanskips, Prospectrves, or flowers,
by the beste Masters in these Countryes ; aud send it ybr Lo: and
and AA'hat yon thinck it may be more worth, then that he hath in
his hands, he AA'ilbe contented AvtbaU. But if yo1 Lo: Avill have that
of the "Wooife, the posture of them, must be a good deale lesse
then that yor Lo: hath at home, wherefore he thincks some one of
the other Avould be more fitting, yet he Avill leaAre it to yor Lo:
choise. * -8 % *. *
Yor Lo: moste humble and
ever ready to be commanded,
John "Woixey.
XLI. AV. TRUMBULL TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.)
Brussels, October — , 1620.
My Loud: 27
* * * * *
Mr. Mathew is noAve absente at Leege, so that I cannott speake
to him' about yor L: picture made by Rubens : but I have Avritten
to him, and sente that yor L: Avas pleased to authorise me to
open. Either hy both, or one of us yoT L: shall have that busines
donne wth all possible care and circumspection.
* * * * *
Yor L: most affectionate and humble servante,
"W. Trumbull.
XLII. AV. TRUMBULL TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.) a
Brussels, November — , 1620.
My singulek coon Lord :
* * Si * *
For yor L: picture Mr. Mathewe and I AviU joyne or cares,.
e 2
52 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS. .
creditte, and dilligence to procure it at the beste, and easyest
rate. And ether jointly or severally, Avee Avill repaire thether (I
meane to AntAverp) to gett yo* L: contentment ; or at leaste to
bring Sig* Rubens to a price indifferent.
,S * * * *
Yor L: most faithfull and devoted servante,
W. Trumbull.
XLIII. AV. TRUMBULL TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.) 19
Brussels, November — , 1620.
My sikoclee. good Lord :
* * * * *
Sig* Rubens hath finished yo* L: picture, and by his lfe to me
doth affirme, that yo1 L: Creation of Bassan°B2 is not woorth (of
any mans monney) above 50 or 60 gilders : and for the other he
hath made for yor L: that it is finished ; and to shewe his love
and respect to yo* L: he Avilbe contente for his paynes Avth 100 [sic].
M*' Mathew before this tyme is gonne to Antwerp to viewe it, and
at his retourne (if he Avryte not himself) I will aequainte yo* L:
Avth his reporte. ***** Yo* L: moste affectionate servante,
W. Trumbull.
XLIV. TOBY MATTHEW TO SIR D. CARLETON.
May it please your Lr : Antw&p, November 25,1620.
I have receaved your U3 of y" 12 of ye last, and as soone as I
found by Rubens y* ye Caccia [Hunt] was ended I came hither to
serve your Lp. I have seen both y" Creation and ye Caccia ; they
82 Giacomo da Ponte, commonly called II Bassano, born at Bassano in 1510, was
a long time in Venice, but, as he had neither studied the antiques nor visited Rome,
he contented himself by imitating nature, in Avhich he succeeded most marvellously.
It is related that Annibale Carachi said that " He Avas an excellent painter, and worthy
of better praise than Vasari gave him, because, besides the fine pictures that may be
seen of his, ho achieved miracles such as are reported of the ancient Greeks, deceiving
by his art not only animals but men ; Avhich I can certify ; for, being in his room
one day, I was myself deceived in reaching to take hold of a book, Avhich I believed
was one, but was in truth only a picture." He died 3rd February, 1592, aged 82. —
Felibien, Entretiens sur les Vies des Peintres, torn. i. pp. 732-4.
" The Creation of the Animals of Bassano vecchio," in. an Ace1 between Daniel Nis
and Carleton of «j March, 1613-4, is put down at 220 Ducatts (see Appendix, B.).
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are just of a bigness. The Creation is so intirely spoyled, y* for
my part I would not be bound to hange it up in sight, though he
would give it me for nothinge ; and he offers it to me, or to any
body for fifteene Duckatts. It daily growes Avorse and worse by
any indeavor y* he can use to restore it. The Cornile came not
w,h it.
The Caccia is of an excellent desseigne. There ar Lyons and
Tygars, and three men on horse backe (some in halfe figures)
huntinge and killinge beastes and beinge killed by them. The
originall was a rare thinge and sold to ye Duke of Bavaria for a
hundred pound starlinge, but it was bigger than this. Rubens
confesseth in confidence y' this is not aU of his owne doing and I
have thanked him for this confession, for a man who hath but
halfe an eye, may easily cliscerne it; but he protests that he hath
touched it over all, in all ye partes of it. I must confess a truth to
yo* Lo: (though I know he will be angry at it, if he knows it) y' it
scarce doth looke like a thinge y' is finished and ye colorito of it
cloth little please me, though upon yc Avhole mattir it be a gallant
peece, for ye desseigne of it is precious.
I did, wth aU ye discretion I had, deale av"1 him about ye price,
but his demands ar like ye Lawes of Medes and Persians w'* may
not be altered. He valued, as he sayth (in a letter to Mr. Trum-
buU) his Caccia at a hundred Philipps besides y° Creation. I
Avish y' letter had not been written, for I see it helpes to oblige
him to be unreasonable. Yet I was so imprudent as to offer him
fifty Duckatts and so by degrees, but ye cruell courteous Paynter
Avould not sett a less price upon it then before ; but told me, as he
sayd he told Mr. Trumbull, y' he would referr himselfe to your
Lps curtesy. I told him plainly y* I would not oblige you to such
a proportion of expence, y* I thought he might content himselfe
w,h less ; y' yoAv did but orclayne this picture out of a compliment
to a friend of yours in England, and y' if he would not color I
would tell your Lp in what case thinges stood, and Avhat I had
seen and what I had sayd, y' your Lp might take your owne reso
lution. And so your Lp sees I do, and if yet any thinge remayne
to be done by me, I am both in this and in any thinge of your
Lpa concerne as ready a3 your Lps OAvne hart can. thinke or wish,
and so I continue Your Lp3 most humble and
most affectionate servant ever,
Tobie Matthew.
51 PAPEES RELATING TO RUBENS.
Post. If the case Avere mine, I would make no difficulty to send
him foiuescore Duckatts and to thinke y' he might well be contented
av"1 it. For rarely though I had much use for such a picture, I
would be very loath to give- him for it 15 pound. Yet perhaps for
so small a matter, you Avill not haAre him be able to say y' you ar
content to beate a bargayne wth him.
Post. Your Lp Avill haA'e heard how Van Dike his famous
Allieno is gone into England, and y' the Kinge hath given him a
Pension of .=6100 p* ann. I doubt he will haAre caried ye desseigne
of this piece into England ; and if he have, I durst lay my payre
of hands to a pa}u;e of gloves, y* he will make a much better Piece
then this is for halfe ye money y* he asks. Perhaps I amdeceaved;
but I thought fitt to tell your Lp playnly all y* I knowe, or feare
in this ; though I doubt not but your Lp will dexterously goveme
the knowledge of it, for else this fellow will, fly e upon me. Yet
please your selfe, for I am at a poynt. Y*LP§ T. M.
XLV. W. TRUMBULL TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.)
„ , Nov. 28 „„„„
Brussels, — — - , 1620.
RlCtHT HOHORABLE MY VERY GOOD LORD I ¦^>eC- °
*****
For yo* Caccia made by Rubens, I referre yo* L: to the answere
made by Mr. Toby Mathew, Avho gives me assurance, that it is
not wo or th the monney Avhereat it is prised; because little, or
nothing, of it is donne wth the said Rubens his owne hande.
Obedience shall be yeelded to the commande yo* L: shall sende
about that busines.
***** Yo* good L: faithfnU and
most devoted servante,
"W. Trumbull.
This " Caccia " appears by Lord Danvers' letter of 27th May,
1621 (see p. 57), to have been bought by Carleton for Prince
Charles. Trumbull writes to Carleton from Brussels on 2B Deo- 162° •
5 Jan. 1K21 '
" The tyme is so shorte since I received yo* L: laste Ire (wcl1 was
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but yesterday), wtu the bill of exchange of £65 : for St9 Rubens
and my friend, as I have no leisure to answere it, nor courage to
mannage my penne."
On 2 January, 1620-1 :—
" I ayUI cause yo' L: Caccia to be Avell packed up by Rubens ;
and sent to Mr. Lock by the first opportunity."
Again on ^ January, 1620-1 —
" To-morrowe I will dispatch one of my servantes toAvardes
Antwerp, about yo* L: picture made by Rubens."
And on ^ January : —
"Yo* L: picture shall be sente into England by the first com
modity and directed to Mr. Locke according to yo' L: order :
and the monney shall instantly be dehVered to Seig* Rubens."
But from the correspondence which folloAvs, this picture by
Rubens does not seem to have given satisfaction ; and Lord
Danvers (see his letter, p. 57) says the Prince Avill not admit it
into his gallery.
XLVI. AV. TRUMBULL TO [SIR D. CARLETON]. (Extract.) 18
Brussels, January ~, 1620-1.
My Lord : ..
Yo* L: picture made by Rubens is noive absolutely finished,
and made ready to be transported to Mr. Lock. I have by Mr.
Toby Math, judgem' made upon it, endevored to gett him rebate
some Avhat of his exorbitant price. But he maketh semblance to
take it ill, that any body should comptrolle his resolution ;. and
referreth himself wholly to Yo' L: for his satisfaction. The money
allotted for him is in the handes of one of my frendes at Antwerp :
called Mr. John Corham, and he shall not part w,h it untill I have
yo* L : answere. HereAv"1 1 sende yo* L: an extract of Rubens his
Ire to me ; as I would have done the originall ; but that I would
fayne shewe it to Mr. Mathew. So in extreme haste I hmnbly
take my leave and remayne Yo* L: most affectionate and devoted servante,
"W. Trumbull.
56 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
[Enclosure.]
[Translated from the French, which see in Appendix A, No. III.]
XLVII. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO AV. TRUMBULL. 1 fi
Antwerp, January — , 1620-1.
Sir : -2d
The Picture that I have painted for my Lord Ambassador
Carleton is quite ready and securely packed up in a AA'ooden case,
in which it can very Avell be sent to England. I Avill Avithout any
difficulty give it up to the care of M. Corham, provided that he
will be pleased to take it, or to send his porter for it. But as to
gainsaying Avhat I have said, to our Judges, to wit that the Picture
is not Avorth as much, that is not my way of acting. For if the
picture had been painted entirely by my own hand, it would be
well worth tAvice as much. It has not been gone over lightly by
me, -but touched and retouched everywhere alike by my own hand.
I will conform exactly to all I have said,- though" not-withstanding
the picture is of that value, the obligations that I am under to
my Lord Ambassador will make me contented Avith whatever
recompense his Excellency may think it good and just to. award
me, AA'ithout any comment on my part. I do not knoAV what more
to say nor hoAV to submit myself more entirely to the good pleasure
of this gentleman, Avhom I esteem more than any body would be
lieve. The picture by Bassano, Avhich I had in exchange, is
so spoilt, that such as it is, I will sell it to any one for fifteen
croAvns.
Trumbull writes to Carleton on the 6th March, 1620-1 —
"Rubens is paid for yo* L: picture, and my friend at Antwerp
hath delivered it to Mr. Dickenson,53 who hath undertaken to
transporte it safely to Mr. Lock. De illo plaira, at a tyme of
leisure." 53 John Dickenson acted as Ambassador at the Hague during Sir Ralph AVinwood's
absence in July, 1C09, Avas " Clerk of tlie Council Extraordinary sent into Germany,"
" Secretary to Sir Edward Conway and Sir Eichard AVestan." — See Sion Manuals 3
and 12 March, 1G20-1.
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XLVIII. T. LOCKE TO SIR D. CARLETON.3' (Extract.)
[Westminster,] March 18, 1620-1.
Right Honorable :
-* * # * *
I have delivered the picture to my Lo: D avers, he made a
motion to have me write to Rewben before he Avould pay the mony
to this effect. That the picture had bin sheAved to men of skill,
who said that it was forced and slighted, and that he had not shewed
his greatest skill in it, and for that cause my Lo: would have him
make a better if he could and he should have this againe, and be
pleased for the other what he would have, for seing the Prince
hath none of Rewbens worke but one peece of E ''Judith 8f Holofernes,
wch Rewben clisavoweth, therefore he woidd have a good one or none,
as for this he said that he had not yet sett it amongst the Princes
pictures, neither would untill it were avowed from Rewben to be a
master-peece. I told my Lo: that I knew yo* Lp had taken all pos
sible care about it, and that I dowbted not but that it would prove
as good as it should be, but notwithstanding that I would write
to y* Lp to the effect of his Lp3 speech, and that if it pleased his
Lop to let me have the mony that yo* Lop had layed out that you
had comanded me to receive it, and so I had the £25 : —
# * * * *
Yo* Lps faithful! and humble servant, Tir. Locke.
XLIX. LORD DANVERS TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.)
St. fames', May 27, [1621].
My Lo: A. : *****
But now for Ruben; in every paynters opinion he hath sent
hether a peece scarse touched by his own hand, and the postures
so forced, as the Prince Avill not admitt the picture into his
81 Printed in Supplement to Smith's Catalogue Raisonn§ of Painters, pp. 241-2.
85 See Rubens' letter to Trumbull of j| Sept., 1621, p. 59 ; also P. P. Rubens, hia
Life and Genius, from the German of Dr. AVaagen, p. 85. In this cla3s of subjects,
(those remarkable for the representation of physical horrors) may be mentioned Judith
in the act of cutting off the head of Holofernes with a kind of hatchet ; the wretch in
the agonies of death turns up his eyes in a most horrible manner : engraved by Corn.
Galle.— Smith's Cat. Raisonne, No. 1001.
53 PAPEES RELATING TO RUBENS.
galeiye. I could wishe, thearfore that the famus man would doe
soum on thinge to register or redeem his reputation in 'this howse
and to stand amongst the many excelent wourkes AVch ar hear of all
the best masters in Christendoum, for from hiin Ave have yet only
Judet/i and Holif ernes, of littell credite to his great skill, it must
be of the same bigenes to fitt this frame, and I will be well content
to showte an other arrow of alloAvinge Avhat monye he may aske in
exchaynge, and theas Lions shall be safely sent him back for
tamer beastes better made. In y* own busines you will receave
satisfaction from such as ar more able to informe you, yet is thear
no man more affectionate to doe y* Lo: servis then
H. Davers.
L. AV. TRUMBULL TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Postscript.)
Antwerp, June — , 1621.
Mr. Tob. Matheav is here. I conjecture he may take it un-
kyndely that yo* L: hath not yet made answear to his last Ire, sente
wth the picture he did visitt in the handes of Rubens.
LI. AV. TRUMBULL TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.) 21
[Brussels,] July — , 1621.
My siscwleb good Lord : **
*****
Mr. Toby MatheAV Avente yesterday towardes Callais. — At his
retourne (Avch wilbe shortly) wee will joyne o* forces to reduce
Rubens to a reasonable agreem* wth my L: Davers, and (av'h yo* L:
favo1) it were better to have a little patience then to marre a good
bargaine by ill manageinge, or for wante of counsel!.
* * * * *
Yo* L: humblest serv4,
W. Trumbull.
LII. W. TRUMBULL TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.) 1
Brussels, September —, 1621.
My singtjler good Lord: ' 11
*****
Mr. T. Mathew doth carry this Ire to AntAverp, from whence
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he Avill wryte to yo' L:, and give you an ansAvere about yo' desyred
picture. I have broken that busines to Rubens by a feAve AA'oordes
and Avill giA'e yo' L: an accompt of that he shall retoume me
upon the same subject. And so I humbly take my leave and
remayne, Yo* L: most affectionate and humble servante,
W. Trumbull.
LIII. AV. TRUMBULL. TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.)
Brussels, September — , 1621.
Right honorable my very good Lord : ¦*¦ '
* * IT' * *
Mons* Rubens by his Ire testifyeth a desyer to please his
Matie, and to give yo* L: all contentment. Towardes him I have
donne my . best endevors, and beseech yo* L: they may not be
fruitles; but that I may have a seasonable and satisfactory an
swere. * * * * *
Yor good L: humblest and devoted servante,
W. Trumbull.
It appears by the following inclosure that Rubens was the
artist selected, as early as August, 1021, to paint the decorations
for the New Banqueting House at "Whitehall, although the Building
was not finished until March 3 Ist, 1622 — the first stone having
been laid on 1st of June, 1610/6 [Inclosure.]
[Translated from the French, zohich see in Appendix A, No. IV.]
LIV. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO AV. TRUMBULL, 3
Antwerp, September — , 1621.
Sir: lo
I am quite willing that the Picture painted for my Lord Arn-
86 P. Cunningham'3 Life of Inigo Jones, pp. 12, 13.
"The Twelfth day of this instant, January, 1618-19, the greate Banquettinghowse
at AVhitehall was by casualty of fire quite burnt to the ground ;" and on the same day,
"AVarrants were issued to the Keeper of the Gatehouse to receive into hi3 custody and
close keeping the persons of Piichard Gore and David Simpson, Laborers, being sus
pected to have sett on fyer his Matiea howse of AVhitehall." — Council Register, Jac. I,
vol. iv, pp. 73, li. See also Gerbier's Letter to King Charles I, dated 1 Aug. 163L
60 PAPEES RELATING TO RUBENS.
bassador Carleton be returned to me and that I should paint
another Hunting piece less terrible than that of the Lions, making
abatement as is reasonable for the amount already paid, and the
new picture to be entirely of my OAvn hand without admixture of
the work of any one else, Avhich I will undertake to you on the
word of a gentleman. I am very sorry that there should have
been any dissatisfaction on the part of Mons. Carleton, but he
would never let me understand clearly, though I often entreated him
to do so, Avhether this picture was to be an entire Original or
merely one touched by my own hand. I wish for an opportunity
to put liim in a good humour with me, although it should cost me
some trouble to oblige him. I shall be ATery glad that this picture
be located in a place so eminent as the Gallery of H. R. H. The
Prince of Wales, and I will do everything in my power to make
it superior in design to that of Holofernes, which I executed in
my youth. I have almost finished a large picture entirely by my
own hand, and in my opinion one of my best, representing a Hunt
of Lions : the figures as large as life. It is an order of My Lord
Ambassador Digby s' to be presented, as I am given to understand
87 John Digby was born at Coleshill, "Warwickshire, in 1530. He studied at Mag
dalen College, Oxford, and afterwards travelled. On his return to England he wa3
appointed Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to King James I, by whom he was
knighted; sent Ambassador to Spain in 1617-18, and created Baron Digby of Sherborne,
county Dorset, on 25 Nov., 1618. He wa3 again sent Ambassador Extraordinary to
Spain in July, 1620, ivith a grant of £13,000 (Orig. Docket., 22nd Aug., 1620)
towards defraying hLs expenses; — to Vienna and Brussels in 1620-1, to adjust the
affairs of the Palatinate; when Count Mansfeldt's army, upon whom depended the
fortune of the Palatinate, wa3 like to disband for want of money, he pawned all his
plate and jewels to buoy up that sinking cause. He returned to London on AUhallows
Eve (81 Oct.), 1621 ; — Aras sent a third time to Spain, as Ambassador Extraordinary,
Avith Sir AValter Aston, to conclude the marriage treaty between Prince Charles and
the Infanta of Spain ; created Earl of Bristol 15th Sept.,1622, but recalled in 1624,
when he received the following letter from Secretary Conway, dated Whytehall, 24
April, 1624 : — "Eight Honourable,— I have received His Majesty's commandment to
signify his pleasure and commandment to your Lordship that you come not to
courte nor to his presence before His Majesty's further plesure and leave first obtained
and signifyed to you, in countermand of this, but that you retyer yourselfe to your
house or lodgeing, and remayne there untell His Majesty's further plesure and
directions shall be made knoAven to you. This being that which I have in charge, I
humbly commit, &c, Ed. Conway." He was subsequently committed to the Tower,
charged by the Duke of Buckingham Arith improper conduct Avhile in Spain. On
Charles I's accession, Buckingham and Digby preferred accusations- of high treason
against each other; the latter was, however, disgraced by the king, to whom he
applied, in January, 1625-6, to be restored to favor, which was denied, a3 appears
by the following letter from Charles I, dated 21 January, 1625-6, the words in
Italics being corrections and insertions in the king's own hand -. " AVe have read yor
Letter addrest to us by Buckingham, and wee cannot but Avonder that you should,
through forgetfullneas, make such a request to us of favour, as if you stood evenly
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to the Marquis of Hamilton. But as you truly say such subjects
are more agreeable and have more vehemence in a large than in a
small picture. I should very much like the Picture for H. R. H.
The Prince of Wales to be of the largest proportions, because the
size of the picture gives us painters more courage to represent our
ideas with the utmost freedom and semblance of reality. I am
ready under any circumstances to employ myself in your service,
and recommending myself humbly to your favor, offer myself at
all times to your notice.
As to His Majesty and II. R. H. The Prince of Wales, I shall
always be very pleased to receive the honor of their commands,
and -with respect to the Sail in the New Palace, I confess myself to
be, by a natural instinct, better fitted to execute works of the
largest size rather than little curiosities. Eveiy one according to
his gifts. My endowments are of such a nature that I have never
Avanted courage to undertake any design however vast in size or
diversified ha subject. Sir, Your very humble servant,
Peter Paul Rubens.
LV. AV. TRUMBULL TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Postscript.)
Brussels, December, — , 1621.
I have sufficient order from my L : Davers to conclude av"1
Rubens, about his picture, Avoh I will doe as soone as I have
leisure.
capable of it, when you knowe what your behaviour in Spaine deserved of us,
Avhich you are to examine by the observations wee made, and knowe you will remember,
how at or first coming into Spaine taking upon you to bee soe wise a3 to foresee our
intentions to change our religion you were so far from disswading us that you offered
your service and secrecy to concurre in it, anclin manie other open conferences pressing
to show how convenient it was for us to be a Roman Catholiche, being impossible in your
opinion to doe anie greate actions o&erviais. How much wrong, disadvantage, and
disservice you did to the Treatie and to the right and interest of our deare Brother
and Sister and theire children ; what disadvantage, inconvenience, and hazard you
intangled us in by your Artifice3, putting off and delaying our returne home. The
greate estimation you made of that State, and the vile price you sett this kingdom,
still maintaining that we under culler of frendship to Spaine did what was in our
power against them, which you said' they Icnew verie well. And last cf all your
approuving of those conditions that our nephew should be brought up in the Emperors
Court to which S' Wa. Aston then said he durst not give his consent to for feare cf
Ms hed you replying to him that without som such great action nether Mariag nor
peace could be had." -He, nevertheless, zealously defended the Royal cause daring
the Rebellion, for which he lost his estate, and died in exile, at Paris, in 1653, aged 73.
62 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
LVI. LOED DANVERS TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.)
St. James', December, 7, 1621,
My Lo :
I eaa-e pursued the course prescribed Avth Mr. Trumball and
Ruben, although after all the care you have taken to yeald me
satisfaction, I suspect my monye will be more Avourth then his
wourke, commonly Avrought Avth a very careles hand, but Ave must
showte on arrow after an other.
:'i * * * *
Y* Lo: most Avell Avishinge and littell
able to doe you servis,
H. Davers.
LVI*. T. LOCKE TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.)
Right Ho>-obls: 15 December, 1621.
* * * * *
My Lo : Davers hath sent the picture A\'ch yo* Lp sent from
Reuben hither to me to be sent backe & will have his olde one
againe & the .=£25 that he hath received shall goe for another that
Reuben must make him ; I thincke my Lo : Davers hath alreadie
acquainted y' Lp w,h his intent. I have heere a Ire to Reuben &
the Picture av1* I do not well knoAve hoAV to send yet.
a * * * *
Yo* Lpi humble servant,
Th : Locke.
LVII. AV. TRUMBULL TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.) 21
Brussels, December — , 1621.
My singuler goode Lord: 31
*****
My L: Davers hath given me order (as formerly I wrote) to
bespeake a piece of paintinge of Rubens, his owne hand ; aud I
have already perfourmed that commission, and received a courteous
answere. But I feare myne owne creditt will not be sufficient to
accomplish that businesse.
***** Yo' Lps most humble and affection'6 servante,
W. Trumbull.
From John Wolley's letter [ante, p. 50], it appears that Rubens
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was at Antwerp the end of January, 1G20; and from Toby
Matthew's letter [ante, p. 52], that he was also there in November
1620. The Accommoclemeni between the Queen Mother of France
and her son Louis XIII., managed by the afterwards celebrated
Cardinal Richelieu, Avas signed at Brissac on the 16th August,
1620. It is therefore most probable that Rubens went to Paris
about September, 1620,ffl to paint, by Royal command, the Twenty-
one Pictures for the Grand Gallery of the Palace of the Luxem
bourg,50 Avhich Avere to represent the Principal Events of the Life
of Marie de Medicis.91 He made spirited sketches of each subject,
Avhich he gave to his pupils to work from under his constant
superintendence, by Avhich means this prodigious work Avas com
pleted in less than two years,02 although from the previous corres
pondence it is evident that Rubens was also engaged upon other
pictures. Nineteen were painted at Antwerp in his own studio,
the two largest on his return to Paris, Avhere he finished the
portraits of several of the principal characters, and superintended
60 Michiek, "Rubens et l'Ecole d'Anvers," p. 143, says, in the beginning of 1620.
00 Marie de Medicis caused this superb edifice to be built in 1615. The famous
Jacques de Brosse Avas the principal architect.
31 In these magnificent productions the artist, freely indulging in the poet's and the
painter's licence, ,ha3 richly embellished each subject with allegorical figures and
fabulous deities, enhancing the luxuriance of his creative powers in composition Avith
the lustre of his resplendent colouring. They now adorn the Louvre, and are as follows :
1. The Destiny of Marie de Medicis. 12. The Government of the Queen.
2. The Birth of the Queen. 13. The Journey of the Queen to the
3. The Education of the Queen. Bridge of Ce.
4. Henry IX deliberating upon mar- 14. The Exchange of the Two Queens.
riage. 15. The Happines3 and Prosperity of the
5. The Marriage of the Queen. Regency.
6. The Debarkation. 16. The Majority of Louis XIII.
7. The Marriage of Henry IV Avith 11. The Flight of the Queen to Blois.
Marie de Medici3. IS. The Queen deciding in favour of
8. The Birth of Louis XIII. Peace.
9. The Departure of Henry IV for the 19. Peace Concluded.
AVars in Germany. 20. Peace Ratified in Heaven.
10. The Coronation of the Queen. 21. Time Disclosing Truth.
11. The Apotheosis of Henry IV. Smith's Cat. Raison., ii. pp. 120-1.
Mons* Nattier, one of the Members of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculp
ture at Paris, undertook to engrave these pictures ; but before his death he committed
the charge of making the draAvings to his two sons, who Ayere still young. They were
subsequently published under the title of " La Gallerie du Palais du Luxembourg,
peinte par Rubens ; dessinge par les Sieurs Nattier, et gravee par les plus illustres
Graveurs du temps. A Paris, 1710. DediSe au Roy," folio.
02 Smith's Cat. Raison. vol. ii. p. xxA'iii., who also says that, at thi3 period, he had as
assistants or pupils, Van Dyck, Justus Van Egmont, Jacques Jordaens, Peter Van
Mol, Cornelius Schut, Jan Van Hoeck, Simon de Vos, Deodato Delmont, Nicholas
vander Horst, Pranck Snyders, Mompers, and AYildens.
64 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
placing them in the Palace of the Luxembourg. While thus
engaged, the Queen, Avho took a particular pleasure in his con
versation, frequently honoured him with visits. She .was so
delighted Avith these extraordinary works of art that she requested
Rubens to paint Four portraits, \iz : — A Full Length of herself as
Pallas ; Francis I, De Medicis, Grand Duke of Tuscany, her
Father ; Jane of Austria, daughter of the Emperor Ferdinand I,
Grand Duchess of Tuscany, her Mother ; and his own for Her
Majesty's Cabinet. When the whole series was finished, Rubens
had the honour to conduct the Queen, attended by many
distinguished persons, through the Gallery, and to explain the
meaning of the numerous allegories. A few days after he had an
audience of Her Majesty, who gave him many splendid presents,
and he quitted Paris on the ~ September, 1622."
LVIII. AV TRUMBULL TO [SIR D. CARLETON.] (Postscript.) Feb 19
Brussels, ' „ ,1622-3.
Mar. 1
My Lord Davers desyreing nowe to have his Creation of
Bassan" againe ; because Rubens hath mended it very well ; doth
by a Ire commande me to treate av"1 him, for his owne Pourtrait,
to be placed in the Princes Gallery.
Rubens became acquainted with the Duke of Buckingham,
in April, 1625, and painted his portrait during his residence
in Paris in that year. It was not until September, 1628,
when the Duke Avas sent by King Charles I, in conjunction Avith
the Earl of Carlisle and Sir Dudley Carleton, to negotiate a.
peace Avith the United Provinces, that the Duke saw at Antwerp
93 Smith's Cat. Raison., vol. ii. p. xxx.; Michel, p. 125 : but at p. 143, Michel says,
while Rubens was at Paris painting and placing the pictures for Marie de Medici3, he
met the Duke of Buckingham, Avho Avas then at the French court to celebrate the
nuptials of Henrietta Maria with Charle3 I ; and Mrs. Jameson, in AVaagen's P. P.
Rubens, p. 24, says, Rubens Avas enabled to have the pictures placed in a gallery of
the Luxembourg Palace, erected for the purpose, so early as the month of March, 1625.
This date is no doubt correct, because on the 13th May, 1625, Rubens writes from
Paris to M. Peiresc (see Lettres inSdites, par Em. Gachet, p. 13), complaining of
the delay iu satisfying hia honoraires (for the gallery already placed), which he say3
13 because of the approaching marriage of Henrietta Maria with Charles I. "In
fact," he writes, " I am tired of this court, and if I am not satisfied with the same
punctuality that I have served the Queen Mother, it may perhaps come to pass that
I shall not easily revisit it (this is between ourselves), although to speak the truth, I
cannot complain at present, since the delay has been legitimate and very excusable."
He arrived at Brussels on the 11th June, and Avrites from Antwerp on the day
following. — See Em. Gachet, p. 1-4.
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the splendid Collection belonging to Rubens of Antiques, Gems,
Pictures, &c, Avhich Descamps says was more hke that belonging
to a prince than to a private gentleman. The Duke was most
anxious to possess it, begged Rubens to let him have the whole,
or at least a portion of the Collection, and subsequently sent
Michel le Blond, a man of taste, Avith 100,000 florins91 to induce
him to part Avith it. After repeated persuasions he did so, but
with great regret, and on condition that the purchaser should,
at his oavu expense, leave casts of all tlie finest Statues, Busts,
and Bas-reliefs. These Avere to take the place of the originals,
and Rubens also replaced the pictures by others, so that in a feAv
years he formed a new Cabinet.85 Le Blond sent the greater
part of this magnificent collection into England.25
94 Descamps (torn. i. p. 302) says 60,000 florins; but M. Mols, in a MS. Note, says
the sum Avas 100,000 florins, according to a MS. Life of Eubens, Avritten by Philippe
Eubens, his nephew (and not by Gevaerts), Avhich is still at the house of the Canon
Van Parys, a descendant of Rubens through the female branch.
05 Michel (p. 145), who say3 (p. 144) that the Duke proposed to Rubens, by letter, to
sell his cabinet, and sent the Sieur Blondel, a great connoisseur of the Pine Arts,
Avho, after examining this rich collection, made Rubens an offer of 100,000 Serins for
it. Smith (p. xxxi) says Blondel — Avhose portrait is painted by Van Dyck— took
an in\'entory of every article, and gave the Duke of Buckingham his opinion of the
value. An offer of 100,000 florins A\-as made for the whole collection, which Avas
accepted, and it was sent to England in 1625. See note 109, p. 70; also p. 103.
Gerbier says, " The pictures of my Lord Duke are quite ready ; it Avould be the best
for Monsr. Le Elon to give the commission," &c. See also Gerbier's letter to the Earl
of Arundel in Appendix B.
:6 In this collection Smith says there were 19 pictures by Titian; 21 by Bassan
(Giacomo da Ponte, commonly called II Bassano ; see ante, p. 52, note 82) ; 13 by Paul
Veronese; 8 by Palma; 17 by Tintoretto; 3 by Leonardo da Vinci; 3 by Rafruelle ;
and 13 by Rubens. Previous to the sequestration of the Buckingham estate, in 1649,
a great part of this collection was sent to Antwerp for sale, and Avas purchased by the
Archduke Leopold for his collection at Prague. They are now in the Behidere
Gallery at Vienna.
In a " Catalogue of the curious Collection of Pictures of George Villiei-3, Duke of
Buckingham, in which is included the valuable collection of Sir Peter Paul Rubens :
written by Brian Fairfax " [4to. London,. 1758], the above 13 pictures by Rubens, as
also the models Avhich belonged to him, are thu3 described : —
p „ Length. Bi-endtb.
1. A Large Piece, being a -Landscape fuU of figures, horses, and
carts . . . . . .'.50 77
2. The Picture of the Queen Regent of France sitting under a
canopy . . . . . . ..1920
3. A Piece representing AVinter, Avherein there are nine figures .40 70
4. Another large piece wherein are several gods and goddesses of
the woods anjl little Bacchi . . . . 5 4 r 7 6
5. Another large piece of Cymon and Iphigenia. There being in
this picture three naked women and a man in a Landscape .76 10 9
6. A Fiah-markefc wherein our Saviour and several other large
figures are painted . . . . . .9 13 9
jcugth. ft. in.
Breadth. ft. iu.
5 2133
6 60
0 0
6 0
4 0
2 6
2 9
2 6
2
1
08
2 0
1 4
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While Rubens Avas at the height of his ambition, respected
and honoured by the most powerful in Europe, he Avas thrown into
the greatest affliction by the death of his wife, Avhich took place
about June, 1626,07 after having been married nearly seventeen
years. She left him two sons, Albert Rubens, who Avas after
wards Secretary of the Privy Council, and Nicholas Rubens,
Seigneur de Ramyen/8 &c, and was interred with great mag
nificence in the same tomb Avith his mother and his eldest brother
Philip, in the church of the Abbey of St. Michael, where Rubens
7. A AVild boar hunt, wherein several huntsmen on foot and on
horseback are represented . . . . .
8. Medusa's head ......
9. A naked AVoman with an hermit . . . .
10. The Duchess of Brabant with her Lover
11. The 3 Graces with fruit . . . . .
[N.B. — Sir Jas. Thornhill bought this Picture at Paris,
which was sold here after his death.]
12. The Evening in a small Landscape ....
13. The head of an old AVoman. . . . . .
Models.
1. Henry IAr, King of Prance, with a Pedestal, a Model in metal.
2. The model of the Horse in metal Avhich is on the new bridge at Paris.
3. A Lion and a Horse in metal, being the models of those which are in the Capitol
at Eome.
4. A Model in metal of the Bull which is in the Farnesian Palace at Rome.
5. A model of the Sabine which is in the great Palace at Florence.
6. A Centaur in metal, being the model of that at Florence.
7. A Arenus and a Satyr in metal.
8. Cain and Abel in marble by John of Bologna, noAV in York House Garden or at
Chelsea.
9. Two small figures in metal by John of Bologna.
10. The figure of a Aroman in metal.
11. A Venus and a Cupid in ivory.
12. The figure of a AVoman, her head, hands, and feet being ia ivory and the drapery
in metal.
13. The 3 Graces in ivory.
14. St. Peter in chains, ia alabaster.
15. Twelve boxes of agates and other precious stones, chased in gold and all antiques.
[N.B. — These case3 of Agate3 and other stones are particularly expressed
in the English inventory of the Duke of Buckingham's collection,
anno 1635.]
07 On the £ July, 1626, Rubens Avrites to Dupuy :—" In truth I have lost an excel
lent companion ; one might, what do I say, one really ought to .cherish her memory,
for she had none of the defects of her sex," &c. &c.
95 Rubens entrusted the education of these two sons to his intimate friend the
Doctor Gevaerts, Secretary of the City of Antwerp, of whom he makes mention in his
letter of 31st July, 1630, p. 151 ; see also note 165, p. 129.
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raised a monument to her memory witli the folloAving inscription
Avritten by himself: Matri A'irgini
Hanc tabulani a se pictam
pio affectu ad optimte matris
Scpulchrum
commune cum Isabella Brant
Uxore sua
Dicat P. P. Rubens
L.M.D.
ipso die Michaelis Archangeli
Anno 1626.°*
After this sad event he resolved to travel in Holland, and visit
his old companion at Rome, Cornelius Poelenburg,100 Avho lived at
Utrecht. At Gouda Joachim Sandrart came to meet him and
offered to accompany Rubens in his travels. They Avent to
Utrecht together, and visited Gerard Honthorst,"11 Avho had just
then made a sketch of Diogenes searching- by daylight, in the
Forum at Athens, with a lanthorn, for an honest man. Rubens
purchased the sketch, and Honthorst finished it by representing
himself as the cynic philosopher, and Rubens as the object of his
search. With this incident commenced a very lasting friendship
between them.103 He continued his journey to the Hague, visiting
every artist in his Avay, and leaving with each some proof of his
love for the arts.
On his return to Brussels the Infanta Isabella, who since the
death of her husband the Archduke Albert, in July, 1621,1<B had
00 " To the A'irgin Mother. This picture, painted by himself, with pious affection,
at the sepulchre common to the best of mothers, and to Isabella. Brant, hh wife,
P. P. Rubens dedicated as a memorial on Michaelmas Day, a.d., 1626."
103 Poelenburg has commemorated this event by painting the portraits of himself in
conversation Avith his friend Rubens; they are represented standiug together in the
foreground of a landscape. — Smith's Cat. RaisonnS, vol. ii. p. xxxiv.
Cornelius Poelenburg was born at Utrecht in 15S6, and began painting under
Abraham Bloemaert, Avhom he left to travel in Italy, Avhere he studied the great
masters. On hU return to Utrecht he passed through Florence, Avhere the Grand
Duke wished to retain him ; but after painting several pictures for him he returned
home honoured by the esteem of the Italians. Rubens greatly admired, and purchased,
several of his pictures for his own cabinet. Charles I. sent for, him to his Court,
commissioned him to paint several pictures, and Avished to attach him to his service,
but he preferred returning to his own country. He died at Utrecht in 1660, aged
seventy-four. He was perhaps, the most laborious painter of his time. His finest
Avork is considered to be the Birth of Our Saviour, in the cabinet of M. Grenier, at
Middetburgh. — Descamps, torn. i. pp. 365, et seq.
101 See Appendix B.
103 AValpole's Anecdotes of Painting, &c, vol. ii. p. 261.
103 Trumbull writes on 24 Aug. 1621, "The funeralls for the Archd: corps, are
i? 2
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found the adA'ice of Rubens more necessary than ever, employed
him in negotiating for a General Suspension of Arms between the
Kings of Great Britain, Denmark, Spain, and the States General
of the United Provinces. Balthazar Gerbier m was employed by
the Duke of Buckingham, on the part of England, to negotiate
Avith Rubens. The correspondence Avhich folloAVS gives a very
full and interesting account of this Negotiation.105
o
[Translated from the French.]
LIX. I0« DISCOURSES HELD BETAVEEN THE SIEUR RUBENS AND
GERBIER SINCE THE YEAR 1025, UPON A TREATY PROPOSED
BETWEEN THEM.10'"
The Duke of Buckingham being at Paris in April, 1625, the
Sieur Rubens painted his portrait there,1"7" and on that occasion
had communication Avith and made proposals to Gerbier; the Sieur
Rubens saying after the return of the Prince, that the Infanta
ordayned, but not to be pcrfourmed these 2 monethes, unlesse orders out of Spaine,
did change their purpose ; " also on 6 Nov. 1621, " Here are greate preparations
makeinge for the Archdukes funeralls : and in them the Infanta doth not spare any
coste. 10* Agent of Charles I. at the Hague, who Ara3 at that time in the service of the
English Monarch as painter and architect.— AYaagen's P. P. Rubens, by Mrs.
Jameson, p. 29 ; see also Appendix F.
m Alfred Michiels in "Rubens et l'ecole d'AnA-ers," pp. 159, 160, say3, the Infanta
having eharged Rubens with a diplomatic transaction, it was necessary that he should
have a conference with the Ambassador of Great Britain at the Hague, the Sieur
Balthazar Gerbier, who met him at Delft on 21 July, 1627.— Lord Carleton was,
however, the Ambassador at the Hague, and in his letter to Secretary Lord Conway,
dated 15th July, 1627 (see p. 92) he' says, the AbbS de Scaglia did on Friday last,
11 July (21 July, new style) meet Rubens, but that he had not himself spoken
with Rubens. Gerbier was Master of the Horse to and employed by the Duke of
Buckingham. 1K The greater part of the following correspondence is Avritten by Gerbier in his
own peculiar French, and the sentences are so interwoven that I have found them
someAvhat difficult to translate; I have, however, adhered to the originals in the moat
literal manner.
ln; W. Trumbull writes from Brussels, A Oct., 1624, to Secretary Comvay : —
" I will begin av"1 a secreet treaty for a peace, or a truce; managed by Petro Paulo
Rubens, the famous painter; betAvene the United Provinces, and those that are nowe
under the Kinge of Spaine's obedience. An argument (in my poore opinyon) although
they make themselves suer of Breda, and esteeme it as good as taken already that they
are iveary of the warre3 and would be content to suspende their armes." Also that,
" the Marq. Spinola is determinately resolved, either to winne Breda; or in the
trenche3 before it, to bury his corps and hi3 honor."
ao'° In Sir Sackvile Crowe's Book of Aecompt3 of the Receipts and Disbursements
from the Privy Purse of the Duke of Buckingham, 1622-1627, the following is among
the entries of the year 1625 : — " Given to Mr. Ruben3 for drawing his Lp* picture on
horseback, 5001,"
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Isabella Clara Eugenia and the Marquis Spinola had a lively
sense of the wrong done to the Prince during his stay in Spain,
in not having received his Mistress the third day after his arrival
at Madrid, which eagerness, the Infanta was of opinion, ought
to have been exhibited, seeing the Prince had so honoured the
House of Austria, and acted so generously and so like a cavalier.
Upon winch considerations the Sieur Rubens made it known that
he apprehended great difficulties might arise between the CroAvns
of Spain and Great Britain. That, nevertheless, every honest
man should do all in his power to cherish a continuation of the
good xmderstancling- Avhich had subsisted between them until
then; and since war was a scourge from Heaven, we shoidd
do our best to aA'oid it. These speeches Avere accompanied with
protestations and wishes that the Duke might be induced, as he
had the power, to pacify the King my Master, who is no doubt
very much incensed. Gerbier replied, it was evident God had
made known to the King of Great Britain that He made the
Lilies to unite with the Roses, that in the joy of this union
every unfruitful pretension that he had had in his voyage to
Madrid should be buried in oblivion, except that which affected
the particular interests of his very dear sister the Queen of
Bohemia, whose wrongs needed a cure to which the Duke was
obliged to contribute as much as lay in his poAver.
The Sieur Rubens had perceived in the Duke's conversation
a laudable zeal for the interests of Christianity. After his
departure from France and the rupture between Spain and
England, he frequently wrote to Gerbier, greatly deploring the
present state of affairs, wishing to revive the Golden Age, and
conjuring Gerbier to make the Duke of Buckingham understand
the Infanta's great regret that affairs were in their present state.
He protested that Her Highness ought not to suffer, because she
desired nothing more than a good understanding, which she
thought ver}r reasonable, as she had neither been a party to the
disputants nor contributed to their discontent. That if the King
of Great Britain had a design to claim the restitution of the
Palatinate, it was to the Emperor he should apply, and to the
King of Spain, supposing he had the power ; but that, at least,
the good understanding Avhich had hitherto existed betAveen
England and the Infanta should be preserved, and put upon a
proper footing, for there were no points in dispute between them.
The Sieur Rubens enlarged upon this subject, saying how
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praiseAVOrtliy and advantageous this work of reconciliation would
be. That he believed it easy of accomplishment, provided the
King of Great Britain would lend a favourable ear and the Duke
Avas Avell disposed, so that his assistance might be relied upon.
Then Rubens dwelt strongly upon Spain being Avilling to listen
to reasonable conditions, and begged Gerbier to say so to the
Duke of Buckingham, who ordered Gerbier to reply to Rubens,
that he Avould never lose any opportunity Avhich might be of
service to the cause of Christianity, to which he would contribute
all that lay in his power ; that if Spain had a real and charitable
design, he Avould meet it Avith open arms, on condition that the
King of Bohemia was taken into consideration. This answer
(according to Avhat Rubens Avrote) was sent to Spain, from whence
they expected good news. Some weeks after, the Sieur Rubens
wrote, that he had received orders from Spain to keep up this
correspondence with Gerbier, and that in a short tune the Infanta-
would have more ample explanations and instructions.
Soon after, when the English Fleet retreated from Cadiz,103 the
Sieur Rubens wrote that, changes having taken place in the
general aspect of affairs, Spain had come to somewhat different
resolutions, and Avas bent upon adjusting things as they stood at
present, Avhich more clearly appeared by the change in the affairs
of Denmark, and afterwards by the impression which was made
by England raising an armament for the Fleet; which, never
theless, Avas destined against France and not against Spain, but
at Avhich Spain was so jealous, that the taking of Groll happily
for the States General succeeded. * The Marquis Spinola having
kept his forces upon the coast of Flanders, fearing the army of
England intended an invasion, the Sieur Rubens retraced his
first overtures, and Avrote to know Avhether it were the intention
of England to treat, that the Infanta and the Marquis were doing
their utmost to procure full powers from Spain; upon which
Gerbier received orders to reply.
The following is a copy given into Rubens' own hands, Gerbier
having gone to Antwerp to see him about the purchase of statues,
medals, and pictures, Avhich the Duke Avas making from Rubens.1*
103 The English Fleet retreated from Cadiz the end of October, 1625.
109 It would seem, therefore, that, although the Duke of Buckingham was, in 1625,
so anxious to possess Rubens' Collection, in February 1627 the purchase was not com
pleted, and a letter will be found dated 8th September, 1627 (p. 103) in the postscript
oi which Rubens says, "The pictures of my Lord Duke are quite ready," and wishes
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[Translated from ihe French, ivhich is indorsed, " Copy of the Writing which I gave
to Mons. Rubens."]
LX. BALTHAZAR GERBIER TO PETER PAUL RUBENS.
Brussels, February £, 1626-7.
Monsieur Rubsxs : "°
My Lord the Duke of Buckingham has commanded me to
inform you, with respect to the Discourses we have held, that if
it pleases the Infanta to obtain full powers from the Kmg of
Spain, to treat in his name and on his behalf Avith the King of
Great Britain for a general Suspension of Arms -(withdrawing the
armies) between the King of Spain, the King of Great Britain,
the King of Denmark, and the States General of the United
Provinces, that he will do his utmost to carry into effect the
resolutions and wishes of the several parties for the said Sus
pension of Arms for two, three, four, five, six, or seven years,
restoring commerce to its original footing as in times of peace,
during which time an accommodation may be treated for.
B. Geebiee.
Nota. This writing is the first that was given,, then follows
that which was sent at the time of the armament for the Isle of
Rhe ; but first I will mite down the ansAver from the Infanta to
the above letter of f February, 1G27.
[Translated from the French, which see in Appendix A, No. V.]
LXI. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO B. GERBIER.
Her Highness has seen the Proposition of my Lord the Duke
of Buckingham, and says as to the differences between the
Emperor and the King of Denmark, that some time has elapsed
since Her Highness was engaged in trying to bring them to an
understanding, and that Her Highness will do all in her power to
Monsieur Le Blond to send OA-er for them. See also the end of a letter from Rubens
to Gerbier of a May, 1627 (p.. 84), and ante, p. 65. On if August, 1610, Gerbier
writes from Brussels to Sec. Sir H. Vane -.—Touching the moneys due by these townes
unto the Crowne of England and the measures taken for obtaining payment—" That
the case had many yeares since bin resolved on and even when the late Duke of
Buckingham had bought a greate deale of Sr Peter Rubens rarieties his designe wa3
to gett an assignment on part of that debt wch Sr Peter Rubens made difficulty to
accept."
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complete it ; but as success is uncertain, Her Highness who might
even meet with difficulties with the States of the United Provinces,
would like the Duke of Buckingliam to declare Avhether the King
of Great Britain would treat in this case, Avith reference only
to these Crowns, in order that Her Highness being informed,
might also represent it to His Catholic Majesty, Avhen, tlie answer
received, the Duke should be advertised thereof, avIio making it
convenient for the Sieur Gerbier to return to England, would
report the determination by him. Rubens.
At the same time the Marquis Spinola authorises the Sieur
Rubens hy a letter Avhich the Marquis writes to Gerbier. The
following is the tenor : —
LXII. COPY OF A LETTER FROM MONS. THE- MARQUIS TO GERBIER
14
Brussels, February — , 1626-7.
Mossiehb : 2i
The Sieur Rubens having communicated to me the letters which
you carried to him from the Duke of Buckingham, I have thought
it fit to tell you that you may continue to treat with, the said
Rubens in the business Avhich you have in charge, and thus I
pray God, Sir, to keep you in His protection.
Your very affectionate to serve you,
Ambrosio Spinola.
[Translated from the French.]
[Indorsed.]
Memoranda of the Considerations cf Rubens by order of Her Highness.
LXIII. MEMORANDUM OP THE DISCOURSE HELD BY THE SIGNOR
RUBENS UPON THE PROPOSITION THAT GERBIER MADE ON
BEHALF OF MY LORD THE DUKE OP BUCKINGHAM.
That since Her Highness the Infanta, as also the Marquis,
were well disposed to the projected business, it would be necessary
to guard against embroiling it with other undertakings, which
would only give umbrage and cause jealousyin Her Highness, and
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as though Ave suspected either her sincere intentions or sufficiency
to bring it to a good end, her means being the most royal the
most certain and the most sure ; as aunt of the King,11" Governor
of the Netherlands, and held in very great esteem and authority
by the King her Nephew ; besides the dignity and quality of 'my
Lord the Marquis, who is the greatest Minister that His Majesty
has out of Spam. These are the reasons why the door must
be closed to all other overtures. Everyone must be well assured
of the good affection of Her Highness by her goodness, her
natural piety, and the great desire that she has shoAvn under all
circumstances, to procure the public good of Christianity. Besides
which she believes that it is for the service of the King her
nephew and for her OAvn particular interest that she should be very
pleased to be rid of envy and the labours of war, and end her
days in peace and tranquillity. Everyone must also believe that
my Lord the Marquis desires nothing so much as to conclude
his battles with his past victories ; and not leave his present
reputation to fortune ; but to live in. repose during the rest of his
life, and be delivered from the continual solicitude of war.
The return of the paper, in ansAver to what was proposed, is
truly founded in a sincere affection and very good intention of Her
Highness and of my Lord the Marquis towards the good success
of the business, which depends upon the same advice of the Duke
of Buckingham being prompt and quickly expedited. For pre
suming that the proposition, such as it is, Avas now in Spain, that
the King had accepted and taken the business to heart, and had
the supposed power (which is in no ways true) to dispose of the
affairs of Germany; then it would be necessary that it should be
conformable to what is suitable and necessary for that country.
And as to sending Ambassadors from the Emperor, to the Duke
of Bavaria, as chief of the Catholic League, Avho, according to
. the dilatory character of the Germans, would be greatly delayed,
inasmuch as the goings and comings, the Councils and the Assem
blies, Avould consume the time, and Ave should miss the opportunity
of properly doing the principal business.
It is very necessary England should be disabused of the idea
that the King of Spain can absolutely control the affairs of Ger
many ; for it is very certain the Emperor's army is paid with the
110 The Infanta Isabella was the half-sister of Philip III, and aunt of Philip IV,
King of Spain, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry IV, and sister of Queen
Henrietta Maria of England.
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money of the Catholic League, and that the King does not con
tribute to the pay of a single company, the Duke of Bavaria being
General of this army, Avho it is Avell known is not a favourite -with
the King of Spain, who, through his Ambassador, the Count d'Onate,
very openly opposed and protested against conferring the Elec
torate upon the said Duke ; besides the old and present jealousies
between tlie Houses of Austria and Bavaria. It is easy to account
for their present misunderstanding, through the published accounts
in France, Avhich represent the Duke of Bavaria very dissatisfied,
because he has not been entrusted with the whole of the Inferior
Palatinate, as Superior. It is also to be considered that the
Emperor does not always give way to the good pleasure of the
King, and that Avhen lie does he has his hands tied by the Electors
and other Princes of the Empire, so that he is able to do little by
himself. The Empire governs more than the Emperor in person.
Neither are we assured, if the Germans were inclined to this
accommodation, whether the King of Spain Avould undertake a
business so long, harassing, and painful, Avhich either through im
possibility, or, at all events, through length of time, would spoil
the design and render the proposition fruitless. If the King of
Spain had concluded a peace, truce, or suspension of arms, he
would have more authority to induce or constrain the Germans to
agree to this accommodation.
It seems also that, leaving out of the treaty the cause of
Denmark, in which is hidden that of the King of Bohemia, the
King of Great Britain has returned his obligation to his allies
by being able freely to assist all their forces, Avithout any hindrance
from others ; and it would be like confessing a weakness to refuse
this condition, and as though England distrusted those forces if
she succoured them for so short a time previous to the treaty,
which it is proposed to begin immediately after the peace between
the CroAvns and Holland. In the meantime, the King of Denmark,
with the assistance of his allies, will be able to hold out easily by
keeping on the defensive.
Touching the Confederate States, every one cannot but think
there will be very great difficulties with respect to the title of
Free States, which they pretend to be applied to them in the
truce; but Avhich title is so contrary and repugnant, that he
(the King of Spain) wages war for no other reason. For if he had
chosen to consent to this title, the Dutch would never have made,
nor would they at present make, any difficulty in continuing or in
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renewing the truce as before, as Rubens testifies, who has been
employed in this business. This is Avhy it must be well con
sidered what difference the suspension of arms or the truce Avill
make ; for a suspension of arms lasts ordinarily for a short time
and does not in any way change the aspect of war, neither should
it make any mention of this Title, Avhich is not valid in time of
Avar. But if it is presumed that because this suspension of arms
between the King and the Confederate States should be prolonged
some years, itAvould be transformed into, and be considered in the
light of a truce, and consequently would confer this title, which
the Dutch pretend to be attached to the truce ; then Avould the
labour in this business be all in vain ; the King of Spain Avould
never consent to, or receive it in this light, it being against reason,
that, by prolonging the time, the nature or meaning of a suspension
of arms can be altered.
But, leaAing the Dutch to insinuate this title during the sus
pension of anus, the King of Spain would perhaps be found
Avillingto treat subsequently with them for a lasting peace, under
honorable conditions to His Majesty and Avithout prejudice to
their liberties.
And, in such case, it is believed the States would not make any
great difficulty about the title of Free States, according to- what
has passed in some overtures upon that subject.
It is certain that it would be thoroughly appreciated in Spain and
by her Serene Highness, if the King of Great Britain would interpose
his authority and good-will to this accommodation, and by this
means Avould greatly oblige the King of Spain to niake reciprocal
efforts to adjust the affairs of Germany, as King James obliged
himself to do, by express articles in the peace of 1602,111 and thus
perform his promise from the time the truce was agreed upon
between the King of Spain and the Confederate States. But as
concerning the peace between these two Crowns there need be no
great difficulties, and it is believed it may be as easy as the sus
pension of arms of the year 1604,1S Avhich Avas so Avell understood
111 There is a mistake in the year; the peace alluded to was between Philip III,
King of Spain, the Archduke Albert, and the Infanta Isabella on the one part,
and King James I on the other, signed J§ August, 1601. — Rgcueil desTraitfi3 de Pais,
&c, torn. iii. p. 9, fol. ed. 1700.
I1S This should be 1609. A truce for twelve years between Philip III, the Archduke
Albert, and the Infanta Isabella on the one part, and the States of the United
Provinces of the Netherlands on the other part, through the mediation of the Kings
of England and France, was signed at Antwerp on " "™*, 1609.— Eecueil dea Traites
de Paix, &c, torn iii. p. 43.
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and so clear in all these points, particularly as regards commerce
and the Confederate States, that there is nothing to alter but names
and some few points of no importance, Avhich do not affect the
substance of the peace. It must be borne in mind what was said
at the commencement, that no time should be lost, and that all
other matters and overtures foreign to this treaty should be set
aside, as too many cooks spoil the broth, and as it is certain the
Infanta and the Marquis are very favourable, it Avill be better to
rely solely on their authority.
As touching Savoy, it is very certain the Infanta is very much
inclined to facilitate an accommodation with the King, as much
on account of her great affection towards her children and her
only sister,1" as on other considerations ; but an Ambassador [from
the Grand Duke] will never be received or heard on behalf of a
treaty for others, before his own differences are adjusted, in which
(it is believed) there will be more doubt and difficulty than in all
that concerns the two CroAvns.
[Translated from, the Original Draft in French, written by Cerbier and corrected by
Lord, Carleton.]
LXIV. B. GERBIER TO PETER PAUL RUBENS.
Sir : March 9, 1626-7.
The King having returned last evening from hunting, lA\-rite to
you to-day by the ordinary, to inform you of the answer Avhich the
Duke of Buckingham has thought proper to make to the Memo
randum I" brought to him from you. By the promptitude of the
despatch you will see the desire there is on this side not to lose time,
and from the resolution you will be able to judge how deliberately
and solidly it is proceeded Avith,. His Majesty's absence being the
principal cause of the delay ; I will add, as you will find noticed
in the papers here inclosed, that two things have been remarked
which you recommend as very a. propos. The first, that the
business be treated secretly ; the second, that the door be shut to
all other overtures. As touching the first, the Duke has not
thought proper to send me back at present, because people begin
to look suspiciously at me, and sundry reports have already been
»3 Catharine, daughter of Philip II, King of Spain, who married Charles Emmanuel,
Grand Duke of Savoy.
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spread respecting my last voyage. When it is seen that I do
not return, these reports, even Avhile the business is progressing,
Avill subside. And while you on your side are sending- into Sjiain
for the necessary poAvers, a lord whom you know very Avell, and
Avhose name you mentioned to me, will be despatched from hence
into Holland upon other business, so that he may be on the spot
AA'hen opportunity offers to perform the necessary offices, which
Avill serve to show you how Avilling Ave are on our part to proceed
in the business, the good success of which so much depends upon
promptitude of action. As to the exclusion of all other matters,
fear nothing, for here they are of opinion with yourself, that a great
undertaking never advances straight forward upon tAvo roads.1"
I address this packet to Steltius, at Calais, Avith orders to send it
to you by express. The importance of the business requires that
it should be delivered to you expeditiously and safely ; let me knoAv,
therefore, by the first opportunity, whether jrou have received it,
and advance the business as much as possible by writing, until
time and opportunity permit the employment of necessary instru
ments. I send you here-inclosed a Cipher, and commit myself to
your good favour, ever remaining, &c.
B. Gerbier.
[Translated from tlie Original Draft in French, written by Lord Carleton.]
LXAr. THE DUKE OP BUCKINGHAM TO PETER PAUL EUBENS.115
gIR : March 9, 1626-7.
Referring j'ou to Gerbier for answer to all that relates to you
(of which he has faithfully acquitted himself), I will only say,
114 Gerbier had previously Avritten " trap de cuisiniers gatteront le pottage," wliich
is hoAvever erased for " une grande affaire ne marche jamais droit sur deux chemins."
115 The following rough draft in Lord Carleton's hand Avas most probably dictated by
King Charles, and formed the ground-work of the above letter of the 9th March,
Avhich was subsequently Avritten to Rubens in French and
[Indorsed]
" His MatlM concept of y° subject of a Ire from my Ld Duke to Rubens; given me
at Dsnmarke House the of March, 1626.
Cr . Although the world seeth the Infanta, and ye Marquis have raison to crowne
theyr actions by a conclusion of peace, and that my Master hath rather subject to
gaine that they have gotten by warre; yet I judge him to be of that pious nature
that he may be induced to a peace, so it may be wth his Honor and the re-establish
ment of those who are nearest unto him.
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although the Avorld will judge that Her Highness and the Marquis
have reason to croAvn their past actions by a conclusion, of peace ;
and that the King my master hath rather subject to seek the
honour they have already acquired by the glory of arms ; never
theless, I am so thoroughly satisfied of the pious nature of His
Majesty, that it would not be difficult to induce him to consent
to peace, provided it Avere neither dishonourable to him nor pre
judicial to the re -establishment of those AA'ho are the nearest to
him. As for me, I will contribute to it by using all the influence
I have Avith His Majesty; and you may be assured I should not
have gone so far in a business of such importance without being
well authorised. Remaining, &c,
Buckingham.
[This English Translation is in the handwriting of Secretary Coke ; the French in
Gerbier's.]
LXVI. THE DUKE OP BUCKINGHAM RETURNED A SECOND ANSAVER
AS FOLLOWS," AVHICH AVAS SENT MARCH 9, 1626-7.116
The Duke of Buckingham having seen the papers browght by
Gerbier from Rubens, Avritten uppon such ouverturs, as originally
sprang from Rubens uppon conference betAvixt them, saith —
Concerning the difficulties betwixt the Emperour and the King
of Denmarck, that ther being good correspondence and no hos-
tilitie betAvixt Spaine and Denmark : hee being wel assured that
a setled frendship betwixt England and Spaine wil inlarge itself
to the re-establishnient of Germaine, conceaveth no interuption
wil arise from thence in regward of the estats of the United
Provinces. Touching those Provinces, it is notoriously known
what strict alliance is established betAveen his Ma" and the
States, so as in honor and justice hee can not single himself
from them. But whilst the Infanta is procuring such power from
SpEiine as is necessarie on their part, the Duke wil use his best
indevor w'h his Ma" to procure their concurrence uppon reasonable
and fit termes.
In the authorisation the Infanta is to have from Spaine, it wil
bee necessarie to include the restitution of his Matcs brother and
116 This document which is in the handwriting of Secretary Sir John Coke is
indorsed—" Project of a treatie made by Rubens." The French translation is
indorsed by Lord Carleton — " Responce doange & Rubens au nom du Due de
Buckingham."
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sister to their honor and patrimonie ; at least, so farre forth as
that King's power and credit may extend unto.
The following answers in the handwriting of Secretary Coke,
although of the same tenor as the preceding, are much fuller. Tlie
paragraph printed in Italics is struck out in the original.
LXVII. ANSAVER3 TO THE OVERTURS MADE BY RUBENS TO
GERBIER.
The Marquesse Spinola's letters of attestation sent to Gerbier
have given sufficient credit and Avaight to everie woord contained
in the memorials and papers delivered by Rubens. Besides the
honor of so royal a Princess as the Infanta, and such a renowned
comander as the Marquess and the reasons alledged to cleare their
intentions, are held satisfactorie to exclude all other intromission,
thoAvgh divers persons and some of the greatest qualitie have
proffered herin their best offices and advise.
And thoivgh the Duke of Buckingham may thinck it verie strange
that theis prepositions should bee called his, wch grew from private con
ference of honest and ivel affected persons imploied to other ends : yet
considering the good effects they may produce not only to those kingdoms
wch they properly concern : but in consequence to the comon good of al
Christendom besicls, hee is xvel contented, not only to pass over this
streine of formalitie, but wil also labor to remove such other difficulties
as may give interruption to this icoorke.
It is a matter indeed of verie great importance and much taken
to hart by the King of Great Brittaine, that the Princes of
Germanie his Kinsmen and allies should bee restored to their
estats, and to their due dependance and homage to the Empire :
Avch (as the Duke of Bavaria, stands affected) may concern the
HoAVse of Austria and Emperour above the rest. But considering
that nether the King of Denmark, nor anie of the Princes
imbroiled in theis wars standeth in anie termes of hostilitie
Avth Spaine : And that the reconciling of Great Brittaine and
Spaine wil bee the best preparative and most assured meanes
to pacifie the Empire, and reduce it to the ancient lustre to bee
the powrful bulwerck of Christendom against the Turck ; it can
not bee dowted that theis several differences may bee severally
compounded and so al in due time.
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But Avhat strickt confederacie the King of Great Brittaine hath
entered into wtb the States of the United ProA'inces is verie wel
known : so as from them in anie treatie wth honor and justice hee
can not devide. Aud seeing the title of free states, for wclv both
sides make the warre, is so disagreeable to the King of Spaine,
it may be so accomodated that the King of Great Brittaine,
treating for a truce or a peace for himself and his coiifederats the
States, that dispute may bee declined Avch might groAV about the
title. But in case the States shall press that stile as a. point of
their subsistence, consideration must bee had, whether the truce
may not proceed in the same termes as formerly it did, if the
former expedient do not succeed. And herin a resolution must
speedily bee had: and power accordingly procured uppon con
fidence that al indevor shal bee used w"' the King of Great
Brittaine by effectual offices to accomplish as much for
accomodation wth the States, as here is aoknoAvledged that his
Father did in pursuance of the peace made in the year 1G04,
and ava so much more affection and indevor to answer the frendly
obligation herin presented on the King of Spaine's part in good
ernest for setling the affairs of Germanic
And for redeeming of time (wherof most wil bee spent in
sending to Spaine for Comission to treat and. conclude, wch neces
sarily must bee had) the interim shal bee imploied to procure the
concurrence of the states : and to prepare the articles by private
instruments from al parts. And to facilitate the business, the
Councel here given is verie expedient to Avdorke uppon the articles
of former treaties, as wel of the peace of the yeare 1601, as of the
truce of the Ioav Contries. Wherin the restitution of the honors
and patrimonie to his Ma"' deer brother and sister must bee
provided for by sufficient authorisation from Spaine, at least, so
faire as the credit and power of that King extends unto.
[Translated from the French, which see in Appmvlix A, No. VI.]
LXVI II. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. April -, 1627:
Sir : 21'
By what you were pleased to write me on the 9th of March last,
I have received the perfect assurance of the good will of Your
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Excellency towards me, which I Avill endeavour to merit on occa
sions agreeable to you, and Avhen it may please you to employ me
in Your Highness' service. I very humbly beseech yon to excuse
my having deferred so many days replying, with reference to the
business which Your Excellency is acquainted with. I have been
expecting some news from Spain, but as there is so much delay I
would not allow any more time to elapse Avithout acknowledging
the receipt of the said letter, and kissing your hands for the favours
you have been pleased to show me. As soon as the answer
arrives from His Catholic Majesty, I will make Your Excellency
acquainted with it, wishing as much as I ought to see this beau
chef-d'oeuvre completed. In the mean time, I commend myself
Avith all submission to Your Excellency's favour, being resolved
to live and die, My Lord, &c,
Peter Paul Rubens.
[ Translated from the French, which see in Appendix A, No. VII.]
LXIX. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO B. GERBIER. April —, 1627.
Sib : 21
I haat^ deferred answering your first letter of the 9th of Mareh
last, according to your style, hoping Her Highness might receive
some intelligence upon what she had written, touching the first
proposition. But as that is delayed, I would not defer acknow
ledging the receipt of yours with the papers enclosed. They were
despatched by a courier to His Catholic Majesty, informing him
of the contents, and praying him to return an answer immediately,
as I am sure he will, when I will advertize you by the way you
Avrote to me. Praying God that this business may terminate as is
wished for the good of Christianity, and not having at this time
anything else to say, I kiss your hands with all my heart, ever
remaining; Sir, &c,
Peter Paul Rubers.
With these two letters, there was a private one in Flemish,1'7
1,7 I regret that I do not find this letter.
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the subject of Avhich was to assure Gerbier of the good inclination
on Rubens' side, of the diligence that was being used, and of the
true cause of the courier's delay, who was expedited from Spain,
which was accidental, through the arrival of the second packet,
which had come from England, and would no doubt be quickly
answered. Finally, that the tAvo letters in French, one to the
Duke and the other to Gerbier, were written on hehalf of the
Infanta, by Signor Boscott, Chancellor of Brabant, heretofore
Ambassador in England, who also gave orders to Rubens to
assure Gerbier of the sincere intentions of Her Serene Highness,
and of the Marquis Spinola.
[Translated from the French, which see in Appendix A. No. VIII. Thenames which
are in cypher, are decyphered, in part, by Lord Carleton.]
LXX. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO B. GERBIER. 9
Antwerp, May -, 1627.1!s
Sir : 19
Your silence astonishes me, and makes me doubt whether our
packets were rightly addressed. In a correspondence of such
importance, letters received should always be acknowledged, as
in case of any mischance it might be remedied by dupli
cates. You will see by the enclosed, from the Ambassador of
Savoy,119 that we have been together at Brussels, and I confess,
118 A letter written by Peter Paul Rubens to Du Puy, and dated Antwerp,
iHtS' ISH, formerly in the collection of Mons. A. Donnadieu, was sold by auction
in August, 1851, and is thus described in the catalogue : — " He announces the
death of the Duches3 of Orlean3, which everybody deplores, and the Cardinal more
than any one. Bouteville and Chapelle (celebrated duellists) had lost the only one
who could intercede for them, and the Cardinal Richelieu has resolved on their execu
tion as an example. The insolence and barbarism of the English daily increase ;
they had cut in pieces a captain of marines who had come from Spain, and had thrown
all his cases overboard He has been considering the subject of the
twenty-five pictures, but is not yet quite determined about them. He makes a long
digression on his favourite subjects, quotes Plutarch, and concludes by expressing his
opinion that heroic subjects are preferable to mythological subjects." Holograph letter;
3 pages, folio [in Italian]. In " Lettres Inedite3 de P. P. Rubens, publiee3 par Emile
Gachet," Bruxelles, 1S40. There will be found many letters from Rubens to Du Puy,
but this one is not amongst them.
113 I have not thought it necessary to print this inclosure; it is dated from Brussels,
^ May, 1627, and addressed to the Duke of Buckingham, begging him to send
Gerbier to Amsterdam by the end of the month of May, when he hopes to be there
" that he may communicate, with him and inform him of all that is passing which is
very important to the business in treaty."
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on my part, to have received all the satisfaction in the world. The
Ambassador of Savoy sends his compliments, with the Infanta,
and Spinola. He would only enter into the matter (mistfere)
through my means, and having found him as Avell informed as
ourselves, it has been thought proper to treat with him in sincerity,
and without any reserve or after thought. I have informed him by
the express order of Spinola, very exactly, of the present state of
the business, and most entirely assured him of the good and holy
intentions on our side. Also I can inform you that we have had
something on the part of 70 [Spain ?] which gives us courage, and
makes us hope Avell for the success of the business, but that is not
sufficient to put it in execution. We believe that by Divine grace,
the rest will soon follow. I have returned to Antwerp, having
unravelled the business, and put Scagha and Spinola so near to
one another, that they can talk over the business of the Treaty ;
nevertheless, they have always done me the honour in any doubt,
scruple, or ambiguity, on either side, to allow me to clear it up.
I do not noAV think there is any difficulty between them; they
understand, and are very well satisfied with each other, showing
no distrust. Indeed, we find Scaglia extremely able in affairs of
such importance, and I am very glad he has formed the resolution
of going to Holland, for all the debate will be, as I haAre said to
Scaglia and you oftentimes before, upon the pretension of the States to
bear the name which they have in effect now. Scaglia told me that he
thought you would come and find him in that quarter. I should
esteem myself very happy to be able to meet you, but I believe
my Masters dare not send me of their oavu accord, otherwise I am
, of opinion that my presence' would greatly serve in promoting the
business by clearing up, between ourselves, the difficulties hereto
fore debated : for having been employed in this treaty continually
since the rupture, I have all the papers presented on both sides in my
hands. We could consult together with Scaglia and Carleton.
This is why I beg you to find, means that this requisition
be made to Buckingham, and to write me a letter to this effect,
saying that he sends you to that part in charge of many things
Avhich could not be safely or easily trusted to paper, and that he
dares not send you back again to Brussels on account of the
reports it would give rise to, as before, but notwithstanding His
Excellency wishes that I should go there with the permission of
my superiors, to meet you on the happy circumstance of Carleton
and Scagha being also there. This would be a grand covp, for, as
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I have told you, all difficulties, which might hinder or at least
render ikisjine chef-d' ceuvre incomplete, consist in the business of th
States. I have friends there of high standing, and my old correspondents,
who Avould not fail to do their duty. I pray you see this be done,
but on condition of an inviolable faith to keep this, my request,
secret, without it ever being known that it was made through my
instruction. Scagha will be in this city the day after to-morrow,
and Ave have sent his letter for a passport from the States. I am
well satisfied they will be of my opinion touching my going there,
although I have not broached this to him, entrusting the secret of
this letter with you only to communicate it to Buckingham, but
you must by the same means, at least by Carleton or Scagha,
immediately obtain by entreaty a passport for me. I intreat you to
answer this immediately, also as to the particulars already written
so many times touching the remainder of the paintings belonging
to Buckingham, which I dare not send without your order,
seeing the passage is so embroiled and dangerous that I would not
venture to undertake it without your express order. And, having
nothing else to say, I very humbly kiss your hands, and commend
myself to your good favour, ever remaining, Sir,
Your most humble servant,
Peter Paul Rubens.
I beg of you to burn this letter as soon as you have done with
it, for it might ruin me with my masters, although it contains no
harm, it would, at least, destroy my credit with them, and render
me useless for the future. .
The Duke of Buckingham, in consequence, ordered Gerbier to
repair to Holland, Avith my Lord Ambassador Carleton, who being
arrived,'20 Gerbier sent a passport to Rubens, and gave him notice
,M Lord Carleton's instructions, as Ambassador Extraordinary to Holland, are
dated 27 May, 1627 ; and his first letter from the Hague is dated the 13th June, of
which the folloAving is an extract : —
LOED CARLETON TO SECRETARY LORD KILLULTAGH.
"Hague, June 13, 1627.
" All I can now advertise is that here I meete w,h the Abbot de la Scaglia (in that
qualitie onely) not as Ambassador for the Duke his master. Rubens pasport is
graunted him, so as we are like to see him here quickly, and a goode eye w,h is cast
uppon the one, and easie yealding to the other (both theyr businesses being well
knowne) shew how they here stand affected."
Again on the 27th June, Lord Carleton writes to Secretary Lord Killultagh :—
"The Abbot de la Scaglia having made a journey to Utrecht and other townes,
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of his arrival in Holland. Rubens having received Gerbier's
letter, replied as follows : —
[Translated from the French, which see in Appendix A, No. IX.]
LXXI. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO B. GERBIER. „ , June SO ,„„„
Breda, -7-;-—, 1627.
Sir : JldV 10
I have communicated your letter in the proper quarter, and I
have been ordered, for reasons Avhich you will find just and
equitable, not to go beyond Zevenberghen I21 at present ; I beg of
you to repair thither immediately, and as soon as you arrive to
give me notice ~by an express, addressing it to Breda, at the Swan,
where I am staying aAvaiting neAVs from you ; I will not fail to
come and kiss your hands at the same instant. In the niean-
Avhile entreating you to keep me in your good favour, I lass your
hands with all my heart, ever remaining, Sir,
Peter Paul Rubens.
LXXII. LORD CARLETON TO SEC. LORD CONAVAY.125 (Extract.)
Right Honorable my xoble Ld : Hagh, July 2, 1627.
*****
This day Rubens is expected here, or at least answeare from
him concerning his coming ; wth what it will produce I can not
yet prognostique : but I " must lett yor Lp understand that such
advises as are come of late dayes from Bruxells to the Prince of
Orange from such secret intelligencers as they here relye upon,
all concurre that howsoever there is good affection in those parts
to pacification, out of Spayne comes no signe of any such intention;
but on y° contrary that ye Emp" Ambr who last returned out of
Spayne that way, had there openly declared that ye K. of Spayne
was resolved to pursue the advantage of his affaires as Avell in
came back hither last night. Gerbier is absent and Rubens not yet come, so as their
business hath yet no moving." And on the 29th June : — " Here Ave are expecting
the coming of Rubens, Mons' de la Scaglia and Gerbier."
These three extracts are printed in "Sir Dudley Carleton's State Letters, 1627,"
edited by Sir Thos. Phillipps, pp. 18, 30, 68.
121 A province in North Brabant, nine miles AV.N.AV. of Breda.
123 Very imperfectly printed in " Sir Dudley Carleton'3 State Letters, 1627," p. 70.
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these parts as in Germany, where he dissuaded the Empr to
hearken to peace av* the King, of Denmarke or any accomoda
tion about the Palatinat : and it is thought Don Diego Mesia
newly arrived at Bruxells brings confirmation of those orders.
There should be about this tyme two Deputyes at Bruxells from
Franckendale to complayne of the suppressing in that Towne the
Preachers and Teachers of the reformed Religion by the Spanish
Gover1, and taking aAvay the use of theyr Churches and Schooles
contrary to capitulation, when that toAvne was deposited by oT late
K. of happy memory into the Infanta's hands. To w* effect the
towne hath Avritten to his Ma1' in the Ire I send hereAv*, desiring
his assistance byway of recofhendation and yf Rubens come hether
I Avilllett him knowe Avth the first what judgem4 must needs be made
by his Maty of this manner of proceeding, to the end the Inhabi
tants be not separated before some new order be given, and surely
no other judgem' can be made thereof but that the Spaniards, Iioav-
soever they temporise more then formerly w*h those of o1' Religion
in such places where they gett possession, yet theyr end and scope
is to establish theyr conquests by their utter extirpacon.
* * * * *
Yr Lp3 most humble servant,D. Carleton.
LXXIII. LORD CARLETON TO SEC. LORD CONAVAY.123 (Extract.)
Rigki Honorable sir noble LD: Ilagh, July 3,1627.
Ix place of Rubens (who was expected here yesterday) there
came late at night a secret messenger (Avho left him at Breda) w"1
a few lynes to Gerbier,124 excusing his coming any further at this
tyme (by order of those who have cofhaund over him for great and
important reasons, as he sayth,) then Sevenberghen, and desiring
Gerbier there to meete him, who is very much troubled how to
governe himself, and for my part, I can not persuade him to goe:
for Rubens having an absolute and ample pasport to come into
these United Provinces wth his servants and bagage (AVch Avas ob-
tayned under pretence of a treaty betwixt him and Gerbier about
123 Very imperfectly printed in " Sir Dudley Carleton's State Letters, 1627,"
p. 72.
181 See ante, p. 85.
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pictures and other rarityes) theyr meeting in tlie confines (wch can
not be concealed) could be of no other use then to putt by the
pretence, and fill the Avorld full of talke of the true subject of
theyr busines : and if they on the other side proceed roundly and
really, why should not the instrument they employ come forward ?
yf theyr intent be onely to rayse ruino', why should wee second
them? Yet this may be imagined, that Don Diego Mesia being newly
come to Bruxells out of Spayne, may have bred some interruption,
in the way before resolved of, betwixt the Infanta and the Marquis
Spinola, and that therfore they would first knowe on the other
side, by some cofhunication wth Gerbier, hoAV they stand here
affected, before Rubens (the shadow of whose jorney is look't
through by all men of insight into affaires) come openly into this
countrey. This is the best can be made of this manner of proceeding,
and the worst is, yf by concurring therin wee should injealouse
the States of his Ma"7, as yf being here amongst them wee dealt
underhand and apart av* or comon enemyes, wch were an ill effect
of my employment into these parts : wherfore I knoAve no better
ivay then that wch is playne and direct, to acquaint such of the
States Deputyes as are appointed to treate wth me, under secrecy,
wth the busines as it stands, and to doe nothing therin wthout
theyr comunication, wc!l will not onely prevent all jealousy, but
putt an obligation upon them, as an argument of confidence. And
this the Abbot de la Scagha likes very well of ; whose opinion is
(differing from the judgeni' is here made by the States wch yor Lr
will find in my yesterdayes Ires) that the present necessityes of the
Spaniards, and disorder of. theyr affaires, for want of money, will
drive them to a treaty : though otherwise he seemes to trust theyr
fayre dealing as little as other men.
Another danger of this meeting betAvixt Rubens and Gerbier in
the confines Avould be, the fame thereof viA might be sent flying to
the K. of Denmarke : Avho Avould doubtles much startle at the
neAves ; because he hath bene no wayes made acquainted wth the
most humble and
most affectionat servant,
D. Carletox.
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Gerbier having received Rubens' letter from Breda, of 30 June,
and tliinking there was some artifice in his refusal to come
to Holland, the place agreed upon, and that he wished to draw
Gerbier to the confines and dominions of Spain, and make it
appear to all the world that England was seeking Spain, wrote
the following answer :
[Translated from the French.]
LXXIV. B. GERBIER TO PETER PAUL EUBENS.
Hague, July — , 1627, sent to Breda.
Sir: 13
Your last letter of the 10th July [n.s.J, induces me to believe
that you have received the passport which I sent you, since you
talk about rej>airing to Zevenberghen to see me. The said
passport is very ample, and with it you can go where you please
with servants and baggage, so that you will meet with no difficulty. .
You write me AArord that you have been ordered not to come
further at present; I cannot understand the reason, the place
being contiguous to this country, my going thither would cause
reports- and suspicions. Not being at liberty to take any other
steps than those which the Duke my Master has ordered me, it is
now too late, and impossible to obtain fresh orders ; he is at sea,
where I ought to go and meet him as he commanded me, and I
should not have deferred doing so if I had known of this delay,
for I must confess to you that I am very much displeased at being
absent from my Master on such an occasion.125 You are nearer
those Avho command you, and can choose whether you will
1-5 The following letter (translated from the French), written by the Abbate de
Scaglia, Ambassador from the Duke of Savoy to the Duke of Buckingham, and
dated from tbe Hague the jg August, 1027, is curiou3 and interesting : —
" M\' Lord, — Your name i3 already made glorious to the world, your valour has
filled your enemie3 with fear and astonishment, and made your King and Nation
victorious. You cannot doubt the extreme satisfaction that I feel in wishing you
the continuation of that sort of prosperity. From the beginning you made it
known that you possessed the courage of Scipio, I wish you the fortune of Caesar and
the glory of Alexander. Gerbier Avill tell you the news, and my strong desire to have
the honour of seeing you, At-hich will make me take the first ship that goes your way,
so that I may kiss your hands. The miserable Gerbier has devenu fol at being so
long away from you, and at not being Avith you at the Descent in the Isles when you
made it known to all the world that you could take the part of Mars as well as
Neptune. AVith my best wishes, &c, A. de Scaqlia."
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come to Delfdt, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, or Utrecht, if the Hague
does not suit you, for in any case your journey is knoAvn here,
since your passport Avas made out here. I commend nryself, &c,
B. Gekbier.
[Translated from the French.]
[" Another Letter which I wrote to him as between him aud me."]
LXXV. B. GERBIER TO PETEE PAUL RUBENS. 3
Hague, July, — , 1627.
Sir : 13
I cannot conceal from you that after having finished my other
letter, I began to ruminate upon the difficulty you made in
coming nearer than Zevenberghen, and I must tell you frankly
as my friend, that I apprehend this business will end in smoke.
Permit me to argue with you the reason why. If, as you have
told me, the Infanta and the Marquis Spinola are so eager and
zealous about this good business, and that you are of the same
opinion with the royal and sincere- intention of the King of Great
Britain, why then render it subject to suspicions which delay
must give rise to, for thus are great undertakings always ruined ;
and if on your side there is a Avill to proceed roundly, why lose
time when you have been so well informed that we on our side
will labour to overcome the greatest difficulties. While you on
your side are procuring the full poAvers which are requisite and
necessary, it is you who should now act and testify effectually
what your intentions are, and not make scruples as to whether
you should travel three leagues or only two. There is no finesse
in our actions; since you could not come to Zevenberghen without
a passport, it is in my opinion a matter of no moment Avhether
you go further or come nearer. And you cannot be ignorant of
the noise which this interview at Zevenberghen would make, if it
took place without the knowledge of the States. They would be
justly entitled to think that we had some monopoly, and princi
pally at the same time. If this interview were made known to
the States, consider how long it would take to communicate to
them all, who do nothing the one without the other. What stories
these Ambassadors of France and Venice would relate to the
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prejudice of the wished for success. It is only, therefore, by
proceeding roundly that this good design can be brought to a
successful result. Do not let this business which took its rise
upon the subject of pictures, end in smoke ; our ancient friend
ship gives me liberty to speak plainly. And to return to the old
subject; let me beg of you to send us the remainder of our
pictures. B. Gerbier.
Rubens upon this writes again to Gerbier,126 inviting him to
come to Zevenberghen, a neuter place, where at other times those
who treated for a truce between the States of the United
Provinces and the Archduke Albert on the part of Spain, met,
urging that it was less open to suspicion, and conjuring Gerbier
to believe that he had no other design than to do all for the
best, and prevent those who Avere ill-disposed to the business
which was so much desired, from having an opportunity to raise
any difficulties.
Gerbier replied126 that Zevenberghen was a place remarkable,
where persons meeting would cause more suspicion than in the
centre of large cities where no notice was taken of strangers, that
in these paltry toAvns everything spreads immediately, and that,
finally, he would not proceed an inch further than these limits,
being of opinion that if there were a sincere and solid intention on
the part of Spain they would not make any difficulty in dealing
openly.
LXXVI. LORD CARLETON TO SEC. LORD CONAVAY.» (Extract.)
Hagh, July 15, 1627.
Right Honorable ht koble Ld :
*****
In my last I advertised yor Lp of Rubens coming to Breda, and
IL* I regret that I do not find these letters.
'-'' Very imperfectly printed in " Sir Dudley Carleton's State Letters," 1627, p. 73.
On the same day Lord Carleton also, wrote to my Ld Steward [William Herbert,
Earl of Pembroke, see ante, p. 14, note 39], as follows : —
" Rubens is come hether, under pretence of comerce of pictures av"1 Gerbier : &
for oiher matters hath no more in charge then to assure a good intention to pacifi-
cacoh with Eng"1, these parts & Germany : for wctl (he sayth) Don Diego Mexia
(whome they expect at Bruxells like a Messias) brings order."
To Lord Carlisle :— " Rubens is heere, but brings nothing more then.au assurance of
good intention of pacification on the other side; for wch (hee sayth) the order come3- by
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upon what consideration Gerbier128 forbore going to meete .him at
Sevenberghen whereupon he returned to Bruxells and immediately
had order from thence to come hether into Holland, where he now
is, and Gerbier in his company Avalking from toAvne to toAvne upon
theyr pretence of pictures : avc11 may serve him for a few dayes, so
he dispatch and be gone ; but yf he entertayne tyme long here he
will infallibly be layd hold of or sent w,h disgrace out of the
Countrey: for here they can have no other opinion of theyr doings
on y" other side, but yl all his fraude and deceit, and they believe
of tills man as of others whome they style Emissaryes, w-ho upon
severall pretences are sent into these Countreyes to espye ye actions
of state and rayse rumo' among the people ; as yf the K. of Spayne
and the Infanta Avere growne by tyme and experience more mild
and moderat, and would suffer these Countreyes to live in quiett
upon any reasonable conditions ; but yl some of these States and
others, for theyr OAvne interest, to keepe themselves in action and
goverm1, held all in diffidence and distrust, wherby to make these
parts a perpetual! seate of warre. The Heere van Merodes (Avho
hath much land on both sides) being cUscovered amongst others to
have used this language, Avas Avritten unto very lately at one of Ms
houses by the States to come before them : but he suspecting ye
matter went immediately to ye other side. TMs I have made
known to Rubens least he should meete av* a skorne wch may in
some sorte reflect upon others.
He in the meanetyme hath made thus much knowne unto me ;
y' his sodayne dispatch hether after Gerbier's excuse of meeting
Mm at Sevenberghen, proceeded of the Infanta's and Marquis
Spinola's care, that Avee should not thincke they Avere groAvne cold
in ye businesse of pacification ; he having order to give assurance
that Don Diego Mesia129 brought sufficient power wtU him to treate ;
Don Diego Mexia, and hee is expected at Brussels like a Messias with these entrefaicts."
And To Lord Holland : — " The States have written both to his Ma* and the Fr: K.
perswadisig tbem to reconcilem' in regard of these Provinces : in the preservation of
wch tbe two crownes have concurred of late yeares (notwithstanding all differences
and disputes) as in a comon interest : and Rubens is heere, assuring us of a good
intention on the other side, to pacify, with England, these countryes and Germany;
for Avhich hee sayth Don Diego Mexia brings order to Brussels, butivhoe shall speake
first, or how to sett this Avorke in hand in the midst of soe much doubt and jealousy,
as heere I meet Avith, is a great question."
123 Gerbier wrote a long despatch to Sec. Lord Conway from the Hague on "™",
which I have not thought necessary to print; in AA'alpole, vol. iL p. 401, et seq., will
be found one of the same tenor and date to Henry Earl of Holland.
U'J Don Diego de Mexia, Chevalier de l'Ordre de St. Jacques, and Ambassador
Extraordinary of the Infanta Isabella, Archduchess of Austria, to King Charles I.
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but that by some hurt receaved by a fall of his coach before he
came to Bourdeaux, he was stayd on the way, so as he could not be
at Paris sooner then the i of this month, and y' there the King's
sickuesse might-stay him some while before he could passe further
(y° report Avch Mr. Montague 1M brought of his arrivall at Bruxells
being onely some of his trayne), and further he sayth that the
Infanta had Ires from the Emp', wherby she rests satisfyed he wilbe
ruled by her in ye businesse of Germany, and in this confidence
he desires to have some light from hence both of these men's
intentions and y' way of proceeding : Avherin he will not be able to
carry backe any satisfaction, for till they have full power on the
other side it is a vanity here to propose any thing.
I have not myself spoken Avth Rubens, because he pretends to
have order not to come to the Hagh, and for me to meete him at
any of these adjoyning townes (as the Abbot de la Scaglia did on
Friday last at Delft) would rayse much discourse. He is now at
Amsterdam, and by Utrecht purposeth to goe on Wednesday next
back into Brabant, and to lett us knowe more from thence upon
y° arrivall of Don Diego Mesia: till when Gerbier intends to stay
here to carry his Ma" a full report of all : wherupon his Ma'r
may give such directions as may seeme best to his Avisedome.
Because much rumor is raysed upon Rubens coming, wch was
advertised hether from ye first Inne he came to in Roterdam and
will increase much in going, I have employed my nepheAV
Dudley Carleton, expresly to the Pr : of Orange, and such of the
States he hath Avth him in the camp to acquaint them Avth all that
passeth, to ye end they should not enter into any apprehension
upon misreports that wee- are here manadging some matter of
secret in theyr absence : for in this ombragious tyme and place
there can not bee too much circumspection used to prevent in
conveniences. & * * * *
Yr Lps most humble and
most faythfull servant,
D. Carleton.
130 Walter Montagu was the second son of Henry, first Earl of Manchester. He
wa3 employed by King Charles I as a Politick Agent to Savoy, also during the siege
of Rochelle, but subsequently turned Papist and entered the service of Louis XIV,
who appointed him commendatory Abbot of Pontoise and Member of the Council to
the Queen Regent, Anne of Austria.
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[Translated from the French]
LXX VII.
Gerbier after a sufficiently long communication of eight days,
which Rubens and he had had together in Holland, remarked that
Rubens had brought nothing in black and white, and that all he
said was only in words. With reference to his communications ;
in the first place, he assured him of the sincere intention
of the Duke of Buckingham, who had by every possible means
kept the King of Great Britain in the same mind as he had been
from the first, to lend a favourable ear to any good understanding :
secondly, it was astonishing the length of time that Spain took to
reply, seeing the protestations Rubens made of the great incli
nation of his Masters : thirdly, the care he testified to me that
the Infanta took to send him on this journey, that no umbrage
might arise out of the delay, gave satisfaction : but that notAvith-
standing upon his proposing to me to make a rough draught of
the business I could say nothing else, seeing neither black nor
white on the part of Spain, and that England Avould never declare
herself upon those terms : and fourthly, all that could be said were
only words without any foundation, so that it would be always
to the disadvantage of England to treat with a party who might be
disowned. Gerbier pressing Rubens to repair to Don Diego Mexia, who
was laid up ill on the road, and who might be delayed at Paris by
the King's evil, Rubens returns and obtains a promise from
Gerbier that he Avould remain a month longer in Holland.
Rubens continually entertains him with letters, advising him from
week to week of the indisposition of Don Diego Mexia, and of
the hope that he would shortly be at Brussels.
LXXVIII. LORD CARLETON TO SEC. LORD CONAVAY.131 (Extract.)
Hagh, July 2S, 1627.
Right Honorable my noble L" :
% % * * #
Yesterday I desired Gerbier to goe to Amsterdam (Rubens
being returned to Bruxells).
* * * * *
131 Printed in " Sir Dudley Carleton's State Letters, 1627," p. 41.
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The Prince of Orange tooke Avell my sending my nepheAV unto
him to informe him of that little wch Rubens brought, and I per-
ceave by his answeare that yf Rubens returne upon Don Diego
Mexias arrivall at Bruxells av'11 matter of more moment, he AA-ilbe
content to heare it; yf Mexias sicknesse should continue and
hold him longer at Paris, it is likely Rubens will goe thether to
him. * 3 * 5fc *-
Yr LFS most humble servant,
D. Carleton.
LXXIX. LORD CARLETON TO SEC. LOED CONAVAY.'32 (Extract.)
Hague, Aug. 6, 1G27.
Right Honorable my noble Ld:
* -* # % #
Here is no newes of Rubens since his returne into Brabant, wch
makes it believed he is gone to find Don Diego Mexia at Paris :
whose long abode there under pretence of sicknes, must needs
. cover som what else : for yi the purpose Avere serious wch Rubens
doth professe, why this losse of tyme ? Avhy could not Mexia
though sick, come as well forward from Paris to Bruxells as he
did in the same estate from Burdeaux to Paris ?
I have seene an advertisem' by the last Ires from Paris as written
thether from Bruxelles ; that Gerbier having bene sent expresly
out of England hath bene secretly at Bruxells, that he did treate
there Avth the Infanta and the Marquis Spinola, and that therupon
Rubens was sent hether. TMs is like that fiction advertised to
(sic) Bruxells of Marini, the French Amb" hyding behind a peece
of tapistrye to heare what Mr. Montague should say from his Ma'7
to the Duke of Savoy : and shewes how both France and Spayne
seeke to sett a valeAve upon themselves by seeming to be sought to
by his Ma'T. * * *• # -s
YrL" ¦most humble servant,
D. Carleton. •
l3"- Printed in "Sir Dudley Carleton's State Letters, 1627," p. 46.
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LXXX. LORD CARLETON TO SEC. LORD CONAVAY."3 (Extract.)
Ilagh, Aug. 12, 1627.
Right Honorable ha- noble Ld :
*¦ * * * *
Mr. Montague passing by Antwerp, hath written hether that he
there mett Rubens, who told him he still looked for the coming of
Don Diego de Mexia, who (according to advertisem') Avas parted
from Paris : and that being so, they need not expect him long at
Bruxells. ***** Yc L»3
most humble servant,
D. Carleton.
[Translated from the French.]
LXXX*. EXTRACT OP A LETTER AATJTTEN TO THE ELECTOR OP
COLOGNE PROM SPA.
[August, 1627.]
It seems that the Treaty, of which the Sieur Rubens laid the
foundation Avith the English, advances httle by little, and that
his journey from Holland, from whence he returned some days
past, having been called there by Ambassador Carleton, has also
given an impetus to it. This opinion is confirmed by the arrival
in tiiis place of the Sieur de Montagu, an Englishman, Avho had
no sooner arrived yesterday than he sought out the Marquis
Spinola * * * * This
Rubens, above-mentioned, is a principal Painter of Antwerp,
AA'ho sold, for 100,000 florins, antiquities to the Duke of Buck
ingham, and while this purchase, which took some time, was
being made, this negociation it appears began. Montagu is a
young English Lord, greatly favoured by Buckingham : several
are of opinion that it is to maintain good friendship and corres
pondence between the Spaniards and English, and some add that
France Avill be included, but there is little appearance of that,
inasmuch, as Your Highness will have heard elseAvhere, the
133 prmted in "Sir Dudley Carletori'3 State Letters. 1627," p. 63. Sec. Conway
writes to Sir Isaac AVake at Turin on 6 August, 1627, " Mr. Montague had order in
his passage by the Hague to inforrae himselfe from the Savoy Ambassr. and Lord
Carleton of the progresse of the affairs in that part."
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English have made a descent in the Isle of Rhe, where they are
still fighting. But since Rubens and Montagu have come from
Holland, I am inclined to believe that in these Treaties the
Hollanders will most probably be comprised and perchance the
Palatine also.
[Translated from the French, which see in Appendix A, No. X.]
[Indorsed by Gerbier, recu le premier de Seplembre, [n. s.] 1627, Haye.]
LXXXI. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO [B. GERBIER]
Antwerp, August —, 1627.
Sik: 2'
You have, apparently, reason to complain of us, having kept
you so long far away from my Lord your Master and Mademoiselle
your Companion upon expectation of the arrival of the Lord Don
Diego Messia, but you must excuse us since we are proceeding in
good faith, and according to our credentials, not being able to
guess at the unexpected incidents of peace. Notwithstanding
there is news that he should have started on the 22nd from Paris, .
to this very hour there is no certainty he has left ; it is reasonable
to suppose that some Avant Courier should make his appearance
before his arrival. I have communicated your letter to my Lord
the Marquis, accompanied Avith mine to you, as also your resolu
tion to return to England. I will not fail to let you know what I
am ordered to tell you, and not having anything else at this time
to say, I very humbly kiss your hands.
Ever remaining, Sir,
your most humble servant,
Peter Paul Rubens.
It is necessary that you should give orders about the address of
our letters, since the passage through Calais is blocked up, as
Monsieur Steltius has informed me. I have licence to write to
and receive letters from Holland, but I prefer doing so under the
name of Monsieur Arnoldo Lunden, living at Antwerp.
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LXXXII. LORD CARLETON TO SEC. LOED CONWAY.131 (Extract.)
Hugh, Sept. 1, 1627.
Tile Savoy Anibass' (Abbate de Scagha) hath had an expresse
from the D. of Savoye his Maister : By Avch hee hath letters of
credence to the States and the Prince of Orenge, but forbeares
deliveringe of them, till hee see AA'hat comes from Rubens upon
arryvall of Diego Mexia at Bruxelles,133 avIio came thither the 29 of
the last sick and Aveake and in that regard the Savoy Ambasr finds
subject of excuse that here is yet noe newes from him but con-
ceaves the best upon advertisements that the Archduchess, Marq.
Spinola and Mexia himself av"1 other publick Ministers are
resolutely bent to peace av* England.
[Translated from, the French.]
LXXXIII. B. GERBIER TO SEC. LORD CONWAY. (Eclract.) 14
Didfdt, September ^, 1627.
Rubens in a little note tells me that he Avishes the fleet Avould
soon fall in with ours, and the Spaniards get a good drubbing, so
that the impetuosity [fougue] of the Count d'Olivares might
be the means of doing good hi some way, which he learns
will be necessary, since some sort of inkling of the Business has
been given to some of the States here, that some account may be
given to them Avhich Avill turn to the advantage of the King of
of Great Britain, and cause them to occupy themselves more
about it. [Translated from the French,.]
LXXXIV. B. GERBIER TO SECRETARY LORD CONWAY. 15
Hague, September — , 1627.
Sir: 2o
Tavo clays ago I sent you, by express, intelligence that the
134 printed in "Sir Dudley Carleton's State Letters, 1627," p. 76. Sec. Conway
Avrites to Sir Isaac AVake at Turin on 6 Aug. 1627, " The Abbot of Scaglia is expected
here shortly, where he cannot but find aU welcome, being a person that hath exprest
much affection to the advancement of the present designes and his Maties service."
135 Gerbier writes to Sec. Lord Conway from the Hague on the i Sept. 1627, that
" Rubens is at Brussels, and ought soon to explain himself." n
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French ships Avould sail with the first wind, Avhich doubtless they
Avill not fail to take advantage of. Since then, I have received a
packet from Rubens, and inasmuch as it pleased you some time
past to honour me witli your commands, among other things, as
to Avhat his Majesty had seen had been said to the Ambassador of
Savoy on the part of Spain, and by the Avritings of Rubens, I have
thought it my duty to render you an account, until I have the
happiness to inform you more fully by Avord of mouth. I Avill say
then, that tlie game is at an end, although, according to all their
protestations and the correspondence of other Ministers, all
bordering upon the appearance of truth, the Infanta, the Marquis,
the Ambassador Mirabel at Paris, and this Don Diego, the pre
tended Messiah even, have all had a very sincere will, but Avhich
passing through pestilential places, has left health or life behind.
See then the effect of time, a metamorphosis, not of Ovid, but of
the Cardinal, who kneAV so well Iioav to crown himself with the
red cap, upon Ms faith, upon his holy cross, to render the govern
ment of England odious and contemptible through the tales of the
Pere Berulle, now a Devil in Cardinal, who has made them
believe that England can be conquered in six months, if France
should enter into a strict league with Spain. So at last behold
everything overturned having reference to this treaty, upon Avhich,
through the letters and journeys of Rubens, I have been kept
here so long. The Count d'Olivares, more fiery than ever, Avho,
nevertheless, as appears by letters from Rubens, the Doctors on
their side, Pohtical as Avell as Ecclesiastical, ridicule with open
mouths. They point • out the great error that Spain commits, in
thinMng to make good harmony out of discord. These are the
maxims of a new microscope, Avhich is in chaos in the brains of
the Cardinal, who never approached his ruin so nearly as by this
action. Rubens says it is well knoAvn that these tAVo nations aatII
agree like Fire and Water, that it is an artifice of the Cardinal to
create fear, that this league between Spain and France will be
like thunder without lightning, which will make a noise in the
air without producing any effect, for it is a compound of divers
tempers brought together in a single body against their nature
and constitution, and more by passion than reason. He observes
how this Messias becomes an Apostate, is greatly disabused of
several things, since he is drawn into this league with France, and
that it has been noticed since the Cardinal caught the Ambassador
of Holland resident at Paris, and gave him a lesson in letter-
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writing, that the Signor Don Diego finds himself sufficiently
embarrassed, but that as regai'ds a further answer at present
touching this Treaty betiveen Spain and England, he cannot alter
the orders received from Spain. Behold, then, in place of a
Messias, the reverse of the Medal, coined by shabby gownsmen,
(pretrailles) ; it is believed that if affairs alter, " Monsieur il
llodomont d'Olivares " will see his fault, and will be very glad to
do Avhat ought not to have heen put off till the morrow. This
may be seen by the same Avords of Rubens, avIio hopes, in the
letters, copies of which I send you, that the Avay already began
and traced out may ahvays be left open, since he does not attach
any prejudice or disadvantage to Acts of War. Seeing then that
men are so far removed from Peace, we must hope for it from God,
who Avill give it in His OAvn due time, and we must expect that
from tMs resolve necessary evils will arise. I keep the Original
Letters that Rubens sent me until my return, hoping it may please
you to report this business to his Majesty ; and if I have not been
so fortunate as to succeed happily in this business, it is not through
want of zeal and devotion.
Remaining, my Lord,
Your very humble, and very obedient servant,
B. Gerbier.
The Ambassador of Savoy leaves here for England in eight or
ten daA-s.
LXXXV. LORD CARLETON TO SEC. LORD CONWAY. (Extract.)
Right Honorable my Noble Ld : Hagh, Sept. 15, 1627.
# & » * *
Yesterday about noone, Gerbier having sent me from Delft
such Ires he mett wtU there, in his way to Roterdam, from Rubens
(of wA the copyes goe hereto^). I tooke occasion of the chiefe point
in them (wch yor Lp will find underlyned) to require the States to
hold an extraordinary Assembly in the afternoone, and to give me
audience. ». -£ * # #
Y1' L*5
most humble servant,
D. Carleton. H 2
100 PAPEES RELATING TO RUBENS,
[Translated from the French, ichich see in Appendix A. No. XL]
[Endorsed by Gerbier, — " Copy of the Answer made by the Sieur Rubens, by order of
his Mustr-rs, received at ihe Hague, September g].]
LXXXYI. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO B. GERBIER. Q
Antwerp, September — , 1627.
MoysiEor. Gkkbiek : *-°
Your letter of tlie 0th of this month has arrived, and has been
taken in good part, but touching the answer you require to your
writing of the 9th March, it is thought, that as you remain on your
side in the resolution contained in the said, writing, and wish to
include all in one as you have reiterated to me, it is thought for
the present the business cannot be proceeded AA'ith, because the
arrival of the Lord Bon Biego Mexia has enlightened us on the union
of the Kings of Spain and France for the defence of their kingdoms.™
Nevertheless, the Infanta has not altered her opinion, but is in the
same mind to continue the like offices to effect her good inten
tions ; her Highness desiring nothing in this world so much as the
repose of the King her nepheAV, and a good peace for the public ,
welfare, to Avhich the Marquis, also, Avill on his part give all the
assistance he is able for the success of so good a Avork, if on the
part of England the like is done. Our correspondence shall be
kept up Avith vigour, and Ave Avill give each other the necessary
advices as opportunities offer. Upon Avhich, expecting to hear
from you, I commend myself to your good favour, ever remaining
Sfr, Your A"eiy humble
And affectionate Servant,
Peter Paul Rubens.
[Translated from the French, luhidi see in Appendix A. No. XII.]
[Indorsed by Gerbier, — " Another letter on the same subject, but written in confidence."]
LXXXVII. "PETER PAUL RUBENS TO B. GERBIER. g
Antwerp, September —, 1627.
Sir. : 1S
The answer which I herewith send you is all that can be done
136 The passages printed in italics in this and the three following letters from
Eubens are underlined by Lord Carleton.
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in this conjuncture. It was Avritten by the advice of the Infanta
and the Marquis, having been seen and approved by tlie Lord
Don Diego Mexia, to whom a copy Avas given Avith that of yours
of the Oth of this month to send all together to Spain. I have
been, since the receipt of yours of the 6th,13? constantly at Brussels,
having received the last on my return the 10 Lh September [31st
August, o.s.l, I have treated, by order of my masters, frankly with
Don Diego, and can assure you that they are much grieved at the
resolution taken in Spain, notwithstanding all their efforts to the
contrary, neither do they dissimulate their opinion, but make their
perseverance therein apparent, not only to Don Diego but in Spain
itself. We believe that these Leagues will be like thunder tvithovt
lightning, which will make a noise in the air inthout producing any
effect, for it is a compound of clivers tempers brought together in a
single body against their nature and constitution, more by passion than
reason. All " Gens d'Esprit," and those well affected to the
public good, are of our way of thinking, and, above all, her
Highness and the Marquis. The same Don Diego has re
commended me to keep up our correspondence with vigour,
saying that affairs of state are subject to much inconvenience and
that they easily change. He has disabused himself of several
things since his arrival here. As to myself, this bad success is a
great regret to me quite contrary to our good intentions, but my
conscience acquits me of having failed in all sincerity and industry
to endeavour to bring everything to a good end, if God had not
ordained otherwise. Neither can I complain of my masters, who
have honoured me Avith a strict communication of their intimate
intentions in affairs of such importance. I cannot believe that they
on your side will ridicule us or our insufficiency, or distrust me,
since my masters will not abandon the business, but always persist
in the same intention without any feint or surprise, not being
willing to adopt any artifice Avhatever, for they do not pretend by
these means to throw cold water on, or hold in suspense, any effect
or exploit of AA'ar on your side. I pray God to employ us more
successfully in' future, and in this and all other occasions to have
you in His holy keeping, and me in your good favour, who am
and ever shall be Your most humble and affectionate Servant,
Peter Paul Rubens.
137 j regret that I do not find this letter in the State Paper Office.
102 PAPEES RELATING TO RUBENS.
[Translated from the Flemish, which see in Appendix A. No. XIII.]
[Indorsed by Gerbier,—" Third letter which he wrote to me in Flemish."]
LXXXVIH. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO B. GERBIER. o
Antwerp, September —, 1627.
Sir: 1S
I beg of you to believe that I have clone all I can, and to
remark that my masters are very eager in the business, consider
ing themselves piqued and affronted by the Count d'Olivares,
whose passion carried everything in reason and consideration
before it, as I have observed by the discourses of Don Diego
himself, albeit he tried to conceal it. Don Diego and the whole
Council of Spain were of our opinion, but this Head has guided
and insisted upon everything according to his fancy; they are
scourges from God, who carry out his Avorks by such meaus. So
many things have been represented to Don Diego that he begins
to Avaver, and is much embarrassed ; the perfidy of France has
been pressed upon him, and the assistance which the King of
France promptly renders to the States, and which he would, if he
could, give to the King of Denmark, that even France scoffs at
our simplicity, and seeks only by this mask the assistance of Spain
to force England to an accommodation which will follow thereupon.
These proposals and discourses the Infanta and the Marquis have
even forced me to relate to Don Diego himself, the which I have
done Avith great ardour and liberty, not Avithout effect, but the
business is at an end, and the orders received from Spain cannot
be altered. I will not deceive you under pretext of friendship,
but speak the truth openly ; the Infanta and the Marquis are
resolved to continue our Treaty, being of opinion that the " Con
certs" betAveen France and Spain will have no effect, and will not
last, so that every wise man, be he a politician or a priest, laughs
at it ; notwithstanding so long a time has elapsed, we do not see
any proofs ; no change can be promised, and some time must elapse
before we can hope that Olivares Avill open his eyes and agree to
it, perhaps on easier terms, when it is too late ; if it pleases you,
hi the meantime, to keep the business in question between us
in motion and my Lord of Buckingham in good humour, it
cannot but do good. We do not pretend by that to hinder or
retard the acts of Avar, having no artifice or desire to keep you
longer in suspense away from your master and your wife, which
PAPEES RELATING TO EUBENS. 103
lias been done until now AAith very good intention and appearance
of saying that that shall be Avhat Ave are striving for. Meanwhile
Ave advise those that can do so, to keep the Duke vigorous, and the
treaty firm. I send you the enclosed to my Lord the Duke for
your discharge and mine, I Iuioav nothing further that I can do
therein ; leaving myself to my own conscience and the will of God.
In magnis voluisse sat est Diis aliter visum est. I beg you to give
my humble recommendations to Lord Carleton, and to assure him
of my service and affection, and herewith I commend myself to
you Avith my heart, henceforward remaining for ever Sir, &c,
Peter Paul Rubens.
I have just received your last of the 1-lth, and my anSAver must
be, that I shall avail myself of your advice Avhere it may be well
employed. As to the Cabinet, about Avhich I had written to you, it is
unnecessary to advise further, for I can obtain no licence to make
the journey; the matter is also somewhat relaxed, and in case it
goes on, I may buy the pictures on my OAvn account.
The pictures of my Lord Duke are quite ready; it would be
the best for Mons. le Blon to give the commission, and that he
should send some one over expressly ; in lack of any other
opportunity, I will immediately consign them to him, and assist
him to procure a passage, on this side, but there must be a letter
from you desiring it.133 I recommend to you my passport to the
Low Countries.
[Translated from the'French, which see in Appendix A. No. XIV.]
LXXXIX. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO THE DUKE OP BUCKINGHAM. -
8
Antwerp, September — , 1627.
Mr Loed :
If I were as fortunate in, as I am well affected to the business
which Your Excellency entrusted me with, it would be in a better
state. I call God to witness that I have proceeded sincerely, and
that I have neither written nor said anytMng but in conformity
with the good will, and by the express order of my masters, who
have done all then- duty would allow, and all that was in their
1SS See ante, p. 65, note 109, p. 70" and p. 81.
104 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
power to terminate the business successfully, but private passions
gave AA'ay to reason. Notwithstanding also that success through
out lias been contrary, they persevere in their opinion, and do
not alter their mind at the caprice of fortune. But (Avise and
experienced in the affairs of the world, and considering the
volubility of another, and how many changes affairs of state are
subject to) are resolved not to abandon the treaty, to A\-hich effect
they ordered me to write and inform Gerbier, an intimation to
continue the same offices for the success of this good Avork. I
beseech you to believe, my Lord, that there is no artifice in their
proceedings, but that they have the utmost zeal and affection for
the common good ; this is without prejudice to the exploits of war
on either side, or to any delay of others under that pretext. If
your Excellency is of the same opinion, I shall be glad to hear
from you through Gerbier, we having corresponded so long aAvay
from you with the hope, of success. I beseech your Excellency,
notwithstanding the iniquity of the time, to keep me in your good
favour, and to believe that no change of fortune or violence of
public destiny, -will be able to separate my affections from your
very humble service, to which I have dedicated myself, and voAved
once for ever to be, My Lord,
Your very humble,
And very obliged Servant,
Peter Paul Rubens.
XC. LORD CARLETON TO SEC. LORD CONAVAY. (Extract).
Right Honorable my Noble Ld: Hague, Sept. 19, 1627.
& s£ Sp 3f % . .
What yssue Rubens busines is come unto yor Lp will find by
'my last dispatch by Captayne Sackville & a Ire I sent yor Lp from
Gerbier the day following by the ordinary of Delft so as y' requires
no longer attendance, & other affaires will fare the worse for
attending these mens leasure.
* * * & *
Yr D"
most humble servant, D. Carleton.
The four preceding letters from Rubens to Gerbier and to the
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Duke of Buckingham, brought the Negotiation, wliich had lasted
eight months, (viz., from 13th February to 15th September, 1027)
to a stand still, as appears by Lord Carleton's letter of the 10th
September, and also the King's commands through Secretary
Conway, on the Ath October, to recall Gerbier.
XCI. SEC. LORD CONWAY TO B. GERBIER.
SR: Hampton Court, October i, 1627.
His Mahe hath bene made acquainted from tyme to tyme av"1 the
advertisements and accounts given by you hither touching the
Treatie on foote by Rubens, and hath thereby seene yor diligence,
zeale, and care, in his service, av* his Ma" approves and takes
well. But since yor last Ires sheAV that by the great default of the
Ministers on the other side there can bee nothing expected by that
Treatie : His Mate thinkes it agreable to his honor and service to
suspend any further proceedings in that treatie. And therefore
there being noe further occasion of yor service or attendance ther
about the same, you may take yor first oppertunitie to come away
w,hout spending more tyme there, if noe particular comandments
for the service of yor gratious Lord and Master the Duke stay you.
This is that wch his MatIe hath comaunded mee to signifie unto yon,
and in expectation of yd1 arrivall here, and a free eomunieation of
all things w'~ yor selfe, I wish yow a good passage, and remahie yr,
Ed. Conavay.
[Translated fro m the Italian,1311 which see in Appendix A.. No. XV.]
XCII. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO [M. DUPUY] ?
Antwerp, December—, 1627.
Most Illustrious asd Esteeaied Sir:
Our Don Sadriquez de Toledo is arrived, though as a succour
after war, and will very soon return, as it is not likely that he will
winter at Morbihan. They augur badly of our ships of Dunkirk, the
greater part not having appeared up to the present time, and of
those wliich were returned three are stranded by the fury of the
139 The original is in the British Museum, Addit. MSS. 21, 514, Art. 4. It was
purchased atthe sale of Autograph Letters belonging to the late H. Belward Ray,
Esq., in July, 1S56, for Si. 10s.
106 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
wind in that same port of Mardyck rendered notorious by
frequent shipwrecks. The Baron de Wacken, a noted Flemish
knight, who armed five ships at his own expense, has fallen in
with the Hollanders ; they have taken two and sunk two more, so
that he has but one left. Our Marquis Spinola is preparing for
his voyage, and within a few days will follow his baggage, and it is
thought that he will depart soon after Christmas. I have seen letters
from England which state that that King and the Duke of
Buckingham are most enraged against the French, and have
already begun to prepare another armament. All the fault of
their ill-success is attributed to the delay of succours from Eng
land by contrary winds, the Duke not having more than 3000 foot
and fifty horse left him Avhen he Avas compelled to retreat from the
Isle of Rhe. Notwithstanding, if I am not deceived, the King of
France will make himself master of Rochelle and will laugh at
these threats. Here they are doing but little, and at Zantvliet13*1
the winds have made more havoc and inflicted more loss on both
sides than war. Having nothing further I 3dss your own and
your brother's hands and commend myself to your good favour.
Your most illustrious Lordships'
Most affectionate servant,
Peter Paul Rubens.
[Translated from the Italian,™ which see in Appendix A, No. XVI.]
XCIII. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO [M. DUPUY.] ? 20
Antwerp, December —, 1627.
MoSI ILLC3TEI0US AKD EsTEEAIED SlE : 30
The triumph of Paris speaks with certainty, and shovre upon good.
grounds the great extent of the defeat of the English, although
they are anxious to cover then- losses and disgrace as much as they
can. I have seen letters from London written by persons of
quality, for the purpose of publication, filled Avith Avhat seem to
me the most impudent falsehoods, exalting the extraordinary
valour of their general, and praising his retreat as a heroic action,
and diminishing the number of their slain in that slrirmish to 350 ;
so that we must presume that these forty -four ensigns were borne
139!l Zantvliet, a fort on the north side of the Scheldt, below Antwerp.
M0 The original is in the British Museum, Addit. MSS. 18,741, Art. 38. It was
formerly in the collection of Mons. A. Donnadieu, at whose sale in August 1851 it
was purchased for 57. 7*. 6d. ' '
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on a Avagon and so taken together with the baggage, or that their
ensign bearers had all surrendered without striking a blow, be
cause forty-four companies are but a moderate army, though
greater than 3000, which they say there were in all. I believe
that an accord would easily folloAV if Rochelle were taken, because
then the scruple of the English in abandoning it would no longer
exist. Our Lords the Marquises Spinola and Leganes, it is
said, will depart to-morrow, but I cannot think they will com
mence then voyage on the last or the first of the year ; may be
they will tarry till the third or fourth of January. For the rest
we have no news of moment. At Zantvliet they go on repairing
everywhere tlie loss suffered in their fortifications by the late
tempest ; the Prince of Orange has also forbidden the further
conveyance of victuals to our camp, which come in, however,
under-hand, though in a less quantity. I thank you for the
letters of M. Balsac, which I hope to receive in good time. I
have read with attention his Censor, Avhich proves, not only by the
most graceful and learned reasoning, but by his own style, hoAV
Avell he realizes the power of eloquence. But, finally, some sen
tences of Balsac taken and translated from the ancient authors do
not offend me, nor do I consider him reprehensible for such pla
giarism. I would I could . think of airything in which I could
serve you, and kissing your hands in all humility I recommend
myself to your good favour, and pray heaven to grant yourself and
brother a most happy new year, from
Your most illustrious Lordships'
Most affectionate Seiwant,
Peter Paul Rubens.
I Avill use diligence to procure from Holland, if it be possible,
those books of Cardan and Grotius, and thank you for the
advice. The Infanta Isabella and her Prime Minister, the Marquis
Spinola, who had seen the miserable effects of the war, were still
bent on the Treaty, and used all their influence Avith the Spanish
Court to bring it about. Spinola went to Madrid, and Rubens
Avas directed to keep up lis correspondence with Gerbier after the
latter was recalled to England. The papers which follow will
clearly exiiibit the able conduct of the diplomatist, who, through
the untiring zeal of the Court of Brussels, with the tardy consent
103 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
of Spain, brought these negotiations to a successful termina
tion. [Translated from the French.]
XCIV.
Upon Gerbier's return to England [in October, 1G27], Rubens
continued writing to him to keep up the correspondence ; Gerbier
answered he believed that the business Avas at an end, that lie had
been recalled, after remaining four months in Holland without any
satisfaction, except that the agreement betAveen the two Kings had
put a stop to the business.
Rubens replied, and then Avrote to the ambassador of Savoy,
complaining that Gerbier would not deign to answer his letters,
that he had resolved not to AA-rite again, but that his resolution
AA-as changed through a letter he had received from the Marquis
Spinola before his departure from Brussels for Spain, pressing
upon Rubens to write to Gerbier, when they would declare them
selves according to the command he had received from his
masters, and to that end sent the copy of the letter which he had
received from the Marquis Spinola.
[Translated from the Spanish]
XCV. THE MARQUIS SPINOLA TO PETER PAUL RUBENS.
Brussels, December—, 1627.
I have received your Excellency's paper of tlie 17th inst., also
that which came with it from the Abbe de Scaglia."1 Her Highness
having seen both has directed me to tell you to answer the Signor
Abbe and particularly the Signor Gerbier that she will give me
orders that in Spain, whither I depart in two or three days, I may
inform the King our master of all that has passed, and learn his
royal will, in order that afterwards you may have notice what to
make known to the said' Gerbier, AA'hen tMs discourse may be
brought forward. You know how much her Highness desires
141 Sec. Lord Conway writes to Sir Isaac AVake at Venice, November 9, 1627 :—
"The Abbe de Scaglia mediates a peace with "good judgement and discretion, framing
his propositions to suit Arell with H. M. honor and service. But Avithout some motions
from France that Treaty is not like to find any greate advancement."
PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS. 109
they should agree, and gives me orders conformably to use dili
gence ; and you, Sir, aa-Iio know how I have ever held this opinion,
will judge Avell Avhat there is to manage. Yet, as to them, two
things I think will be necessary, one, that these gentlemen declare
a little more or less, the form on which they think they can agree,
the second, that when any one thinks of agreeing with another, it
is well to propose a thing that is much to the purpose, that thus
they may agree, so that if these gentlemen propound a form
suitable for the King our master, they may be sure I shall have
more ease in persuading him to it, and, consequently, the discourse
Avill take effect. May God preserve you many years.
Ajibrosio Spinola.
Upon this Gerbier wrote two letters, the one in a familiar, the
other in the usual style, as folloAvs : —
[Translated, from the Fremiti]
XCVI. B. GERBIER TO PETER PAUL- RUBENS.
Sir: [London], February 18, 1627-8.
I did not receive your letter of the 3 1st [11th] December until
the 14th February, it having been retarded by contrary winds and
accidents AA'hich happened to the bearer avIio left it at the Hague,
with his corpse also, for he is dead. I understand by 3-our letter
that the Marquis Spinola is about to start for Spain ; many think
the journey must be on very important business. People reason.
according to the conclusions they have formed, mine lead me to
believe the most important Avas that which could give repose
to Christianity. Nevertheless, I neither pretend to prophecy,
nor do I envy the opinions of others Avhen they are received in
preference to mine, except when they are prejudicial to the good
of affairs, as have been the arguments many have made use of,
upon the ansAver I reported after a stay of four months in Holland.
As to the Duke my master, truth and duty oblige me to say that
he is one of those who, by tlieir own probity and virtue, judge of
others, never having departed from the opinion he has ahvays held
of the sincerity and pious intention of the Infanta, and of the
generosity of the Marquis Spinola, well knowing the agreement
betAveen the two Kings could neither change true maxims, alter
the course of the stars, nor agree with contrary elements.
110 PAPERS RELATING TO EUBENS.
Tlie inclination that the Duke has always had to contribute to
the advancement, the repose, and the good of Christianity, is in
the same proportion it was from the beginning of the discourse Ave
held together. I can assure you that he kept the King my master
in the same opinion, and that he will ever reciprocate all the good
wishes your masters may have for the advancement of so good
and salutary a business. All that I can do is to wish that, havino-
been put into the cradle in its birth, it will not there find its tomb,
and that the Marquis on his return may have powers which will
make it grow to perfection, and proportionately more advantageous
to Christianity, wliich I wish in particular. Sir, &c, &c.
B. Gerbier.
[Translated from the French.]
[Copy of the Familiar Letter on the same subject and of the same date.]
XCVII. B. GERBIER TO PETER PAUL RUBENS.
Sik : [London], February 18, 1627-S.
The news I received of the Marquis Spinola's journey into
Spain gives me some sort of hope, knoAving as I do his bon esprit
and the thorough knowledge he has of the .state of affairs, that he
Avill conduct them better than others have, more particularly with
respect to Avhat we have done together. I must confess to you
that I am not one of those who think much of this agreement
between the two Kings, retaining still in my memory the stories
my good father used often to relate to me by the fire-side, that
these Nations were Hke tAvo opposite elements which could never
subsist together. As to Spain, she had always been governed by
prudent persons, who have no other rule or maxim but Avhat is in
accordance with the good of the state ; that in this perfect code of
maxims they change not oftener than the stars do their course.
This constant form which Spain adheres to, made me have
as much faith in the neAvs reported about the agreement
between the tAvo Kings, as is due to old women's Almanacs. I
know I have not the gift of prophecy, but I am of opinion that if
those who are in Spain had felt the burden of the wars in Flanders
as the Marquis has, they would not have advised this agreement.
The Marquis knows very well that this Avar in the Netherlands is
like war against fish and water ; of land they have none, of castles
and revenues they have none, other than their sMps, the harvests
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and gatherings they make are all at the expense of the King of
-Spain. They are a people so addicted to gain, that they respect
the substance and pay no attention to the shadoAv ; those Avho are
the best accommodated resemble the monks and the arbitrators,
who neither expose themselves to Moavs nor any other combats
but those with bottles and plates ; the populace yields invariably
to those who have the most tl 'esprit, as a horse allows himself to
be glided by the bridle, mixture of religion having caused a great
neutrality, inasmuch as they who offer them good terms before
there is any necessity, will find them perfectly untractable.
And as on your side they are so much inclined to build a
golden bridge for their enemies, reason teaches us that for those
AA'ho have this pious intention, there is some advantage. You
ought to Avork miracles since they are frequent near you, for you
cannot doubt the constant resolution of the King of Great Britain
and the generous will of the Duke, who has not lost the perfect
esteem he had for the sincerity of jrour masters. How much has
my stay of four months in Holland and my return, given occasion
to lessen the esteem AAvhich Avas founded on your assurances and on
the probity of the Messias, who has been overcome by the prayers
of Cardinal Richelieu; but if Don Diego had remembered what is
said in Holy Writ, that the devil often transforms himself into an
angel of light to seduce the elect, he would have come out of it
without transformation, or Avithout being caught by deceitful ap
pearances which haAre retarded this great, good, and holy business.
If the Marquis can, nevertheless, bring on his return ample poAvers,
I do not despair, not only of treating but of concluding, if you on
your side Avish to be at peace ; otherwise they are as words and
air. Allow me to tell you that you cannot be ignorant that
"when any one thinks of agreeing Avith another, it is Avell to pro
pose a tiring that is much to the purpose, that thus they may
agree," which words, I say, ought to be repeated on your side as
well as on ours ; you cannot have good music without harmony. .
You confessed Avhen you visited me in Holland that we should
come to black and white, reason and equity required reciprocity,
but you allowed me to return without answer, leaving me excuses
that the agreement between the two Kings Avould not alloAV of
other things at present: and now you say that on the return of
the Marquis, this agreement, which all wise men laughed at, is of
no consideration. Adieu. I am, Sir, &c,
B. Gerbier.
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After the Marquis Spinola's arrival in Spain, Rubens again
writes to Gerbier, and sends a letter for the Duke as follows : —
[Translated from the French, which see in Appendix A, No. XVII.]
XCVIII. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO THE DUKE OP BUCKINGHAM. Q
Antwerp, March — , 1527-S.
My Loed : 18
I avould not fail in my duty to your Excellency and the public
good, to advertise you that the Marquis Spinola Avrote to me from
Madrid on the 3rd of this month (.22nd February, O.S.); that
he finds in His Catholic Majesty a A'ery good disposition to make
peace with those with whom he is at war. This is saying enough
to a Avilling hearer. If your Excellency continues in your good and
holy intention to procure as you can, on your side, this public
good, it will be necessary to give me the means also of assuring
' the Marquis, during his stay at the Court of Spain, which will be
brief, his presence being very necessary in the Netherlands. I
beseech you, my Lord, to do me the honour to send me a Avord of
answer and to keep me in your good graces, not having' in this
world any other wish than to be while I live,
My Lord, &c,
Peter Paul Rubens.
Rubens had written letters dated the 10th February to the
Duke of Buckingham and to Gerbier,1" to draw forth a resolution
of the Duke's disposition Avith respect to the business; the said
letters Avere sent by one named Josias de Yosberghen, agent for
the King of Denmark in Holland, who had made some proposi
tions in Brabant on the part of the King of Denmark, but it was
afterwards discovered that he had no orders to do so. On the
8th March Rubens wrote to him as folloAvs :—
[Translated from the French, which see in Appendix A, No. XVIII.]
XCIX. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO JOSIAS DE VOSBERGHEN."3
Antwerp, March -, 1627-8.
Sir: 18'
I have received an answer from the Marquis Spinola, dated
1J3 I do not find these letters in the State Paper Office.
143 " Dovor. Landed from Callii the 20th of February, 1627-8. Josias Yosbergen,
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Madrid, the 3rd of this month [N. S.], which was expedited by the
first Extraordinary sent after his arrival there. Our letters of the
11th February are received, and agreeable to His Excellency, but
he says he has no foundation to treat upon, until you obtain your
full powers in good form to treat in the business mentioned in the
papers delivered. Further, the Marquis writes me these particular
words. It is very certain that Ilis Catholic Majesty has a good
disposition to make peace with those with whom he is at war, so you
may be assured there is a great change in a very little time, which
should be taken advantage of during the stay of the Marquis at the
Court of Spain, otherwise no good will come of it ; he is prompt
in these expeditions, and will overcome by his diligence all delays,
for his presence is necessary in the Netherlands, so that what is
done must be quickly done ; and having nothing else, I commend
myself to your good favour, always remaining, &c,
Peter Paul Rubens.
[Copy of tlie little Mem. apart.]
Sir.: I cannot but advertise you that I have discovered that the
Treaty with Mons. Van de Wouvere "4 advances, Avho in con
sequence has been dispatched to Spain with great hopes of
success. The business is conducted under the title Prineipis
feudataris, by advice in confidence.
Then follows the answer sent to Rubens' letter of -& March, but
on account of Gerbier's opinion that Rubens always endeavoured
to draw letters from the Duke, so as to make it appear they were
requisite, the Duke only writes to Gerbier, and orders him to
reply to Rubens.
Resident at the Haige wth the States for the Kynge of Denmarke, and in his companey
John Brand and Jaroll Moreis and two servantt3." (Soe p. 115, note 148.) Boswell
writes from the Hague, Pebruary $, 1632-3), " that he [Vosberghen] was sent by these
States unto the Elector of Cologne to divide him from his relation to the. House of
Austria if he meant to have neutrality;" also, £2^ 1637, "Mons' yosbergen,*
gentleman of known abilities and worth, goes presently away for Prance."
"* John Vandcn Wouwer, born in 1574, was descended from one Of the most illus
trious families in Antwerp. His parents sent him to the University of Louvain,
where he resided in the house of Justus Lipsius. This eminent scholar contracted so
firm an attachment towards his pupil, that he appointed him. executor to his will,
confidin"- to his care the vast accumulation of his unpublished manuscripts. On
leavin"- college he travelled over Prance, Italy, Germany, and Spain. Soon after his
roturiTto Flanders, his talents and integrity recommended him to the notice of the
Archduke Albert, Avho summoned him to Brussels, appointed him a member of his
11-1 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
[Translatedfrom the French.]
C. THE DUKE OP BUCKINGHAM TO B. GERBIER.
Geri.iek : April 4, 1628.
I have received your intelligence, and as you write me that the
Man of Ross "' starts for Flanders, about the prisoners, you can
ty this opportunity assure the Sieur Rubens of the disposition on
this side towards the business which has passed between you; so
that Avhile the Marquis Spinola is in Spain, he may take advantage
of the time. You will be able to write fully to Rubens, so that he
may have no doubt with respect to our inclination ; otherwise he
might delay performing his duty in this business for the good of
all, so that when he is despatched to Spain he may make it
known, that when we see ample powers, we will proceed at once,
leaving you to acquit yourself punctually with the rest.
Buckingham. ,
Upon this order Gerbier wrote to Rubens,116 and assured him
of the good inclination on the part of England. At this point the
business rested. The Sieur Rubens is sent into Spain, from
whence Gerbier expects news from him.
[Translated from the French.]
CI. B. GEEBIER TO LORD CARLETON."7
Sir : [London], April 5, 1628.
This bearer Avill acquaint you with the good neAvs of the good
council and io offices of considerable trust. The Infanta Isabella sent him on a mis
sion to Madrid [in 1 62S] where the King of Spain conferred on him the honour of
knighthood. He died in 1635. He edited two series of the letters of Justus Lipsius,
and also editions of Tacitu3 and Seneca. — " Carpenter's Pictorial Notices of Van
Dycfc," p. 123.
145 Hugh Ros3, a Scotchman, was employed in Plander.? by King Charles I. for the
general release of His Majesty's subjects who were prisoners in the King of Spain's-
dominions. 140 I do not find this letter in the State Paper Office.
147 On the 20th April King Charles I. wrote a holograph letter to Lord Carleton, re
calling him, a.3 follows : — "Carleton, I have commanded Carlile to tell yon that after
you have assist him in those things that he hes to doe in my service there, you cannot'
returne suner then ye shall be Aveleome : thi3 I have thought good to Avryte to yon,
bothe to put you out of doute what to doe, as lykwaise to asseure yon that I esteeme
you as a faithfull & able servant, having aquitted you of your employments accor-
dinglie: so that ye may easlie belive that I am Your loving frend Charles R. Whjft-
haU the 20th of April, 1628."
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success of the opening of Parliament, wliich has caused extreme
joy to every one, as it hoped that the prayers of the Gens de lien
Avill be favourably heard, and by this conjunction of the people
and their prince, that the State will be rendered more considerable
than heretofore, since this misunderstanding has hitherto been
the stumbling block.$If Monsieur Peter Paul Rubens has been
in earnest, this good news will reanimate him. He always keeps
to his old course, and is constantly endeavouring to make us
speak. I believe I sent you a copy of the letter wMch the Marquis
Avrote to Mm, and wliich he sent to me by one named Josias
Vosberghen, Avho is called Resident from the King of Denmark.
I know not whether he is a creature of the said King, for he is a
strange microcosm, who is, however, more of air than of earth.
He introduced himself with the greatest facility in the world,
which is natural to him, for he encounters no difficulty that he
does not surmount; but not to conclude the narrative of this
personage at the beginning, and think to make it knoAvn to him
Avho can give intelligence with more experience, I will say that the
Duke, after having been importuned by this Vosberghen, has
thought proper to let you know his secret practices by Mons.
Carleton your nephew ; these propositions having passed through
my hands (wMch were recommended by the Sieur Rubens). I will
say that he was eager on Ms arrival to make great overtures of
treaties; that he had been in communication AA-ith the Infanta,
and on that accomit had come over to England, where he can
throw great light not only on general, but on particular affairs, by
finding expedients to make remarkable levies of several millions
all in an instant. He requires only similar powers from England'148
to those he has from Denmark, to cause grand effects. To
14S It will be seen by the following commission [translated from the French], that
Josias de Arosberghen was authorised as a neutral person to treat Avith Spain for a
truce or peace soon after Gerbier had written the above letter [Indorsed '• Commis
sion to treate with Spaine, 1628"]. Charles, by the Grace of God King of Great
Britain, Prance, Ireland, &c. To all those to Avhom these present concern, greeting,
AVhereas, we are always more inclined to a good peace than a bloody war for the
common weal and ease of our subjects ; and seeing that matters are treated more
surely when done so secretly, and not to be thwarted by interested or jealous
enemies we have willed by our royal favour to authorise as by these presents Ave do
authorise Josias de Vosbergen, resident of the King of Denmark, to treat (under
our advice and approbation) with the King of Spain, or his ministers, for a truce
or peace as a neutral person, and employed before by others in similar affairs, leaving
him in case of necessity power to choose some one from this kingdom to be joined Avith
him. In testimony Avhereof we have signed this with our hand aud thereto affixed
our seal Given at our court at AVhitehall, April 1628. i 2
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contribute thereto I have not failed to give him all the requisite
assistance according to his Avish, though to speak the truth, I am
of opinion that his alchemy will bring forth nothing but smoke,
seeing the inconstancy of his mind {esprit) and of his imagination.
I have continually pressed the said Vosberghen to perform
miracles, and transport himself into Holland, there to bring
about what he had projected, toucMng the levies of deniers1'19 by
subsidies from the States General as from other parties. He
endeavoured to resort to subterfuge (no doubt discovering that
Ms feat was not well foimded), and having no further excuse,
came one fine morning all in haste, as " Post haest, haest, for the
King's service,"- and demanded to see My Lord the Duke ; but
not finding the way so smooth as in days gone by, he sends a
letter, saying he must speak with him promptly, and that he must
be heard by the King and the Duke only, for it imports the
preservation of the King of Denmark and the King of Great
Britain. Upon which the Duke, thinking some legions of armies
had fallen hke hail upon our coasts, gave him prompt access, and
all he had to say was to shoAV a letter from Rubens wliich he had
kept in his pocket ten days after I had received from Rubens a
packet of the same tenor, and of which I send you the copy. Mr.
Carleton will also have the copy of the one he showed Avhich
Rubens had written to liim in Flemish. Does this Arch-bragga
docio, Sir, give vent to all these extravagances that Ms great
ignorance and indiscretion may not be observed. His journey to
Brabant cannot but havre been very disadvantageous to all those
who endeavour to preserve their reputation ; the said Vosberghen
having enlarged in ample discourse, upon wliich Rubens, either
tM'ough finesse or good faith, has taken advantage, and hastened
to Spain, pressing me, on Ms invitation, to forget all up to this
point. He says that we must declare ourselves more fully, in order
to make it appear that propositions come from our side quite
useless when the parties have no powers. The said Vosberghen
engaging, also, by these reports, certain parties which doubtless
do not understand the fact as he imagines, or as he explains it.
For finding Mrnself listened to, though little credited, he has
resorted to cunning in the hopes of breeding jealousy; and says
the eagerness of the Prince of Orange was so great for an accom
modation, that doubtless he would carry matters to such a pitch,
m A denier is the twelfth part ol a penny.
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that they would not wait for their compamon ; one of those who
prefer rather to be alone in Paradise than in company elsewhere.
That to this effect he knew there were secret treaties, and finally
wished to give more weight to these reasons by a little Memoire
that Rubens sent Mm, in which he speaks of a treaty being on
foot by Mons. de Wouvere, the last words of wMch are, Ilet wert
ghedrecen op den Tytel Principis Feuclatarii. [The wprds Principis
Feudatarii were set forth in the title.] You may judge if they
will ever understand one another on that subject. My Lord the
Duke having considered that these discourses might be prejudicial
to the Prince of Orange, and might cause jealousies, has thought
it necessary to give you intelligence of them, for he takes great
interest in what concerns the Prince as much personally as
publicly, Ms interest being so considerable, that in the answers
made by your advice to the overtures of Rubens, it has been stated
that the King of Great Britain would be willing to come to a good
accommodation provided the interests of the States-General were
taken into consideration, as well as the interests of the King of
Bohemia and of the King of Denmark.
Mr. Carleton -will make you understand the rest of this business.
I have written these principal annotations and the character of
tMs personnage to acquit myself of my duty and to divert you
from great matters to little ones, until I can be honoured with
your commands as, Sir, Your Excellency's
Very 'humble and very obedient Servant,
B. Gerbier.
CII. EAEL OP CARLISLE130 TO SEC. LORD CONWAY. (Extract.) 18
Antwerp, May —, 1628.
Right Hoxocrablb: *****
Yesterday towards evening I came into tMs towne: where I
150 James Hay, first Baron Hay of Sauley, was sent by James I., 1st March, 1616,
to congratulate the French king on his marriage, and also " to treat of certain other
affairs of weight and consequence." Sherburne writes to Carleton; 25th April, 1617,
" My L : Hay is not yet gon after his Mali", his vaine hope ia obtayning my L. of
Northumberland's daughter, being y* cheife cause of his stay ; vf* he prosecutes i?*
all violence. And notw^standing my L: of Northumberland bath her a Prisoner
av* him in the Tower, yet such effect & force hath love, as sometyme my L : Hay &
y" young Lady do meete togeather : My L : of Northumberland doth much scorne y'
matche, and yet the young Lady is very well affected that way ais it is reported & so
is y* Countesse her Mother." This lady, however, became his second wife, and on
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finde Don Carlos de Colomma151 and Ruben gone to Bruxelles the
day before my comeing hether : I Avill not say of purpose in them-
November 7, 1617, Sherburne again writes to Carleton, " Yesterday my L. Hay was
married to my L. of Northumberland's daughter, aud a greate feast was made by him
at the Avardrobe Avhere his Ma"" did supp to do hia L. honor, and so did the Prinoe,
my L. of Buck, and many other Lords and Ladies."—" The famous character of
Lucy Percy, Countess of Carlisle," is prefixed to a volume of Letters by Sir Toby
Matthew. Created Viscount Dbncaster, July 5, 1618, he was sent Ambassador to the
El-jctor Palatine in May, 1619, and on June 27, Prince Charles writes from Greenwich,
" Doncaster, I am verrie glad to heer that my Brother is of so rype a judgement aud
of so forward an inclination to the good of Christedume as I fynd by you he is ; you
may assure your selfe I will be glade, not onlie to assiste him with my countenance
but also with my person if the King my Father will give me leave : For the seconde
part of your letter, I assure you I lyke it verrie well, I hope you shall fynde your
oulde frend (the Marquise of Neuechattell) of the same opinion ye laste lefte him in,
if not I would he wer. The Spanyards intertaines U3 stiU with faire opes of real
proceeding, if they deal honnestlie it's weall, housoever we will looke narrowlie to
them that they disseave us not : Don-diego is not on his jurney to cume from Spaine
yet. So assuring you I will stoppe my eares, lyke the Serpente, if they be
inchanters. I rest Your assured frende, Charles P." He was sent ambassador to
Prance in July, 1620. On July 30, 1622, Trumbull writes from Brussells to Carleton
at the Hague, " My L. of Doncaster departed from Paris the |§ of this Instant and
w'^out all doubt, is long before this tyme arryved in England. Plis journey and all
his travells have proved fruitles." He wa3 created Earl of Carlisle, September 13,
1622, and went to Spain in May, 1623, with the patent creating Buckingham a Duke.
AVas again ambassador to France in 1624 to negotiate jointly with Lord Kensington
afterwards Earl of Holland, the marriage of Prince Charles with Henrietta Maria,
Sec. Lord Conway ivrites to Sir Isaac AA'ake at Venice on March 26, 1628, "The
Earle of Carlile is now upon his dispatch, Avithin a few dayes hee passeth through
the Lowe Countryes, to Lorraine, to Turin and very likely to Venice." On April
11, 1628, King Charles I. signed instructions for the Earl of Carlisle and Lord
Carleton, "Ambassadors Extraordinary to Holland." Sir Dudley Carleton (nephew
to Lord Dorchester) writes in September, 1628, that Lord Carlisle was ill of a ter
tian fever at Venice. The three foUoAving letters written by King Charle3 himself
to the Earl of Carlisle, will be read with great interest. The first is dated from
'•' Hamton Court the 1 of October 1628. Carlile, My last by John AVoode men
tioned two ouvertures of Peace from France, they wer bothe lyke the people from
whence they came, of no AAaight and not to be trusted unto & that by the Venetian
Ambassador w*1' I thought most fitt to bee harkned unto, I found most reason to
reject ; for I found the intent of that, to bee, ether to delay or disharten my fleete,
wcU I hope by this tyme, he3 made an overture, ether to force a Peace, or to main-
taine a prosporus AVarr, so being late I referr you to my Lo. Tresorers letter and
rest your loving constant Frend, Charles R." The second is addressed to him at
Turin, aud is dated from " AVhythale the 24 of No : 1628. Carlile. I have more
reason to quarell you, for giving so credulus an eare (as I perseave ye have done by
your letters) to those skandales of Mouutague3 bace propositions of Peace, then you
have to/ have so muche aa a halfe belife that I could ether be so bace, or else so
poorlie/ cheated of my honnor by unworthie Councell ; but I will spare you, because
I am sire before this tyme, you have asked me pardon in your hart, for being so
neere suspecting mee, of so greate a Villanie & that ye have cleered my honnor to all
Italie. ^-You Avill have so good an account of our businesses heere by the Tresorer &
151 Don Carlos de Colonna Avas appointed by the king of Spain ambassador to
England in 1629, to conclude the peace between the two croAvns, which was signed ou
jl. November, 1630.
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selves, or by cornande of others ; though so snddaine a retraict
(of both together) may perswade mee to suspect the same. But
the reasons heerof, with my conjectures upon the same, as likewise
what it shall produce I shall not faille to certifie yo1 Lord" by an
Expres before I leave this place.
***** Yor Lord^3 most humble
and most faithful servant, Carlile.
[Indorsed % ^ Carleton,—" My Ld of Carlile's Dispatch to My Ld Dulce."]
CIII. THE EARL OP CARLISLE TO THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM.
(Extracts.)
My most No-blb l°bd : Brussels, May 27, 1628.
At m~y comeing unto Antwerp (upon Saturday the 17 May
curre), Ti fownd that Don Carlos de Coloma, and Monsr Rubin m
were out of towne, gone the day before unto Bruxelles ; as I
sigr-lified in my former dispatche (of 18 past) unto my Lord
Conaway. The day foUoAving after dinner, taking occasion to see
some curiosities at Mons' Van-digs [Van Dyck] , I met Mons' Rubin
there, newly returned from Bruxelles ;.. wMch I knew not of, until
that instant. But because I would loose no tyme, the morning
my Lo. Conway, that I shall referr you to . them, onlie I must give you some grass
[grace] by telling you, that 1 lyke bothe your opinion and courage of the businesses
you have handled at this tyme, so, that every day I am the more confirmed ia being
Your constant loving frend, Charles R." ; and the third is dated from " Tibols the
16 of Decern. 1628. Carlile, I shall say littel at thi3 tyme, because I expect to see
you shortlie ; onlie if ye cum by the Hage, I hould it as jinfitt yet that ye should
discover to my Brother & Sister & the Prince of Orange all the particulars of the
Embrion Treatie that wee have with Spaine, as to bee holie silent, therfor ye shall
doe well (onlie in generall) to take notice to them, that ther i3 that in agitation that
may produce a Treatie with Spaine, w"1" when it come3 to anie rypne3, they shall have
an account of; asseuring them, that I shall doe nothing in it without having a prin-
cipall care of ther good & asking ther consent & councells : If ye cum by Brucelles ye
know alreddie Avhat to say .there, therfor I will conclude in saing haste you home to
Your constant loving frend, Charles R." He returned to England in January, 1629,
and died at his lodgings at AVhitehall, April 25, 1636.
152 A letter written by Peter Paul Rubens, dated Antwerp, is June, 1628, formerly
in the collection of Mons' A. Donnadieu, was sold by auction in August, 1851, for
il. 18s., and is thus described in the catalogue : — " He looks upon Rochelle as
irrevocably lost, notwithstanding all the efforts of the English to prevent its capitu
lating to the army of the king of France (Louis XIII) The ill
feeling entertained by the English towards Spain is considerably abated. They are
daily augmenting their fleet, and are gradually rendering themselves masters of the
other hemisphere." — Holograph Letter, 2 pages folio [in Italian].
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after my comeing thether, I sent a Gentlem. unto the Baches de
Cray with lettres of the Quee-ne unto ch Queme,"3 and an expression
of my greif, that I could not have the liberty and honour to acquit
nvyself in person of that service theither, knowing how I Avag
forbidden to come to Bruxelles.1" Whereunto she returned answer
by message and lettres the prohibition, and excluding of mee from
Bruxelles, as your Lorps may see by that inclosed Avhich JL leave
unto yor Lor1" perusatt. Monsr Rubin employed the bepjt of his
Avittes, the residue of that afternoon (when I met him) to discover
my inclination toAvards Bruxelles, withall beAvraying a, great and
grail desire on that part of my coming thether; wliich I fownde
also treAv by many other hands : on my part haveing.- discovered
thus much in him, I resolved to make Mm plainly ^ske mee the
question (Whether I Avould goe to Bruxelles or n 0 ?) and so
without approaching nearer to this purpose, after tapper Avee
parted for that mght.
The next morning [May 19] againe very early he came u-nto mee,
before I was ready, and then directly asked mee whether or no I
would goe to Bruxelles ? Wlierunto I answered, that Ms question
seemed strange unto mee, because himself knew, That by shl°.
pen I was discharged from goeing thether; a thing I wondered,
could escape the wisedome of th' Infanta & the M. Spinola;
since without any hazard, they might have had much honour &
advantage therby. But it well resembled (so I told Mm) all the
other proceeding's of Spaine Avith K. James (of Bla Memory) and
his Ma1' my most Gr : Soveraigne : For presently after he
(Mr. Rubin) had made a prop011 and overture of peace, Don Diego
de Mexia tooke occasion to make a league with France (their
ancient enemies by nature & necessity of state) against us, with
whom they offred to treat ; a work as false and foolishe as ever
nation was guilty of. In like sort, haveing graunted mee a grail
153 This most probably means from Queen Henrietta Maria to her mother, Marie
de Medicis. Tlie passages printed in Italics are in the original in cyplier, deci
phered by Gerbier.
VA " Reasons perswading or disswading his V going to Bruxelles from Antwerp,"
from which the following are extracts : —
DissAvading — 2. Advantage given to Spaine. To say That his Lp Avent y' way, by
the way, if not to beg, yet to entertaine a Treaty of peace. Response — Rubens Ire
betrayes & testifye3 the contrary ; y" Intreaty, if any, being on their part.
Perswading — 9. Consideration of Rubin, -who may undeservedly suffer by his "Lp
refusing to goe : wheras he hath demeaned himself av"' as much sincerity &" as any
man vf'h safety &° could. [Thi3 paper 13 dated May 1, 1628, and is in the hand-
Avriting of AVilliam Boswell, Secretary to Lord Carlisle, and subsequently King
Charles I.'s resident at the Hague.]
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Passeport, Avhich was an act of courtesie, they prently restrayned
mee from Bruxelles, and offred to valewe themselves by it unto
France, for so they have done. AVherby haveing somewhat
astonished him, I told him farther, that for demonstracon that
they doe but still doe, as they have formerly done, I myself could
well remember. In the first place, that after the King of Spaine
had twise begged a peace of the King of England, and was
twise refused, and the tMrd time had obteyned it, upon con
dition the Treaty should be first made, & sworne in England, and
after sworne in Spaine; for corroboration therof, a proposition
Avas tendred & sollicited by themselves of a mariage, between
the (then) Prince Henry and ye first daughter of Spaine, who
most perfidiously was afterwards given unto the French King :
, Secondly to repaire themselves, they made a second prop'"' of
mariage, between the seeond daughter, & the King my most
Gr: Mast', and with what artifices that infamouse treachery hath
been caryed, I leave the world & God of justice to judge :
th' Inheritance of my Mast''8 sister & her children, being taken
away under colour of y' Treaty, whilest himself in person Avent into
Spaine to seek the Lady. At wMch Mons1 Rubin said, That his
Matie* brother in laAve,- with his party had been th' Incendiaries,
& brought this misery upon themselves. Nay, said I, that
Spaine and her complices were th' Incendiaries, I shall prove
unto you, or let mee loose the credit of a freind & honest man.
This accordingly I proved with so many demonstracons as he
said, he much wondred how I came to knoAvledge of so many of
tlieir secret papers. It would be tediouse to repeat the par
ticulars, because better knowne unto yo' Lordp then myself: after
which he smileing said, he could say no more then, si ius
violandum, regnandi causa violanclum. Wlierunto I said, but
noAV compare these proceedings with yor last, How under pretence
of treating a frendship, you have combined with our prent but
yor eternal! enemy, & haveing given mee a grail Passeport, you
restrayne mee afterwards from comeing to Bruxelles ; the one
contrary to all honesty, the other contrary to civility, discretion,
& yor owne advantage : he confesset that the Marquis Spignole and
Bon Biego Messias did both blush and abhoret that act of Bon Biego
Messias,1" and that the sole cause of my being debarred from
153 Gerbier has not decyphered this passage with care, it should read "that the
Infanta and the Marquis Spinola did both blush and abhor that act of Don Diego
Messias."
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Bruxelles Avas to keep secret from France the Treaty of Peace
they hi tended with us, and for feare that Spaine should suddainly
think that it was wholly concluded (a man of such quality as
my self comeing thether) ; which answers I made appeare to be of
so small force, and so imptinent, as he seemed very much to
greive at the cariage of these things, and made mee believe that
(for his particular) nothing but good intentions & sincerity have
been in his heart : which on my soul I think is treAV, because iu
other thing's I finde him a reall man, and as well affectet to the
King of England's service' as the King cf Spaine can deseyer. Heer
Mons' Rubin added, for assurance of their sincerity, That the
Marquis ded sent a dispatch de saime day from Spayne, which he
Mmself (Rubin) had sent unto yo' Lp in England ; Avherin for
his part he thought there was nothing but reality, & that wee,
should trust unto nothing, but visible effects. Of this yo' Lordp is
best able to judge, haveing the dispatche in yo' owne hands. I
shall only put yo' Lp in minde, that for certaine Spaine doth much
desire a peace with the King of England for many and pressing
reasons. *****
After this Conference wth Mr. Rubin (staying in Antwerp two- or
three dayes longer, in expectacon of advise from Lorrayne how to
direct my course thether with security), I was assured from
diverse other good hands, That the Principall Officers of State, &
most men of quality had declared great desires of seeing mee at
Bruxelles, which they durst not have done without knoAving such
desire also to be in yc Infanta ; yet haveing taken a resolution to
decline that way, I persisted in the same, until I was upon point
of my departure : and that Mons' Rubin by particular direction
& commande of her Highnes, (as he hath promised to certifie
under his hand, unto y' Lp by this Gentlem: bearer) came unto mee
(at his second returne from Bruxelles) and told mee, Que la Ser1"6
Infante luy avoit commande me dire, quelle seroit bien ais6e de
me veoir a Brussells, pour renouveller l'ancienne amitie de Mary-
mont & pour me tesmoigner combien Elle m'aimoit & estimoit,
Et pour cest' effect ordre estoit donn6 de meubler la maisson des
Extraord"" comme pour les Arab™ de 1' Emper1 ou du Roy d'Es-
pagne.155 AVherunto he added that persons of prime quality were
1S* That Her Serene Highness the Infanta had commanded him to tell me that she
would be very glad to see me at Brussels to renew the ancient amity of Marimont,
and to testify to me how much she loved and esteemed me ; and to this effect order
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also appointed for my reception before entrance into toAvne, and
barques comauded to attend at AntAverp for conveighance of myself
& company with o' callages thether. This message was
seconded Avith visits of the Castellano m & the magistrats of the
Citty, who, first excusing themselves for haveing been so back
ward in this tendre of their seiwice (which they durst not under
take before they had direcon) with it entreated mee to contribute
what depended on mee, & with my best endeavours to dispose
his Maty ( my Gr: Sover81"5) unto a Publiqs peace, & to the pticuF
good & honour of their citty, which would ever remayne a most
faithful! acknowledger of favours received in that behalf. This
was followed with an ample prent of wine and many other respects.
I had almost omitted to tell yor Lp, that Mons' Rubin had many
times asked mee very earnestly s'il estoit possible que Mons' le
Co. de Carlile scauroit refuser a eune princesse qity lay aiiroit fait
tine faulte de la recognoistre & luy faire reparation,153. with diverse
other particulars wMch would be tediouse to y* Lorps eye, and
therfor I remit unto the relation of tMs bearer, for whose
secrecy, honesty, & discretion, I will answer, as for my self.
i Upon these premisses I suffered my self to fall into consideration,
liow this Invitacon on thlnfanta's part, enforced with so many
circumstances of good affection, and delivered by the same hand
and party (Mons' Rubin) who had sent my discharge into England,
was a reason above all. exception, and resistance to lead mee unto
Bruxelles : because it wholly removed the ProMbition (cheif cause
of my not going yl way) and would ever be (if accepted of by mee)
an argument that thlnfanta made the first offre of an aecomodaeon,
and spake, as farre, and as much for it as possibly in honour &
wisedome her High3 could for the first entry into a Treaty, if his
Ma'1" occasions should heerafter require the same.
* * -* * *
I take leave and rest
Yo' Grace's most faithfull freind
and humblest servant, Carlile.
av.is given to furnish the house of the Extraordinaries [Ambassadors] as for the
Ambasadors of the Emperor or the King of Spain.
v->7 The Governor of the Castle.
,bS If it were possible that the Count de Carlisle could refuse a Princess who had
committed a fault but acknowledged it, and would make him reparation.
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[Translated from the French, which see in Appendix A. No. XIX.]
CIV. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO [THE EARL OF CARLISLE.] 20
Madrid, January —, 1628-9.
My Lord : 30
I haa'e received your very agreeable letter of the 27th No
vember by the Abbe" Scaglia, your great friend and servant, who
was very welcome and received at this Court, as I had ahvays
assured him, by my letters, he would be. I hope we shall soon see
the effects of his worth and prudence, and that the interests of the
Kings our Masters will be made inseparable, and their reputation
and glory so umted that, there will remain no scruple between
their servants in serving either the one or the other. Under any
circumstances, I shall, with all my heart, always remain Avhat I
profess to be My Lord, your Excellency's
Very humble, very affectionate,
And very obliged Servant,
Peter Paul Rubens.
I regret not having had the happiness to be able to render you my
little assistance on your journey to Brussels, though I am well
assured that others more important and accomplished than I am,
worthily acqMtted themselves in serving and honouring you, as
belongs to A'our merit and quality, and according to the very good
intention of the Infanta, my Mistress.
[Translated from the French.]
CV. ABBE DE SCAGLIA TO [THE EAEL OF CARLISLE.] (Extract.)
18
Madrid, April —, 1629.
Sir : 28
I received the honour of your letter of the 26th of February,
and according to what the King of Great Britain desires, they are
well disposed here to all that I had to procure, and even, as a
greater proof, the Conde d'Olivares has resolved to send the
Sieur Rubens to testify the disposition there is here to the busi
ness, as you will know by himself. The Conde d'Olivares is
greatly obliged for what I said to him on your behalf, he wishes
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the friendship of the Kings may give more hope of seeing you
again. As to Rubens personally, you knoAv of old how well-
affected he is to the business, and how much he has contributed
to it, as being well-informed and held in great esteem and credit
by his Masters. This is why I am very glad of his election, and
I am assured you will do him the honour to receive him according
to his particular merit, besides the consideration of the merit of
him who sends him on this occasion.
Sir:
* * *
Sir, your very humble
And very obedient Servant,
A. DE ScAGLLi.
The King of Spain, the more to qualify the Sieur Rubens, and
to give the greater reputation to his negociation, has declared him
Secretary of Ms Privy Council, a reason why his Majesty should
esteem him the more and yourself also. A. de Scaglia.
[Translated from the French.]
CVI. ABBE DE SCAGLIA TO [B. GERBIER.]? (Extract.) i s
[Madrid], April —, 1629.
28
It will be for you, Sir, to do on tMs occasion, what must not
escape us, and is expected from your prudence. You will learn
from the Sieur Barozi, and more particularly from the Sieur
Rubens, how things are proceeding for a suspension of arms.
This, it is known, will not add more to the, reputation of the King
of Great Britain, nor be of more advantage to Ms affairs and
Ms friends, than, on tMs occasion, to engage Spain against France
and oblige her to reasonable conditions.
***** A. DE SCAGLL4.
[Translated from the Frenchi]
CVII. DON CARLOS DE COLONNA TO [THE EARL OP CARLISLE.]
Brussels, May —, 1629.
Sir: 20
Since I received your last, in which you were pleased to inform
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me of your safe arrival in England, I have been very anxious to
hear from you, to have many opportuMties to be employed in your
seiwice, and to be honoured with your commands. I will believe,
although no opportunity has arisen to give me this happmess,
being well assured that you place me in the rank of your very
humble servants, and seeing, on tMs side, that we repute you to
be one of the most impassioned in the seiwice and agreement of
our good Kings, that accident has noAV traced one out, and that
perhaps their Majesties may employ one of us in this cause. I
entreat you to believe that on tMs, and on every occasion, I will
serve you AA'ith a hearty will and a very sincere affection, and as
Peter Paul Rubens goes to your Court, you will hear for what
purpose, I take advantage of his doing so, to renew my offer of
service to you, and to beg of you very humbly to favour the said
Rubens with that courtesy, which is so natural to you. This will
be an additional obhgation conferred upon me, and which I will
repay most heartily whenever opportuMties arise throughout my
life. Sir, j'our very humble
And very obedient Servant,
Don Carlos de Colonna.
[Translated from ihe French.]
CVIII. M. DE BABOZZI159 TO [THE EAEL OP CARLISLE.] 17
London, May — , 1629.
Mr Lord: 2'
I have just received, at 5 o'clock this evening, a packet from
Mons. Rubens by an express messenger, in wMch I found the
enclosed for your Excellency. He is impatiently waiting at Dun
kirk for a ship and a passport. M. l'Abbe [De Scaglia] commands
me particMarly to recommend him to your Excellency, and writes
to me that Rubens comes with good expedition ; to-morrow morn
ing I will, AAith tlie bearer of the packet, wait upon your Excellency.
159 On January 26, 1628-9, Sec. Lord Dorchester writes : — " Sig' Barozzi Secret'*
of the Duke of Savoy arrived by way of Dunkirk." Sir I3. AVake writes from
Turin, *p~|~*, 1629, to Dorchester :— " Sec. Barozzi is a Creature of the Ab. Scaglia
of whom I am not much edifyedhere, and notwithstanding the good opinion that some
in our Court have of his honesty and dexterity, I donbt that in the end he will not
fully answer their expectation." Dorchester replies [November 18] : " Touching
Barozzi's old Master, the Ab. Scaglia, you & I meete in opinion."
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Meanwhile, I entreat you very humbly to discuss the busmess
with his Majesty, if you have an opportunity, so that no time
maybe lost, and the bearer, as he wishes, return with despatch
to-morrow evening. I beseech you to excuse my continual im
portunity, and I remain, my Lord, your Excellency's
Very humble and very obedient Servant,
De Barozzi.
CIX. HUGH ROSS160 TO [WILLIAM BOS WELL.]? (Extract.) 18
Dunquerquen, May —, 1629.
Ryoht AA"o?.schip?ull and Noble Sir:
Pleis Monsieur Reubines is heir at Dunquerquen and attendis
for ane schip of sum force to bring him from hence to Ingland, for
his order is not to hazerd his commission nor his messives except
that it be in ane scMp of Ingland, for hie is mychtilie afti-ayit of
the Hollanderis, and except ane scMp cum to resave liim heir Me
is of intentioun to retoune abak, hie only dois exspect heir for
ane resohiit ansueir. Withe the first fair wind the schip may
cum befoir Dunquerquen or to the fort and send yeir boit aschoir
and I will bring Monsieur Reubines aboord of the schip. Zour
honour sail reseive the incloisit and delyver the ans' theirof to my
servant Oliver Ross, who will sendit saiffly to my handis, exspect-
ing to heir when the schip shalbe heir that I may gif Mr
attendance. * * *
Zour honouris most humble and affectionat serviteur,
Hughe Ross of Ballamouchy.
CX.161 KING CHARLES Ist TO THE EARL OP HOLLAND.1"2
Holla™ : iM<"Ji 1829.]
This is onlie to bid you tell Mr. de Ville that if he bee not
content to goe in my shipp to Dunkerke although it should
1C0 See ante, p. Ill, note 145.
161 This letter, which is undated, is entirely in the hand of the King.
163 Henry Rich, second son of Robert, Earl of AVarwick, created Baron of Ken
sington, March 3, 1622, atos sent by James I. to Spain, in 1623, vchen Prince
Charles' was over there, and to Prance in February, 1624, " on special business," to
sound the Ereneh Court as to the marriage of Prince Charles with the Princess
Henrietta Maria. He was created Earl of Holland on September 24, 1624 ; received
instructions, jointly with the Duke of Buckingham, as Ambassador Extraordinary to
the Hague, October 15, 1625; and was attached to the Court during the reign of King
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retai'de his jurney sume hoAvers that I will complaine of him to
Rosabella, for if hee goe not m my shipp Rubens jurney will eather
be hindered, or I shall ly open to almost a just exception to those
that ar no frends to tMs Treatie. So going to sleepe I rest
Your loving constant frende, Charles R.
CXI. DUDLEY CARLETON163 TO SEC. LORD DORCHESTER. (Extract.)
Right HosoDLE ur ver? singular good Ld : Hagh, May, 18, 1629.
* * * *
Advertisement wee have here of Rubens arrivall at Bruxells
and his suddaine passage from thence into England by Dunkerk,
wth overtures seconding those Inclinations to a good peace and
accord betwixt his Maty together av"' Ms allies, and the K : of
Spaine and the adherents to that Crowne (wch have bin now these
tAvo yeeres pursued in generall termes), but (as wee heare) are at
present brought unto certaine heads and articles, befitting a Treaty :
* * * *
I shall ever rest Y" Lps
most humbly and most faithfully devoted,
Dudley Carleton.
CXII. SEC. LOED DORCHESTER TO DUDLEY CARLETON. (Extract.)
Good Nephew : Greenwich, May 27, 1629.
* * * *
Rubens is likewise arrived, but what he brings as yet appeares
not. * * * * I rest, &c.
Dorchester.
Charle3 I. On December 3, 1639, a warrant was issued " to Sir James Palmer Kn'
Gov. of his Ma" Avorkes for making of Hangings at Mortlake to sell unto the Earle of
Holland 5 peeces of Hangings of the story of the Apostles being of the second Bort,
for the some of £836. 17. 6. being the price his Ma" allowed for" the same." He
was beheaded by the Parliamentarians in 1649..
163 Dudley Carleton of Holcomb, nephew to Secretary Lord Viscount Dorchester,
was sworn one of the clerks of H. M. Council Extraordinary, August 21, 1623. He
wa3 knighted at Newmarket on JIarch 1, 1629-30, being the next knight made by
Charles I. after Sir Peter Paul Rubens. He acted as the King's agent returning to
and from the Hague, Avhere he was joined Avith AVilliam Boswell in a special mission
in August, 1632, and returned to England on the 9th November following.
PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS. 1-9
The preceding correspondence sIioavs Michel to be in error
when he affirms (p. 1G5) that Rubens arrived at Madrid in Sep
tember, 1 027, where, after remaining eighteen months, he received
his credentials and instructions for England, and reached London
in October 1629. Rubens did not go to Spain until certainly
after 19th June, 1028/" as appears by his letter written from
AntAverp of that date (see note 152, p. 119), but he writes from
Madrid on f~°- January, 1629 [ante p. 124] .to Lord Carlisle,
acknowledging the receipt of Ms lordship's letter of 27th
November, 1028.
It Avas during his stay in Spain that he wrote to his friend Dr.
Gevaerts,153 charging him to watch over Ids son Albert; "I entreat
you to place my httle Albert as my Image, not in your Oratory,
nor in your Infirmary, but in your Museum. I love that child,
and I recommend lim to you in a serious manner, to you the
chief of my friends, the Priest of tlie Muses, to take the greatest
care of him, with my father-in-law, my brother-in-law Brandt,
both while I live and after my death." 166
About this time, John Duke of Braganza, afterwards King of
Portugal,'"7 protector of the arts and sciences, Avrote to Rubens
inviting Mm to Villaviciosa. Rubens accepted the honour, and set
forward with a large train of attendants. The King alarmed at
the expense of so costly a visitor, despatched a messenger, begging
him to defer his visit, and sendmg at the same time a purse of
161 Smith also (p. 36), says, that Eubens arrived at Madrid in September, 1627.
Alfred Michiels, in '-'Eubens et 1'ccole d'Anvers" (p. 161), says, Rubens started for
Spain the end of August, or the beginning of September 162S.
iCi John Gispar Gevartius (Gevaerts), a most distinguished Flemish Philosopher,
and the friend of the most celebrated men of tho day, was bom at Antwerp in 1593.
His father was one of those who concluded tlie twelve years' truce in 1609 between
Spain and the United Provinces. He first studied at AntAverp in the Jesuits College,
then at Louvain and Douai, from thence he went to Paris. On his return to Antwerp
he Avas named Secretary- of the City, and the Emperor Ferdinand III. appointed him.
Councillor of State and Historiographer. He died in his native city in 1666, aged
seventy-three. He was singularly well versed in the annals of his country, and it is
to he regretted that his History of the Dukes of Brabant was not published. (Biog.
Universelle, torn. xvii. p. 264.) His portrait by Rubens, engraved by P. Pontius when
about the age of forty -five, was, in 1830, in the possession of Baron de Roos, of Brus
sels, — described in Smith's Cat. Pais. vol. ii. p. 264, as worth 600 guineas.
166 The original letter is dated >§ December, 162S, see Em. Gachet, "Lettres
ingdites dc Eubens," p. 223.
1B'~ John IV., Duke of Braganza, was born March 19, 1604. The Portuguese weary
of the Spanish yoke resolved, on the Catalans rebelling, to recover their liberty, and
unanimously proclaimed John their king on December 1, 1640. He Avas crowned at
Lisbon on the 15th of the same month, and died November 6, 1656, aged fifty-two.
(Anderson's Koyal Genealogies, p. 719.)
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fifty pistoles to recompense Rubens for tlie time he had lost.
Rubens would not receive this present, saying, that he had not
come to paint pictures, but to amuse himself for eight or ten days
at Villaviciosa, and had brought with him 1000 pistoles to spend
during his visit.™
On the 27th of April, 1029, Rubens left Spain, and on the 12th
of May arrived at Paris. lra From thence he went to Brussels,
stayed a few days at AntAverp, and embarked at Dunkirk for
London, which he reached between the 20th and 27th of May,
1629,1'0 in company with Ms brother-in-law Henry Brandt and
several attendants.
The correspondence which follows, concerning the mission of
Rubens to England is scanty ; but the nature of his employment
is clearly shown. He was not an Ambassador from Philip IY.,
Avith powers to negotiate a peace between England and Spain,17'
but ambassador from the Archduchess Isabella, to sound King
Charles, ascertain Ms views, and pave the way for a peace, " the
chief subject of A\itose emplojmtent was Ms Proposition of a
Suspension of Arms." l7~ Considerable delay ensued, through
certain punctilios, before ambassadors were dispatched from
either England or Spain. Sir Francis Cottington, Chancellor of
the Exchequer, and Ambassador from England, did not arrive at
Madrid until the middle of December, 16.29.; nor did Don Carlos
de Colonna, the Ambassador from Spain, have his public audience
of the King and Queen of England at the Banqueting House,
Whitehall, until the 6th January, 1630.173
Great delay, it Avill be remarked, ensued before peace- was con
cluded Avith Spain, although the Infanta Isabella, the Marquis
Spinola and Rubens, appear throughout the correspondence, from
the year 1027, to have been most anxious for it. This delay was,
however, no doubt caused by the personal hatred of the Conde
168 Descamps, torn. i. p. 300, relates thi3 anecdote as having taken plaee on Rubens'
first visit to Spain in 1605 ; Michel, p-. 169 ; Al'f. Michiels, p. 163-4, at this period.
169 Alf. Michiels, p. 164.
170 Smith is in error when he says (p. 38) that Rubens only arrived in London in
October, 1629.
171 T. Meautys writes to Jane Lady Bacon in June, 1629,—" You will, peradven-
ture, hear speach of an ambassador arrived here from the Arch Duchesse, but it is
onely Rubens, the famous painter, appearing onely in bis own quality ; and Jerbir
(Gerbier) the Duke's painter, mEister of the ceremonies to entertaine him." (" The
Private Correspondence of Jane Lady Cornwallis," p. 201.)
172 See Sec. Lord Dorchester's letter of March 21, 1630, p. 143.
173 See Lord Dorchester's letter, p. 142. His credentials from the Infanta Isabella
are dated from Brussels, J| December, 16i9.
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d'Olivares, who ruled tlie affairs of Spain, to the Duke of
Buckingham ; for immediately after the Duke's assassination in
August, 1628, Rubens set out for Spain, and negotiations com
menced which happily ended in a peace bemg concluded and
signed at Madrid on the -fV November, 1630.'7"
[Translated front the Frencli.]
CXIII. M. DE BAROZZI TO THE EARL OP CARLISLE.
Mr Loed : [London, May], 1629.
Your Excellency Avill hear tMough Monsieur Rubens the
reason of his coming to the Court [of England]. It is very neces
sary for the Business and for His Majesty's service, as also for
the reputation of those interested and who are mixed up hi it,
that the ambassador who shall be fixed upon to go hito Spain,
should start AA'ithout waiting for any answer from thence, inasmuch
as he is expected, and will be welcome. Besides, it is reqmsite
that I shoMd, on my departure, carry the news to my master, of
the certainty of this Business ; and above all that Mons. l'Abbe
[Scaglia] for many reasons be comprised with the other to
conclude. I shall have the honour of seemg your Excellency
in two days. Meanwhile, I remain,
Your Excellency's very obedient servant, De Barozzi.
CXIV. D. CARLETON TO SEC. LORD DORCHESTER. (Extract.)
Eight Hosoele m verv singular good Ld ; Hagh, June 11, 1629.
*****
Joachimi175 hath written Mther that although Rubens be come,
he hath brought w,h him no letter of credence, nor the lest tMng
authenticall or substantial! ; and yet that there are great ones,
that mainetaine Mm in countenance, and will needes make some
thing out of no thing. But if tMs be so, I do wonder at a letter
I have had from Sr Henry Vane of the second of this present,
wherein he gives me notice, that Rubens being arrived, he doth.
171 Alf. Michiels, p. 166, says, the peace between the two crowns was signed
December 17, 1629. He is certainly in error.
173 Sir Albert Joachimi was the Ambassador from the States of the United Pro
vinces, in England. k 2
132 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
think he should be here againe wthin a moneth or six. Aveekcs at
tlie furthest. I will hope y" &' next will give me some liglit of
those misteries Avch the Mynisters of the K. of Denmark catch
hold of, and alleage for reason of tlieir shutting up a peace so
secrettly AvtU tlie Emp* that his Ma" had began a Treaty w'h Spaine,
and in likelyhood would make a peace before them.
* * * * *
Yr Lpa most devoted Servant,
Dudley Carleton.
[Translated from the French.]
CXV. ABBE DE SCAGLIA TO [EARL OP CARLISLE.] (Extract.)
Sir:
1°
Madrid, June — , 1629.
23
As to myself, I saAv by your last of the 27th April the honour
conferred upon me by the King of Great Britain, which I should
neither deserve nor hope for, but that I assure you I cannot
serve the Prince of Piedmont with more affection and fidelity than
I always shall have for the service of the King of Great Britain,
and that I shall call myself your slave all my life for the benefits
I have received at your hands in maldng me a seiwant to so great
a kmg aud so good a master. As to tlie Business, I am expecting
a despatch in answer to that taken by Mons. Rubens, Avhich I
hope the person appointed to come here will bring vvith him.
I shall then start for Italy,1'6 and perhaps have the happiness to
see you, as it may be even requisite for you to make a good
journey for the accomplishment of this Business.
* * -* * *
who has the honor to be, Sir,
Your very humble
And very obedient Servant,
A. de Scaglia.
176 Sir Isaac Wake writes from Turin on fe August, 1629, — " The Abbate Scaglia
is expected here dayly, and it is thought that he will be able to prepare His Highness
to treat with the .Marquis Spinola."
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CXVI. SEO. LORD DORCHESTER TO SIR ISAAC WAKE. (Extract.)
Mv very good Lou- June 22, 1629.
* * * *" *
Barozzi doth attend here to receive answere of such letters he
writes upon this occasion, and I beleeve it is in expectation to bee
confermed here till the comming of the Spannish Ambr. Meane
while Rubens stayes here likewise, and Cize l7T makes no hast
aAvay, Avho had good lucke to stay behinde Barozzi on Tuesday
last [16th June], Avhen in shooting London Bridge he had his
boate overturned by the frightfull stirring of one of his companye,
a churchman,178 as then mrployed to Rubens from Brussells, whonie
Barozzi AA-as conducting to GreeiiAvich and Avas there drowned.
Barozzi himself being hardly saved at his third and last coming up
to the top of the water by one of his spurres.. Your acquaintance
little Oliver who was one of that companie Avent up and downe
like a Divedapper, and at length Avas taken up neare the Towre.
* * * * *
I Avish yor Lop health with all happines ever resting, &c.
Dorchester.
CXVII. SIR ISAAC AA'AKE173 TO SEC. LORD DORCHESTER. (Extract.)
x> tt T Turin, ^^,1629.
ElGBT Ho>"0RAELE 3IT SISGCI.ER GOOD LORD : July 4;
*****
Concerning y" negotiation begunne by ye Abbate Scaglia &
now pursued hi England by Rubins, his Higns doth notknoAV what
177 Sec, Lord Dorchester writes to Sir Isaac Wake, August 11, 1629, — "Came to
AVoking the Sec. Barozzi with Cize, the Prince of Piemont's Oeotlcman, the first
with copy of your Overture touching the restitution of Susa upon promise of passage
for the French thro' Savoy and Piemont for Avhich His Majesty should be caution, the
second with news of Madame's [sister to Queen Henrietta Maria] safe delivery."
173 The churchman probably Avas Rubens' chaplain. The word is struck out in the
original draft corrected by Lord Dorchester.
™ Sir Isaac AVake, the son of Arthur AVake of Jersey, Avasborn about the year
1575. He was educated at Merton College, Oxford; obtained a fellowship in 1598;
and in 1604 Avas chosen public orator of tho University. In 1609 he travelled through
France and Italy. In August, 1610, Sir John Digby recommended him as secretary
to Sir Dudley Carleton, ambassador at Venice, Avho on March 16, 1614-5, writes from
Turin to King James I., — " I have thought it expedient to dispatch my Secretary to
give V Ma''' full relation of the state of these affairs." He, however, returned to
Turin the following month ; and when Carleton was recalled in the September fol
lowing, remained behind as agent with the Duke of Savoy until November, 161S,
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to say, wondering much at the delayes of ye Spanyards & begin
ning to suspect their coldnesse : Rubins hath complayned unto
Baroci of y" little satisfaction he hath receaved in England, but
his High" doth much approve of ye ansAver returned by his Ma"'
unto his proposition, wrfl he doth account to be not onely imper
tinent, but contrary unto y' Avch had been signifyed unto him by
ye Abbate Scaglia, who had alwayes protested against a suspension
of amies & perpetually insisted upon a categorricall conclusion
of peace : It is not possible for his High8 to assist his Mat,e Avthany
Counsell in this important businesse, for really rebus sic stantibus,
he doth not know Iioav to governe himselfe, expecting dayly yc
when "he makes speed towards- England." He was knighted by King James I., at
Royston, on April 9, 1619 ; sent to Germany on a special mission to the Elector
Palatine and the Lady Elizabeth, and writes from Heideberg, May 12, 1619, "where
he made so much hast to come," that he " rested in no place more then a night' betwixt
London and this Towne " ; and agair.-from Turin on the -£¦ June, following. He mar
ried Anna, daughter of Sir John Tracy and Avidow of Edmund Bray, afterwards mar
ried to Secretary Comvay, Avho calls AArake iu his despatches, " My Avorthy and most
estemed sonne," ending " Yor LoP!i loveing father, frend, and servant." There is a
most touching and affectionate letter in the S. P. 0., dated November 11, 1627, from
Anna, l.ady Wake, to her step-father, written iu consequence of " the phisitians Sen-
tance of her approaching end," in Avhich she says, — " AA'hen Nature threttens tlie
aproche of ye exsicusion3 of her laste duty, Ave begine to thinke hoAv.to sett ourseHves
straite both Avith God and Man," and returns her " humble acknowlagementes &
unfained thankes for y' extraordinary fatherly good nes St, mersie which yu have eser-
sised upon me eA-er scence my infansie." She, hoAvever, survived her husband, and
is mentioned in Letters of Lady Brilliana Harlcy, who styles her " Sister AVacke,"
(4to London, 1851, Camd. Soc.) as aliA'e up to July 2, 1611. In 1625, Sir Isaac
Wake sat as Member of Parliament for the University of Oxford, and his speeches
added considerably to his reputation. In a list of extraordinaries from November,
1625, to May, 1626, he is styled,— " Ambassador in Italy, Switzerland, and the
Orisons." He Avas recalled on December 5, 1629, "to go to Prance," but did not
arrive at Paris until ^ April, 1631. His last despatch is dated from Paris, if May, 1632,
and De Vic and Augier Avrite to Secretary Coke from Paris on ~L?I, following, — " AA'ee
have prepared you for those Avorser newes wee are now to sende you of his Lops depar
ture out of this into a better Avorlde betweene 11 and 12 of the clock this morning."
His body was opened and embalmed at Paris the next day, in accordance Avith King
Charles l.'s commands ; transported into England " in a manner befittinge his quality
and yet without pompe or immoderate cxpences " on Friday, Jr"1" 59- following, and
interred in the chapel at Dover Castle. His funeral expenses were paid by the king,
who had intended him to fill the place of Secretary of State, vacant through the death
of Lord Dorchester. The following letter from Secretary Sir John Coke to Sir Isaac
Wake, Avritten four days after his death, is dated Greenwich, June i, 1632, "My
Lord. His Mate is much trobled wa the news of your sickness : & wthal expresseth
both a gratious affection towards you, and an ernest desire to heare of your recoverie.
Hee hath therfore comanded mee to write, not only for a true information of your
present state of bodie, but cheidy to comfort you wth the assurance of his favor & to
incourage you to take care of your health, wcl1 hee wil accompt the best seiwice you '
can do him, til it shal please God to strengthen you for your acenstomed imploy-
ments. Make use of this cordial to restore your spirits. I wil pray hartily for you &
so I rest Your Lordship3 assured frend and servant, John Coke."
PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS. 135
Marquis Spinola (who is suspected as a Genoese) & the Abbate
Scaglia, whose credit is something weakened, by his having so
confidently assured many things on ye beluilfe of ye Spanyards
Avho have fayled in performance, as Clausel hath to his cost found
at Milan (where he hath got nothing but palabras ia°) & M. de
Soubize in England, where Rubins hath payed him wth monny of
y" same alloye : These omissions in such important occasions, do
make his Hig'13 suspect yl y* Spanyards do not proceed sincerely,
& although he is content to suspend his judgement untill ye
coming of ye MarqMs & y" Abbot, j^et knoAving y* ye Spanyards
do envy at his retayning Trin & y* Canavese, he doth doubt
y' some secreate agreement is underhand treating betwixt France
& Spayne to yc prejudice of all yl are interessed in ye publique
libertye. *****
I take leave and rest
Yr Lps most humble & most obedient servant,
I. Wake.
[Translated from, the French.]
CXVIII. B. GERBIER TO [SEC. LORD DORCHESTER] ?
Sia : From Your House in the Strand, July 3, 1629.
I had no sooner received the Brevet, signed by the hand of the
King, and had sent it to the Privy Seal Office, than intelligence
was given to Madame tlie Duchess, who pretends that Sir Robert
Pye ''' said there Avas an impediment to it, wMch is not in
1S° Talk — a Spanish word in common use in England during the reign of Eliza
beth. It will be found in Shakspeare and other dramatists. See Boswell's Shaks-
pearc, v. 85S ; Collier's Shakspeare, ed. 1S58, ii. 4-13.
1S1 Sir Eobert Pye one of the Tellers of the Exchequer, 1620 — 1624, was
knighted by "King James I., at Theobald's, on July 13, 1621. He Avas appointed in
1626 one of the (eleven) Commissioners to advance King Charles I.'s revenues.
',' There was a turbulent election of burgesses at AA'estminster, whereof the Duke [of
Buckingham] being steward, made account he should, by his authority and vicinity,
have put in Sir Eobert Pye. It continued three days, and when Sir Robert Pye's
party cried 'a Pye! a Pye ! a' Pye!' the adverse party would cry 'a pudding! a
pudding! a pudding!' and others 'a lie! a lie ! a lie!' In fine, Bradshaw, a
brewer, and Maurice, a grocer, carried it from him by above a thousand voices." — -
" The Duke, before he went his fatal journey to Portsmouth made a Avill, Avherein his
executors are the Lord Savage, Sir Robert Pye, Mr. Oliver, and Mr. Potherty, two of
his servants." (Letters from l'ev. Jos. Mead to Sir Martin Stuteville, Christ Colleg;
Starch 8, 1627-8, and September 20, 1623 ; " Court and Times of Charles the First,"
pp. 327, 397.)
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accordance Avith many fine words that she gave me, promising to
fulfil in my case all that the late Lord Duke had intended, from
AA'liom I haA-e received no other recompense and livelihood for
twelve years service than this annuity, the old house in which I
am lodged, and the keepership of York House, which is but
servitude without profit, but Avhich, neA'ertheless, I would not
give up, because of recei\ing a public affront, and quitting another
Avhich belongs to me, holding it as a gage and in testimony of the
opinion the late Lord Duke had of my fidelity, of Avhich His
Majesty has been benignly pleased to take notice. Being adver
tised by Sir Francis Cottington that Sir Robert Pye (one of the
executors of the defunct Duke) pretended that I Avas incapable of
possessing Avhat it had pleased the Duke to give me, because I
had not been naturalised, His Majesty provided against that by
his Letters Patent, and by these last reinstated me in possession
of all they pretended to take away from me. If Madame the
Duchess, or those she is able to employ in her behalf, do not
prevail over the authority of those who could retard it, this matter
haAing been favourably carried so near perfection by your hand,
I hope, Sir, they will not have the power to use the same, and
take the bread out of the mouth of a large family ; although they
believe, Avhat I may learn, that their grandeur can 'do that and
much more, it is, nevertheless, very contrary to the title of
Noble they bear, and would be too insupportable to a poor man,
Avho, added to his ordinary charges, receives little assistance for
extraordmaries, as those I have been put to on account of
Monsieur, de Ville, and have, at the present time, for the Sieur
Rubens, for which I have received no consideration, and, I believe, as
I am a man I am as far from receiving, as I am from ever asking any.
All these are weighty reasons that you may have the good will
to make happy, by conferring your favours on one of those Avho
had the honour to serve this good Duke, and who was such to
you. TMs is why, trusting in your generosity, I will assure
-myself that my opponents will not prevail to my disadvantage,
hoping I shall always remain in your esteem as one of yours,
being truly, Sir, your very humble, very obedient,
And very obliged Servant,
B. Geebier.
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CXIX. SIR THOMAS EDMONDES153 TO SEC. LORD DORCHESTER.
(Extract.)
My veut good Lord .- Paris, July i, 1629.
* * * * *
I finde that they are here very jealous of Mons* Rubens
negotiation in England, many havinge spoken to mee therof, to
Avhome I have made ansAvere, that his Ma1' cannot forbeare to
hearken to propositions which, in a faire kinde, are made unto
him, wherof hee Avill aftenvards judge as they shall deserve.
***** Yo' Lops humble and most affectionate Servant,
T. Edmondes.
CXX. SIR ISAAC AVAKE TO SEC. LORD DORCHESTER. (Extract.)
Turin, July —, 1629.
Right Honorable hi sihguxeb good Lord : .18
» * * * *
This Treaty of Spayne being uoav divulged both by y"
Venetian Ambr in England, and by y" open treating of Rubens
in England, His Highness is of opinion that it will not be fit to
conceale any longer from y" French Ministers y' Avch they do
already knowe ; and therfore for feare least they should quarrel
wth him for his employing himselfe therein, he hath resolved
to confesse it unto them freely & to let them know that y"
Spanyards having desyred him, a yeare since & more, to
mediate a peace betwixt ye tAvo CroAvnes, he had at their request
employed some Ministers of his, Avhose offices having found
gratious acceptance of his Ma'", he had been incouraged to pursue
yl negotiation, at wch y" French could not justly formalize, in
regard y* it Avas begunne long before any misunderstandings
(Avch have since risen) betwixt France & Spayne were thought
uppon. ***** Yr Lps
Most humble & most obedient Servant,
I. Wake.
132 gjj. Thomas Edmondes, of Devon, was knighted by King James I. at Greenwich,
May 20, 1603. He Avas several times Ambassador to Prance during the reigns of
Elizabeth. James-L, and Charles I.
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On the 23rd September, 1629, during a visit paid to the
University of Cambridge by Lord Holland, the Chancellor of the
University, in company with Charles de TAubespine, Marquis de
Chateauneuf, the French Ambassador, Peter PaM Rubens and
Henry Brant, Ms brother-in-law, with a large number of noble
men and gentlemen, the honorary degree of Master of Arts Avas
conferred on the great Flemish artist. The grace, passed on the/
22nd September, by which Rubens and the other recipients of
honorary degrees were admitted on the 23rd, was this " Conce-
ditur ut Petrus Paulus Rubens, Belga ; Petrus Angenon, Gallus ;
Renatus Le Febvre Gallus ; Gulielmus Lambert, Gallus ; Francis-
eus Chevallier, Gallus, and Hemicus Brant, Belga; cooptentur
iii ordinem Magistrorum in Artibus." In one of Baker's MS.
(Harl. 7038) containing brief Annals of the UMversity of Cam
bridge for the year 1629, the name of Rubens appears as a
graduate. In Cooper's Annals, vol. iii., p. 219, is an amusing
letter of 26 September, 1629, describing the reception of Lord
Holland and the French Ambassador.
The Latin " speeche of the university oratour at Cambridge in
the Regent House to the French Ambassador, when he com
menced Doctor of Civil Lawe there," is in the State Paper Office.
[In the handwriting of Sec. Lord Dorchester, corrected by King Chas. I.]
CXNII. KING CHARLES I. TO SIR FRANCIS COTTINGTON.^
Whitehall, November 19, 1629.
Ri^iit trt;stik Ayr> avell-beloved wee gp.eete tot; aveil :
There is nothing we have in more special recomendation then
punctually to observe owr Royal word and promise av"1 Princes
154 Sir Francis Cottington was the fourth son of Philip Cottington, of God-
manston, Somersetshire. In 1609 he was Secretary to Sir Churle.? Cornwallis, Ambas
sador in Spain, who left him there in October ; and by writ, dated November 13,
1609, he was allowed 20?. a-day as "His Majesties Agent with the King of Spain."
He was one of the clerks of the Privy Council, as appears by a writ dated December
29, 1615, for 1201. lis. — "for charges of transportation of himself, servants, &c to
Spain." He returned to England in 1622; was created Baronet on February 16,
1622-3 ; and a few days after accompanied Prince Charles, in the quality of Secretaiy,
to Spain. He was sworn a Privy Councillor on November 13, 1628, and Chancellor
of the Exchequer early in 1629. Succeeded Sir AValter Aston a3 Ambassador to
Spain, October 2, 1629 [Warrant for his Commission is dated on this day], and
arrived at Madrid about the middle of December. His letter of revocation is dated
September 27, 1630; he left Madrid, January 29, 1630-1, and anchored in Portland
¦Road on the 5th of March following; was created Baron Cottington of Hanworth,
PAPEES RELATING TO RUBENS. 139
towards whom we are that way obliged. This making us exspect
the hke faire and free dealing from others withowt change or
alteration, is the cause of the expresse dispatch of this Currier
(av* charge to make diligence, and meete w'h you. at yr first arrival
at Madrid) springing from an unexpected delay of the cufrnng of
Don Carlos de Colonna ; wci by advertisments from Bruxells, we
understand to be excused; one while, by expectaon of Instructions
from Spaine, not yet arrived there, though looked for by the next
Currier ; an other while, by dowbt whether he should be the man
employed unto us to correspond Av'h oavt sending you into Spaine,
or some other in " his roome ; the Marquis de Mirabell being in
speach for that purpose. Why sufficient order and instruction
should not be allready at Bruxells concerning the cuniing of Don
Carlos (considering all wch hath passed abowt tMs mutual sending,
wch you can readily call to minde) we" can not well comprehend :
and though the Marquis of Mirabell be a person of honor, and
every Avay Avithowt exception, yet is it obvious to every man's
understanding what time will be required for his preparaon and
what to putt this change in effect, part of Don Carlos trame
being allready at Dunkerke, as we understand by the Captaine of
owr SMp of warre, sent over expresly to transport Mm hether :
and though making judgment of others by owr owne sinceritie,
we are not easely jealous of any sinister intention, yet because
owr honor is too deare unto us to expose it to adventure, untill
you receave knowledge from us that we have satisfaction m
sendmg unto us from that side, owr pleasure is after y1 arrival
at that Court you should,184 instead of asking audience of that King,
send to him or Olivares (as you shall think fitt) a message to this
porpose That ye wer sent thither by us full' fraughted xvitli Powers
8f Instructions to beginn 8c if need wer to end a Treatie of Peace
bet-wine the two Crounes 6/ for the establishing of peace in Christendom,
but that it was ever understood by us fy promised by them, as well for
point of honnor as convenience for treating theas greate affaires, that
a reciprocaH Ambassage should come from them to answer yours, of
Co. Middlesex, July 10, 1631, Lord Treasurer and Master of the AA'ard3. He was
faithful to King Charles I. in all his troubles, accompanied his son, Prince Charles,
into exile, and died at Valladolid, in Spain, in 1653, when the title became extinct.
He married Anne, daughter of Sir William Meredith, Kh', and widow of Sir Robert
Brett, by Avhom he had a son and four daughters, all of whom he survived.
lss 'rp]ie concluding part of this despatch, printed in Italics, is in the handwriting
of King Charles I., who has struck out all that Secretary Lord Dorchester had pre
viously written. The word me is again corrected to us by Dorchester.
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which we, fynding a delay, have commanded you nether to demand
audience nor to beginn anie treatie, though it bee offered by them, till
wee have sent you word of our satisfaction in this Point. This is what
ye ar to delyver to them at your first coming cy punctually observe till
further comands : but though wee have sloped both your mouth ry eares
as a Publique Minister, yet ice expect of your Industrie, by comunications
with dyvers as a Privat Person, both what is the cans of this delay
on there syde of sending an Ambassador, and what may bee hoped of
ther good intentions to give us satisfaction.
Given under our Signet at owr Court at YVMtehall, the of
November, 1029.
CXXIII. KING CHARLES I. TO SIR P. COTTINGTON.186 Westminster, Dec. 5, 1629.
Right trusty & wklisklovkd Cocnsello11 ayee gp.eete tou well :
By or letters of the 19th of the last, sent by an expresse, wee
gave you direction to suspend all manner of proceeding, by way
of publique audience in any tiling wch concernes o1 service in
that Court till new order ; & this upon such advertisement wee
had from Bruxells of causeles delay (as wee had reason to
conceave) of the coining of Don Carlos de Colonna; V1 was
promised to correspond wth our sending of you into Spayne.
Since, wee have receaved sufficient satisfaction from thence
by letters from the Infanta to Rubens, wch give us assurance
that Don Carlos shalbe at Dunkerke by the ffh of tMs pre
sent to take Ms passage, against wch day wee are desired to send
such of our sMpps as are necessary for his transport, in Avch wee
will not fayle. And in regard the cause of the stay of your pro
ceeding is therby taken aAvay, wee have thought fitt wth the soonest
to cease the effect likewise ; & therfore have cofiiaunded this
second expresse messenger to be dispatched unto you wth these
our letters, to sett you in the same state you were before or
countermaund ; & to authorise you to followe yo* former cofiiis-
sion according to yor instructions, Avith this onlie reservation, that
186 On the same day, £ December, 1629. The Count d'Olivarez writes [in Spanish]
to Sir Francis Cottington, then at Lisbon, — " By this Courier, who comes from
England, I have received letters from Rubens, in which he tells tae that he has moved
them to send a Despatch to you."
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you make no further use of yor credential! letters, but in giving
knowledge that such you have in yor hands (whereof you may
shewe the copie to wliome you thincke fitt) & that tlie stay of
the delivery of them proceeds of this, that wee are informed Don
Carlos comes wthout any from the King of Spayne : for v,-ch tins
reason is alleadged, that whilst Princes are actually in warre it is
not proper credentiall letters should passe betwixt them: & the
same reason holding on our side as on that King's must be a rule
equally to both : but yf jrou should find that, out of affection to
the publique peace, they have there past by usual formes & sent
credentialls to Don Carlos (as Rubens sayth it is very likely they
have done upon second thoughts) wee then leave it unto you
w*out scruple to deliver yo"; & howsoever yoT comission (Avcb serves
as letters patents) you may shewe & make use of as may most
advantage the acceleration of the treaty : of wch a principal! fruict
consists in the Avell manadging of tyme : & in that regard Avee use
this diligence in sending this expresse, who, in all apparance
wilbe in that Court before Don Carlos arrivall here, & is likely
enough to meete you there at yor first arrivall. For further par
ticulars, wch may concerne yor negotiation, wee refer you to the
letters of the Viscount Dorchester, one of or principall Secretaryes.
Given under o* Signett at oT Pallace of Westminster the
CXXIV. SIR P. COTTINGTON TO SEC. LORD DORCHESTER. (Extract.)
Mr good Lord: Lisbon, Dec. 13, 1629.
*****
To-morrow GodAvilling I shall be on my way for Madrid/'
This Post, coming through Madrid, delivered ther (as it seemes)
some Ires from Rubins ; wheruppon the Conde of Olivares wrote
me (by the same post) the Ire wch yoT Lp shall find here inclosed :
In which, though he indevors to excuse the deferring of Don
Carlos his going into Engd, yet am I nott therwth all soe well
satisfied, butt that I must still beleeve, the cheefe fault was in
Madrid ; howsoever he imputes it to Brussells. He seemes con-
is? « rr},e Courier from Madrid brings news of the arrival of My Lord Ambassador
at Court and of his most- honorable reception, that he has had audience & began to
treat with three Comis", the Count d'Olivares, the Count d'Onate, who wa3 a long
time Ambassador at Vienna, and another qualified Signor." [London, February 20,
1630.]
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fident (as yor Lp Avyll find by y" Ire) tliat Don Carlos is by this
tyme in Engd. If it be soe I doubt nott butt yo* Lp Avyll soone
give me notise of it, and (as I have said) I wyll expect yor farther
directions. *****
wishing you all hor and happiness doe rest
Yor Lp3 to be cofnaunded,
Fea. Cottington.
CNXV. SEC. LORD DORCHESTER TO SIR P. COTTINGTON. (Extract.)
Mv verv good Ld : Jan. 10, 1629-30.
*****
Don Carlos De Colonna163 had Ms publike audience joinctly
av* the K. & Q. at ye Banquetting house on Wednesday last tlie
6th of this put, being Twelffc day, & separatly afterwards ye same
day in both theyr private Avthdrawing Chambers, all wth as much
splendo', honor & good order as ever I sawe any ; & one thing I
believe he will confesse, y' he never in his lyfe found such pretty
porters in a publike sale, for y° number of Ladyes was so great,
they being divided from ye Lordes & standing downe in fyle on
yc Q.'s side from ye State to ye loAver ende of ye banquetting house
AA'here y" Ambr entred, y' they reached to yb very dore, & yet were
there many fallings out for spoyling one anothers ruffes by being
so close ranked. ***** [Dorchester.]
[Translated from the French.]
CXXVI. B. GERBIER TO SIR P. COTTINGTON. (Extracts.)
Sir : [London], February 17, 1629-30.
*****
The first public and the second private audience of Bon Carlos™
!-3 King Charles I. in a letter to Sir P. Cottington, of about the same date, says,—
"Don Carlos hath further exprest so good intention in ye K. his Master & y* Infanta y'
wee are therw"' very Avell satisfyed- & y" choyse made of a person so agreable unto us
is thereof a further argum1; but you very well knowe how both yo" & his negotiation
depend upon such resolution as is to be taken in y' Court."
m The words printed in Italics are in cypher in Gerbier's Original Despatch, but
deciphered by Sir P. Cottington.
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will have been fully related to you Avith all then attendant circum
stances ; also Avhat the gossips here have already reported that
Bon Carlos had come only as a compliment, so that it might be
inferred that it Avas a great disadvantage to the King in having
sent you, as though for the purpose of seeking peace. You Avill also
have lieard of the difficulty they AAished to raise, as to whether the
King should accept the letter from the Infanta to the King, all pro
ceeding from a " Carlillada." The King nevertheless accepted it,
after he was assured that the Infanta was accustomed to treat the
King of _ France in the same manner. Monsieur Rubens by Ms
prudent conduct overcame these httle difficulties, and takes back
with him a letter from the King to the Infanta, which is a civil
answer, and full of respect.
The Sieur Rubens has taken leave of the King and the Queen,
and is maldng ready to depart in four or five days, notwithstand
ing every one wishes his remaining for many reasons, and if it Avere
not folly wishing for things which it is not possible to have, I
should Avish that the Conde- Buque had not only Avritten to Rubens
to remain, if he thought it necessary, but expressly commanded
him to do so, on the part of the King, and that he had been sent
in the same quality as, and joined ivith Bon Carlos. For, as I
have remarked that there are certain persons here icho do all they
can to hinder this business, it is more than necessary to have good
assistance, and, above all, to sustain the tveak, and to overcome by
efficacious arguments the subtle objections of some, and the mali
cious actions of others ; for their number is great. The success
of the Butch, on whose side are the Puritans, makes those, who are
carried away by a zeal as Aiolent as it is dangerous, sx>eak of the
fierce and impetuous hopes AYhich the Cardinal entertains, that the
King of France may incite tlie Butch to continue the tear, promis
ing them every assistance, which they confirm by the ratification
of the Treaty. *****
The Lord Treasurer™ was extremely troubled on the receipt of
im Richard Lord AVeston, who Avas knighted by King James I. on July 23, 1603.
He was sent in July, 1620, jointly Avith Sir Edward Conway, Ambassador to Brussells
and Germany, to negotiate for tlie restitution of the Palatinate. There is a warrant
dated July 12, 1622, for payment of sum3 advanced to Sir R. AVeston, "Ambassador
Extraordinary to the Infanta Archduchess of Austria." He Avas Chancellor of the
Exchequer, created Baron AVeston, of Neyland, April 1 3, 1628, Lord High Treasurer
in tho July following, and Earl of Portland February 17, 1632-3. He died March 3,
1631-5.
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your letter, as you had so very seldom written to him, referring
to the letter of Borchester, which was in cypher. He was in want
of Rubens to put it in a better state, for he was quite in despair,
not knoAving the contents of Borchester" s letter, nor what he could
promise. At the first overture Rubens made to him, he conducted
himself as though all had been broken off, but afterwards he well
understood that it was folly to believe that, in the business of the
Palatinate, anything could be done Avithout the Emperor and the Buke
of Bavaria ; and in tliis sentiment all the other Ministers agree,
except those who were principals in the Treaty with France, and
who act the devil, through malice as much as through ignorance,
to such a pitch, that I am quite weary. This I say in confidence,
because you tell me to write to you freely, and assure me that you
will take all in good part. I have this confidence, that you will
attribute to my zeal what I say on this subject, although it may
concern him to ichom I am under obligations for my particular
business. '¦" *****
I will take the liberty to tell you freely, since you command me
to do so, that I have great occasion to complain, for many reasons,
realising that it is true, that it did not depend on a want of your
good favourable disposition that Gerbier is no longer employed.
Gerbier yields to nobody in the world in fidelity and disposition,
A\-Mch were born with him, and he has given signal proofs tliat in
secrecy he yields to nobody in the world. That as he. had the
honour to commence tMs business, he ought not to have been thus
left to serve the Signor Jeronimo, that is to say, to be innkeeper to
Rubens, aud not only intrust the passages which interpose in this
busmess to others (against whom I make no exception), but that
these persons should conduct themselves before Gerbier, in the
presence of Rubens, as though on no account, Gerbier should be
trusted, who has swallowed these bitter pills patiently, although
with an offended spirit, seeing that he has given such clear proofs
that he might be trusted. I will give one argument in my favour.
Gerbier knew, from the first hour oi Rubens' negotiation until now,
all that had passed, and Rubens, concealing nothing from Mm, has
not received bad intelligence from Gerbier, who accordingly has
191 Gerbier also relates, that one morning, as the King was combing his head, he
found a white hair, which he sent to the Queen in merriment ; Henrietta Maria
immediately wrote back that Don Carlos would cause many more to come before the
Emperor gave up the Palatinate.
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been enabled to advertise him of several things, and Gerbier
having knoAvn everything from the commencement, ami the con •
tents of the paper the Lord Treasurer signed, Avhich in truth
Rubens and Gerbier had first projected together in the same spirit,
very feAv words were altered, and it was afterwards sent. There
fore, great injustice Avas done Gerbier, by fearing that the inti
macy he had Avith Holland could be disadvantageous, and that it
was not possible he would not let some word escape ; on that
account the Lord Treasurer could not resolve to trust him. This
was a poor argument against Gerbier's fidelity, Avho knows Iioav to
distinguish between persons and affairs ; and although Gerbier is
under obligations to Holland for having assisted him in his private
affairs, and for having been the friend of his Master, yet Holland
has never been able to draw out of Gerbier the least particularity,
Gerbier having, from the age of discretion, the gift of secrecy. In
these particular passages Gerbier does not ask for any other Avit-
ness than Rubens- While all this has been passing between the
Lord Treasurer, Rubens, and you, nobody has known anything
about it. Gerbier makes this relation for no other end than to
assuage his grief by complaining to you, and this shall be the last
of it. I also think that the last letter I sent under cover of the
Lord Treasurer had been opened, because, the day after I gave it to
him, the King came and asked me, secretly, if Carlisle had told me
that the King intended making Rubens a Knight. I know that no
living soul kneAV of this, and that the King would not have spoken
to me about it, if the Lord Treasurer had not caused my letter to
be opened. All this proceeds from distrust, for which there is
no cause. As to what concerns Rubens, the King had promised it
him secretly, and when he took leave he did., not do it, although I
believe he will even now, because the King has reserved a ring
Avhich he wishes to give him with his own hands. I am very
glad that Rubens lcneAV nothing of the resolution that the King had
taken, because it Avould have been a disgrace if he had not done
it, to have changed his mind, and the cause might have been attri
buted to hhn, who, having cognisance, chose rather to prevent
than facilitate it. The King has taken from Gerbier a cordon of
diamonds and a ring to give to Rubens. God Ioioavs when Gerbier
will be paid; as also for the charges often months' entertainment
for Rubens. It is poor reward to be put to charges, and still
be excluded from confidence.
Sir, you gave me liberty to write freely, I have this confidence
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that I do so to a generous person, and to one who will do me the
honour to allow me all my life to subscribe myself,
Sir,
Your Excellency's
Very humble and very obedt. Servt., B. Gerbier.
Gerbier's fears as to when he should be paid for the cordon of
diamonds and ring, which, four days afterwards, King Charles I.
presented to Rubens, as also "for the charges for nine months'"
entertainment for Rubens," appear to have been groundless.
Three days after writing the above letter to Sh- Francis Cottington,
was issued "A Warrant for a privie Seale of £500, unto Mr. Bal-
thasar Gerbiere for a diamond ring and a hatband, by him sold to
his Malie to be presented unto Signor Piere Paulo Rubens, Secre
tary and Councillor to the King of Spaine. Feb. 20, 1629-30 :"m
and " The charges and entertaynment of Sigx Piere Paulo Rubens,
Secretary and Councillor of State to the King of Spaine, by his
Matlcs expresse command, defrayed at Balthasar Gerbiere, Esq.,
his Ma*3 servants house, with Mr. Brant, the sayd Sig' Rubens
brother-in-law, and their men from the 7 of December last to the
22 of Feby 1629-30, amounting to £128:2:11, were allowed
the 29 of Feby 1629-30. Montgomery." 193
CXXVII. G. GAGE TO ENDYMION PORTER.194
Sir : [Ijondon, February 20, 1629-30.]
I have bin tAvice at y* house to wayte on yw, and to tell yw that
SigT Rubens parteth very Avell satisfied of yr favour and affection
to him, and is very sorrye for the affliction wMch God hath sent
yw ; but Avee hope both that by this time yr comforte is well-
VJ2 Ruben3 arrived in London about May 25, 1629, and left about February 22,
1629-30. 193 Prom the books of the Lord Chamberlain's office, printed by Carpenter in hi3
"Memoir of Sir A. Van Dyck, &c." p. 168. It will be seen Michel is in error when
lie says (p. 175) the King took from his own hat the diamond hatband which was
worth 10,000 crowns ; Gerbier was paid 500?. for the hatband and ring.
191 On May 25, 1625, a pension of 500'. per annum Avas granted to Endymion
Porter, Esq., one of the grooms of his Ma'" bedchamber, during his life, payable out
of the Exchequer, the first payment to begin at Midsummer next. The affliction
alluded to was caused by the death of a child.
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advanced, Avhich I shalbee extreame glad to understande, as
likeAvise of all occasions wherin I may shew myself
Yr most affectionat
humble servant,
G. Gage.
This Saturday morning.
To my honourable friend, Mr. Endymion Porter.
On 21 February, 1630, Charles I. conferred on Rubens the
honour of knighthood, as appears by a Hst of knights made by the
King in the State Paper Office :— " 21 Feb. 1629-30, Sir Peter
Paul Rubens, Ambassador from the Archdutchesse at Whitehall,"
and presented him Avith the sword enriched Avith diamonds, Avhich
was used on the occasion, adding to the arms of the new knight on
a Canton gules, a lion or.'91
While m England Rubens painted several pictures, amongst
others, an allegory, representing Peace and War,KS which he pre
sented to Charles I. He Avas also commissioned, by the King,
to paint a- series of pictures for the Banqueting Hall at Whitehall;
the subject to be the allegorical Mstory of James I. ; but the cor
respondence wliich follows Avill show that his professional labours
were very much interrupted by his diplomatic missions ; and
that these pictures did not reach England until September 163o.
Michel says, that on Rubens' return to Brussels, the Infanta
Isabella thought it necessaiy for him to go to Spam, where he was
received, by the King and the Conde d'Olivares, in the most
gracious manner, for the singular prudence he had displayed
during his negotiations in England, and that he returned to
Antwerp in April, 1630.'"
195 Michel, p. 175. In the Council Register, Car. 1. Vol V, p. 633, 13 the following
entry : January 31, 1629-1630. — A Pass for Pietro Paulo Rubens, one of the Councell
of the King of Spaine, his Secretarie in his Previe Councell of Flanders, and one of the
Gent, of the Houshold to the Archduchess?, to retoume back to the Low Countries,
and to take with him his gent., servants, truncks of apparrell, and other things that he
hafch to carrie with him with out Search. Signed by the Lord President and twelve
of the Privy Council.
196 After the death of Charles I., this picture passed into the possession of the
Doria family, at Genoa, where it was knoAvn as the " Family of Rubens." Vanderdoort,
Catalogue, &c, of King Charles I.'s Pictures. It Ava3 subsequently obtained by the
Marqui3 of Stafford, first Duke of Sutherland, who presented it to the National
Gallery in 1S27.
197 Michel, pp. 178 — 182. Carpenter also says (p. 169), immediately on his arrival
at Brussels from England, in March, 1630, Rubens was dispatched into Spain to com
municate in person to Philip IV. the success of his negotiations at the English court,
and this new mission detained him in Madrid till the latter end of that year. r, 2
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The King of Spain created his son Albert by Letters Patent of
the £ June, 1630,"" Secretary of the Privy Council, in reversion,
on the death of his Father, and also confirmed to Rubens by
Letters Patent of the £ August, 1630, the title of Knight, which
he had received from the King of England.199 It will be seen that
Rubens writes from Brussels on the 8th June, 1630, and from
Antwerp the end of the following month ; so that it is evident
Rubens must have received these Letters Patent at one of these
places ; tMs fact, and also my not finding any reference to Ins
visiting Spam after leaving England, induces me to believe that
Rubens did not go to Spain after returning to Brussels from
England. CXXVIII. SEC. LORD DORCHESTER TO SIR F. COTTINGTON. (Extract)
Mi vert good LD : Mar. 21, 1629-30.
,f * * * *
I must lett you knowe, for conclusion, that Rubens, before his
departure, made a visitt to Joachimi, and (as Joachimi hath related
to his Ma'7 and myself) used such discourse as yf his (Rubens)
proposition of a suspension of armes (wch you may call to minde
was the chief e subject of his employm1 to his Ma,y) were ors, and
the peace betwixt the two CroAvnes apart were proposed and
desired by Ms Ma'1 ; wishing the States would doe theyr affayres
apart likewise.
Joachimi replyed, he could not believe his Maty had made any
such motion, or so much as given consent therunto ; and, though
he had, the States Avere not disobliged therby of theyr contract to
his Maly, forbidding them to treate or conclude anything of that
kinde wth out him.
Upon further discourse, Rubens telling Joachimi the States
might make peace yf they would, and therby bring quiett and rest
after long warre to all the 17 Provinces, Joachimi answeared, there
was but one way, and that was at this tyme very faysable, by
chasing the Spanyards from thence : w1* Rubens acknowledged to
be the ground of the pacification of Gant, but sayd that peace was
worse then warre. What creditt to give herunto is hard to judge,
because Rubens hath wonne the reputation here amongst us of too
193 Alfred Michiels, p. 167.
139 Michel prints a Copy of the Letters Patent in French, p. 179.
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honest a man to speake untruths contrary to his owne knowledge ;
and Joacldmi is a person of approved sincerity; wherfore, leaving
the men to the justification of theyr owne consciences, I will say
this only of the matter, that the expulsion of the Spanyards out of
those Provinces is in more men's mouth es then one ; and I will
assure you, I have at this clay a project in my hands presented to
his Mat? for tMs purpose.
***** I rest, [Dorchester.]
[Translated, from tlie French, which see in Appendix A, No. XX.]
CXXIX. SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS TO SEC. LORD DORCHESTER. o
Brusseh, June — , 1630.
Sir: IS
Before the receipt of your last of the 27th of May, according
to your style, Avhich Avas delivered to me on the 11th of June
according to our style (4th June, 0. S.), I knew nothing of the
passport wMch was desired for Mons*. Rustorf, perhaps because
your Excellency only made mention of it in your letters addressed
to Mons'. L'Audiencier : at least I cannot imagine the .cause of the
delay of that despatch, for I found the Infanta perfectly willing,
and Monsr. L'Audiencier very well disposed, to grant it promptly,
and I delivered it at once to your courier, with the letter of the
Signor Don Carlos to Mons*. Bruneau. The term of the pass
port is six months, wMch can be at any time reneAved, and as often
as you please, but her Highness says nothing concerning his stay
in Germany during the Diet, as that does not depend upon her,
but will be negotiated at the place itself, by means of abetter from
the Signor Don Carlos Colonna, through Mons*. Bruneau com
municating with the Duke of Tursis.200 Meanwhile, his transit
either way will be well secured in virtue of her Highness's pass
port. The news that your courier brought us by word of mouth,
of the happy accouchement of the Queen of a Prince of Wales,
Avas received by the Infanta with all the satisfaction and joy that
she could evince on similar occurrences happemng to Kings, her
'-m Don Carlos Doria is sent AA'ith a Commission and Instructions as Ambassador to
Genoa, by the King of Spain, a Man well known to King Charles 1st when in Spain,
[in 1623] by the name of the Duke of Tursis. — Sec. Lord Dorchester to Sir Isaac
AVake at Turin, April 15, 1630.
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nearest relations and allies. And as to myself, I confess the
extreme eagerness that I have to be and to appear a very zealous
servant of the King of Great Britain, had transported me to some
excess, if the outward disposition of the state at present had in any
wise permitted me. I hope the return of Mons*. Cottington's
Secretary,3" who they say arrived at London the 28th or 29th of
May (old style), will have greatly advanced, the business. We are
expecting here every moment a despatch from Spain, which does
not travel as quickly as usual, because a cavalier of quality brings
it : the ordinary courier, one of his party, arrived the day before
yesterday. I will not fail as soon as I get to my house at Antwerp,
to have a care of your picture,™ in conformity with the measure,
taking it on my own responsibility to serve your Excellency punc
tually, and wishing to have many opportunities to show my zeal
and duty in your seiwice.
I remain ever your Excellency's
Yery humble and very obedient servant,
Peter Paul Rubens.
[Translated from the Italian, which see in Appendix A, No. XXL]
CXXX. SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS TO [N. C. FABRI DE PEIRESC.™]
July 31
Antwerp,— — - , 1630.
Most illustrious & esteemed Sir : August 10
Your much desired packet has at length reached me, with the
very accurate drawings of your tripod and many other curiosities,
for which I send you the accustomed payment of a thousand
^ Arthur Hopton, see p. 157, note 214.
K'- See Gerbier's letter of i| July, 1631, p. 153.
-' 3 Nicolas Claude Fabri de Peiresc, Councillor to the Parliament of Aix, vras the
friend of most of the Savants and Artists of his time. In 1618, Louis XIII. gave
him the Abbey of Notre Dame de Guistre, near Bordeaux. This distinguished mau
had emissaries in all parts of the world, to seek out monuments worthy of being pre
served to science. He first bought the marbles of Pa-ro3 for 50 Louis, but some
differences arising about their embarkation, the Earl of Arundel [see Appendix B.]
subsequently bought them. He died June 2-1, 1637, in the arms of Gassendi, Avho
wrote his life in Latin. There are a great number of his letters preserved iu the
British, Museum. I have extracted the above sketch from " Lettres Inedites de
Eubens, par Emile Gachet," p. 2, who has also printed at pp. 251 — 255, a French
Translation of the above letter from Rubens to Peiresc, Avith the folloiving note in
French, " The translation of this letter, the text of Avhich is wanting, was made by
M. Thomassin de Mazaugues- (who married a niece of Peiresc), aud prepared during
the last century a Collection of the letters of Peiresc, Avho, at his death, left more than
10,000 letters, a great portion of Avhich Avere destroyed by his niece. It is one of the
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thanks. I have given to Signor Gevartio Wl the drawing of Jupiter
Pluvius, and have commumeated all the rest, as well as to tlie
most learned Signor Yendeliuo, who by chance was at Antwerp,
and came to see me yesterday with Signor Gevartio. I have
not hoAvever had time in two clays, viz., yesterday and to-day,
to read your discourse on the Tripod, which without doubt, on
that matter, must touch all that falls under the human intellect ;
but I Avill not omit, for all that, to state, according to my accus
tomed temerity, my views on this subject, Avhich I am sure you
Avill, ivith your usual candour, take in the best part. In the first
place ; all the utensils which rested on three feet, Avere anciently
called tripods, although they served for most varied purposes, as
tables, seats, candelabra, baskets, &c. And amongst others they
had an instrument to place on the fire under the crocks (chaudrons
in French) for cooking meat, as used still at the present day in
many parts of Europe, then they made a combination of the crock
and the tripod, as we know by ,our pipkins of iron and bronze
with three feet; but the ancients had made them with the most
beautiful proportions, and, to my mind, tliis was the true tripod
mentioned in Homer and other Greek poets and Mstorians, Avhich
they adopted, in re Culenaria, to cook their meats ; and with
respect to the viscerations used in the sacrifices, they began to
have " inter Saeram supellectilem ad eundem usum." But the Delphic
Tripod I do not believe they derived from this kind, but that it
Avas a sort of seat placed on three feet, as they still use commonly
throughout Europe, which had not the basin concave, or if it were
concave, to preserve within it the spoils of the Python, [Ave find in
the antique monuments seats with four feet, as the Sella Jovis
[seat of Jupiter], but still some stools or -seats have three feet, as
our OAvn stools,] it was covered on the top, and upon this the
Pythoness could seat herself with some hole underneath, but that
she sate with her thighs in the depth of the concavity does not ap
pear to me likely, from the mconvenience and cutting of the brim
of the basm. It may still be, that upon tMs cup was distended, as
upon a drum, the skin of the Python, and for that reason called
the curtain, and that it was pierced, together with the crock.
Certain it is, that in Rome they find divers tripods of marble
letters that M. Eouard had the kindness to copy for us at Aix." The Original, in
Italian is in my father's collection. [The passages Avithin brackets are in the margin
of the MS.]
*> See ante p. 129, note 165.
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Avhich have not any concavity, and they are accustomed still, as
you Avill see in several places cited underneath, to place often the
statues dedicated to different gods on the same tripods, Avhich
could not be, if not on a solid and level bottom ; and we must
believe that, in imitation of the Delphic tripod, they applied it to
other gods, and that the tripod denoted every kind of oracle or
sacred mystery, Avhence we see it still in the Mima? of Marcus
Lepidus, P. M. But what is more to our purpose I will state
with more care, that is, that the ancients used a certain kind of
warming dish or rechaud (as they say in French) made of bronze,
[there are tAvo rechaus of silver made in Paris of this kind, these
they adopted in every part,] to resist the fire, and in the form of a
tripod, of which they made use in their sacrifices, and perhaps
even in then- banquets. • There is no doubt, however, that this
was the brazen tripod so frequently mentioned in the Eccle
siastical History of Eusebius and others, which served for the
burning sacrifices to their idols, as you will see in the places cited
underneath. And if I do not greatly deceive myself, this brazen
tripod of yours, considering Avell the material, the small size, and
the simplicity of the work, should be one of these which they used
in the sacrifices for burning incense, and the hole in the middle
served for an air hole to make the coal burn better, as it is necessary
that all the modem " rechaus " should still have some one or many
apertures to this effect, and according to Avhat we can comprehend
from the drawing, the bottom of the basin or cup is broken and
consumed by the fire. [So that its quantity do not exceed the size
of an ordinary rechau, Avhich they use noAv-a- clays, and the figure
is so proper to this effect, that, Avhen I have need of one, I should
wish to make it in this wise]. This is as much as I can say at
present on this particular, leaving to you your own free and
correcting authority ; at all events, 'neither the Signor Vendelino
nor Gevartio have alleged to me sufficient reasons to the contrary,
nay, I think that, by little and little, they will incline to this
opinion. That leaden chimney is most worthy of remark, that
we ought to consider it " Saturnalibus optimo clierum." The
fragment is also fantastical, Avith those Egyptian gods and the
wind, which appears to me must have been some rustic calendar
to indicate the principal feasts and other mysteries of the seasons
of the year, and are intended to denote the circles round the heads
of their gods after the Egyptian manner, a's we see in the picture
of Isaac. But above all, appear to me most beautiful, those
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nuptial ring's, so beautifully inscribed, that Venus herself, with all
her Graces, could not make better. These are worth a treasure,
nay, they are inestimable to my mind. "We are all surprised that
you, Sir, in so great a public calamity, should remain with your
mind so Avell hi repose, that you can, Avith your usual taste, con
tinue your most noble study in the observation rerum antiquarum ;
Specimen animi bene Compositi et vera Philosophia imbuti. I hope,
hoAvever, that on the arrival of this the evil will have ceased, and
that you are already on your return to your sacred museum, that
it will please God may be with you all happiness and contentment
for many years, as this your devoted servant desires with all his
heart, and Msses the hands of your most illustrious Lordsliip.
Your affectionate Servant,
Peter Paul Rubens.
These drawings are exquisitely well done, and certamly in
their way cannot be surpassed, it will be well that you retain tMs
virtuous youth M5 near you, as the executor of your most beautiful
conceits. The portrait of your Excellency has been most gratify
ing to myself and to those gentlemen who have seen it, and rest
entirely satisfied with the likeness ; but I confess that there does
not appear to me to shine in that face a certain spirituality, and a
certain emphasis in the countenance, Avhich belongs to your genius,
which, however, is not easily attained by any one in a picture.
I return you again a thousand thanks for so many gems, and I
beg of you to be pleased, on my part, most cordially to kiss the
hands of the most gentle Signor de Yalaviss*, your brother, who
wrote to me from Lyons on the fourth of July, giving me neAVS of
having received my portrait, which there is no doubt will be badly
treated by the long voyage, and will be, in every Avay, unAvorthy of
your museum, except in the quality of a servant.
Hos locos contractos.
Most sad news has arrived here from Italy ; on the 22nd of July
the city of Mantua was taken by escalade, by the Imperialists, with
the loss of the greater pftrt of the inhabitants ; this grieves nie
extremely, from Miving served the House of Gonzaga many years,
and having enjoyed a delightful residence in that country during
my youth. Sic erat infatis. 105 Melan, Em. Gachet, p. 254.
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CXXXI. SIR II. VANE*6 TO SEC. LORD DORCHESTER. (Extract.)
Aug. 23 ,
Hage, -y^— -,1630.
My Loud: *&¦*
Here is an advertisement come from Rubens to the States that
for certaine the peace betweene his Maty & the K. of Spaine is
concluded.2" Yo* Lp may guesse what discourse tMs begetts here,
ss Sir Henry Vane Avas born in Kent in 15S9. He was knighted by King James
I. at NeAvmarket in March, 1612, and appointed cofferer to Prince Charles, on whose
accession he Avas made a member of the Privy Council. He was sent on several special
embassies — to the Queen of Bohemia in May, 1625 — to Holland as Ambassador
Extraordinary in Pebruary, 162S-9 — returned to London in the following May, but
was again despatched to the Hague on October 18, 1629. He was recalled on
iS ovember 2, 1630, and left Holland in March, 1631. His credentials as Ambassador
to Sweden are dated September 22, 1631. On February 3, 1639-10, was granted—
':The office of Secretary of State to Sir Henry ATane, Kn' Tr" of H. M. Household
during H. M. pleasur." Through joining in the prosecution of the Earl of Strafford
he was removed from all his appointments, and died in 1651, aged sixty-five.
3,7 The Peace with Spain was signed on the fs November, 1630, and proclaimed on
December 5 following.
" A relation of ye Ceremonie that passed in Spaine at the publication & swearing of
the Peace, by the King [of Spain], in January, 1630.
"The publication and swearing the peace was here performed Avith as much
sollemnitie and ostentation as they could well think on, with a manifestation not only
of a publique care, but a generall affection. Por the publication (which. was on. tho
5,K X'J '¦' st° vet.) there Avere erected scaffolds, all fairely hung with tapistrie, one in the
Palb.ce yard, and placed about the midst therof; but the K. coming to see it,
comanded another to be built, close to the Pallace, and under a Balcon, Avhere, himself,
the Queen, and both the Infants stood, and heard the Peace published. The other
scaffolds were, one in the Puerta de Gadalayara, another in the Plaga Mayor, and the
last in the Piac-uela. de la Villa ; upon all these it Avas published, with assistance of
principall Ministers of Justice. That night, by command, ther Avere bonfires &
luminaries, through the whole towne, which, by the same order, continued three nights
following. The i,h was the King's oath taken, at the Pallace, in a great roome called
the Salon. My Lo : Amb1, would have beene contented that his passage to the Pallace
might have been in Coach, But the K. Avould not hear therof, but that it must be
himself, and all the gentlemen of his Company on horse back, and to keep them
company, a comisslon Avas granted to the Duke of Gandia Mayor, Demo Mayor to the
Queen, [This Comis". Avas intended to be given to the Constable, because hi3 father
had don the like, when my Lo : Admirall took Phi : 2. his oath ; but he happened to
be indisposed at the time,] who, toAvards the Evening, came to my Lord's house, and
with him all the Grandes & gentlemen of qualitie in the towne, to the number of at
least 200 all in Galao. AVith this accompammimenta his Lop was conducted to the
Pallace, Avher he arrived about Candle lighting, and was conducted to the foresaid
salon (all buttheKing-'s servants and his Lop's Companie being keptout) in the upper
end wherof, the K. sate, and the Queen and all her Ladies, in a place not farr from him,
compassed with a seperation of lettiee [lattice] set upp for that night's service. On the
right Land of the State Avas placed a chaire for my Lo : Ambr to sit in, and on the
left hand was made a banco of Grandes, on which sate the Cardinall Sapata, who rose
up, and assisted by Andres de Rocas. (one of the See""* of State) read the matter of
all that the King was to take his oath upon. Then was a forme covered with redd
velvet brought before the K., Avheron was layd by the Patriarch a book of the
c\
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& Iioav they exclaiine against this proceeding, I assure them that
I know no such thing neither do I believe it, but this satisfies not
& they will not believe other, but tell me Amb™ sometymes have
the knoAA-ledge of affaires from their Masters last, or att least they
Avill seeme to have it soe.
& * # % *
Your Lord1'5 most humble and affectionate seiwant,
H. Vase.
CXXXII. R. MASON TO SIR H. VANE. (Extract.)
My most koble amd jitjcii nosovjREn Lokd: Ratisbone, Oct.15, 1630.
*****
It Avill perhapps seeme strange to some in England, that after
yc first overture made long since by yc Abbott de la Scaglia of
a peace wlh Spaine.5'* After Jerbier's imployem1 to Rubens in
ye loive Countreyes. After Rubens his interposition in y" name
of ye Infanta betAvixt ye Kings of England & Spaine & lis
expresse journey to y' purpose into Spaine. After another of
Mr. Endimion Porter to that King. After Mr. Eubens his knoivne
agencye in England av'1' coinission from y' King & ye extraordinarie
Ambassage of S* Francis Cottington begunne long before y"
beginning of this diet. After all these close and open treatyes
& a Duke of Turcis pretensively sent from Spaine, for ye service
of yc K. of England, hi yc behalfe of ye Palsgrave : his MatiC5
Extraordinarie Amb' heere should have but once audience of
yc Emp* in all this tyme & scarse one dispatch out of England.
* # * * &
Yo* Lops most affectionate,
R. M.
Evangelists, and a Crucifix, before which the K. kneeled, and took his oath to observe
the Articles of Peace ; this being don, the Cardinall asked my Lo : Embr AVkefher he
accepted that oath, in the K. his Master's Name, Ai-ho said I accept it. Then, the K.
called his Lop to him, and, amongst other discourses, Avished him to dispatch
presently, to acquaint tho K. what had passed, which he would have don that very
night, but with all the solicitation he could use, he could never gett this K. dispatch,
untill the day of the date of this letter. Prom the K. my Lo : was conducted to the
Queen (who had removed herself from the place wher shee satt to see the oath taken,
to a largo roome in her owne quarter) wher, Avaitecl on by all her Ladie3 according to
the state of this Court, she1 gave his'LGp a very gratious Audience. Thi3 Avas the end
of the Ceremonie, ther rcmayning nothing but that the Duke of Gandia accompanied
my Lord home in his Lops Coatch, and as he Ai-as to go out of the Court gate, ther
were provided, to entertaine him, very costly & curious fireworks, the whole street
being full of bonfires, in his way, and luminaries in every window. Thus much
touching the ceremouie."
2U8 The Spanish Treaty doth derive the first Source in the Duke of Savoy's Court.
Sec. Lord Dorchester to Sir Is : Wake, at Turin, August 11, 1629.
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On the Oth of December, 1630, Rubens, then in his 51th year,
Avas married, for the seeond time, at St. James's Church, AntAverp,
to Helena Fourment,*'9 his niece, avIio Avas scarcely sixteen years
of age; his first Avife's sister, Clara Brandt, haA-iug manied
Daniel Fourment.21" Descamps says she was of rare beauty, and
often served him as a model for the heads of Avomen, and that she
may be seen, exceedingly well represented, in the picture Rubens
painted for the chapel, Avhere he is interred, in St. James'
Church. On his return to AntAverp after his long absence, and bringing
with him his second wife, his fellow-citizens are said to have
regarded him at first almost as a stranger.211 He immediately
resumed his favourite occupations and studies,21- and served as
Boy en ties P cint res in 1631.213
These pursuits were, however, very soon interrupted. The
Infanta Isabella called upon Rubens to assist her in bringing
about a peace with the United Provinces, and in other nego
tiations. He appears to have left Antwerp for Dunkirk in July,
1031, for the purpose of seeing the Marquis d'Aytona, who
was then Ambassador from the King of Spain, in the Catholic
provinces, and had the chief -management of Foreign Affairs, and
to have been in constant negotiations at Brussels, the Hague,
Liege, Maestricht, &c., until the end of 1033, when they were
brought to a sudden close by the death of his Sovereign and
patroness the Infanta Isabella. TMs sad event took place on the
2-^g=^ 1633 ; and it will be seen by Sir William. Boswell's
letter of the 2nd December following, that the Treaty with the
509 The marriage wa3 contracted avee dispense des bans et du temps clos, which
signifies that the celebration took place during Advent, a solemn season when marriage
is forbidden by the Church. This double dispensation proves that Rubens avus
impatient to many his ce>- wife. (Alfred Michiels, p. 569). Helena Fourment
survived Rubens, and was married again to John Baptist Broekhoven, Lord of
Bergeyck, &c, by whom she ha3 left descendants, who still live at Malines, the
Counts de Bergeyck, brothers, and several sisters married. (M. Mols. MS. Note to
Descamps, p. 308.)
210 The epitaph of John Brandt, who died in September, 1639, and was buried in
the church of the Abbey of St. Michael, proves this relationship. " To Henry and
John, Juris-consults Bachelors; To Isabel and Clara; the former of whom was married
to Peter Paul Rubens, Knight, the Prince of Painters of every age ; the latter to
Daniel Pourment, a Diligent Merchant," &e. (Alfred Michiels, p. 16S.)
211 Alfred Michiels, p. 168, says that during three years Rubens had almost always
been away from home.
213 Peacham, in his ' Complete Gentleman,' says (edit, of 1661, p. Ill) of Rubens,—
" AV'hile he is at work he useth to have some good Historian or Poet read to him,
which is rare in men of his profession." More observations upon Rubens and his
Art, as relates to the practice of it, will be found in Peachain's work.
213 M. Mols MS. Note to Descamps, p. 309.
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Catholic Provinces died with the Infanta, although it is said that
Rubens returned from the Hague satisfied AAith having procured
the introduction of a peace.
CXXXIII. ARTHUR HOITON 21" TO SEC. LORD DORCHESTER. (Extract.)
Madrid, ^^1631.
May it please tor Lor : May o
£ * * # *
This Kinge is hoav resolved to send for Leiger Einl/ into
Enga Don Cristoval de Benavente, Avhoe is uoav in Yenice. He
hath shewed himselfe a man of great integrity, wisdome, and
moderation, to the satisfaction of both sides. But I conceave hee
canot bee in Engd yet these three monthes, and that may bee the
cause why Rubens and Nicolaldy (whoe is a man much esteemed
by the Conde of Olivarez) are comanded to goe presently
thether,21'5 and to remame there untill the Emb" arrivall, thus
much the Conde tould mee the last time I was av* Mm.
* * * ¦ * *
Yor Lops most humble servant,
Art. Hopton.
[Translated from the French']
CXXXIV. B. GEEBIER216 TO LORD TREASURER AVESTON. (Extract.)
My Lord : - Brussels, June 29, 1631.
* £ 5£ * &
The Sieur Rubens departs promptly towards Dunkirk to see
214 Arthur Hopton, of AVitham, Somersetshire, was Secretary to Sir Francis
Cottington, when Ambassador at Madrid, 1629 — 1631. On March 25, 1631, Secretary
Lord Dorche'ter n-rites to him, — " Now AP Chancello* of y * Exchequer is safely returned
for his person as he is succesfnlly and avowedly for his Ambassage, and you in ye way
of yor settled employm'." A AVarrant was issued on the 27th May foUowing for
40s. p' diem to Arthur Hopton, His Mat!es Agent in Spain, where he continued to
reside until the end of 1635, when AValter, Lord Aston, arrived at Madrid as
Ambassador. He was Knighted at AVhitehall on February 2, 1637-8, and soon after
replaced Lord Aston at Madrid, arriving there in the following June, and was
Ambassador in 1644, when there is a considerable break in the diplomatic corre
spondence with Spain in the State Paper Office.
2]S Rubens never visited England but once,. when he remained about nine months,
from about May 25, 1629, to about February 22, 1630.
2,6 In the Council Register, Car. 1, A'ol. VI. p. 552, there is the following entry.
May 31, 1631. A pass for Balthazar Gerbier, Esq., employed by his Ma':" as his
Agent with the Archduchess, requiring all his Ma<"" Officers Avhome it may concerne
not onely to suffer him to embarque with all his followers, servants, Truncks, Chests,
Ban-"- and Baggage ivith out search, at anie of his Ma"c" ports, but likewise to see him
furnished wth able post horses (if he shall require them) untill he come to the
sea side.
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the Marquis d'Aytona,217 who through his influence as Ambassador
of the. King his master in these parts governs absolutely all
foreign affairs, and consequently Rubens resolves on nothing
Avithout him ; on his return I will use my best diligence to find
out Avhat then1 resolutions are * * *
Your Excellency's
very humble, very obedient, and
very obliged servant,
B. Geebiee.
[Translated from the Frenchi]
CXXXV. B. GERBIER TO SEC. LORD DORCHESTER. (Extract.) 15
Brussels, July — , 1631.
Sir: 25
* * * * *
Monsieur Rubens, who is not yet certain about his journey to
England, told me .that the picture of Snyders he has had painted
for your Excellency is finished.. If Y. E. will send me the size
of the pictures you desire, I will punctually reply, and let you
know the price, and in everything I shall always be
Your Excellency's
very humble and very obedient Servant,
B. Geebiee.
[Translated from the, French.]
CXXXVI. B. GERBIER TO SEC. LORD DORCHESTER. (Extract.)
Sir : Brussels, July 22, 1631.
* * * % ' *
I wrote in my last for the size of the pictures your Excellency
desires, which must be had before the bargain can be made.
Monsr Rubens has given me the names of those in this
country who are worthy to paint them. He is still with the
Marquis d'Aj-tona near the Queen Mother, who will tarry some
da}-s longer at Mons, where she will take a course of medecme.
* * * * *
Your Excellency's, &c,
B. Geebiee.
517 The Marquis d'Aytona became Prime Minister to the Infanta Isabella in 1628,
when the Marquis Spinola was recalled to Spain, and continued to administer the
Government after Her Highness' death in 1633. Sir William Bo3well Avrites from
the Hague on || August, .1635,— "The Marquis d'Aytona, being lately dead (dead
suddenly), the 1). of Lerma executes his charge till fiirther order comes out of
Spayne."
PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS. 159
[Translated from the Flemish and Latin,™ which see in Appendix A, No. XXII.]
CXXXVII. SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS TO FRANCIS JUNIUS.219
July 22
Antwerp,-, — -— -, 1631.
Sir: August 1
You will be much surprised not to have received, long before
this, any tidings of the receipt of the book which, as appears from
yours of May 24, was destined for me. Yet I pray you to be
good enough to believe that the aforesaid book was remitted only
fourteen days ago, through one of this city, named Leon
Hemselroy, with many excuses for so late attention to it. This
is the reason why I have not answered your letter, as I wished
first to see and also to read the book, which I have now clone
attentively. To say the truth, I think that you have much
honoured our art by this immense treasure of the whole of
antiquity, recovered Avith so much diligence, and publicly arranged
in the most beautiful order. For tMs book, as I would tell your
Honour, in one word, is a rich storehouse, most fruitful in all
manner of examples, opinions, and rules, wMch, relating to the
dignity and illustration of the pictorial art, scattered throughout
the ancient writings, have been preserved to our time, and conse
crated, as it were, to our great advantage. Thus I perceive in the
title and argument to the book, " Be Pictura veterum " [On the
pahiting of the Ancients], that the object is attained by your honour
to a nicety, and even the axioms and rules, opinions and examples,
which afford the greatest information to us are inserted here and
there, expressed with a certain admirable erudition, elegant style
of expression, and in correct order. The whole of this work
21S The Original is in the British Museum. (Harl. MS. 4935, No. 25.)
213 Francis Junius was born at Heidelberg in 1589. He was educated at Leyden,
where his father was Professor of Divinity, and resolved to enter the army in the
service of the Prince of Orange, but a truce for twelve years being concluded in 1609,
changed his purpose, and he applied himself closely to the study of letters. AA'ith a
view to farther improvement, he first Avent to France, and then to England, where he
arrived about 1620. Delighted Avith his learning and amiable manners, the Earl of
Arundel made him his Librarian, with Avhom he remained for nearly thirty years
devoted to literary pursuits, and more particularly to the study of the Northern
languages. On the death of his Noble Patron he left England and visited Frieslaud
and Holland, remaining sometime in both these countries. He returned to England in
1674, but finding his health giving way, retired to Oxford in 1676, and died at the
House of his Nephew, Dr. Isaac Vossius, at AVindsor, on November 19, 1677, aged SS.
He was not only very learned, but a man of irreproachable character, and the author
of several most valuable works, amongst others, " De Pictura veterum," which forms
the subject of the above very interesting letter from Ruben3. (Chalmers. Biog :
Univers : AVatkins.)
ICO PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
being perfectly digested and polished with the greatest care, even
to the cover. But since these examples of the ancient painters
are only shadows, and for the apprehending of which we may
folloAv more or less closely, I could wish that some such treatise
of the paintings of the Italian masters Avere executed with the
same diligence. Their examples or prototypes are to this day
publicly sold, and can be pointed out AAith the finger, and I should
say there are such.
For those things which fall under the senses are the most
deeply impressed upon the mind, remain the longest, require
more careful, examination, and afford material more fruitful in
instruction to students, than those things wliich only present
themselves to us in imagination hke dreams, and fore-shadowed in
words only, being grasped at in vain (as the shadow of Eurydice
evaded Orpheus), often elude and frustrate each one in his hope.
We speak from experience, for how feAV of us would attempt to
subject to ocular demonstration any renowned work of Apelles or
Thimantes, graphically described by Pliny or other ancient writers,
for fear of indignity ; would it afford anything not insipid or not
averse to the majesty of the Ancients, but each indulging his own
fancy, would draw out most from that sweetly bitter Opimium-
[i. e. would produce something neAv in place of the original], and
would offer an injury to those illustrious dead, whom I folloAv Avith
the greatest veneration, and rather adore the footsteps of those
who have preceded me, than ingenuously profess that I am capable
of following them, even in thought alone.
I pray you, my dear Sir, to receive Avell those things which I
have been taking the infinite liberty of saying, in hope that you,
after such good promises, will not refuse us the crowning of the
feast Avhich we altogether much long after; for hitherto, no one
has satisfied our appetite, of all those who have treated on such
matters : for, as I said, it behoves to come to individual cases.
Wherefore I commend myself, with my whole heart, to your good
favour, and sincerely thanking you for the honour you have done
me by the presentation of your book and friendship, I remain, in
sincerity, Sir, Your humble and affectionate Servant,
Peter Paul Rubexs.
At Antwerp, in haste, and standing on one foot, the 1st of
August, 1631.
To Mr. Francis Junius,
At the Court of Earl Marshal Arundel, at London.
PAPEPvS RELATING TO EUBENS. 161
[Translated from the French.]
CXXXVIII. B. GERBIER TO THE LORD TREASURER AVESTON.
(Extract.)
My Lord : Brussels, August 12, 1631.
*****
Mons. Rubens has often entertahied me Avith the refusal of the
Dutch to treat, through the intervention of His Majesty. He
told me that the Abbe de Scaglia had left Madrid with power to
treat A\ith the Dutch, but that notwithstanding it should have been
through the intervention of His Majesty.2™
That noAV they would be very Avell able to enter into Conference,
but that the Abbe having received Ms orders, they could not be
reA'oked. Nevertheless, Rubens believes it will be necessary to
have further instructions, inasmuch as the Dutch obstinately and
maliciously refuse to treat through His Majesty; in Avhich (if true)
they exhibit then ingratitude, and care httle to obhge the King of
Bohemia. * * * .* *
Your Excellency's, &c,
B. Gerbier.
[Translated from the French.]
CXXXIX. B. GEEBIER TO KING CHARLES I. (Extracts.)
SIRE ; Brussels, September 22, 1631.
*' * * * *
A courier arrived from Madrid two days ago, by whom the
King of Spain sent Royal Letters, communicating this secret —
[that the Spaniards, before acting more openly, wish to see Monsieur
in possession of a strong place, which should be in Ms hands in
about a fortnight]— to the Infanta, and afterwards to the Marquis
de St. Croix, the Marquis d'Aytona, the Cardinal de la Coeva,
and the Chevalier Rubens, all of whom are commanded not to
communicate it to a living soul, or to any other minister who is
not in the secret.
w Dudley Carleton writes from the Hague, ^July, 1631,— "The Abbot de la
Skalia is appointed by the King of Spaine for that service (the Truce) ; he is shortly
to come againe heither, having receaved instructions to that purpose, and his euter-
tainement is mentioned to be 6000 crownes per mensem : besides a rich Abbey given
him in Sicilia of 6000 ducats reA-enue, and a pension for life of as much more."
162 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
* * * * *
I have learnt that the cause of the Queen Mother's long stay at
Antwerp was to make levies for necessaries upon her jewels, Avhich
she had sent to Holland, and that she Avas under the apprehension
that Cardinal Richelieu would seize them. I am well-informed,
for the Sieur Rubens shoived me himself two pieces [of jewelry]
upon wliich he had lent money.
*****
Mons. Rubens complains of the sudden caprice of the Secretary
of Monsieur, who appoints colonels and officers from among
those avIio are secretly dismissed, and without asking the advice of
the Marquis d'Aytona, there being, among the officers, those who
might betray Monsieur.
*****
Rubens informs me that the Marq. de la Yieu Ville has privately
sent to AA-ithdraw the secret resources which he had contributed
to the use of Monsieur.
* * * * *
Sire, Your Majesty's
Very humble, very obedient,
Yery faithful, and very devoted
Subject and Seiwant,
B. Geebjer.
[Translated from the French.]
CXL. B. GERBIER TO KING CHARLES Ist. (Extract.)
Sirs : Brussels, October 11, 1631.
*****
The truth is, the Pere Chanteloupe, of Avhom I have spoken in
my letter to Secretary Lord Dorchester, has clearly allowed Mmself
to be gained over or deceived by Cardinal Richelieu, whom he
serves here as though he were one of his creatures. He has com
pletely ruined the Queen Mother in the estimation of the
Spaniards and tMs Court. The Infanta is scandalised in a high
degree by the inconstancy of the Queen Mother to the Marquis
de la Yieu Ville, through whose prudence and probity Spain
hazarded a declaration of her good intentions towards the Queen
Mother. So that, as Rubens told me, it is resolved to communi
cate only with the ministers of Monsieur, and to listen to nothing
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that is proposed by Chanteloupe, Valance, or any other on the
part of the Queen. In accordance with this resolution, the
Infanta has secretly advised the Marquis d'Aytona not to admit
any of their demands, nor treat with them.
***** Sire, Your Majesty's, &c,
B. Gerbier.
[Translated fro-m tlie French.]-21
CXLI. THE MEMORANDUM SIR WILLIAM BALFOUR CARRIED WITH
HIM. (Extract.) October 16, 1631.
Coxceexixg the separation of the Marquis de la Vieu Ville, there
is this to say : — That the Queen Mother has alloAved herself to be so
carried aAvay by Chanteloupe, that, Avithout assigning any reasons,
she persecutes Vieu Ville to such a degree, as to request the Sieur
Rubens, to oblige the Infanta to bamsh Vieu Ville from these
States, with tMs protestation, that if he did not leave, she would
not remain. Rubens, in answer, replied, that the Infanta could
not bamsh the Marquis de la Vieu Ville.
[Translated from tlie French.]
CXLII. B. GERBIER TO KING CHARLES Ist. (Extract.)
Sieb: Brussels, October 29, 1631.
* * *¦ * *
I have sent tMs courier express to give your Majesty intelli
gence of a secret, Avhich the Chevalier Rubens entrusted me with,
about this journey [of the Queen. Mother into England].
Although the Sieur Rubens bound me to secrecy by oath, which
221 Lord Dorchester writes to Gerbier on September 22, 1631,- — " Sr AVill Balfore
hath his dispatch from theyr Ma'1", yet in opinion this messager you dispatched unto
me may arrive sooner & give you knowledge of his coining, I Avould not but give him
& such others as you shall employ encouragem' by letting him have some service
back ; & vth all lett you know (whereby to free you from all jealousye) y' howsoever
Sr AVill Balfore hath credential Ires as well to ye Infanta as to Q. Mother he hath no
more in charge then to passe complem' av' them both." He was knighted by King
James I. at Nottingham'on August 13, 1619. Lady Balfour was ordered to depart
out of the Limits of the Commonwealth [of England] on April 28, 1651. m 2
164 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
would have very much troubled nie but for this outlet, that I did
not promise him not to write about it to your Majesty, Avho will
[I hope] keep this a profound secret, for othenvise it Avould be
impossible for those whom your Majesty does the honour to
employ, ever to learn secret things. It is, that the Sieur Rubens
showed me a letter from the Abbe de Scaglia to himself, which
Rubens had deciphered, and in wliich Avere these Avords : —
" It is necessary, in accordance with what I have already
written, concerning the journey of the Queen Mother to England,
that this opportunity, the accouchement of the Queen [of Eng
land] to make the journey, be not lost, knoAving hoiv much her
presence might lead to negotiation with the Infanta, but that
no living soul may knoAV tMs intelligence comes from me."
*
Sire, Your Majesty's, &c,
B. Gerbeeb.
[Translated from the Italian, which see in Appendix A. No. XXIII.]
CXLIII. SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS TO THE ABBE DE SCAGLIA.
(Extract.) 5
November —, 1631.
15
* * >;- * *
I do not, hoAvever, understand that which your Excellency
says you have written to me, but which I do not find in any of
your former letters, viz,: — if this matter be treated of, it ought to
be as a hidden thing, and not pass tM'ough Gerbier's hand, who
has caused Mmself to be greatly suspected by Chanteloupe for
having, with some animosity, sustained the Marquis. However,
it would not much matter if they concealed the true secret from
liiin. The Infanta told me she had had some wind of it.
I advertised your Excellency, so that if you tliink proper you
should not trust yourself to Gerbier, who is contrary ; never
theless, for the good I wish him, I have advised him that he should
not directly oppose Mmself to a tMng, which, it is not impossible,
may take effect, that he may not remain napping in the midst of
persons so knowmg, and of such eminent quahty : at least, neither
I, nor any one dependent on the King of Spain, or the Infanta,
ought to bring themselves to this, but ought rather to endeavour
PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS. 165
to hinder it in others, even if it Averej merely to save our
appearance. [" The rest was a relation of the ill-governm' of the
Queene Mother."]
Peter Paul Rubens.
CXLIV. B. GERBIER TO KING CHARLES I. (Extracts.) 9
Brussels, December — , 1631.
Sihe : 19'
Ix my letters of the 23* Septr, I wrote to y° Lord Viscts Dor
chester of ye request Collonel Parrum told me that Count Jean de
Nassau had to make unto yr Maj,!° not to mediate a Peace or Truce
for the Hollanders, That yc Prince of Orange had declared unto
, him, being att Wesel, yc States would never hearken unto a Treaty
moved by your Majtie.
*****
The motto of tMs EMgma is, y* Sr Peter Reubens is gon on
Sunday last, the j of tMs month, wth a Trumpetter tOAvardes
Berghen op Zom, wtb ful power for to give yc fatal! stroke unto
Mars, and life unto tMs State & the Empire.
This voyage was resolved since y" defeate of the Challouppe
Army, but not knowne of any living Soule, save the Infanta and the
Marquis d'Aytona. *****
The other particularities are come to my knowledge by one
Mons. Montfort, Garde-Dames to y" Infanta, who is solely in trust
wih Sr Peter Reubens, who, before his departure from this Court,
gave me just subject of suspition that he was bound for some im
portant journey, for I, being entred in discours w,h him on the
French busines, he let slip a word that he had one in hand, the
good successe whereof may tend to the salvation of this State
and the Empire : I replied, that sure (as every one here would kill
ye King of Sweden) he was not to dispatch a Ravilac : he saide,
my dispatch is but one letter, wch I saw him receave from the
Infanta, under a covert wthout superscription. I tould him that sine
he was to goe for Holland, which he shghted as being a
time unfitt, but next morning he was gon for AntAverpe.
***** Your Majesty's, &c,
B. Gerbier.
166 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
[Translated from the French]
CXLV. B. GERBIER TO SEC. LORD DORCHESTER. (Extract.)
Brussels, December—, 1631.
c. 26
Sir :
I aa'rote to your Excellency concerning the joumey of Mons.
Rubens to Holland ; *3 he was three days going, two days at the
Hague, and four da.ys returning, and he was not seen by a liAing
soul, except the Prince of Orange at the Hague and the Chevalier
Morgan in returning.
On the evening of his arrival at the Hague, the Sieur Rubens
sent to speak to one named the Councillor Jumus, tMough him
the prince of Orange learnt what Rubens had to say to him. The
Prince of Orange feigned great astonishment that Rubens had
come, saying, that he would be a good capture, and that he knew
no other remedy for Mm except to retrace Ms steps the same
evening of his arrival. This ansAver sent the Councillor Junius
away in amazement. Rubens wrote a letter to the Prince, in
Avhich he conjured him by the past testimonies of his gentle
generosity, and the benevolence he had witnessed in Mm, to
permit him to see him, that he had not come Avithout a passport,
which he had, with his own hand, sent a year ago. The Prince
having read his letter, seemed as though he were troubled,
but said to Junius, " It must, be very ill that may nether be
seene nor heard," ,J/a and ordered the Sieur Rubens to. wait till the
morrow. The same evening he made him come secretly to Court.
The Prince said to Rubens, that the pretence he had made was
only for the States. Thus each plays his comedy: whether on the
part of Holland they dissimulate, it is certain, 'that here they
openly ask for their bread, for the love of God.
The Sieur Rubens has been very reserved, only stayed one mght
at Brussels, returning on the morrow to Antwerp, where he told
me he was going to get his despatch ready for a Courier, who
would be expedited to Spain on his return. I had the Sieur
Rubens followed, to know whether he did not return to Holland.
He is not at all communicative, I have got nothing out of Mm
522 On ig December, Gerbier writes that Rubens has gone towards Holland to
negotiate the Peace.
223 Written in English by Sec. Dorchester, who adds,—" a Duch proverb, signifying
that nothing can be so ill wch may not be seene or heard."
PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS. 167
except a word he let fall, through my proffering that it appeared
to me he had been ill-advised hi taking these steps, seeing the
conjuncture of the thne, which did not alloAV of the Hollanders
making a truce, when their adverse party Avas so Ioav. He said
that when the King of Spain should let Breda escape, that would
be the end of the War.
* * * * *
Your Excellency's, &c,
B. Gerbier.
[Translated from the French.]
CXLVI. B. GERBIER TO SEC. LORD DORCHESTER. (Extract.) 2
Brussels, February — , 1631-2.
Sik:
12'
Mons. Rubens has been Avritten to express, aaIio hastened
away the next day; and although he demes he is going to
Holland,-"' he does not confess being out of the Treaty. There
is great appearance of some secret interview with Monsr. de
Boullon, because Monsieur has sent to inquire after him, and it
is certain Mons. Rubens must see him.
They negotiate tMs business so secretly, and do all they can to
prevent the Sieur Rubens' first journey from being discovered.
This expedition also occurs just as a courier came from Spain,
from whence they were expecting an answer to the intelligence
wMch the Sieur Rubens had given his first negotiation.
* * * ~ * *
Sir, &c,
B. Gerbier.
On the - February, Gerbier writes that he will make a little
journey to Antwerp, to sound the Sieur Rubens, and try and find
out the object of the interview.
22'' There is a curious document in the State Paper Office, most probably sent by
Gerbier- to his government', upon Avhich lines only appear to have been drawn, in the
first instance, with the words [in Italian] " the height and breadth of the frame,"
but Gerbier has also written [in French] in some chemical fluid, to prevent it
being read, "The Great Painter Rubens of Antwerp has come here to treat with the
Deputies of the States General," &c. This is certainly an evidence of the great
secrecy with which these negotiations were carried on.
163 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
[Translated from the Flemish, which see in Appendix A. No. XXIV.]
CXLVII. SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS TO B. GERBIER. 2
Antwerp, April —, 1632.
Sir-: 12
I found on my return home the Patent of the "Privileges''
of France, together with your letter and those from the Chevalier
du Jar and the Sieur Juan Maria. The seal having been quite
broken is of no consequence, inasmuch as [the patent] will not
have the less effect. I am much obliged for it, and thank you
with all my heart, so I shall not fail to testify to the Chevalier du
Jar the acknowledgement that he desires from me. He is a
strange person, who can make himself valuable everyAvhere among
the greatest. God grant that it may end for the best, as I hope.
This will be delivered to you by the Abbe de Scaglia, with
whom I have conversed a httle on the affairs of Biscarat, upon
winch, as I believe, he Avill give you satisfaction. For whatever
Biscarat has charged the Abbe AAith, he was before fully informed
by others, and only came to him to scratch his tongue. I am
surprised that the Sieur Juan Maria does not desire to write, and
obtain some civility from my hand ; nor did I tMnk that we had
almost forgotten one another through so long a time. I am sorry
to observe that the French do you such ill-offices with Her
Highness and our great Ministers, although you need not care
about it, as you depend oMy on your King. Though it may
render difficult the affairs which must be treated of Avith them.
I have retired in the mck of time, and never had less regret in
any resolution taken by me at any time ; and having nothing
further, I commend my poor self and my wife, with my whole
heart, to your Excellency and your wife, remaimng to you both,
under all our circumstances, Your humble Servant,
P. P. Rubens.
[Translated from the French.]
CXLVIII. B GERBIER TO SEC. SIR JOHN COKE.225 (Extract.)
SlR. Brussels/-™23'^.
blR- JulyS,
*****
The Sieur Rubens spoke to me somewhat enigmatically, but
225 In another letter to Sec. Coke of the same date, Gerbier says,—" That tho
PAPEES RELATING TO RUBENS. 169
wrote to me more clearly (as appears by his letter inclosed)"*.
He has now confirmed what Don Carlos told me before his
departure, and asked the Ministers here, whether they had taken
me for a person in their pay? and if the Sieurs Nicolaldi
and Taylor were not to blame, if they were not correct in their
informations ?
The Sieur Rubens told me, in conclusion, that the Infanta had
been pressed to ask for my recall, Avhich she however desisted
from, saying, that she would not pretend to judge or give credit to
reports, unless they were authentic. I do not Iuioav whether the
Sieur Rubens is correctly informed upon this subject ; but I do
feel called upon (as I believed it to be my duty to render an
account of these particulars) to intreat, that I may be informed if
my conduct is in accordance Avith His Majesty's pleasure ; if it
is, my mind will be at rest. Praying God to preserve you in His
Safe and Holy Keeping.
Sir, your very humble and very obedient Servant,
B. Gerbier.
[Translated from the French.]
CXLIX. MEMORANDUM EXTRACTED FROM GERBIER'S ENTRY BOOK.
July 14, 1632.
The Sieur Rubens told the Sieur Gerbier that he had been
written to from England, that the Sieur Gerbier had said, in one
of his letters, he believed that His Majesty could, by assisting the
Queen-Mother, gain an advantage thereby, for the Spaniards
would then declare more frankly against France,227 which could
but facilitate the emersion of the Palatinate. The Sieur
Rubens said there were some unfaithfull persons who would
repeat this, and, furthermore, that the Infanta had shown him
(only an hour ago) a letter written from England, by one of the
greatest men, containing frightfull and outrageous tMngs, which
might cost several their heads who caballed in this State. The
Sr des Landes, Sec. to the Queen Mother, came to see him under pretence that the Queen
Mother wished to send a Gold chain to Van Dych in England, but Avith the real
object of relating the pitiable state into which the Queen Mother was falling
more and more every day, farther than ever from succeeding in her hopes."
226 j re!rret that I do not find this letter in the State Paper Office.
"7 Sir AV. Boswell transmits to the English government a copy of the French
King's declaration of war against Spain, J-~f, 1635.
170 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
Sieur Rubens added, they were astonished how in England they
risked such things, and continued, he feared (when the Infanta
said she had a letter to show Mm) there might be something fresh
about the Sieur Gerbier, but the Sieur Gerbier said he was glad
there was nothmg which concerned him.
[" Translation and extract of Ires of S' Peter Reubens unto me B. Gerbier, who had
written vnto him to draw the said Sr Peter Reubens unto answearcs, in writing,
to confirme the particulars he had tould me att his being here."]
*—¦ Tuty 25
CL. SOMMARY OP HIS LRE- OF -. ~ 1632.
August i,
I am sorry to understand, by yours of the 3rd of August, that
still ill offices are don you to your prejudice, & that you are vexed
therew*. Though it's hot strange that you desire to prevent what might
be of prejudice unto your reputation, & Avould enter into a course
of excuses wth Her Highnesse, whereunto tend the five articles in
your letter ; Yett, thereupon, I will tell you freely my opinion,
touching the letter from England, wch, on my soule, marckt not
your name, on wch you may rest assured.
The letter was written in forme of advertisem'3 unto her
Highnes :
Touching the Articles ; You must name noe body, and by noe
meanes me, wcl1 would only mine me wth my Maisters & disable me
to serve you :
I find noe difficulty in the first & second article, for as much as
concernes the French & Biscarat : But, on the third, I doe not
thinke fitt you shoidd dive soe deepe into Her Highnesses breast,
for I never heard that any tiling Avas Avritten ag* her owne person.
Likewise I doe not find fitt the 4th for the said reasons, neither
the fifth :
It may be her Highnes will open her selfe, as it's common that
one word brings on the other, etc. [See also Oct. i, 1633, p. 172,
and June I|, 1633, p. 181.]
PAPEES RELATING TO RUBENS. 171
[Translated from, the French.]
C'LI. B. GEEBIER TO SEC. SIR J. COKE. (Extracts.) 4
Bi-ussels, August — , 1632.
Sir : li
*****
I have been Avritten to from Liege, that the Sieur Rubens was
still there, negotiating with the Deputies of the States, although,
on the same day, I received a letter from the Sieur Rubens from
AntAverp, which makes me think some other person is in his place,
being certain that here they v\ish to complete the Truce, at any
price, which is no longer a secret.
*****
The last letters from the Army still assert, that the Sieur
Rubens was at Liege, if it is Ms shadow, the Treaty Avill have
no substance. ***** Sir, &c,
B. Gerbier.
[Translated from the French]
CLII. B. GERBIER TO SEC. SIR J. COKE. (Extract.)
Sw:
19
Brussels, August —, 1632.
The Sieur Rubens (after having communicated with the
Deputies of the States, resident at Liege) started to go to the
Prince of Orange on the J-f [August] .
***** Sir, &c,
B. Gerbier.
[Translated from the French.]
CLIN. B. GERBIER TO SEC. SIR J. COKE. (Extracts.)
Brussels, ^ll5! 1632.
Sib : September i,
*****
The Sieur Rubens returned from the Army the ^ August,
172 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
about 10 o'clock in the morning. I have lieard that, to make his
negotiation certain, he is sent to the Hague. That the Deputies,
resident at Leige, (principally those of Zeeland) promise great
things. That the Assembly of the toAvns are to meet upon this
busmess of the Truce on the 10th instant. [N. S.] That Leyden
and Harlem are the only towns of Holland Avho are opposed to
the said Truce — the consent of Dort, Amsterdam, Alkmaar, and
the other towns having been given. That the greater part of the
States are for the Truce. That the Sr Vosberghen is against it.
That after the Assembly of the ToAvns will be that of the States
General. That the result is to be sent to the Prince of Orange,
who will, through the aforesaid Deputies, let Rubens understand
when he will be able to return. This is what he tells- me himself.
* * * * *
That the Infanta, at the same instant [that this mediation is
understood to be in the name of His Majesty], would revoke the
authority given to the present Negotiators, as she- rejected the
Duke de Nieuburgh, in the credentials which the Sieur Rubens
carried on the part of the Infanta, and in Avhich the Sieur Rubens
is authorised to the exclusion of all others.
***** Sir, &c,
B. Gerbier.
[Translated from the French, by Gerbier.]
CL1Y. SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS TO B. GERBIER. 5
Sommary of the Ire of October — , 1632.
15
The subject of our dispute is a case incident to any man, that
certaine thinges are written, though I will not sustayne that Avhat
is Avritten is grounded on thinges to your charge, but, on the con
trary, I doe believe that you doe your utmost endeavours to serve
the King of Great Brittany your Maister, faithfully & punctually
advertise Mm of what passeth, &c.
PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS. 173
CLV. AVM. BOSAVELL2'-3 TO SEC. SIR J. COKE. (Extract.) 20
Hague, November — , 1632.
Right Honokable:
Accordixg to yor Hon™ Instructions, I have begun to reueAve
ray acquamtance & correspond" wth the Abbot de la Scaglea,K'J as
yor Hon' may see, by y" copie of my first heer inclosed unto him.
The hke, in effect, I have Avritten to Sr P. Rubin & for Mons' Gerbier
I AA'rite Aveekly. ***** Yr Hon™ most faithfull & most humble Servant,
Will" Boswell.
[Inclosure, translated from the French.]
CLVI. AV. BOSAVELL TO THE ABBE DE SCAGLIA.
Hague, November —, 1632.
Sir : 20
Having, but lately, heard that you were still at the Infanta's
Court at Brussels, and that you have the same affection, which
you always had, for His Majesty the King, my Master, I have
thought you would not consider me importunate, if I begged you
238 AVilliam Boswell, Resident for the King of Great Brittain, with the States of
the United Provinces, was made Knight by the Lord Vere of Tilbury, and other
Comisrs named in his Maj" Letters Patent, in the Army of the said States at
Buckstal near Balduck in Brabant, the 25 of July, 1613. The same day that the
Prince Elector Palatine received the Order of the Garter, Avhich said Patent or
Comis" bore Teste in England the 8th of June, 1633. There Is, in the State Paper
Office, a Warrant under the Signet, dated in January 1630-1, to "Patrick Young,
Esq., Keeper of His Ma" Library, AV™ Boswell, Esq., one of the Clerks of H. Ma"
Privy- Councell extraordinary, and Inigo Jones, Esq., Surveyor of H.M, AVork3,
requiring them to take into their cuatodie certaine ancient Coynes and Medalls of H.
M", both Greeke and Romane, in gould, silver, aud brasse, and to putt them into such
order as they shall thinke fittest for the ready knowledge and use thereof; Requiring
also all persons, in whose hands and custodie the said Coynes and Medalls doe
remaine, upon sight hereof, to deliver the same unto them." On the 30th May, 1632.
Boswell received an allowance for four years' attendance on the Council of AVar and
other services, by order of the Board. He arrived at the Hague on the 8th
September, 1632, with Instructions as King Charles l3' Agent, jointly with Sir Dudley
Carleton, nephew to Lord Dorchester. In 1633 BosAvell was joined in a Patent
granted to him and Sir Thomas Randolph, to be Keeper of State Papers for their lives.
On the 1th Oct., 1639, a AVarrant was issued tc the Exchequer "for an allowance of
40* by the day to Sir William Boswell, Kn', Resident for his Mat)r with the States of
the United Provinces, for his enterteyn' in that service."
283 Sec. Coke had instructed Boswell to "renew his old acquaintance with the
Abbate de Scaglia, who now carrieth a hand with the Spanish Councils."
174 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
to communicate with me, sometimes, on matters affecting the
honour and service of His Majesty, particularly on the occasion
and overtures of the Treaty (which is in hand) betAveen these
Provinces and the others respectively, which I pray God may
tend to the public good, and begging that you will always keep
me in your good opinion, I remain, Sir,
Your very humble and very affectionate Servant,
Will* Bosavell.
[Translated from the French.]
CLVII. B. GERBIER TO SEC. SIR J. COKE. (Extract.) 17
Brussels, December — , 1632.
Sib: 27
*****
The Sieur Rubens told me that he had heard his Majesty would
do the Dutch, if they wished, a good turn, respecting the truce
Avith the King of Spain.
***** Sir, &c.
B. Gerbier.
Gerbier writes from Brussels f^-~§. The Sieur Rubens, who
Avas AA'ritten for express, came here to day to consult immediately
upon the expedients to facilitate the truce, of which he had made
the first draught.
[Translated from the French.]
CLVIII. B. GEEBIER TO SEC. SIR J. COKE. (Extracts)
Bnissels, January — , 1632-3.
Slit : 15
It seems that these Ministers of Spain intend waiting some
days for the return of the courier, who went to Madrid on the 4th
of this month ; and that, on the other side, they think to renew the
business at the point where Rubens left it, who was proceeding in
directa lima from the King of Spain- to the States General.
Rubens having this morning sent a despatch to the Hague to the
PAPEES RELATING TO RUBENS. 175
Deputy of the States General, Terestyn, who was one of those
Avith whom he had been in commumcation.
The Sieur Rubens has been sent for here to give account (by
command of the Infanta) to the said Deputies, of passages and
particulars of his negotiation, in order that they might be aAvare
of the conditions which, they say, those on the other side seem
inclined to entertain. Rubens' account, probably, related only to
those terms which he turns to the account of the Spaniards, and
which may be the reason why these States are suspicious of him.
So much for the two points; the delay in the departure of the
Deputies, and the coming of Rubens.
***** Sir, &c.
B. Gerbier.
[Translated from the French]
CLIX. B. GEEBIER TO MONS. AUGIER.230 (Extract.)
Brussels, January — , 1632-3.
Sir.:- 21
*****
The Deputies are about leaving, but it appears that the
Spaniards have been long awaiting the return of the courier from
Spain, and some answer to the despatch which Rubens sent to the
Sieur Terestyn at the Hague. That the Spaniards feel they
have only got the eel by the tail, and do not know how to dis
engage themselves from these States. In the beginning their
journey was with the approbation of the Spamards, but on their
return, insisting upon the point of the pleni-potentia, they con
vinced them how unsatisfactory their proposition was, and urged
them, as an act of duty, to endeavour to modify the articles.
*****
B. Gerbier.
CLX. AV. BOSAVELL TO SEC. SIR J. COKE. (Extract.) 17
Hague, January — , 1632-3.
Right Honobablk: 2'
* * * * *
For the Treaty in expectation between these and the other
' 23° RenS Augier and Henry Devic were King Charles Is' " Agents in Prance," for
which employment they each received an allowance of 20s. per diem.
176 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
Provinces (whereof I gave yo' Hon' y°- trew state in my former) the
Deputies, who went to Bruxelles by promise and expectacon to
have been heer againe the 12th current, st. no. are not yet come,
being very loth, it seemes, to part Avth out such powre from th'
Infanta and their King as may suffise for going thorough av* the
Treaty wherin they are engaged, at least be expedient for their
OAvne coming of, wth safety to themselves, and satisfacon to their
Assembly, and several! Provinces. Sr P. Rubens hath lately had
a Salvo- Condotto granted him by the States Grail, in probability
to follow hether, Avhen the DeptiC3 (who wilbe heer er long) shall
have mollified the States demands, and bring both Commission
and Tnstruccon's requisit from his Mast', both for the Dep*1" and
Mmself, in case ye Depties finde cause 'to invite Mm heth'.
* * * * 3
Yo' Hon" most humble and faithfull servant,
WiLLm Boswell.
[Translated from the French]
CLNI. B. GEEBIER TO AV. BOSWELL. (Extract)
Sir :
1 8
Brussels, January —, 1632-3.
The Sieur Rubens, by command of the Infanta, has been sent
for to this court, to give an account of his negotiations, during his
journeys to Holland, Maastricht, and Liege. He will have to
inform the States here, and their Deputies of the articles Avhich
have been proposed at these conferences, and of the communica
tions Avhich he had, both Avith those States as well as these, which
he was sure were indispensable for the Truce. To say that his
account Avas as an unbuttoned doublet I cannot ; but there is
great jealousy on both sides. The Spaniards acknowledge their
mistake in having diverged from their first designs, and committed
themselves with these States, who wish an end to the war at any
. price, because they are sensible of the infallible ruin of their
country, if they do not place themselves in a position, which will
make them agreeable to their neighbours, and which will also
render their present enemies tractable.
But, to return to the Sieur Rubens, these States have made
several complaints that he kept up a correspondence in Holland
PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS 177
and endeavoured to negotiate to their injury, and that he demanded
a passport, from Avhich they concluded he wished to go over there.
The Sieur Rubens informed them, that he had but asked for a
renewal of the pass Avhich the Prince of Orange had previously
given him. I told you, in my last, that he had written to the Sieur
Terestyn, on which account these States have been so very jealous,
that you might as soon have seen the Sieur Rubens in company
with the States in Holland, as fire and water agreeing together,
for the Duke d'Arschot has a great aversion to him, for several
reasons, too long to relate. If ever you see the Sieur Rubens with
powers at the Hague, I am greatly deceived if they will serve to
make a good understanding with the States, for the excesses which
the Spaniards suffer in their authority and re -establishment in
these Provinces, and in the hearts of these people, are- capable of
bringing about a crisis the end of wMch will be fatal.
*****
B. Gerbier.
CLXII. AV. BOSWELL TO SEC. SIR J. COKE. (Extract.)
ff January 24, , ,,„, „
Right Honourable t Hague, _____ lo^-d.
*****
Since my last of 27 Jany. st. no. the 5 Depties of the other side
are now 2 dayes since returned hither, Avith Comission, as I under
stand, only to report to their Superiours at Bruxelles, wch cometh
farre shorte of what they promised and must perforate, before any
truce, cessation of Armes, or Treaty, will be obtayned here. I
heare Sr P. Rubens is qmte of, of any employments this waie,
especially by the opposicon of the Deptics, because hee is none of
their bodie, if not rather because he is an immediat Minister of
their King, and having more sperit then any member of them,
hath acquired so much more envie among them.
* * * * *
Yo' Hon" &c.
Will" Boswell.
[Translated from the French]
CLXIII. B. GERBIER TO SEC. SIR J. COKE. (Extract.)
~ Brussels/™™^ 26> 1632-3.
OIK February 5,
The Sieur Terestyn having procured a passport signed by the
173 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
States General for the Sieur Rubens, he has come here to know
the Infanta's pleasure, who has put off his j ourney, until intelligence
is first received as to the negotiations of the Deputies of these
States. The States, on the other side, meet with very great advantages
in this conjuncture; for as the Spaniards seem to wish to do_ their
utmost, that these States should not be able to make themselves
Master of Affairs (whither tends that agreement wMch they force
themselves to concert) the Spaniards (in their extreme need) hasten
to offer such good terms for the truce, as that the Hollanders may
accept it, and emulation is so great to be Masters of it, that they
seem to outvie one another as to who shall offer the most. This
is the foundation of the Sieur Rubens' journey, altho' under
pretext of carrying his papers, and giving explanations of his pre
ceding negotiations to the Deputies there, so that they may be
fully informed of the conditions already agreed upon, and of the
conferences wMch the Sieur Rubens had at the Hague, Maestricht
and Liege.
It will be seen, by my former letters, that the Sieur Rubens was
sent for here on the same subject ; and it also appears that his
account related only to particular passages ; this is very certain, as
it was the cause of the Duke of Arschot and some of the Deputies
being jealous of the Sieur Rubens, and protesting to the Infanta
against the violent injury to their reputation and probity, by
Ms refusal to transmit Ms papers to them. Rubens, however,
acted according to the express command of the Infanta, who made
hmi retire to Antwerp, three clays before the departure of the
Deputies, with especial orders not to see any body, nor, on any
account, to let the said papers go out of his hands ; all of which
confirms what has been alledged.
The Duke of Arschot arrived at Antwerp, was waiting for the Sieur
Rubens to bring his said papers: but Rubens was not seen by any
body, and wrote what he had to say, upon which the Duke of Arschot
took occasion to send him an angry letter resenting his conduct ;
the conclusion being, that the Sieur Rubens' proceedings were not
conformable to Ms quality, which could not allow of his writing to
the Duke of Arschot without pretending to be his equal.151 There
01 The following letters, printed in French by Alfred Michiels, pp. 171— 173, are
those alluded to by Gerbier. The first is from Eubens to the Duke of Arschot. " My
Lord : I am very grieved to hear of the re3entment Your Excellency has shown upon
the demand of my passport, for I am proceeding in good faith, and beg of you to
PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS. 179
is no news,, as yet, of the arrival of the Deputies at the Hague ;
meanwhile the Sieur Rubens remains at Antwerp until further
notice. ***** Sh-, &c. B. G briber.
[Translated from the French]
CLXIV. B. GERBIER TO AV. BOSAVELL. (Extract.)
qrR . Brussels, Jttmarf S0> 1632-3.
bIK - February 9,
*****
There- is no news of the arrival of the Deputies at the Hague.
The Sieur Rubens has left here, and is awaiting at Antwerp the
Infanta's resolution, Avho sent for him back after the departure of
the Deputies. He has received his passport, signed by the States
General on the other side, who will take special care- to fail in the
truce, seeing there is so much emulation amongst tlie- offerers
[proposers of the peace]. If the Sieur Rubens goes to Holland,
believe, that I shall alway3 render a good account of my actions. Also, I protest
before God, that I have never had other commission from my superiors, than to
serve your Excellency in every way, in the procurement of this business, so necessary
for the King's service, and for the preservation of tlie country, and I should consider
him unworthy of life, who, for his own private interests, Avould cause the least delay
to it. Nevertheless, I do not see what inconvenience Avould have arisen, if I had
carried my papers to the Hague, and delivered them into Your Excellency's hands,
Avithout any other commission or capacity than to offer you my very humble service,
desiring- nothing in thi3 world so much, as opportunities to show effectually that I am
with all my heart, &c.:' The Duke of Arschot's reply : " Monsieur Rubens : I ha\-e seen
byyourletter,the sorrow you express,beeause I had shoAvn resentment upon the demand
of your passport. You also say that youare proceeding in good faith, aud beg of me to
believe that you will always render a good account of your actions. I might well
have omitted doing you the honour to reply, for having so notably failed in your duty,
by not coming in person to find me, without being so confidant a3 to write me this
letter, Avhich is very well for persons who are equal ; since I Avas at the Inn from
eleven to half past twelve o'clock, and returned there at half past five o'clock in the
evening, and you had plenty of leisure to speak to me. Nevertheless, I will tell you
that all the assembly who are at Brussels, thought it very strange, that after having
entreated Her Highness, and requested the Marquis d'Aytona to send for you, to
communicate your papers to us, Avhich you wrote me you have, and Avhich they
promised to us, instead of this, that you should have demanded a passport ; it i3 of
very little importance to me how you are proceeding', and what account of your
actions you render. All that I can say is, I shall be very glad that you should learn
for the future, how persons in your position should Avrite to those in my station."
w 2
180 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS..
it will be after the Deputies have given their first advices ; his
pretext will be to carry papers to the Deputies, and enlighten
them on those points in which he had treated.
*****
B. Gerbier.
[Translated from the French]
CLXV. B. GERBIER TO SEC. SIR J. COKE. (Extract.)
Brussels, Fthnm-y™> 1632-3.
Sib : March 5,
*****
The Spanish Ministers have requested the Deputies to procure
a passport from the States on the other side for the Sieur Yanden
Wouwer,'"32 one of the Commissioners of Finance, a comrade of
the Sieur Rubens, who will not go, on account of the aversion and
misunderstanding between him and the Duke of Arschot. These
Spanish Ministers say, as a pretext for sending the Sieur Yanden
WouAver, that he will inform the Deputies, on the other side, oi
the wishes of the King of Spain, which the States here take very
ill, it being notorious, that if the Spanish Ministers design to
continue the Treaty by their negotiation, they should have en
lightened and explained everything to the said States. That then
the sending of the Sieur Yanden Womver would serve for this
design; and these States are the more confirmed in this belief,
through having discovered, that the Spaniards had endeavoured to
conceal the Sieur Rubens' negotiation, of which the States, on the
other side, had shown to the Deputies a copy of the Articles, in
rough draft, made at the Conferences of Liege and Maestricht,
between the Prince of Orange and the Sieur Rubens.
***** Sir, &c,
B. Gerbier.
[Translated from the French]
CLXVI. B. GERBIER TO SEC. SIR J. COKE. (Extract.) 9
Brussels, March —, 1632-3.
Sib: 19
*****
The Sieur Josias Vosberghen233 mediates here in the universal
:"" See ante p. 113, note 144. 233 gee ante p 112j note 143.
PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS. 1S1
negotiation. He made a journey into Holland, after his return
obtained a passport for a person, ivho, it is said, came with him
from Holland, and who is incognito at Antwerp, treating with the
Sieur Rubens, with the consent of the Infanta and the Marquis
d'Aytona. *****
B. Gerbier.
CLXVII. B. GERBIER TO SEC. SIE. J. COKE.. (Extract.)
Brussels, June— ,1633.
Mr SINGULARS VEST GOOD Lo_> :
Affaires here for the present appeare with this face, That as
from the beginning of interveus and parlies between Sr Peter
Rubens and his correspondents, on the Holland side, for to com-
passe a Truce, the Spanish Ministers thought fitt to give way to
the negotiation, soe, having cause not to incline soe much to a
parlie betweene theise States and those of Holland, the said
Spaniards (when the Catholique States were entree! in conference
with the Hollanders) kept a secret correspondence on foot with
some of the Holland side, either to crosse the negotiation of the
Catholique States, or to make use of the said secret correspondence,
when the Catholike States negotiation should faile, or prove con
trary to their interests. And soe these Spanish Mimsters (affec-
tioned to truce) still make use of Yande Wouwere, one of the
Cofnis of Finances who was joined with Sr Peter Rubens.
***** Your Lords** Most humble and obedient Sen-ant,
B. Gerbier.
[Translated from ihe French, by Gerbier]
CLXVIII. SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS TO B. GEEBIER 19
Summary of the letter of June— , 1633.
I woxder att the brutall proceedings of S' Nicolaldy & Taylor
in your regard; I take to my charge, the first time I shall come
to Bruxelles, to try the Infanta her pulse on the calomnies laid on
you, &c.
1S2 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
GLXIX. SIR WM B03AVELL TO SEC. SIR J. COKE. (Extract.) 2
Hague, December — , 1633.
BlGHI HOXOBABLK :
The publiq aff m of this place are still (as in my former) nothing
new arisen or advanced. Their Treaty wth the Cath : Provinces
for a truce being dead, as they believe, Avith th' Infanta ; because
their proceedings in this behalf, Avere wholly fownded upon a sub-
stitucon from her High", and poursued by her gr* piety and desire
of some peaceable accofhodacon : wch a successor of young &
warmer blood will hardly entertaine wtb the like devotion.
* * * * *
Yo1 Hon15, &c,
William Boswell.
CLXX. B. GERBIER TO SEC. SIR J. COKE. (Extract.) 9
Brussels, May — , 1634.
Right Ho»ble - ' * 19
*****
It's said Mr. Taylor,234 e're his coming to Bruxelles, went to
Antwerpe, to offer S' Peter Reubens a pention, if for his Mter service
(he) would take his dwelling att Bruxels, & correspond w,h
England. * * * * * •
Y' Hon", &c,
B. Gerbier.
CLXXI. B. GERBIER TO SIR ARTHUR HOPTON. (Extract.)
S,R . Brussels, May £, 1634.
* * * * * •
I wonder much the Duke of Arseot should have accused,
amongst strangers, the honest Marquis de Yieuville, for I conceive
Mm as unfit a subject to frame a lye on as S' Peter Rubens, who
« John Taylor, his Ma«« Agent at Vienna, was sent into Spain for his Majesty's
affairs, as appears by an account to May 24, 16-2 5,-" the tyme he returned home,"
wherein he also prays for reward " for seven yeares in his Ma"" service, having gon
many long and dangerous journeys." There is a Warrant dated February 28, 1635-6,
to pay to "John Taylor, Esq., his Majesty's Agent at Vienna, 5002. without accompt."
PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS. 183
yc Duke of Arscot said to have made patternes of tapistry hang
ings for the Prince of Orange, in wch the King of Spaine and his
subjects most Mdeously represented, wcb invention proves but
malice of the said Duke, S' Peter Rubens never having thought
on such a thmg.
***** B. Gerbier.
CLXXII. B. GERBIER TO SEC. SIR J. COKE. (Extract.)
Brussels, June — , 1634.
. Right HosEI-3 : _ lo
S" Peter Rubens, being the 10th present come to towne to
conferre wth the Marquis d'Aytona on the diking about Antwerp,
visited me & showed me an extract of that part of Duke D'Arscot's
deposition wherein an English Secretary is named — Sr Peter
Rubens told me I was meant by the name of an English Secre
tary : Spaine calling by that title such as are not Ambas's, wisht
me to take notice of it : I asked Mm whether he had order to tel
me soe much; said to have shewen me the said Extract m
confidence, moved thereunto of hmiselfe.
I said to wonder as much att Duke D'Arscott's invention on an
English Secretary, as.S' Peter Rubens might for ye said Duke's
false accusation of tapistry paternes made for the Prince of Orange,
wherein the King of Spaine & his subjects said by S' Peter Rubens
abused. ***** B. Gerbier.
The documents preserved in the State Paper Office, do not
furnish evidence as to when Rubens was commissioned to pamt
the Decorations for the Banqueting House at Whitehall; but a
letter from Rubens himself, proves that as early as September,
1621,23i he was the artist selected for that work. It was most
probably in 1629, on the occasion of his first and only visit to
Enoland,"36 that he was commissioned to pamt these' magmficent
2-':5 See ante pp. 59 — 61. ...
-S6 Rubens only traced the sketches of the several pictures during his stay in London ;
beEcan the paintings on his return to AntAverp, and it is believed Jordaens assisted
^•ith them. (Alfred Michiels, p. 170.)
IS 4 PAPEPvS RELATING TO RUBENS.
pictures, the sketches of wMch he made during his stay in
London. The following correspodence will show that Rubens had com
pleted these pictures, for which he was to receive 30001., before
August, 1G34; and although Gerbier writes to Charles I., as also
to Sir Toby MattheAv on the 1st August, 1634,237 that "the great
worker Sir Peter Rubens hath made for Y' Maj" Banquetting
house, lye here, as if for want of money," he does not appear to
have been instructed before July, 1635,2M "to assist in sendmg the
Cases of Pictures " to England ; and then a correspondence
ensued, as to how they were to pass " free of license," which
caused a month's delay. So long a time had e^psed smce
Rubens had completed them, that " he resolved to overpaint most
of the said pieces att his OAvne house." "3SI It became necessary to
" retouch and mend the cracks which had been caused through
their haAingbeen rolled up almost a whole yea.T,""i0 and he feared
that, when he had passed into England, he might be taken with
the gout, which had only lately confined Mm to his bed for a
whole month, and would prevent him from placing the pictures,
and retouching them if necessary.
It was not until the 3rd of September, 1635, that Gerbier
wrote to Rubens, infornung hhn that " His Maj1* will reimburse
the expenses of the free license, in case the said Pictures are
charged with any, and, that he will, with pleasure, repay your
bills." U1 The two cases of pictures were delivered by Rubens
to Lyonel AVake,243 a Merchant at Antwerp, who sent them to
Dunkirk, by waggon, on the 28th September, 1635,243 to be put on
board the first sMp for London. They Avere addressed to
William Cokayn, a Merchant in England, who was instructed to
give notice to Secretary Windebanke of their arrival in England,
that they might be sent for, and presented to His Majesty.
Rubens sent " one of porpose ui to sett up the pictures," but he
became " soe desperate sicke, as unable to performe the journey,
so another was made choice ™ of," and they reached England in
October, 1635, fifteen months after they were originally finished,
and about six years after Rubens had- most probably been com
missioned to paint them. It will also be observed, that the
™ See p. 185. *» See p. 101. *» See p. 196.
-" See p. 194. 2" Seep. 19;.. =« See p 2t)\.
-v See p. 2C0. =14 See p. 200. m See p. 200.
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first sum of 800^. " in parte of payment of 3000Z. due to him by
his Ma"e for picturs," was not paid until the 18th of November,
1637,2"16 and that se\-en months elapsed before the last payment of
3507.247 was made ; a period of more than two years and a half,
having intervened, from the time they reached England, until
Rubens was paid in full for these pictures.2"'
CLXXIII. B. GERBIER TO RING CHARLES I.
Brussels, August —, 1634.
May it please in 3lAJly :
Being an mfallible truth I may not, will, nor dare not Avillingly
displease y' Maj*7. Wthout scrupule may I then relate Avhat mali-
tious tongues or ignorant spirits utter seing the great worke S*
Peter Rubens hath made for y' Maj'3 Banqueting house, lye here,
as if for want of money. Spaniards, French, & other nations talke
of it, the more it's said "the matter to reach but to 3 or 4 thousand
pounds. Having noe other interest in this then y' Maj" hon', I
remaine confident what noted wilbe taken as ye duty of
Y' Maj* &c.
B. Gerbier.
CLXXIV. B. GERBIER TO SIR TOBY MATTHEW.
( Brussels, August —, 1631.
SH: U
It's known you love my Lord Treas', I must not doubt of it
wthout to Avrong his Lop and you. My choise being soe good, take
then (I conjure you) a fitt hower to represent unto his L. Spaniards,
French & other nations here, avIio frequent S' Peter Rubens
house, talke much y° greate workes he hath made for the banqueting
house lye in his as arrested for Avant of money to call Mm & the
said Avorke into England. The matter is conceived to reach 3 or .4
246 See p. 203. 2J7 See p. 205.
Z4S Thefollowing extract of a letter from Sir AV. Boswell, the King'3 Resident at
the Hague, to Sec. AVindebanke, is an evidence of the condition in which King
Charles I.'s finances were about this time. Hague, Jg December, 1635. "YorHonr
Avill perceive how earnest JUr. Calaudrini, and the Parties, who have his Ma"" Jewells
at pawne heer, are for their moneys, principall & interest AVtb expence, haveing (as he
writes unto mee) by Pub. Notary insinuated unto him, That paym' be made by a
certaine dav, ur, for default, they would put the Jewells to reall and publiq sale, for
their satisi'acou."
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thousand poimds. In God's name must he be expedited, that
ye world may have noe subject to talke, & my Lo. Treas' an
eminent one to show his care, I should be guilty, if to much
tendernes did keepe me silent on a matter, wch, to my hearing
here, toucheth the lung's honor. Pray talie wel theise few lines of
Y' &c. B. Gerbier.
CLXXV. B. GERBIER TO SIR TOBY MATTHEW. 15
Brussels, August — , 1634.
gn . - 2o
If, for want of true Engl: phrases, my last, of the -rV pres* to you,
hath not exprest my meamng, as seemes by yours of -f\ to me, the
trouble of this carrieth excuse along wt!l it, of w* confident if yu are
still my friend.
What I have touched (conceaving fitt my Lord Treas' by your
polished tongue to be acquainted of people's talkes, pictures for
Ms Majts banqueting house lye uncalled att S' Peter Rubens) was
my duty, proper to a Royall Sentmel to relate Avhat come to his
hearing, there leave it, though whensoever called from Ms watch,
may be (as most men) led to severall and particular affections.
J" ay mon espingle aujeu aussy bien qiCun autre,2*" and, therefore, if
by theise feAv lines I can expresse my selfe, I may be sure you will
approve (charity beginning att home) I should doe good offices for
myselfe, ere to strangers, by whom my cliinmey cloth not smoake.
What offices y* doe for S' Peter Reubens as you say, to have made
your taske of it, pray lett that goe on his score, cause I meane
not to render thankes for it.
I receive soe smal comfort, as it were noe wonder a man wth Mee
charge, I live here languishing for allowances, should yield to the
severe Philosopher erecting gallies, mine to differ his, heming in
my selfe, if fitt, and wish the world to live noe longer till wearied as
Yo's &c.
B. Gerbier.
2" I have my stake in the game as well as another.
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CLXXVI. B. GERBIER TO SEC. SK P. AVINDEBANK.
Rioht Hoa"" - B™»*>> sl^SSk, UU-
I have reca y' lion" letter of ye 1G Aprill last, by the hands of
Mr. Naviland, imployed by his Maj'7, for yc procuring of greeke
matrices or caracters. Mr. Naviland tells me to have ben att
AntAverp wth y° printer, who hath yc best Matrices of greeke
caracters, but hath not sped : The Printer will not, for money or
love part from any Caracters, lesse Matrices : I have writt about
ye same to Sr Peter Rubens who hath creditt in y' towne ': And
cause y' lion' doth recommend the busines, wtU expresse of his
Maj" pleasure, I doe intend, wth God's grace, to make for Antwerp
& try the uttermost what may be don in y* matter, if the party
will understand noe reason, it must not breake my heart, smce
it's not in man's power to force such as stand in free will.250
Humbly taking leave, &c.
B. Gerbier.
On tlie 7th April, 1035, Prince Ferdinand, Governor of the
Netherlands, and brother to Philip IV. King of Spain, made his
public entry into Antwerp.31 The triumphal arches,252 eleven in
number, tM-ough which he passed, were, at the solicitation of the
magistrates of the city, designed by Rubens. He was, however,
unable to take any part in the proceedings, being, unfortunately,
confined to his house by a severe fit of the gout, with which he
250 Gerbier Avrites on y* ~~', that he has been to Antwerp & prevailed Avith the
chief Printer there, '•' Avho Avill furnish Mr. Naviland with caracters, but not
matrices, they are kept a3 each good man his wife — the casting of sd caracters will
require six iveeks time."
251 On lg April, 163-5, Gerbier writes from Mechlin to Sec. Coke, — ."The Infant
Card1 begun lb'"1 pres [N. S.] his journey for Antirerp, landed that afternoone att the
Castle where lay all night, next clay 3 of the clocke afternoone made his Entry into
the citty adorned w"1 many triumphant arches & other showes, att w"h y6 Spaniards
wondered much, & y1 the people could be att such charges. The Infant Card1 hath
ben extreamely pleased & satisfied av11" his said entertaynm', ivch hath bin made
good by extraord'' faire weather, stayes now for a convenient tide to retourue by
Mechlen." There is a very interesting volume describing this event, and illustrated with a
series of twenty-nine plates after the desig-us of Rubens, the letterpress written by
his intimate friend Caspar Gevaerts. It is entitled, Gevarsii pompa introitus
Ferdinandi Austriaci, Hispaniar: Infantis,&c,in Urbem Antuerpiam cuminscript
et comment." Folio, Antwerp, 1642. (Carpenter, p. 169.)
ss" They are all fully described by Michel, pp. 208—245.
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was, at this period of his life, very often afflicted. The Prince,
who was acquainted with the great artist Avhen in Spain and
Brussels, on learning the cause of his absence, paid him a visit,
and remained some time examining Ms gallery of pictures and his
works of art."3
[Translated from the Italian, which see in Appendix A.254 No. XXV.]
CLXXVII. SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS TO [N. C. FABRI DE PEIRESC]. 21
Antwerp, May — , 1635.
Mosr ILLUSTRIOUS ASD AtffCH HONORED Silt : 31
You will have already seen by my former letter that I have received,
through Mons. Le Gris, the neAvs of the successful issue of my
Processo in Parlamento. I am indebted to the favours and good
offices of your friends, as I have written more at large to you with
my thanks, .though far beloAv your deserts, which entail on me a
perpetual gratitude, so long as I have sense and life to be able to
honour and serve you with all my energies. Mr. Auberey inti
mates to me that my opponents will not yield, but have presented
Requeste Civile, which has been placed in the hands of Counsellor
Sauoier to look over and make his report on. I do not under
stand cMcanery, and am so simple as to have thought, that a
decree of the Court of Parliament was the final decision of a law
suit, without appeal or after reply, as the sentences here of the
sovereign councils ; and I cannot, therefore, imagine what can be
.the object of tMs rich-testa. I did not fail to send immediately to
Madame Saunier the impressions of my prints, as requested by
^3 Michel says, pp. 247— 248,— This was not tlie first visit of its kind that
Rubens received ; in June 1625 the Infanta Isabella honored him Avith a visit, at
Antwerp, on her return from Breda, accompanied by her first Minister and
Generalissimo, the Marquis Spinola, and Prince Sigismund of Poland, as did also
Marie de Medicis, when she passed through Antwerp in 1631.
yA The original letter Avas found in a copy of the Luxembourg Gallery, formerly
belonging to the Rev. Mr. Cracherode, and now in the Print Room of the British
Museum. The above translation was sent by Mr. AV. H. Carpenter to, and printed in
the Athenjeum [No. 1490, May 17, '56, p. 617], Avith the following prefatory remarks.
'-' There is no address on it, but there is great reason to believe that it was Avritten to
the celebrated Nicolas Claude Pabri de Peiresc; for in the volume of Lettres
inidites de P. P. Rubens, published by Emile Gachet at Brussels in 1841, at p. 25S,
will be found a letter, in Italian, addressed by Rubens to this eminent man, from
Antwerp, of the date of the 16th August, 1635, having reference to the same subjects
set forth in the present letter. By a note at p. 83 of the same volume, it Avill also be
seen that Peiresc had obtained for Rubens a Privilege for the sale, in France, of the
Prints engraved from his works."
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M. Le Gris in his way tMough the place, who, when I requested
him to make known to me Avhat was requisite to provide for the
costs, douceurs, and acknowledgments due to those who have
co-operated in this matter, begged me to defer it till his return
[excepting oMy to Madame Saumer, which he wished should be
clone immediately K3] , as he did not happen to have the account, and
was anxious to make the distribution Avitli his own hand, aud that
in the meanwhile he had left special orders that nothing should
be Avanting for the rest. He assured me, that Mr. Auberey had
taken on himself to get everything necessary for the entire settle
ment of the tMng, but he did not tell me that he woidd disburse
any money, as I perceive, from the copy of the letter to you,
that he has paid 20 escus quarts for the fees, of which he does not
make mention in that which he wrote to me on the 22nd of May.
Now, I do not know how to act ; whether I ought to repay this
sum only to Mr. Auberey immediately, or Avait the return of M.
Le Gris, or whether to -write to Mr. Auberey, supposing he had
disbursed for the expenses of my suit in the absence of M. Le
Gris what was necessary, in order to take up the judgment and
other things. I beg of him to make known to me how much it isr
that I may reimburse him the first opportunity, as I will do
speedily, and I shall add some trifle as a mark of gratitude. As
to the scruple of the triennial interval, between the first and last
privilege, it originates in the ciphers of the year marked under
the lesser Crucifixion [1632], which are written with such
ambiguity that one is not able to discern whether the last figure
is 1 or 2, though it must necessarily be a 2, but its horns and
projections are not sufficiently indicated. It is well known, how
ever, to all the world that in the year 1631 [? see p. 157] I was in
England, and it was impossible to have done tMs engraving in
my absence, having been retouched (as is always the custom)
many times with my own hand. Since this doubt has not been
mooted by the opposite party, there is no occasion to place it in
dispute. We shall see what will be done with the Requeste. We
are in great trouble from the passing of the French army to the
assistance of the Dutch, which [near to Marche en Famine] has
put to rout Prince Don Thomas,256 of greater importance, on
555 The passages within brackets are in the Margin of the MS.
536 Prince Tomaso, youngest son of the Grand Duke of Savoy, and Governor of
the Province of Lisera, some six mile3 from Shambri. (Intelligence from Turin, §-}
May, 1630.)
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account of. the disrepute and fright, than of the loss, very
few having been Mlled ; but the greater part of the drums
of the mfantry are taken, together with the artillery and
baggage. This loss is attributed to the temerity of the general,
who, AAithout spies and without bemg well informed as to the
number, force, or movements of his adversary, would come into
action Avith so great disadvantage, that he was defeated in less
than half an hour. Many peojile saved themselves in a neigh
bouring wood, or from the bad state of the country. It is certain,
that the rupture between the two CroAvns is come to the culminat
ing point, wliich gives me great uneasmess, being by nature and
choice a peaceful man, and an especial enemy to disputes, law
suits, and quarrels, both public and private. Besides wMch, I do
not know if in time of war the privilege of his Majesty will be
valid, and, in that case, all our labours and- expenses to obtain the
decision in Parliament, for the purpose of maintaining it will be in
vain ; and, above all, I dread the States of the United Provinces
will oblige me to keep their privileges inviolable, in time of open
war, so that our correspondence will run the risk of another cessa
tion for some years, — not on my part, but, probably, you being a
person of eminence and in high office, may not be able to carry it
on, without incurring some suspicion. I shall always conform,
though with infimte concern, to whatever shall be necessary for
your tranquillity and security. With tMs, humbly Mssing your
hands, in great truth, I remain,
Most illustrious and reverend Sir,
Your most humble and obliged Servant,
Peter Paul Rubens.
[Of the little box we have, as yet, had no tidings, and I am, by
. God's grace, recovering from my gout. I have given orders for
the trifles you desired ; but with respect to the medals, with
those notes of Monsieur Rockox,257 Mtherto he has not been able
to find any.]
To conclude, the wonders that you tell me of the movement of
the stones versus centrum gravitatis (which I perfectly understand),
and towards the circumference of the centre of the place where
they are formed ; of this I ingenuously confess, up to this time, not
to have found any one mentiomng-it, nor do I understand, how it
257 He was the friend of Rubens, and one of the greatest lawyers in the city of
Antwerp, see ante note 20, p. 6.
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takes place, if you do not explain yourself more clearly ; and so
also appears incomprehensible, the cause of that sympathetic
movement m the bladder of that relative of yours, who is ill with
the motions of the moon, but my time being up, on account of
certain interruptions, I must leave these most charming discus
sions, most tasteful to my palate, to a better opportuMty, and
again I Mss vour hand.
CLXXVIII. B. GERBIER TO SEC. SIR P. AVINDEBANK. (Extract.)
Brussels, July — , 1635.
Right Honble : 20
I have y' letter dated 31 present, there wa his Maj'3 commands
I should take order the peeces of "paynting made hy Sr Peter
Rubens, for the seehng in the Bancquetting-house, may passe
w'hout paying custom, and to assist him m sendmg the casses of
pictures into Z eland, were they are to be putt in som English
bottome, for their more safe transportation.
I have written unto Sr Pieter Rubens, to know of him of what
custom desires to be free, for if itt be of the Holland side, it's
necessary Sr William Boswell informed of his Maj'3 pleasure con
cerning the same. Iff of this side custom, weather the matter
deserves sueing for itt, wch I thought fitt to aske him, cause those
of these Finances soe precise, as refused me flatt the passage of
stone from Namur into Holland, att the request of one M' Stone,
who would have imploied the said stone on her Maj" worckes,
in Denmarc House guardin, wch first refusall would make me
shunne (iff had my choise) to begg any like courtesy att theire
hands ; howsoever, I shall follow my prescribed rulle, Sr Peter
Rubens standing m need of what required concerning the saidcus-
toine, and assist hhn in the transportation of Ms pictures for
Zeland w* my best adresse.
***¦»-» Y' hon"
most humble & obedient Servant,
B. Gerbier.
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CLXXIX. B. GERBIER TO SEC. SIR F. AVINBEBANK. 17
Brussels, Jtdy —, 1635.
Right Hone,'b : 27
I accused in my last letter, dated fQ pres', the receate of y™ of
the 3rd, and said to have written unto Sr Pieter Rubens, to knowe
weather desired his pictures for Ms Majts Bancketting-house free
of this countrie licent or Holland, case of Holl4, requisite S*
Will11 Boswell receaves his Majts orders to procure the said freedom
theire, and case meant free licent from this side only, could wish
noe necessity to move the sute, these Financiers greedy, and theire
former refuse considered, as I mentioned in my last.
Sr Pieter Rubens hath since written two letters unto me ; ex-
prest in his first to desire I would repaire to Ant werpe, and receave
(as his Maj'3 Mmister heire) the afore said pictures, take order for
their transportation by Zeeland, and cleere the licent, wch he saith
will amount above five or six in the hundred [that is to say, of the
value of the pictures] , except the Infant Card1 pleased to quitt
his right, as the late Infanta was pleased, for the transportation
of such pictures Sr Pieter Rubens made for Q. Mothers gallery
att Paris.
I answeared unto S' Pieter Rubens first letter, would repaire to
Antwerpe, iff my presence and that formality to receave those
pictures in his Maj" name, necessary.
That he should doe well to make use of his friends wth the
Infant Cardinal, that I might be assured (before hand) to receave
noe deniall when should speake or write for the freeing of the
licents for the said pictures. S' Peter Rubens saith, on my second
letter, would willing make a step heither, iff not stayed by the goute
and the Court absent, would use means wth the Marquis d'Aytona
(his ould friend) touching the aforesaid licents, but apprehends
itt would not be well taken he should sue for the licent when his
Maj'7 hath a resident in this court; saith to conceave (by the sence
of my letter unto him) I should be of opinion S' Peter Rubens
obliged to deliver Ms worke in EngMand, wch consequently should
imply he must cleere the licents Avch he saith practised noe were,
and never was subject unto, Finally saith, conceaves I should
doe well to procure an order from his Majtr to pay the licents,
case not remitted, and all such other charges more as may arise
concerning the said pictures transportation, Leaving to my choise
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to make for Antwerpe for as much imports consyniug the pictures
unto me.
All wCI1 considered, y' hon' Avilbe pleased to prescribe me Ms
Maj'3 further orders, Weather I shall, in Ms Maj'3 name, sue for
the freeing of licent, and iff I shall charge myselfe Av,h the
pictures, case S' Peter Rubens should att last shunne the care for
theire safe transportation into Enghland. Also, y' hon' pleased
to direct what more reqMsite for all such charges of licent, or
expences for theire transportation, wch iff clone out of hand the
better, cause such conbersome bulks as the picture casses wilbe,
require the best season of the sommer for transportation, Itt
being Avhat I have to say touching that matter, Humbly take my
leave, and rest
Y' Hon', most humble obedient Servant, B. Gerbier.
CLXXX. B. GERBIER TO SEC. SIR P. AVINDEBANK.
t>,„„_ -ct„„ble Brussels, -^ ' ' 1635.
Right Hosble : August 10,
By my last of p July humbly craved to know, Avhether I should
engage Ms Maj'3 name to demand free passage for Sr Peter Rubens
pictures, made to fitt his Maj'3 banqueting house, cause y" said
S' Peter Rubens likes noe charges, & yo' Hon'3 letter to me, 3d that
month, leaves the words following : viz :
" There is a busines, Avci His Majty hath commanded me to
recommend to yo' care, wch is, that you take order y* the peeces of
painting, made by S' Peter Rubens for ye seeling in the banqueting
house, here may passe wlh out paying customes, & y' you assist
S' Peter in sending the Cases of pictures into Zealand, where they
are to be put into some English bottome, for their more safe
transportation hether."
I touched in my said letter of the ^ Sr Peter Rubens said the
Customes would amount above five or six m the hundred, wc\
according S' Peter Rubens seemes to esteeme Ms said worke
for the banqueting house,- may amount to three hundred sixty
poimds and above, Avch considered moved me, in the second, to crave
y' hon' to direct what more requisite for all such charges of lycent,
or expences for the transportation.
Your. H" last to me of 24. July saith to have had noe com-
194 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
mission concerning ye Customes, Ms Maj'y never intending to be
suter to ye Infant Card1, nor to hinder Ms Officers, the Customers,
in soe small & inconsiderable a trifle, ye diligence expected from
me, only to cause them to be carefully made up in strong cases &
soe iinbarked & putt into sure hands, & consigned to some person
resj>onsable, according directions in your former ; that for Holland
yo' Hon' understand not ye said pictures have any relation to
those parts, but if they have, that I shall doe well to write unto
S' William BosAvell, to use the like care & not to sticke for any
Customes or dutyes payable for them.
All Avoh compared obliged me to write once more, requisite I be
furnished wth money to cleere' all such charges, . since S' Peter
Rubens saith not obliged thereunto ; having don the first of Ms
part, the second to passe into England will alsoe doe, if his
health permitt, & assist to ye well placing of his said pictures &
to retouch them, if soe then found necessary : The pictures must
be sent into Zealand, cause by land impossible by reason of their
bulke, if any dutyes to be paid there it must be S' William
BosAvell's care to folloAv yo' hon13 directions, as I shall punctually
observe them in quality of Your Hon'3
most humble obedient Servant
B. Gerbier.
[Translated from the French]
CLXXXI. B. GERBIER TO SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS.
Sir:
g
Brussels, September — , 1635.
13
I have received a letter from the Chevalier Windebank, his
Majesty's Secretary of State, in which I am again commanded to
use despatch in sendmg off the pictures which you have painted
for the Great Hall. You have not yet informed me whether the
said pictures are in a fit state to be sent away. Your last letters
say, that there was still much work to be done in retouching
and mending the cracks, wMch had been caused through their
having been rolled up almost a whole year ; and further say you
wished to finish them in such a manner that it would not be
necessary to retouch them in England, Avhere you said you pur
posed going (your health permitting) to have them placed, agree-
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able to His Majesty's pleasure : that you had Avritten to the
Marquis d'Aytona to obtain leave for your said journey, but had
not then received an answer on that point, that you would inform
me when the pictures were ready, so that I might go to Antwerp,
and take the necessary steps to see them securely shipped in the
charge of the most trusty agent, to have them safely landed in
England. I have uoav further to inform you, that Mons. the
Secretary signifies in Ms- letter, that His -Majesty will reimburse
the expenses of the free licence, in case the said pictures may
be charged with any, and that he will, with pleasure, repay your
bills. This is, therefore, to beg of you to tell me when your said
pictures will be in a fit state to be packed up, so that I may
do justice to the orders which have been given to me, and do
justice to myself also ; that I may sleep hi repose Avithout worrying
too much, if heavy gales should blow, although their utmost rage
could never reach me; nor even those who bring forward this
proverb, - saying, These are the worst things that I can say,
although the best for myself; wishing, hke the Emperor who
desired to live in a house of glass, that all the world could read
my heart. I divert you too long from your attractive occupations,
so Avill conclude, and remain-, Sir, your very humble Servant,
B. Gerbier.
CLXXXII. B. GEEBIER TO LIONEL AVAKE. (Extract.) 3
Brussels, September— , 1635.
or . 13
I sexd here inclosed a letter of S' Francis Wiudebanck, one of
his Maj'3 Sec. of State ; it's about pictures of S1 Peter Reubens
w"1 must be sent into England.
S' Peter Rubens wrote to me m Ms last letter, the pictures not
yet finisht & to require some time, cause intends to put the said
pictures m termes as shall not neede to be retouched when sett
in tlieir place in- the Banquetting house, that he would advertise
me Avhen time to take order for the said pictures safe conveyance
, into Zealand, and, for their better seurty, procure all what can be
expected from my confrater S' William Boswell.
Thus I have expected Avhen S' Peter Reubens should advertise
me to repaire to Antwerp to speake w'h him, w'h you cause you are
o 2
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best acquainted wth transportation of goods & doe all what neces
sary, according my orders received concerning that particular.
I pray repaire to Sr Peter Reubens, cast an eye on the pictures &
after well informed in what state they are, & when ready to be put
up in cases, make thereof an exact relation unto S' Francis
Windebanck by this Ordinary, for I shall not time enough receive
Sr Peter Reubens answeare to notice the same M my letters of
this Aveeke, since they goe tomorrow night.
Pray chide S' Peter Reubens for leasines to write, for I con
ceive, if gout lettes Mm paint, he may doe more & lett me knoAV in
good time what quantity the pictures casses wilbe that I may write
unto S' Wil. Boswell for a safe passe, if soe necessary, wch I
conceive may be to hinder the breaking up of the case in the
Ylote att Lillo or elsewhere.
*****
Accuse (I pray) the receipt of the- inclosed, speake w'h S' Peter
Rubens as said here above & notice alsoe the same into England.
***** I rest Yo'3
B. Gerbeir.
CLXXXIII. B. GERBIER TO KING CHARLES I. 4
Brussels, September— , 1635.
May itt please vh Majty :
It's noAV two monthes past I received order to take care for
ye sending of S' Peter Reubens pictures for y' Maj'ya Banqueting
house, and to procure the free licents ; I did, att y' time, notice
my said orders unto Sr Peter Rubens, expecting of him answeare
when fitt for me to repaire to Antwerp ; he replied, resolved to
overpaint most of the said peeces att his owne house, cause
necessary at thand, and fearing, AA'hen past the seas, to be taken by
the goutt, of av* often visited, wrote to me since to have bm most
a whole month a bed of the said desease, & itt^y* cause his pictures
not fully finisht,** written, also, since to have sent to late Marquis
d'Aytona, for leave to passe into England, but to have receaved
noe answeare. I had, in the interim, time to consult M' Sec.
Windebanck whether free licents for the said pictures should be
demanded in Y' Maj1'3 name or not, cause I conceaved tied to the
same duty of all servants, not to ingage their Master's name nor
253 ijine WOrds more advanced have, been struck out, and fully finisht substituted.
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purse w*hout expresse order ; if that care subject to other inter
pretation, I beseech Yr Maj'7, according Ms accoiistumed Royall
bounty, 'to reflect on the meaning, for nothing in this world shalbe
able to make me slow in my duty, be the charge never soe great,
lesse in soe small a matter of sendmg pictures to a barke, Avch I
did intend to accompagme w'h a servant of mine, till the pictures
delivered att Whitehall, therefore needed noe second for the said
cofhission, lesse the matter wholly remitted to an other; but
Y' Maj'3 pleasure shall ever be my Aville. I have written againe
unto S' Peter Rubens to hasten aAvay the said pictures, 'ere hard
weather makes foule seas, & shall, as soone Sr Peter Rubens saith
to be ready, see the pictures in their cases & if need, as said, send
a man expresse wth them over Zealand, recommend them to a
person, who shall putt them in an English barke for London &
take care the customers of Zeland breake not bulke.
I mention, in Mi-. Secret7 Cokes letter, the late Infantes mouve-
ables & Jewells are now agayne putt to publike saile ; thought fitt
to touch in this, that 120 pearles of 200 CroAvnes apeece are to be
sould, the fairest of water & the perfectest, as I conceive, in the
world ; the other halfe of a chayne King Phillip gave to his
daughter, Duchesse of Savoye ; & should the late Infante have
had them, if att that time bargained, she said the Marchant
stood upon ten sty'3 more for each. If Y' Maj. were minded to
have them, they are to be sould. It's what thought fitt to sett
doAA'ne by Yr Maj. &c,
B. Gerbier.
The Pearles waigh 16 graynes apeece, they are 120, to be sould
at the last word for five thousand pounds starhngs.
CLXXXIV. B. GERBIER TO SEC. SIR P. AVINDEBANK. 4
Brussels, September —, 1635.
Right Honsobablb :
I have recieved your's of 28 Aug. last, therein an enclosed for
Mr. Lyonell Wake, wch I have sent unto him; also desired he
should repaire to S' Peter Rubens, and know when the pictures
for Ms Maj3 Banqueting House ready to be putt up in cases for
their transportation. To mention in his letter, hy this Ordinary,
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unto yr Hon', what Sr Peter Reubens saith concerning the same,
whereby it shall appeare I knowe not yett Avhat it is to be
wanting in my duty.
Your Hon' commanded me to take order for the safe & speedy
transportation of the said pictures, wcb to doe I needed noe second,
but Sr Peter Reubens, on whom lyeth the fault they are not before
this thne sett up in their dessigned place, where (as he said) was
att first resolved to retouch and overpaint them, but hath since
changed mind to finish them here att his owne ease, fearing not
to be soe well fitted of all necessaires in England, or his wonted
infirmity the gout. Writt also to me, he could gett noe answeare
of Ms dispatch to the late Marquis d'Aytona, concerning leave to
passe into England. Desired I should expect to heare of him,
when time for me to repaire to Antwerpe to send the pictures
floting towards Zealand, and settle a good course for the other
halfe of theire journey ; soe as I have not omitted a minute of
time, lesse any thing of what commanded.
Iff I had time enough to consult Yo' Hon0' whether the free
licent should be demanded in his Maj a name, (yo' honno™ first
orders to procure the said free licent my ground worke) I humbly
beseech my zeale may not turne to my disadvantage, smce it's a
common rule to servants sent abroad by great Princes, not to
ingage their Maisters name nor purse, w'hout expresse order.
Considered how little great Princes may esteeme a round
somme, I did not trouble myselfe about the variety of the order
or circumstances, neither was, nor is it possible for. me to be putt
att a stand in my duty, wch I beseech yo' hon' soe to conceave
of me. Yr honnors most humble and most obedient Servant
B. Gerbier.
CLXXXV. LIONEL AVAKE TO SIR P. AVINDEBANK.259
Antwerp, September —, 1635.
Right Honorable : ¦*¦*
According to the comandment wch y' honnor Avas pleased to
give me l>y your Lere of the 28 August, I went presently to speake
wth S' Peter Rubens about the pictures, wch he is to make for Ms
Mag'ie, who tells me that they are all finished, onely one peece
259 Nos. clxxxv. clxxxviii., and cxciv. to cc, have been printed by Mr. Carpenter in
the Appendix to his Life of Van Dyck, pp. 170 — 175.
PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS. 199
wch ivill not be through dry in 8 or 1 0 dayes : so soene as they are
ready I will desyre him to be present himselfe, to looke to the
packing of them, that they may receave no hint, and then, when
they are delivered to me, I Avill not be wanting to do my deAvty to
send them safely to Duynkerk, vtcK I conceave is the surest and
speediest wave, whereof I will render unto ye honnor a pertieuler
accompt what mony shalbe disburssed for the charges thereof :
And so I humbly take my leave, ever resting,
Y' honnors most humble servant
Lyonell Wake.
CLXXXVI. B. GERBIER TO SEC. SIR P. AVINDEBANK. (Extract.) IS
Brussels, September — , 1635.
Right Hon8"5: 2S
* * * . * *
My Secretary retourned last night from AntAverp, where I had
sent Mm to looke out a house for a retreate, case tins infection
increase here, hath spoken wtk S' Peter Reubens, who saith five of
his pictures, for his Maj'3 Banqueting house, wilbe ready to be sent
from Antwerp, towards Dnnequerq, tomorroAV sennight [26th Sept.] .
May they passe free from French and Holland'3.
* *" * * *
Your Honours, &c.
B. Gerbier.
CLXXXVII. B. GERBIER TO SEC. SIR P. AVINDEBANK. (Extract) 2
Brussels, October- — , 1635.
Right Honorable :
#¦ * * * *
Part of Sr Peter Reubens pictures, for the Banqueting house, have
theise five dayes bin on their way for Duncquerq. May the man
soone recover, wch S' Peter Reubens saith shoMd make w* them
over the seas, & for whom I have sent a Passe.
* * * * *
Yo' Honnors, &e.
B. Gerbier.
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CLXXXVIII. LIONEL AVAKE TO SEC. SIR P. AVINDEBANK. 3
Antwerp, October — , 1635.
Right honorable :
Uppon Saterday last, [28th September] in the afternoen, S' Peter
Rubens delivered unto me the case260 of Picturs for his Mag'7; the
wch I have sent to Duynkerk, by wagen, and I doubt not but, by this
tyme, it is there arived, and will be sent from thence by the first
sMpp that goeth to London : and I gave order that it should be
sent unto Mr. Will" Cokayn, marchant, to the end that he maye
give y' honnor notice of the arivall of it ; that then you maye send
for it, and present it to his Mag'7. I caused it to be packt, m the
presence of Monsieur Rubbens, in the best manner we could ; so I
doubt not but it will com well conditioned. Monsieur Rubbens
intended to have sent one of porpose alonge wa the Case, and I
gave him a lere to our factor at Duynkerk, to assist him in taking
his passage to goe allong w* the Case, but he sent me worde that
the party was fallen syck, and so made some doubt whether he
could goe or not. When I have the note of the charges, wch is
payde out at Duynkerk, I will send y' honnor the particulers of
what I have layde out in all : and so I humbly take my leave, ever
resting Y' honnors most humble Servant
Lyonnell Wake.
CLXXXIX. B. GERBIER TO SEC. SIR P. AVINDEBANK. (Extract.) g
Brussels, October — , 1635.
Right Ho»bi-e ¦ 19
*****
S' Peter Rubens man (who should have past the Seas to sett
up the pictures) is become soe desperate sicke, as unable to per-
forme the journey; another is made choise of, for whom I have
also sent a Passe.
***** Yr Hon'3 &c.
B. Gerbier.
m In a letter to Sec. AVindebank, of *§ Dec. 1635, [see p. 201] AVake says he
received 2 Ca3es of Pictures of Rubens.
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CXC. SIR AV. BOSAVELL TO SEC. SIR J. COKE. (Extract.) 16
Hague, October -¦, 1635.
Right honorable: *****
Sir Pa. Rubens (I am certified) hath a Passe, from the Prce of
Aurse, to goe thorough these Provces into Engld, though not beheved
he Vvill goe so farre out of his Avay, as Hollande seems to be.wi
* * * * *
Yo' Hon73
most faithfull affect' and humble servant,
Will. Bosavell.
CXCI. B. GERBIER TO SEC. SIR P. AVINDEBANK. (Extract.)
Brussels, October — , 1635.
Right Honnorable :
* * * * *
I send, here inclosed, a letter of the printer Balthasar Moretus,
whoe complaines of those your hon' recomended, whoe, for Ms
Maj'3 service, were to make a colection of faire Matrices of
caracters. I made a journey -to Antwerpe for that purpose, and, might
have bin in vayne, iff S' Peter Rubens credit had not mooved
Moretus to condecend unto what required. Itt wilbe noe credit
to suffer Moretus to complayne, or remayne w'h losse ; wch I
beseech y' hon' to take hi consideration.
***** Yo' honno" &c.
B. Gerbier.
CXCII. LIONEL AVAKE TO SEC. SIR P. WINDEBANK. (Extract.) 16
Antwerp, December — , 1635.
*. "6
Right honorable :
Having understoode that the 2 cases of pictures,, w* I receaved
by your honors appoyntment of S' Peter PaMo Rubbens, are well
261 This report was most probably caused through Rubens having written to the
Marquis d'Aytona for leave to pas.s into England, to superintend the placing of his
pictures at AVhitehall. (See Gerbier's letter of A Sept. 1635, ante p. 195.)
202 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
arived at London, and delivered according to y' honnors direction.
The sayde Cases beeing for his Magestys use, I tune boulde hereby
to lett you know, that I have disbursed, in charges thereof, the
some of thirteene pounds sterling, the avcK it maye please y' honnor
to cause to be payd to Mr. Willini Cokayn.
***** Y' honnors most humble Servant,
Lyonell Wake.
*62 [Translated from the French, which see in Appendix A., No. XXVI.]
CXCIII. POAVER OP ATTORNEY GIVEN BY SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS
TO LIONEL AVAKE, JUNR., AUTHORISING HIM TO RECEIVE
THE MONET DUE TO RUBENS POR THE PICTURES HE HAD
PAINTED BY COMMAND OP KING CHARLES I. POR THE CEILING
OP AVHITEHALL.
Antwerp, Nov. — , 1637.
13
Be it known to all those who shall see this instrument, or hear
it read, that the thirteenth day of the month of November, in the
year of grace One thousand six hundred and thirty-seven, before
me, Toussein Guyot, notary and tabellion public [a scrivener or
public scribe], by the councils of his Catholic Majesty (both)
Privy and of Brabant, admitted and approved, resident m Antwerp,
and the Avitnesses under-written, appeared in person, the Sieur
Pietro PaMo Rubens, knight, Seigneur de Steene, and Secretary
of the Privy Council of his said Majesty, residing in the said city
of AntAverp, known to me the notary ; and both of his frank and
free will made, created, constituted, and commissioned by this, his
attorney, general and special, to wit, Lionel Wake the younger,
residing at London, in England ; giving to him full power, autho
rity, and absolute command, for, in the name, and on the part of
the said Sieur, the constituent, to ask, recover, and receive the
tMee thousand pounds sterling, which his Royal Majesty of
England has been required to order by his privy seal, at his
exchequer or treasury, to pay, or satisfy to the said constituent, in
recompense of the paintings, made by his hand, for the soffet or
ceiling of the Royal Hall of Whitehall. On its receipt, to give,
262 This translation is copied from the one printed in the Appendix to Carpenter's
" Life of Van Dyck," p. 171—3.
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pass, and avoAv such acknowledgments, or acts, as may be necessary,
and generally and specially, in the things above stated, and those
dependent upon them to do, say, procure, and take charge of, as
the said Sieur, the constituent, could himself do and say, if he were
there present in person. Promising, in good faith, to have and
to hold as good, firm, and agreeable always, all, that by his said
constituted attorney shall be done, said, procured, or had charge
of, without ever going or coming to the contrary in any manner,
under the obhgation of his person and goods ; WMch was thus
done and passed at Antwerp, at the counter of me, the notary,
adjoining the Exchange of the Merchants, in presence of Melchior
van Schoonhove and Jehan van Gheele, as witnesses hereunto
required ; and the said Sieur, the constituent, signed, with his
name, the note hereof, in the register of the notary.
WMch I attest, with my accustomed sign manual.
T. Guyot, Not7 Pub.
We, the undersigned, certify that Toussein Guyot, having sub
scribed the preceding instrument is a notary and tabellion public,
residing in the city of Antwerp, and that to the acts and instru
ments by him thus signed, has ahvays been and is given entire
faith and credit, m law and out of it.
Done as before. . Peter de Breuseghan, Notary.
A. Van Couwenbeegh, Notary. CXCIV.
Recd ye 18th November, A° 1637, of Ehdymion Porter, Esq.,
ye some of eight hundred pounds starling, for. soe muche recd by
him of Ms Ma* this present daie, for ye accompt of Sr Pattle
Rubens, knight, in parte of paim* of „3000 due to him by his Ma""
for picturs ; y° w1* money ye said S' Paule Rubens hath authorised
me to receave, by a letter of attorney under Ms hand and seale,
.dated in Antwerp ye | November, Anno 1637, as by y" said letter
appeareth. I sale recd Lyonell Wake, Junior.
Wittnes
Pr Stephen le Youche.
Richard Harvey.
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CXCV.
Mr Harvy : You maye be pleased to paye, unto the Bearer
heereof, £700 for Sr Piter Paulo Rubens, and I doe send you
heerewtU the Carta cie poder, of wch you maye be pleased to take a
Copy, and when you please to apoynt me a tyme, I shall give a
receit for £1500. So remaine Y's at Comand, Lyonell Wake, Junior.
From my Lodgeing,
21 Xbre, 1637. CXCVI.
Receaved, of Mr. Endimion Porter, the some of seaven
himdreth pounds sterl: by the hands of his senrant Richard
Harvey, for the Ace' of S' Piter and Paulo Rubens, by vertu of a
lefe of atturney from him, dated the |- of November 1637, hi
AntAverp. I saye receaved £700. Lyonell Wake, Jumor.
London, 22 Xbre, 1637.
Teste, Richard Harvey. CXCVII.
Receaved, of Mr. Endimion Porter, and that for S' Pietro
Paulo Rubbens, knight, the some of aleaven hundred three skrore
and ten pounds, by vertu of a lefe of Atorney sent me by ditto
Rubbens concerneing a Privy seale of £1500. Lyonell Wake.
London, 14 Maye, 1638.
CXCVIII. ENDYMION PORTER TO RICHARD HARVEY. (Extract.)
Greenwich, May 29, 1638.
Richard Harvte: I would have you presently goe to Mr.
Raylton and receave the remainder of S' Peeter Rubens, his
monnies ; they are nowe reddie, and lett Mr. Wake have them, to
make over to Antwerpe for him.
***** Your true friend,
Endymion Porter.
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CXCIX.
Recd y' 4th of June A" 1038, of y* hob,e Endymion Porter
Esq., ye some of three himdred & thirty poimds starling, in. full
paim' & discharge of tMee thousand pounds, due by his Ma"* unto
Sc Peter Paule Rubens, knight, for pictures wch his said Ma,ie
bought of him, long since ; of yE wch some of M.M,M.U & of every
parte & parsell thereof, I doe heereby acknowledge satisfacon, Sc
I doe heereby cleerely acquite his said Ma'i0 & y° said Mr. Porter
of ye same, by virtue of a letter of Attorney from y* said Rubens.
In wittnes whereof I have heere unto set my hand, y* dale & yeare
abovesaid, I saie recd Lyonell Wake, Junior.
Wittnes hereunto
P' Stephen le Youche.
Richard Harvey.
cc.
Receavd the 24 March 1638 [1638-9] of Ms Magtie, by the
hands of Endimion Porter, esquier, one eheane of gould, waying
fower skore and tow dz 2dwa3i;, for the use of Sr Peeter Paulo
Rubens ; the wch his Mag* doth bestow uppon Mm ; and I ame
to convay itt unto him w& all convenient speede. In Witnes
heereof I have heere unto set my hand
Lyonell Wake.
This chaine was deliverd at y" office of y° Juellhouse to weigh
82 £ ounces.
In 1636, George Geldorp, a Flemish painter settled in London,
wrote to Rubens, asking him to paint an altar-piece. Rubens
begged that he would give him some explanations : he was
astomshed that such a commission should be sent to him from
a Protestant Mngdom. Geldorp answered that the work vvas
intended for the famous Jabach, a celebrated amateur of Cologne,
who wished to present a picture to the Church of the Saint
Apostles. On wMch Rubens wrote to him as folloAVS : —
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Antwerp, July -, 1637.263
Sis : 2o
Your honored letter, of the last clay of June, has come to hand.
It dispels all my doubts, for I could not imagine Avhy an Altar Piece
was Avanted in London. As regards time ; I must have a year and
a half, in order to be able to serve your friend, without uneasiness,
or inconvenience. As regards the subject; it will suit me better
to choose it according to the size of the picture, for there are
subjects AA'hich are better treated in a large space, and others which
require a medium, or smaller proportions.2" Nevertheless, if I
might choose, or wish for a subject to my taste, relative to St.
Peter, I would take his crucifixion, Avith his feet placed above.
It appears to me that, that would enable me to do sometMng
extraordinary. Otherwise, I leave the choice to him who will be
at the expense of it, and until we have seen Avhat the size, of the
picture will be. I have a great affection for the City of Cologne,
where I was brought up until I was ten years of age,*65 and many
times, for many years past, I have had a wish to revisit it. Never
theless, I fear the difficulties of our times, and my occupations,
will still be obstacles to my gratifying this Avish and many others.
I solicit then, with all my heart, your good favours, &c.
Peter Paul Rubens.
In March, 1638, Geldorp begged one of Ms friends, the Sieur
Lemens, to let him know, in what state of forwardness the picture
Avas, Rubens satisfied his curiosity himself.
«,_,. -«fto-y,^are*28,1688.
farlt • April 2
Having learnt from M. Lemens, that you would like to know
what state the work is in, which I undertook, by your order, for
263 These two letters from Rubens, which I have translated into English, are printed
in Flemish, and translated into French in " Let/res inidites de Rubens, par Emile
Gachet," pp. 276 — 280. The original of the first letter, was sold at Antwerp in 1810,
for 290 francs [about 111. 12s. sterling], at M. Steenecruy's sale. An English amateur,
M. Mitchell, bought it. The city of Antwerp does not possess an autograph of
Rubens, and they let this opportunity escape of having one. (E. Gachet, p. 278.)
164 See Eubens letter to Trumbull of 3 Sept. 1621, ante p. 61.
363 It is impossible to translate the phrase, Ich aldaerben opgevoedt tot het thienste
jaer mijns levens, otherwise than by these words, " J'ai itt, &lev& cl Cologne jusqii 'a I'dge
de die am." If this style of speaking does not rigorously imply the birth, it renders
it at least more than probable. (Em. Gachet, p. 278.) But it will be seen (ante p. 1,
note 1) that Alfred Michiels proves, beyond controversy, that Rubens was not born at
Cologne, but at Siegen ; and the Royal Academy, in- their Descriptive and Historical
Catalogue of the Pictures in the National Gallery, follow Michiels.
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one of your friends of Cologne, I hasten to let you know that it is
already advanced, and I am even in hopes that it Avill be one of
the best works. Avhich has gone out of my hands. You may write
so, boldly to your friend. Nevertheless, I should not like to be
pressed to fimsh it ; I even beg that may be left to my humour
and convenience, so that I may finish it at my ease ; so much
more charm do I find, in the subject of tMs picture,268 than in all
those upon which I am engaged, although I am overwhelmed with
work. I have not written to your friend of Cologne, because I
have not any acquamtance in that city, and it appeal's to me that it
would be better for you to do so. I solicit then, with all my heart,
your good favours, &c.
Peter Paul Rubens.
[Translated from the French]
CCI. B. GERBIER TO MONS. AVECKERLIN.26'" (Extract.)
Sir:
Brussels, July '—, 1636
The Sieur Rubens, my old friend, told me, in express terms, that
little Taylor of Vienna, when he came here, was sent to tell the
Infanta that Ms Majesty accepted her good offices touching the
Palatinate, and particularly concerrdng Franckendal ; an answer
founded upon the endeavours which I had made, that he first
-went to Antwerp, before coining here, and offered to the Sieur
Rubens a pension, if he would resolve to come and remain at
Brussels, to assist him to act for England ; on which the Sieur
Rubens answered formally that he was astoMshed at the proposi
tion, seeing his Majesty had the Sieur Gerbier here, a person,
said he, so capable and diligent, (many thanks say I for so much
good,) to wMch the Sieur Taylor formally replied, that great
Princes employed only those whom they could turn to account.
The Sieur Rubens excused himself, and seemed as though he
doubted whether the Sieur Taylor was well authorised. The
286 .Thi3 picture, " The Martyrdom of St. Peter," remained in the Artist's possession
until his decease in May, 1640, when it was valued at 1200 florin3 (108/.), and
purchased by a gentleman, of the name of Jabach, who is said to have presented it to
the Church of St. Peter at Cologne. An inscription on the altar states that the altar
Avas erected and endowed by Mr. Jabach. (Smith, No. 377, p. 111).
267 rpjje greater part of Sec. Lord Dorchester's Despatches to the King's Ambassa
dors abroad,- are in the handwriting of G. R. Weckerlin, who w_ moat probably his
Lordship's Secretary.
208 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
Sieur Taylor answered, if the Sieur Rubens would resolve to come
and live at Brussels, he would make his proposition good, and
would even show him his instruction ; having told me, not a
month ago, that Taylor had assured him, when he last went to
Vienna, that Gerbier would soon be removed, which, the Sieur
Rubens, not being willing to believe, he assured him of it, and
bid him remember he had told Mm so. ' The Sieur Rubens,
however, thought no more about it, and has since assured me that
of all prayers, the one I should meet with the most difficidty in
obtaining, would be that of my recall from a place where he be
lieved I have the reputation of having served his Majesty well,
which I neither say boastingly, nor ungratefully of my labours.
***** Sir, &c, ¦
B. Gerbier.
CCII. B. GERBIER TO THE EARL MARSHAL.263 (Extracts.)
, Oct. 29 , „„„
Brussels, — — - , 1636.
My singular good Loed : JSov.S
I have received this weeke yr Excel" letter of 15th October,
w'n an enclosed for Sr Peter Reubens, and another for Mr. Lyonel
Wake, English Marchant att Antwerp. In yoT Excel13 letter, com
mands about certaine drawings of the said Sr P. Reubens for
carving of cups ; to procure them to be sent to the Haghe ag' yr
Excell" retourne thether, wcb, I pray God, may be w'11 entire satis
faction : I have sent the letters to their addresse & written unto
Sr P. Rubens as y* ExcelT* directs, have as yett noe answeare.
I have alsoe received yr Excel8 of the g. In it's postscript, order
to write unto Sr P. Rubens touching drawings of Michael Angelos1
roofe, wch I mtend to doe tMs day.
*****
B. Gerbier.
CCIII. B. GERBIER TO SEC. SIR F. AVINDEBANK. 20
Brussels, Jan. —, 1637-8.
Right hoisnobabus : , 30
*****
The Virginall2* I do pitch upon is an excellent peece, made by
268 Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, see Appendix B.
269 An instrument of the Spinaet kind, but made quite rectangular, like a small
PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS. 209
Johannes Rickarts att. Antwerp. Its a dobbel staert stick as
called, hath foure registers, the place to play on att the inde.
The Virginal was made for the latte Infante, hath a fane picture on
the inne side of the Covering, representing the Infantas parke, and
on the opening, att the part were played, a picture of Rubens,
representing Cupid and Psiche,"70 the partie asks £30 starling.
Those Virginals wch have noe pictures cost £15 : — Yr hon' will have
time enuf to consider on the sum, cause I can keepe the Virginal
long enuf att my house.
I take my leave &"rest Yor hon™,&c.,
B. Gerbier.
CCIV. SIR P. AVINDEBANK TO B. GERBIER.
Sib : Westminster, February 2, 1637-8.
Ix a Ire a part you are pleased to give me a testimony of yor care
of my privat httle businesse concerning the Virginall, for wck I
retoume yu my most affectionat thankes.
If the Instrument, for sounde & goodhesse, be right, I do not
much respect the accessories of ornament or paintings, & ther-
fore if yu can meete av"1 a very good one plaine & wthout these
curiosities, I shold rather make choice of such a one. But I will
advise w'h yr good frende & myne Mr. Norgat, whose skill in these-
businesses is excellent, & then I Avill take the liberty to acquaint
yu w'h my further desires. Presenting my true love to you &
making it my suite to y" to use me as freely, as by yor many
civilities you have obliged me to be (Sr)
Yr most faithful true servant
Fran. Windebank.
On the 2nd of March Sec. Sir F. Windebank writes to B-
pianoforte. I remember two in use belonging to the master of the King's choristers.
Their name was probably derived from being used by young girls. Sir John Hawkins
(see Hist, of Music, vol. ii. p. 442) speaks of them as spinets, though under another
name; but Nares describes the construction as being very different. (Nares' Glossary.
to English Authors.)
2ro Smith's Catalogue RaisonnS describes only one picture of Cupid and Psyche,
No. 1107. " The nymph is represented naked, with a lamp in her hand, looking with
fatal curiosity at her lover, who lies asleep on a couch, engraved anonymous." See
also the last Article but three [p. 245] in the " Inventory" of Rubens' effects, " Psyche
sleepinge with Cupid uppon a bed of Ivorye."
210 PAPEES RELATING TO RUBENS.
Gerbier to send the Virginall mentioned in his former letter, if as
good for use and music as he represented it to be for show, and
he Avill giA-e satisfaction for it whensoever he shall appoint.
CCV. SEC. SIR P. WINDEBANK TO B. GERBIER. (Extract.)
SR : Westminster, July 20, 1638.
*****
The Virginall, wch yoa sent me, is com safe, and I wish it were
as usefull as I know you intended it. But the workman, that
made it, was much mistaken in it, and it wantes 6 or 7 Keyes, so
that it is utterly unserviceable. If either he could alter it, or
wolde change it for another that may have more Keyes, it were
well : but as it is, our musick is marr'd. Neverthelesse, I am
exceedinglye behoulding to ya for it and do acknowledge as many
thankes to be due to ya, as if it had bene the most exquisit peece
m the worlde. In that quahty I beseeche you (Sr) cofiiaunde
Yor most faithfull and obliged
true frende to serve you,
Fran. Windebank.
CCVI. B. GEEBIER TO SEC. SIR P. AVINDEBANK. (Extract.)
Brussels, V " , 1638.
Eight Hoxkokable : Aug. 7
* * * * *
I have yr honors letter to me of f£ July, to which I have no
more to say but that I must take patience, the Virginall proves
not according expectation; Iff -f honor causeth the same sent to
me agayne well conditioned and a just measure of the keyes
desired annother Virginall to be ; I will cause this to be soMd as
itt can, and annother made forthwth by Mr. Rickaerts, the same
and the best master here, who saith this Virginall cannot be
altered, and none elce made here on saille.
Humbly take my leave and rest yor hon", &c,
B. Gerbier.
On 3 August, 1638, Sec. Windebank writes to Gerbier from
Haines Hill. " For the Virginall I desire yo" not to trouble
y'self, seeing the fault was myne that did not give better instruc
tion."
PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS. 211
The following Correspondence, concerning Paintings-for the
decoration of Queen Henrietta Maria's Cabinet, at Greenwich,
relates more particularly to Jordaens; but the name of Rubens so
often occurs in the course of it, and Gerbier so strongly recom
mends that the task should be assigned to Rubens, in preference
to Jordaens, that the Correspondence seems naturally to connect
itself, almost, as much with the one of those artists as with
the other.
CCVII. SIR BALTHAZAR GERBIERE TO AVILLIAM MURRAIN2
„ , Nov. 21
Brussels, —- — - — , 1639.
Sib: Dec. 1
This bearer, my friend Mr. Norgate, will give yu an account of
my proceeding, touching the contents of your letter of 17th Oct.
unto me, & the instructions he had in writing. I shall expect
yr answeare, in such particulars as he will show you, alsoe in a
paper he carieth ; as soone he gets orders setled on the same, and
acquaints me therew"1 1 shall proceede on th' busines, and be
glad to be honoured often av"1 f commands, y', by acceptable
semee, I may make good Avhat I am, &c.
B. Gerbier.
CCVIII.
Nov. — , 1639.
21
INSTRUCTIONS POR EDAVARD NORGATE, ESQ.,873 TOUCHING THE
PICTURES TO BE MADE BY JORDANS, ACCORDING THE DIREC
TIONS SENT BY MR. MURREY, OP HIS MAJT3 BEDCHAMBER.
Imprimis : to represent unto Mr. Murrey, that as soone Sr
2,1 Sir Balthazar Gerbier left Brussels for England on the ^L^~-, 1638, and was
knighted by King Charles I. at Hampton Court, on the 2nd October following. His
first letter on his return to Brussels is dated October 17, 1638. See Appendix P.
572 There is a Docquet in the State Paper Office, dated .May 25, 1625, granting- "a
pension of 5001. p1' ann. to AVilliam Murray, one of the Groomes of his Ma" Bed
chamber during his life, payable out of the Exchequer, the first payment to begin at
midsomer next." On October 13, the King, by letter, commanded the Lord Mayor
and Aldermen of London, "to admit Wil. Murray a Coal Meter of Loudon." Again
on December 19, 1625, was granted to "AVm Murray, one of the Bedchamber, and
Katherine his wife, and the survivor, a pension of 4001. pr ann :" also " Warrant to
pay to Wm Murray 2001. . a3 of his Ma1'" free gift." He continued in the above
capacity to serve King Charles I., by whom he wa3 also employed iu several special
and important missions, and remained faithful to his Sovereign through all his
troubles. 273 Edward Norgate, was the sou of Dr. Robert Norgate, Master of Bennet College,
p 2
012 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
Balthasar Gerbier had received his lfe of direction, w'h the papers
bearing measure for pictures to be bespoken of Jordans, the said
SrB. Gerbier caused copies to be made of the said measures, and
ye directions written thereon, in French ; that Jordans should not
discover for aaIioui ye Pictures are to be.
2. That Sr Bait. Gerbier used the Abbate dEscaglia to make
the bargaine av"1 Jordans.
3. That the said Abbate, living att Antwerp, & having good
skill in handling such mercenary men, was, by Sr B. Gerbier,
thought the fittest hand to guide the said busines.
4. That he hath accepted the same very willingly and cheere-
fully, w'hout that Sr Balthasar hath written unto Mm, for Avhom the
pictures are to be.
5. That the said Abbate de Scaglia hath (after Jordans had
taken some dayes to consider the taske he is to undertake)
written unto Sr Bait. Gerbier, that Jordans demands £680 sterl5
Engl, money for the whole worke.
6. That he will not, as yett, promise to performe the said worke
in lesse then tAvo yeares.
7. That h« wilbe paid for the designe of the Avorke if makes
one, as Sr B. Gerbier thinkes most fitting he should, that Mr.
Murrey may sheAv unto his Maj'y what Jordans intends to doe, and
soe his Maj'y be satisfied, as much as possible, touching the same.
8. That Jordans will dispatch the worke by peeces, and that
those shalbe sent, two or three togeather, as he shall have finisht
Cambridge, where Edward was born. At a very early age he gave evidence of con
siderable talents for minute drawing, and illuminating MSS. He connected him
self with the Eminent Painters patronised by Charles I., and soon obtained the
patronage of Thomas, Earl of Arundel, the father of vertu in England, who sent him
into Italy to purchase pictures and statues, and appointed him AVindsor Herald in
1633. He instructed Lord Arundel's sons in his elegant art. (Walpole's "Anecdotes
of Painting," p. 41, &e.) There is (among the Pell Records, printed by Devon, p. 324),
a-AVarrant, dated June 20, 1616, to pay to Andrea Bassano aud Edward Norgate,
"unto Avhom AVe have committed the charge of our Orgau3 501." towards the repara
tions of the organ in- the King's chapel at Greenwich ; and, in the State Paper Office,
an Order that all letters sent by the King to the Grand Signor, the King of Persia,
the Emperor of Russia, the Great Mogul, and other remote Princes, heretofore
written, &c, by Scriveners, be Avritten, lymned, and garnished, Avith gold and color,
by Mr. Edward Norgate, His Ma"3 Sen-ant & Clerk of the Signet in reversion. It
appears by a Docquet dated March 13, 1630-1, that "Edward Norgate, Esq." was
,: one of the Clerks of H. M. Signett extraordinary." He was probably connected by
marriage with Gerbier, who calls him " Brother Norgate." There is a MS. in
the Bodleian Library, Oxford, entitled "Miniature, or the Art of Limning, by
Edward Norgate, dedicated to Henry Prederick, Earl of Arundel, and dated July S,
1654." Fuller is therefore in error when he says Norgate died on December 23,
1650.
PAPEES RELATING TO RUBENS. 213
them, It being the custome of these Painters to AVorke by fits, and
most part on two or three peeces att one time, according their
colours seiwes them.
9. That Mr. Murrey wilbe pleased to represent the same unto
his Maj'7.
10. To talie a course for the paym' of the worke ; for as it's
required by parts, soe must the payment be punctuall.
11. In ease Ms Maj'7 remaynes satisfied w'h the bargaine, and
av"1 Jordans manner of painting, that then, Mr. Murrey having
setled a course for the payment, he wilbe pleased to. cause some
body to take an exact measure of the severall peeces av"1 pack
thread, the length & the breadth, and cause a litle peece of
parchm' to be fastened to the end, Avhereon the peece specified
Avhereof it beares the measure ; smce otherwayes Jordans may as
soone faile to understand the English foote as S* Peter Reubens
did, av* he cannot, if the measures sent by lines ia pack thread as
aforesaid. The course- for payment of the money (wch monies are to be
paid from time to thne as the pictures are finished) might be (if
soe thought fitt) to cause young Mi*. Wake to give a letter of
credence upon his father Mr. Lyonell Wake, att AntAverp, to y"
end of payment, on Sr Bait. Gerbier's orders, to the somme of
£680 sterl3.
[Translated from the French]
COIN. THE NOTE OF JORDAENS274 THE PAINTER.
1. The Sofito, consisting of 9 pieces, some great and florins
some little, the price will be .... 2-100
274 Jacques Jordaens. This celebrated artist, born at Antwerp in 1594, Aras a
pupil of Adam van Noort, and the only one who could accommodate himself to
the peculiarities of his master, most -probably because he loved his daughter, whom
he married very young, and Arhich marriage prevented his ever carrying into effect a
great desire he had to. see Rome. He was indebted to Rubens, whose studio he
entered upon quitting Van Noort, for the principal part of his knowledge in painting,
and ultimately proved that he inherited a genius of no common order. Sandrart,
and other authors, assert that Rubens was jealous, of the colouring of Jordaens.
Could he have been a little more correct in his composition, more elegant in his
characters, and more elevated in his invention, he might have been ranked Avith the
most eminent in his art. One of his grandest productions is in the House of the
Wood at the Hague ; it represents a triumphal entry of the Prinee of Orange. There
are several capital pictures by Jordaens in this country—the full-length portraits of
the Prince and Princess of Orange on the same piece in Devonshire House ; the
Boon-Koning, or " Twelfth Night," in the late Duke of Devonshire's collection at
i PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
2. The first quarter of the Room, upon the chimney, florins
3 great pieces, will come to . . . . . 1800
3. The second part, Avhere there are two Balcomes, there
will 5 pieces, some great and some little, will come
to about 1000
1. The third quarter, Avhere there is a Balcony, 3 pieces,
estimated at ....... 700
n. The fourth quarter, where the door is, there will be 2
great pieces, which will come to . . . . 900
Amounts to florins 6800
which makes 680/. sterling.
CCN. SIR B. GEEBIER TO EDAVARD NORGATE.
_ , Jan. 25 „ „„ ,„
Brussels, -=-—-,1639-40.
Sir: **¦ 4
YB letter dated ^ Jan. (Avherein mark't his Maj'8 gratious com
mands touching the pictures to be made by Jordaens) I received
first present, „ writt 'ere yesternight unto my friend att Antwerp,
to have a draAving made for one of the intended pictures ; wch
drawing I shall pay, and send when don. But since you doe
write, for the second time, that Mr. Surveyer thinkes that the
picture in Q. Mother's Oratory was don by a disciple of Rubens,
I doe make the more difficulty to trust either on Jordans, or on
the french on y' point. I should be sorry of a misunderstanding,
in y* wch must please their M. M. and Avcb afterwards would cause
unnecessary prathngs among these men, free hi speech, wch to
avoid (since it wilbe knowne att last the pictures to be for her
Majty) I would desire you to consult once agame his Maj'a pleasure,
whether S1' Peter Reubens, being disposed to make the worke for
the price (or neere the same) Jordans hath offered, his Maj'7
would be contented to have it of the said Reubens hand; they are
both Dutchmen & not to seeke to represent robustrous boistrous
druncken headed imagmary Gods, and of the tAvo most certaine
Chiswick. " The Holy Family," at the National Gallery, presented by the late Duke
of Northumberland in 1S38. Also in the University's Gallery, Oxford, "Moses
striking the Rock," and " Our Saviour's first Appearance to his Disciples after his
Resurrection." The Gallery at Dnsseldorf has his famous picture of the "Merry
making." Another capital Avork by his hand is in the Chapel at Blenheim, a
" Descent from the Cross." He died at Antwerp, October 18, 1678, aged 84.—
Descamps, I. p. 229 ; Smith's Cat. Pais. II. pp. 358— 9; Pilkington' s Dictionary of
Painters, ed. 1852.
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Sir Peter Reubens is the gentilest in his representations; his
Landskipps more rare, and all other circumstances more proper.
This represent I pray, as soone you can, & remember me kindly
unto Mr. Surveyer, soe I rest Yr &c. B. Gerbier.
CCXI. SIR B. GERBIER TO E. NORGATE. 15
Brussels, Feb. — , 1639-40
BltOIHEK NoKSATE : 2o
* * * * *
You have not taken notice to mee of a Ire I did write unto you
4th present, wherein I did desire you should consult his Maj17'
pleasure, whether would like Sr Peter Rubens to make yE pictures
spoken of wth Jordans, in casse would make them for y° same price :
I have ye copie of ye said Ire, and would know why you should
not have receaved ye same, as well as you have and accused y°
others; I doe shunne mistakes, and to bee subject to ill offices.
Rubens is said to smell a ratt, and to expresse disgust ; in my
Letany I could say, of Painters deliver mee ; so much also
for y'.
So I rest &c.
B. Gerbier.
[Translated from the French]
CCXII. SIR B. GERBIER TO SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS. 3
Brussels, March, —.1639-40
Sib: -- x*
I have . received letters from the Sieur Ed. Norgate, who
says, having told his Majesty that he had seen, at your house, a
Landscape representing the environs of Madrid in Spain, and as
he says the Escurial275 also appearing in the distance, the King
my master wishes to have the said picture. For this reason
I am obliged to write to you, to ascertain if you are pleased
to part with it; That being the case, to ask if you will 'undertake
to finish it and to fill the fore ground with passers by, and people
275 See No. 132 in the "Inventory" of Rubens pictures, p. 239. Mr. Dawson
Turner adds : " This is probably the picture now in the Earl of Radnor's Gallery."
213 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
in the costume of the country, and that his Majesty may have
the said picture as soon as possible. Tins is what I have to say
to you tLpon this subject, begging you only to ansAver tliis in the
French language, so that it may be seen how I have acquitted
myself of my duty, in this particular, remaining Sir &c.
B. Gerbier.
CCXIII. SIR B. GERBIER TO E. NORGATE. 7
Brussels, March —,1639-40.
17
Sib: I send you, here inclosed, Sr Peeter Reubens his answeare unto
my letter, wcU I wrote unto him, on y" signification of his Maj"
pleasure, toucMng a Landskipp wch y" have taken to be of Sr
Peeter Reubens maldng, but proves other wayes, since Ms hand-
Avriting must be credited. I could have sent the same unto Ms
Maj'7, as I have the draught of Jordans, but have forborne soe to
doe, since you have desired this my answeare.
I doe once againe incist for y" on my former, toucMng his
Maj'3 pleasure if Sr Peeter Reubens hand would not please better
then that of Jordans, avIio hath not shewed wonders in the
draught; but I referre myselfe on that particular unto better
judgments. Soe I rest
Y" &c. B. Gerbier.
[Inclosure]
[Translated from tlie French, which see in Appendix A., No. XXVII.]
CCXIV. SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS TO SIR B. GERBIER. 5
Antwerp, March -, 1639-40.
Sib: 15
It is true that Mons. Norgate, being at my house, saw this piece
of St. Laurens in Escurial, without expressing any astonishment
at the circumstance, othenvise than very slightly, and it did not
then appear to me necessary to undeceive him, as I might have
displeased him. But, seeing myself pressed to speak the truth
and not to deceive his Majesty of Great Britain, to whom I am
under so many obligations, I confess that the said picture is not
by my hand, but entirely painted by one of the most common
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painters (called Verhulst) of this city, after my design, made upon
the spot. So that it is not worthy to appear among the marvels of
the cabinet of his Majesty, av!io can always dispose absolutely of
all that I have in the world, together with my person, as his very
humble servant. I intreat you to keep me in Ms good favour and
in yours, and to honour me Avith your commands, on any occasion
that I can be of service to you, being with all my heart,
Sir, Your very humble Servant,
Peter Paul Rubens.
CCXV SIR B. GERBIER TO INIGO JONES. 14
Brussels, March -, 1639-40.
Mb. Surveyor Inigo Joses, Etc., 2*
Sir:
Your Ire, dated 6A pres\ I have receaved by y° ord7 of this weeke ;
seene, in ye said lfe, his Maj's pleasure y' ye painter Jordans must
bee remembred to make, in ye first peece of painting (intended for
her Maj'7,) y" faees of yeAvoemen asbeautifull as may bee, ye figures
gracious and suelta ; wch I will procure y* Abath d'Escaglia to- tell
unto ye said Jordaens ; for I have made use of the said Abbate in
this buisnesse, as you will see by cojipy, hereAv'h, of y° memo
randum 27S wch Mr. Norgate carryed wth him, when he returned
from hence mto England; in wch I have exprest a coursse necessary
to bee taken for y* paym1, since painters pencells move not w'h out
y' musicke.
I have since desired y° said Mr. Norgate to know his Maj"
pleasure, Avhether S* Peeter Rubens his pence!! Avould not please
as well as y' of Jordans, so Avould bee as reasonable in y" price ; on
Avch point I have receaved noe answeare, though I have redoubled
y" queries ; to wcU I Avas mooved, because I tmderstood, by ye said
Mr. Norgate, y' you did cloubte y* Jordans shoMd have made a
picture wcl1 Q. Mother is said to have of his hand, but rather did
conceaveyepicture to bee of Sr Peeter Rubens disciple, wcU, if prooved
so, might have fallen out contrary unto her Maj" expectation;
But since his Maj'7, after perusing of ye designe Jordans sent, com
mands ve worke to go on, I desire you avouM bee pleased, first, to
represent unto his Maj'7 y" contents of ye article of yc aforesaid
"6 See ante, p. 21 L
218 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
memorandum, toucMng ye monneys for payment: Secondly, to
cause a measure sent (as soone possible in ye said Mnde sett
downe in yc memorandum) of ye first picture, Ms Maj'7 would have
made to fitt ia ye roome for w* yc worke is intended.
So I rest, &c. B. Gerbier.
CCXVI. SIR B. GERBIER TO INIGO JONES. , Mar. 28
Brussels, — , 1640.
MB. SrjRVEVEE, , A^T- 7
Sib:
Till I have spoken, touching the Pictures to be made by
Jordans, or by Sr Peter Reubens, Avth the Abate d'Escaglia (avIio is
come from Antwerp hether & is uoav in his devotions according
the time), I can but accuse the receipt of yr letter, dated 20th March,
and putt unto y* remembrance the two principall points markt in
the Instructions Mr. Norgate carried w'h him, the procuring the
exact measures of the intended pictures, in the manner sett
downe in his saide instructions & the matter for payment settled;
for these men will have that found 'ere they part from their ware.
I rest, &c.
B. Gerbier.
[Translated from the Flemish]
CCXVII. SIR B. GERBIER TO SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS. (Extract.) 3
Brussels, April —,1640.
Sib: 13
I have received, with much pleasure, your long letter, which has
assured me that you have not been so ill as I had been told you
were, for the characters are as good as your oavu hand-writing
often is. I hope that, with the approaching fine weather, you will
be still better and that Ave shall be able to embrace one another
yet again for the last time ; for I calculate on leaAing this place,
whenever the good Kmg shall command or permit. We are
thinking every day about packing up, buying trunks and maMng
the necessary provisions for such a disturbance as that will be.
I have completed here nine years, remained my best time, and
spent much in misery, amongst men who do not understand them-
PAPERS. RELATING TO RUBENS. 219
selves, much less others, Avho may not give accomit of then actions
to then- own sovereign. This place has been a receptacle of many
exiled malcontents, Avho have not remained true to themselves,
much less to others ; so that in such a labyrinth I have been a
mere martyr, and had I not had Ariadne's thread, the thread of
patience, I should never have been able to make my way through.
I am expecting, Avith great devotion, to hear from Spain, what
satisfaction the good lung and noble Duke will give to the King
my Master, on the false accusations of the stupid Duke of
Arschot, as to the particular of the Secretary of England, by wMch
most are of my opinion that I am personally meant.-77
B. Gerbier.
[Translated, from the Frencli]
CCXVIII. SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS TO FRANCOIS DL'QUESNOY.2"
Anttcerp, April — 1640.
Dear Priesd : 1('
I caxxot express to you my obligations for the models you have
sent me, as also for the plaister casts of those two admirable
children, with which you have ornamented the epitaph of M. van
Huffel, in the church of The Anima. It is not art, it is nature
herself who is seen m tMs marble, so softened, and so full of life.
What shall I say of the universal and well-merited praise which
the statue of St. Andrew, just exposed, has earned for you ? Your
glory and your celebrity, my dear friend, redound tM'ough our
whole nation. If my age, and a fatal gout which devours me, did
not retain me here, I Avould instantly depart, and go and admire,
with my own eyes, things so worthy of admiration. But, since I
cannot have that satisfaction, I hope, at least, to have that of seeing
you incessantly among us : and I do not doubt, but that our dear
country AA-ill one day be glorified with the works with wMch yon
have ornamented it. Please Heaven that that may happen before
death, AvMch will soon close my eyes for ever, deprives me of the
277 The remainder of this letter, which ia very long, relates entirely to his dispute
before-mentioned with the Duke of Arschot.
278 This letter, in which Eubens thanks the famous sculptor Francois Duquesnoy,
for certain presents, which he had sent him from Rome, will be found printed in
Prench by Alfred Michiels, p. 181, who also says that the original (in French)
belonged, in 1761, to Prince Gallitzin, Ambassador from Russia to the States General
of Holland, where Count Cobentzelt gave it to him.
220 PAPERS RELATING. TO RUBENS.
inexpressible pleasure of contemplating the marvels AvMch that
skilful hand executes, and wliich I kiss from the bottom of my
heart. Your very affectionate and very obliged servant,
Peter Paul Rubens.
CCXIX. SIR B. GERBIER TO KING CHARLES I. (Postscript.)
Brussels, April — , 1640.
Rubens prooves lame, and Jordaens will not worke Avithout
money. Mr. Surveyor answeris not on that point.
[Translated from the Flemish]
CCXX. SIR B. GERBIER TO SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS. (Extracts.) 19
Brussels, April —, 1640.
Sib: 29
* * * * *
I observe what you say about the tapestries, whereby you would
blame the work which is in the prison [den, vereken die int 'cof]. I
have no doubt of your prudence. Your masters, also, have had no
cause to mistrust your affection, which you, with so many other
singular qualities, most clearly show, and which makes them love
you as I do, for it.
*****
In fine; it would be ill reward for the good offices which I. have
done, yea offices, yea good offices in the highest degree, for, as God
knows, you will remember that we were the cause of the going of
the extraordinary Ambassador. Yet what shall we say, when men
have neither ears, nor eyes, nor natural feelings ; therefore it is
best for me and mine to choose another climate. Please God the
great Charles will grant me such a thing, and I shall, in all places
and occasions, be your servant, and try to show you all the friend
ship that such an opportunity will afford.
The Picture of the Landscape, St. Laurens in the Escurial,
shall wait with devotion. The Abbe [de Scaglia] has departed,
after that he had remained here a fitting time. I do not think he
came here for the sake of Lotteries [Lotteringhen], HereAvith will
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I end, in order not to weary you with too long discourses, which
you also, with obliging humility, [are Avilling] to receive and to
write, for I can well think what your business must be. All our
hearty greetings are presented to you in this conclusion from my
wife to yours, and from all who are dear to you.2"
B. Gerbier.
[Translated from the French]
CCXXI. SIR B. GERBIER TO THE ABBE DE SCAGLIA. , AvrilTA „„,„
Brussels, ~ ,1640,
Sib: ^% 9
Tavo days ago I troubled you with one of my letters ; I hoav
write another to consult you about Jordaens' work, to know if
means cannot be taken to speak to the Sieur Rubens concerning
the pictures for the sofito only, for which the Sieur Jordaens has
put clown in his Memoire 1980 florins,580 wliich he demands for
painting the nine pieces of the said sofito.
Perhaps, the Sieur Jordaens Avill be veiy glad to get rid of the
said sofito, on account of the fore-shortenings, and that Mons.
Rubens will not make any difficulty (being in a fit state to work)
about* undertaking the said sofito ; in which case, it would be a
satisfaction to the parties, who wish to have the sofito by the hand
of Rubens, and to me to have accomplished AvhatI am commanded
to do. And, if the Sieur Rubens is not yet in a fit state to work,
or that he refuses to undertake the sofito for the price of 1980
florins, his refusal will not the less discharge me from having done
my duty.
If you can manage to know the long and the short of this
business, you will confer on me an additional obhgation. I send
you a copy of the size of the drawing of the sofito, consisting, as
I have already said, of nine pieces ; so that you may have no
difficulty with the Sieur Rubens; the said paper may be of service
to you. MeanAvhile, I believe that the picture, which the Sieur
Jordaens has finished, will be corrected, as you have informed me,
and that I shall be able to see it and give him satisfaction for it.
279 The letter, from which the above extracts are taken, is very long; the remainder '
relates to his dispute with the Duke of Arschot, &c.
280 It will have been remarked that Jordaens in his Note [see ante, p. 213] estir
mated the price of the sofito at 2400 florins.
222 PAPERS RELATING TO EUBENS.
But, if you do not think it proper to appear in this matter, and
to speak to the Sieur Rubens, and that it would be more con
venient to you for some other steps to be taken, I beg of yon to
write me an answer, as soon as possible, and to excuse, as I have
already said, the trouble I 'give you, &c.
B. Gerbier.
CCXXII. SIR B. GERBIER TO "MR. SURVETER INIGO JONES, ESQ.,.
SURVEYOR GENERALL OP HIS MAJS AVOflKES." 2
Brussels, May —, 1640.
Sir : 12:
I have received your letter of 23 Aprill, wherein y" say that my
Lord Cottington hath order to make over the £680 starlB (English
mone}r) ava Jordaens (the painter) did demand, for to make the
pictures belonging to her Maj" Cabinet ; but that his Lop must
first cause a priAry Seale to be made ready, wch (as yu say) will
require some time. Jordaens hath finish't one of the pictures, that
whereof I sent a draught unto Ms Maj'7; the Abate d'Escaglia
had the care to advertise Jordaens of somewhat to be mended
therein, av* he now saith is don, & the picture ready to be sent
imto me, for the last controule on tMs side the Seas. Jordaens
doth not knoAV for whom the picture is & it wilbe well he remayne
(as long possible) ia that thrifty ignorance, for these men know
that a pound starls is more than a patacon.
The said Abbate d'Escaglia hath spoken Av*h Sr Peter Reubens,
(who hath bin out of frame, almost this yeare, by the gout). He is
willing to undertake the Sofito, wA is the hardest in ye worke ; he
takes thne to resolve on the price, wch, if exceedes not too much
that of Jordaens, should not breake squares, since it may be
thought their Maj" would be more satisfied in the variety of
the hands : I doubt not but that by the next Ord7 1 shalbe able
to certifie Sr Peter Reubens price : in the interim I must recom
mend unto your care a tMifty conceite, wch may serve to make the
£680 raise to a better somme, & soe serve to fill Sr Peter Reubens
mouth if m the price he should gape Avicle.
It's thus, the £680, (first price of Sr Jordaens) if paid unto
Mr. Kipp, may be remitted to me, & soe there wilbe gained 8 (or)
9 in the hundred by the Exchange, wch, on the somme, will amount
unto £60, whereas Marchants have their secret conveyances, in
wd gent" become loosers by their coyne, you can if you please
PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS. 223
represent this unto their Maj", or unto my Lord Cottington & that
I must not be to seeke in the payment, since the pincell of
Jordaens is stirring on the Avorke.
You wilbe pleased to acquaint alsoe his Maj'7, that I have
received this weeke, from Antwerp, the Landskipp wch represents
that of St. Laurenzo in the Escuriall, don by a painter att
AntAverp,251 after S' Peeter Reubens his designe. I doe watch a fitt
opportunity to send the same unto his Maj'7, by a sure Messenger,
since the conveyances here are slowe and someAvhat uncertaine,
by reason of the march of Soldatesqua [? Soldadesca, soldiery].
I doe expect (according yr promise) the exact measures in threed
for the pictures aforesaid & soe I rest &c, B. Gerbier.
Pray know, of Ms Maj'7, AA-hether I am to give unto Sr Peter
Reubens a reward for the Landskipp, or Avhether it shalbe made
good to him in the bargaine of the Sofito, though he shall not
know at first the niistery. Jordaens hath sett for the Sofito £240
starl5, thus much pr ad viso.
[Translated from the French]
CCXXIII. SIR B. GEEBIER TO MONS". GERMAIN.*83 9
Brussels, May — , 1640.
Sir : 19
It is some time since I received orders to speak to a painter
of Antwerp (named Jordaens) about some pictures wMch the
Queen Avishes to apply to a cabinet, wMch I believe to be at
Greemvich. I have been ordered to manage, so that it may not
be known the pictures are for her Majesty, and I have rigidly
done so. The Sieur Norgate (who brought me the commission)
has been a long time sending the necessary answers, touching the
money, without which the people here will not give their com
modities. He has not returned me any answer, whether it be her
Majesty's pleasure that the Sieur Rubens put his hand to the
said work. Mons. [Inigo] Jones has since written to me that the
King had not heard Rubens spoken of in this particular. I
«" Verhulst, see Rubens' letter, dated £ March, 1639— i% ante, p. 217.
252 Henry Germain, Master of the Horse to Queen Henrietta Maria.
224 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
have had an additional order, to knoAv whether Rubens would
work for the same price as Jordaens, for the ceiling only.
I uoav write to the King, on tMs particular, and send him the
original letter from the Abbe d'Scaglia, who is the negotiator in
this business, so that the painters may not knoAv who they are for.
Mons. l'Abbe says, that Rubens asks £240 sterling more than
Jordaens. I tell Ms Majesty that I think Rubens will give the
most satisfaction as to the ceiling, the difference m the price
ought not, in my opimon, to hinder his painting it. I have
thought I might trouble you with this affair of recreation, so that,
should it please you to say a word to the Queen, I may, as
soon as possible, receive the King's commands in this particular,
since his Majesty has taken it in charge. Her Majesty will see
in a few days (God willing) one of the pictures Jordaens has done
for the work. I am troubling you, Sir, only under a pretext;
meanwhile, may it please you to honour me with your commands
in more essential tMngs, remaining, &c, B. Gerbier.
CCXXIV. B. GERBIER TO KING CHARLES I. (Extract.)
Brussels, May —, 1640.
May it please tour oratiotjs Maj1''" : *9
TnouGH its manifest enough that your Maj'ies time is precious,
yet some minutes being necessary for recreation, though it should
be to looke on baubles as pictures are to some, I thought fitt
therefore to send heire inclosed the Abbate d'Escaglia, his letter
to me, bearing his proceedings w'h Sr Pieter Rubens, whoe askes
(sans replique) 2000 patacons, wch are 480 pounds starlings, to
make the pictures for the seeling, wth Jordaens woMd make for
halfe the price, butt agree perhaps better to a more grosse
ellement then that of the supperior.
I have now desired the Abbate d'Escaglia to knoAve (w'hout
spending more time about a triffle) Avhether Sir Pieter Rubens
will fill the small 6 peeces of the seeling w'h festoens or little
children representing loves, as he propounds the same to be putt
into a third hand, wch I cannot like since to many Cookes spoile
the broth. I doe expect an answeare w'h the first. My Secretary2™
53 Mr. Sydney Beare, who became Secretary to Sir H. Vane, his Majesty's Sec. of
State, and lvas appointed Resident in Sweden, December 15, 1652.
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is on his returne into England, and that for good an all. He shall
carry av"1 Mm the Pictm-e wcl1 Jordaens hath made, itt being that
whereof your Maj'7 had a draft, and deliver also unto your Maj'7 the
Landslip, representing the Country about the Escuriall. Your
Maj"0 will be graciously pleased (having seene Jordaens worke) to
commande, iff he shall proceede av'u the other peeces, and iff
Sr Pieter Rubens shall be put on those of the Seeling, though itt
should cost 240 £ starling more.
I have, M my last letter unto Mr. Surveyor,, propounded a
thrifty expedient to increase the somme, by the gaine of the
Exchange, your Maj'ie will lafe att the same, since the expedient
is more consonnant unto a poore pursse then to the hearing of a
greate Monarche, yett doe such sometimes excuse the thrifty con-
ceate of theire servants and gracefully accept their good will,
though butt in a trifle.
* * * * &
Your Maj'ie8 most humble, most obedient, most loyal
Subject, and most zealous obliged Servant,
B. Gerbier.
[Translated from the French]
CCXXV. ABBE DE SCAGLIA TO SIR B. GERBIER. 3
Antwerp, May — , 1640.
Sir : 13
I have just seen the Chevalier Rubens, having found Mm at
present without company. He tells me that, having considered
the trouble, which cannot be avoided in the fore -shortenings
(raccourcissements), and that necessarily to adjust the designs,
there will require to be much m relief (which takes up time), he
does not know how he can do it for less than two thousand
patagons.2M TMs is, he says, the lowest price, and sans replique,
His advice would be, to place, in the middle, the Banquet of the
Gods ; on one side, when Cupid, having undertaken to make
Psyche amorous with one. of the populace, becomes amorous
himself, and on the other side, her being immortalised in the
heavens. The diversity of figures will present an agreeable
2S4 Gerbier has added — " 2000 patacons, att 4 8 stuy vers, are 4S0O florins, which are
iM. sterling."
2:1*5 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
picture to the eye. He proposes, nevertheless, if it is wished,
that others should be employed for the remaining six pieces, that,
in such case, to avoid the different styles of painting from being
observed, grotesque or other inventions, without figures, might be
introduced, desiring, however, to knoAv the height of the place, in
order to adhere to the right proportions. I Avill await whatever
you may think that I can do in this matter, wishing in this, and
all other ways, to testify hoAV perfectly I am, Sir,
Your very humble
and very obedient Servant,
A. De Scaglia.
CCXXVI. SIR B. GERBIER TO INIGO JONES. 9
MR Scrveyeb, Brussels, May — , 1640.
s
IR :
19
I write unto Ms Maj'7, by this Ordinary, touching the pictures.
Sr Peter Reubens doth aske £240 more then Jordaens for the
Sofito; he may deserve it, soe his Maj'7 will condescend to the
price. The somme of the whole worke Avould amount unto £885
starK that is to say £480 for the Sofito made by Sr Peter Reubens,
& £433 ''3 for the pictures about the route to be made by
Jordaens. My secretary is on his departure hence for England;
he shalbe charged w'h the first picture Jordaens hath made &
wth the Landskipp, representing the country about the Escuriall :
I shall expect his Maj" finall resolution touching the aforesaid
Pictures & prises; pray hould a hand thereunto, ancl, on the
point of moneyes, that the thing may be done & sure. If the
moneyes be paid att London (as I said in my former, there may
be gamed on the £885 att 8 in the hundred (since the exchange
doth often fall) £70 ; soe, as to make the somme fall here, there
must be paid att London £825, wch will make here the summe of
£88-5 or thereabouts. Its all I have to trouble you wtU, on this
case, for the present, pray lett me heare in a word what to be don
thereon, Soe I rest y" in great haste, &c,
B. Gerbier.
285 Gerbier has evidently made a mistake in these two sum3. Rubens demanded
48vK for the pictures for the Sofito ; [see Gerbier's letter May -^, 1640, ante p. 224] and
"the note of Jordaens," [ante p. 213], for the thirteen pictures, which were to
decorate the walls of the Cabinet, amounts to HOI. after deducting 240'. for the nine
pieces for the Sofito.
PAPERS. RELATING TO RUBENS. 227
CCXXVII. SIR B. GERBIER TO KING CHARLES I. (Extract)
Brussels, May —, 1640.
May it please your gratious Majtv: ^6
* * * % *
I shall send, next Aveeke, the picture of Jordaens, it being iioav
drie, that of St. Laurenzo will goe av'1' it.
* * * # %
Yr Maj'-" &c,
B. Gerbier.
CCXXVIII. SIR B. GERBIER TO AV. MURRAY."*
21
MB Murray, Brussels, May — ,1610.
Sir:
31'
As by your letter of Oct. 17th, 1639, 1 received the first direction
to bespeake certayne pictures to be made here by one Jordaens, I
have charged this bearer to deliver unto you the first peece,'"187 wch
the same Jordaens hath made of the nomber required for her Maj'3
cabinet, though he knoweth not, as yett, for Avhom the pictures are
to be. They would have bin dispatch't ere tMs, if I had received
timely directions, & the payment had bin setled, wch Mr. Norgate
(by Ms last of ^ pres. to me) saith was soe farre advanced as you
had spoken unto Sr Job. Harvey288 touching the same. When I see
the effects thereof, on this side the seas, then shall I be innabled
to give Jordaens satisfaction for this first picture & to warne him
to goe on av"1 the rest.
286 This letter is transcribed, from Gerbier's letter-book, and does not contain the
Postscript, which will be found added to the original, printed by Da#son Turner,
Esq. (for private circulation), with the " Catalogue of the AVorks of Art in the
possession of Sir Peter Paul Rubens at the time of his decease." It is however
addressed to William Murray, Groom of the Bedchamber [see ante p. 211, note 272], and
not to Mr. Plenty Murrey, Keeper of the King's pictures, as stated by Dawson Turner
in his " prefatory remarks."
287 Dai73on Turner says, — " It is impossible now to ascertain what this picture was;
in all probability it never reached its destination, and the rest of the order Avas never
executed," &c. A letter from Gerbier, dated December ^, 1640, [ see p.234] shows
however that this " first peece," most probably, did reach its destination. " Jordaens
had wrought on several of the pictures intended for her Majesty," and not only
" money is looked for by the said Jordaens," but " one hundred pounds had been
received on Sir Job. Harby's order."
283 Sir Job. Harby, Knight, of Aldenham, Herts, wa3 a merchant in London, and
one of the Commissioners of the Customs. He Avas created a Baronet by Charles II.
in 1661?-; the title became extinct seventeen years afterwards, upon the death of his
son, Sir Erasmus Harby. (Dawson Turner, ut supra) Q 2
223 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
You will find, in the same case, a picture representing the
Country about the Escurial in Spaine, wch hath bin painted by one
of AntAverp, after Sc Peeter Reubens draught & is presented by him
unto his Maj'7 ; since (according Mr. Norgate's relation) it was
soe desired. I doe send, here inclosed, Sr Peter Ruebens his letter
touching that subject, w,dl letter you wilbe pleased to sIioav unto
his Maj'7; soe ceasing giving you further trouble, Msse your
hands, & rest, &c. B. Gerbeer.
Sr Peter Rubens is deadly sick ; The Phisicians of tMs ToAvne
being sent unto Mm for to trye theire best skill on him.
[Inclosure]
[Translated from the French, which see in Appendix A, No. XXVIII.]
CCXXIX.289 SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS TO SIR B. GERBIER.
Sir : [Antwerp, April, 1640.]
Here is the Picture of St. Laurens in Escurial, finished
according to the capacity of the Master, under my direction,
however. Please God the extravagance of the Subject may give
some recreation to' Ms Majesty. The Mountain is called the
Sierra de St. Juan in Malagpn, it is very high and steep, and
A'ery difficult to ascend and descend, so that the clouds' beneath
us were A'ery low, the sky above remaining very clear and
serene. There is, at the summit, a great wooden cross, wMch is
easily discerned from Madrid, and there is, on one side, a little
chinch dedicated to St. John, which could not be represented
in the Picture, for it was behind our backs, where a Hermit
lives who is here seen with his borico [mule]. I need scarcely
say that below is the Superb Building of St. Laurens in Escurial,
with the Village and its avenues of Trees, with the Erisneda and
its tAvo ponds, and the road toAvards Madrid, AvMch appears above,
23D The original of this letter is in the possession of Dawson Turner, Esq., by
whom it is printed in fac-simile only (for private circulation) in his . " Catalogue of
Rubens' effects." The letter Avas addressed to Gerbier about the end of April 1°40,^
in consequence, as will have been seen, of a previous correspondence on the subject.
I take this opportunity of again returning my best thanks to Mr. Turner for hAS kind
permission to reprint it. /
PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS. 229
near the horizon. The Mountain, covered with snow, is called La
Sierra Tocada, because it has, almost always as it were, a veil
round about its summit. There is a tower and a house on one
side, though I do not remember their name particularly, but I
know the lung went there at times when hunting. The Mountain
quite to the left is La Sierra y puerto de butrago. Which is all I
can say on this subject. Remaining ever, Sir,
Your very humble servant,
Peter Paul Rubens.
I forgot to say, that at the summit, we met with plenty of forse
vinayson, as is represented m the Picture. [Gerbier has added —
He meanes deare wch is called venson when putt in crust.]
CCXXX. SIR B. GERBIER TO KING CHARLES I. 21
Brussels, May — , 1640.
May it please your Majtv •- 31
The inclosed of the Abath d'Escaglia*" markes, in it's beginning,
the price he hath made av'1" Jordaens, for the picture, woh this bearer
carrieth, and Mis his said letter wth a discourse, in some part like
the speculations of others, on the present estate of affaires, wcU God
graunt may turne to y* Maj'B satisfaction, the wishes of
Yr Maj" &c,
B. Ger'beer.
Smce I finisht this letter, neewes is come of Sr Pieter Rubens
death, many fine things wilbe sould in his Almoneda [public
sale]. CCXXXI. SIR B. GERBIER TO WILLIAM MURRAY.291 , May 23 ,„,„
Brussels, -^ , 1640.
?ii _ June 2
My Secretary parted hence eare, yesterday, w411ye Picture Jordans
hath made, and a Landschipp, draAvne after a designe of Sr Peeter
290 I regret that I do not find thi3 inclosure.
MI This letter _ transcribed from Gerbier's letter-book, in the State Paper Office;,
the original is printed (for private circulation) by DaAreon Turner, Esq., ut supra.
230 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
Rubens, ava peeces my said Secretary is to deliver unto yoT selfe,
to present them unto his Maj'7. Since, by yr lfe, I receaved yc first
direction, touching y" pictures off Jordaus, Sr Job. Harbys cor
respondent hath payed £41 starlings to y" Abot d'Escaglias Secre
tary, to bee repayed to Jordaens for his picture, wch is a most
reasonable price, as you shall see by ye worke, Avch, iff his Maj'7
likes, Jordaens may bee sett on to finish ye otther peeces belonging
to ye roome. Sr Peeter Rubens is deceased three dayes past, so as
Jordaens remaynes y" prime painter here. There wilbe manny
raritys of Pictures, Agats, and otther pretious tilings soMd in S'
Peeter Rubens out-cry; iff his Maj'7 would have annything bought,
it must bee knoAvne in time and bills off creditt sent ; for it must
bee done Avith redely monney. I cease troubling you w'h more,
humbly kisse y' hands and rest, Eta,
B. Gerbeer.
CCXXXII. SIR B. GERBIER TO INIGO JONES.
, May 23 „„,„
Brussels, „, 1640.
Mp_ Sbrveyer, etc., June 2
SR:
My Secretary went hence eare yesterday, and carrieth w"1 him
Jordans picture and y° Landschipp of Sr Peeter Rubens I men-
tion'J in my former. I doe send you, herewith, y* first desyne off
y" Squares for Avch ye pictures are intended ; you will bee pleased
to cause ye measures to bee taken and sent mee as before
said ; for, now his Maj'7 will see y" first peece off Jordans, I shall
soon heare whether his pleasure is y' hee shall continue to make
y" rest off y° pictures, since there are none more to bee expected
from Sr Peeter Rubens, whoe deceased three dayes past off a
defiaction wch fell on his heart, after some dayes indisposition of
ague and goutte ; hee is much regretted and contended, hath left
a rich wicldow, and rich children ; many raryties, wch Avill be sould
by out-cry. Iff Ms Maj'7, my Lord Mar"11 [Arundel], and other
Lieffhebbers (lovers of art) would have off his said rarityes, itt
were necessaiy they sent bills off creditt, for such summes as
they would imploy ; since Av'hout redely monney nothing can bee
had, there being also many hands readdy ag' yetime of ye out-cry:
w'h more I shall not trouble you att tins time : rest : Eta,
B. Gerbier.
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CCXXXIII. SIR B. GERBIER TO THE EARL OP ARUNDEL AND SURREY.
May 23
Brussels, jr—^< 1640.
May it please -r11 Excellency-: mlt '"
S" Peeter Rubens deceased three dayes since ; all his rarityes
of Pictures, Statues, Agates, Ivory cutt workes, and Drawings will
bee sould outt off hand. Iff his Maj'7, or yr Lop, would have anny
of Ms said rarityes bought, bills off credit would bee necessary to
make good yc paym' ; since wthout monney nothing can bee made
sure. I thought fitt to notice y" same, ceasing giving more
trouble to yr Excel : remaine, Eta, B. Gerbier.
It will be seen, by the preceding letter from Gerbier, that the
Great Flemish Artist, Sir Peter Paul Rubens, died on the
20th of May, 1640,2Si aged sixty-tAVO years, ten months, and
twenty-one days, " off a deflaction which fell on his heart, after
some days indisposition of ague and goutte ;" He was much
regretted and commended; and left, a rich widow, rich children,
and a very valuable collection of Pictures, and Statues, besides
many other choice and beautiful rarityes.
He was interred on the. 23rd of May [2nd June, N.S.], 1640,
in the Sieur Fourment's vault, in Ms parish Church of St. James,
at Antwerp.
His funeral was performed with solemn pomp. The procession
consisted of the clergy of the Collegiate Church of St. James' and
several orders of the poor, to whose comfort he was a liberal
contributor. On each side of the bier, were sixty orphan boys
with torches ; these were followed by the cMef officers of the
city, many noblemen, merchants, and citizens of Antwerp, and the
members of the Academy of Painting.
»« It has alwavs been said that Eubens died on May 30, 1640 ; but the ten days'
difference between the old and new style, from the year 1582 to 1699, must always
¦be taken into account, when fixing the date of an event which occurs in a Roman
Catholic country. The Gregorian, or Reformed Calendar, was not used in England
until September, 1752.. An act w-as then passed, ordering the day following the 2nd
of September to be reckoned the 1 4th, which allowed eleven days for the discrepancy
in the old aud the new styles, during the eighteenth century.
232 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
His most intimate friend, Dr. Gevaerts, composed his epitaph,
AvMch is as follows : — w D. 0. M.
Petrcs Paulus Rubbnitjs Eques
Ioannis, Hujus Urbis Senatoris.
Filius Steenii Toparcha :
' Hie situs est,
Qui inter cieteras quibus ad miraculum
Excelluit Doctrinse HistoriEe Priscse,
Omniumque bonarum artium et elegantiarum dotes,
Non sui tantum ssecull,
Sed et omni3 iEvi
Apelles dici meruit :
Atque ad Regain Principumque A'irorum amicitias
Gradum sibi fecit;
A Philippo IV Hispaniarum Indiarumque Rcge
Inter sanctions concilii scribas adscitus,
Et ad Carolnm I. Magnas Britanniae Regem
Anno mdcxxix Delegatus
Pacis inter eosdem Principes mox initas
Fundamenta feliciter posult
Obiit Anno Sal: mdcxl. xxx Maii. iEtatis lxiv.
Hoc Monnmentum a clarissimo Gevartio
Olim Petro Paulo Rubenio consecratum
A Posteris hue usque neglectnm,
Rubenianit stirpe masculina jam inde extincta.
Hoc anno hdcc.lv poni curavit
R. D. Ioannes Bapt: Iacobus De Parys,
Hujns insignis Eeclesiaa Canonicus
Ex Matre et A via Rubeniil Nepos.
R. I. P.
23 To God, the Greatest, Best; Here lies Peter Paul Ruben3, Knight & Governor of
Steen, the son of John, a Senator of this City, who deserved to be called Apelles, among
the otaer gifts in which he excelled to a miracle, viz., of learning, ancient history, and
all the fine arts and elegances, not only of his own time, but also of every age, he made
for himself a step to the friendships of Rings and Princely Men ; promoted to be a
Secretary of the Privy Council by Philip IV. King of Spain and the Indies, and sent
on an Embassy to Charles King of Great Britain, in the year of Our Lord 1629,
when he happily laid the foundations of the peace, Avhich was soon after concluded
between those Princes. He died in the year of Salvation 1640, on the 30th of May,
Aged 64.
In this Year 1755, the Rev. Jean Baptiste Jacques de Parys, Canon of this dis
tinguished Church, a Descendant from Rubens, through his Mother and Grandmother,
caused thi3 monument to be renewed, which, in times past, had been made sacred to
[the memory of] Peter Paul Rubens, by the eminent Gevartiua; but by a subsequent
posterity neglected until now ; descendants of Rubens, in the male line, having become
extinct. May he rest in peace.
PAPEES RELATING TO RUBENS. 233
On the 4th of March, 1G42, his remains Avere placed in a tomb,
built by the authority of the bishop, behind the Choir of St.
James's Church, where they rest to this day. His sepulchral
stone is placed before an altar, decorated with one of his pictures,
which represents the Virgin. Mary with the infant Jesus, in a
cradle of leaves.""
The person of Rubens is described to have been of just pro
portions ; his height about five feet nine and a half inches; his
face oval, with regular and finely-formed features, dark hazel eyes,
a clear and ruddy complexion, contrasted by curling hair of an
auburn colour, with mustaches and beard ; Ms carriage was easy
and noble ; his introduction and manners exceedingly graceful
and attractive ; Ms conversation was facile and engaging, and,
when animated in discourse, his eloquence, delivered with full
and clear intonation of voice, was at all times powerful and
persuasive. CCXXXTV. SIR B. GERBIER TO HENRY GERMAIN. (Extract.)
_ , May 30
Brussels, J . , 1640.
Noble Sk ¦ June 9
I doe render humble thanckes for y'lre of 15 May, and whereas
one off Jordans pictures will have bin (eare this) showed unto her
Maj'7, y' I am but to expect now her gracious cofnands for y* rest,
since Jordans remaines ye prime painter here now S* Peeter
Rubens is deceased.
*****
B. Gerbier.
CCXXXV. SIR B. GERBIER TO AVILLIAM MURRAY.
Sn
Brussels, June — , 1610.
16
I see, by my Mend Ed. Norgates Ire, y' an inventory off Sr
Peeter Rubens rarietyes is desired. I am mindfull off itt, and am
promist a coppy as soone y° inventory made. I will then send itt,
and can give you hearty thankes, for y' you have bin pleased to
expresse a willingnesse to speake a good woord for my releafe. You
know how sweete it is to doe good, and for Avhome, the number of
myne all present here their humble service to y'selfe (S1) and to y1
sweete noble best bedd-fellow ; So in great haste I rest
Sr, &c, B. Gerbiee.
-5"1 Alf. Michiels, pp. 181 — 2, Avho describe this picture in detail.-
234 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
CCXXXVI. SIR B. GERBIER TO INIGO JONES. 13
Brussels, June — , 1640.
MR SURA'AYEK, ETC, AO
S":-
I haa _ receaved y° measures, in thredd, for ye peeces of paintmg
for her Maj'3 Cabinett at GreenAvich. I will send them unto
Jordaens, but first put to them otther. papers, bearing y* names in
ye French toungue, y' hee may not, as yett, Ioioav for whome y"
pictures are ; since by Sr Peeter Rubens decease he may bee
become more deere in his paintings. The items, wchyou doe
marcke for Jordans observations, shall be putt unto Ms remem
brance, as I have done heretofore, by ye Abbot d'Escaglia ; I Avill
cause my said frind, ye Abbot, to give a spurre to yc expedition.
It being all I have to say on this casse, I rest with my best wishes
to y'selfe, etc".
S1, &c,B. Gerbier.
CCXXXVH. SIR B. GEEBIER TO INIGO JONES. 5
Brussels, December —,1640.
MR SuEVEYEIt, I5
Sir:
In answeare of y* Ire of 27th Nov1, Jordans hath wrought on
severall of ye pictures intended for her Maj'7, as y' Abbot
d'Escaglia hath long signyfied unto mee, Avith ye item that monney
is lookt for by y" said Jordaens ; of Avch I have given notice unto
Mr. Norgate, who returned for answeare yl Mr. Murrey had taken
order on y* poinct ; whch as yet appeares not soe to mee. The
smnme for y* Avhole worke is £680; one hundred hath bm receaved
on Sr Job. Harbie his order ; Jordans hath not as yett bin tould
(forasmuch I know) for whome ye pictures are; the. Abbot
d'Escaglia is y" man hee takes notice off; Itt were noe civillytie
(as I doe cc-nceave) to putt ye Abbott on ye delivery of ye pictures,
(made) wth empty hands, Its all I can say on this pomct, soe I
rest .Sr, &c,
B; Gerbier.
PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS. 235
CCXXXVIII. SIR B. GERBIER TO AVILLIAM MURRAY. 4
Brussels, July - , 1640.
Noble S": u
I doe send, hereAv'1', y" register, Avch I have receaved but yester
day from AntAverp, of ye late Sr Peeter Rubens rarityes ; avc1v paper
is a true translation of it's originall. Iff his Majtyand y'selfe sends
gelt, and doe cause to bee pricht such parcells as I shalbe com
manded to consider, I Avill in y', as in all other tMngs, endeavr to
obey most punctually, and venter my skill for ye right choice ; but
gelt is yc mayne matter, and soe would a favorable word m my
particular helpe, to farther y° paym' of my arreares, AvMch would
bee more comfort to mee then shaddoAves off things;
I am Sr, &c, B. Gerbier.
The " Register of the late Sir Peter Rubens' rarities " mclosed
by Gerbier in the foregoing letter, for the especial information of
King Charles I., is, most probably, the identical " Inventory of
Pictures found in the Howse of the late Sr Peter PaM Rubens,
Kn', after his death," printed for private circulation in 133!}, by
Dawson Turner, Esq., who has most kindly permitted me to reprint
it in this place. Mr. Turner observes, that the numbers attached
to the articles, are the same as in the printed Catalogue, published
in France, shortly after the death ' of the Artist, to enable Ms
family the better to dispose of his effects. Yet still, as will be
seen by the notes, it is obvious, that this English Catalogue is
not a translation from the other. These Notes I have. oMy
added, AAiiere the printed Catalogue so far differed from the MS.
as to serve to throAv hght upon it. The number and value of
these works of art, are strikingly illustrative of the character and
position of the man.* They equally show his attachment to his
profession and tlie extent of his pecuniary resources. They are
said to have produced the sum of £25,000.
2'J-5 The Catalogue of the AVorks of Art in the possession of Rubens, at the time of
his death, contain 319 pictures alone. At first, it was the intention of the family to
sell the whole collection by auction, but this did not take piace, and the pictures,
after being valued by Snyders, AVildens, and Nicholas Moermans, were sold separately,
by private contract. The principal purchasers Avere the King of Spain, the Emperor
of Germany, the King of Poland, the Elector of Bavaria, and Cardinal Richelieu,
the latter of whom obtained a great part of his most valuable works. The collection
of gems and cameos, AVhich is said to have been extremely valuable, together with hi3
medals and carvings, ivere bought altogether by the King of Spain.— Sinith'a Cat.
Rais. The following " Inventory" contains but 314 pictures.
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AN INYENTORY OF PICTURES FOUND IN THE HOWSE
OF THE LATE Sa PETER PAUL RUBENS, KNT,
AFTER HIS DEATH.
IMPRIMIS, PEICES OP ITALIAN MR5.
NO. 1. A Magdalen of Titiau.
2. A Saviour with a AA'orld in his hand ; by Titian.
3 A Great Draught of the ilartirdome of Peter Martyr, which stands iu the Church
of St. John and St. Paul, at A'enice; by Titian.
4. The picture of Titian himselfe ; made by himselfe.
5. The picture of Charles the 5,h ; by Titian.
6. A picture of Marie ; by Titian.
7, 8. Two faces of Christ; held for Titian.
9. A face of Magdalene.
10. A draught of Horses; by Titian.
11. A Psyche, with a bottle in her hand ; by Titian."
12. A draught of a AVomaus face; afterwards paynted over by Paulo de Veronna.b
13. A curious picture of a Man with Purres on ; by Tintoret.
14. The picture of Tintoret; by himselfe.
15. A picture of a Venetian; by Tintoret.
1 6. Another of a Venetian ; by Tintoret.
17. A draught of the Ascension; by Tintoret.c
18. A draught of the Judgment; by Tintoret.
19. A picture of a Man, held to be of Raphael.
20. A St. Prancys ; made by Mutiano.
21. A Venetian Bride with her kindred ; by Paulo de Verrona.
22. A St. Helena ; held to be Paulo Verrona's.
23. A picture of a Venetian Gentlewoman ; by Paulo de Verrona.
24. A Gentlewoman with a little hatt ; by the same.d
25. A draught of Black and AVhite ; by Paulo de Verrona.
26. A Landshcap of Paul Brill's Avith a Psyche.
27. The takeinge of Christ in the garden ; by Spagnoletto.
* In the Catalogue, this is not said to be painted by Titian, but only touched by
him. b " Un des?ein de teste defemme, tourr.ee derriere, de Paulo Verronez.'' Catalogue.
c Of the Assumption of the Arirgin, according to the Catalogue.
d The Catalogue has it,, avee un petit chien, and it is remarkable that a similar
diiference between the Prench aud English Catalogues is observable in another
instance. See No. 145.
PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS. 237
23. A Banquet ; by the same.
29. A picture of an Italian Lady.
30. The picture of the Duke of Urbin.
31. The Pall of Phaeton; by Peter Perugino.
32. A Ceres in the night ; by Adam Helshamer."
33. The Anunciation ; by the same.
34. A Landshcap, in a round frame ; by the same.
35. A Judith ; by the same.
36. A Christ, in short ; a coppie after Caronagio.'
37. A picture of a Man ; made by Palma.
PIECES OF SK PETER PAUL RUBENS, KNT. &c. MADE IN SPAINE,
ITALIE, AND OTHER PLACES, AS AVELL AFTER TITIAN A3
OTHER GOOD MKS.
38. The picture of Hippolitus.s
39. A boyes Pace, with a black Capp.
40. A young man's Face.
41. A picture of a Venetian Gentleman.
42. A great Adam and Eve.
43. A Calisto.
44. An Acteon.
45. A ATenus and Adonis.
46. An Europa.
47. A Venus and Cupid lyinge on a bed.h
48. Venus and Cupid lookeing in a glasse.
HERE POLLOAV PICTURES MADE BY THE SATD S* PETER PAUL
RUBENS AFTER TITIAN.
49. Charles the Pifte.
50. The Empresse Leonora, his wife.
51. The picture of the sayd Emperor and Empresse uppon ye same cloth.
52. The picture of the Emperor Ferdinand with a sword in his hand.
53. The picture of Duke d'Alua.
54. The picture of Duke John Frederick of Saxonie.
55. The picture of a Landgraef of Hessen.'
56. The picture of Isabell d'Este, Dutchesse of Mantoua.
57. Another of the same Dutchesse in black clothes.
58. The picture of Alfonso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara.
" His name is spelt variously : D'Argenville Avrites it, Blshaimer ; Bryan and
most others, Elsheimer, or Ekheimer. In the Prench Catalogue it is Elshamer.
' " Nostre Seigneur mort, copie aprSs Coregio." Catalogue.
8 " Le pourtrait du Cardinal Hippolito de Medicis." Catalogue.
11 Michel says, " A'enus et Adonis sur un lit."
' The Catalogue is more precise ; it says expressly, that it is a portrait of Philip,
Landgrave cf Hesse.
238 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
59. The picture of Francisco Sforza, y" 2"a Duke of Milan.
60. The picture of Aud" Gri.tti, Duke of Venice.
61. The picture of King Phillipp the Second, as big as y* life.
62. The picture of James, Secretarie to the sayd Kinge.
63. The picture of the aforesayd King's Dwarfe.
64. The picture of a certayne Great Man irith a hat.11
65, 66, 67, 68. Power pictures of Venetian Courtesans.
69. The picture of a Bride.1
70. A Face, paynted after one of Tintoret.
71, 72, 73, 74, 75. Five peeces of the AA'orkes of yB Apostles, after Raphael.
76. Psyche, after Raphael.
77. A St. John's Head, after Raphael.
78. A Picture, after Raphael ; done by Balthazar Castiglione.
79. Charles the Fifte with a helment ; made by Van Tyke, after Titian.
SO. A peice of the AVorks of the Apostles ; made after Raphels.
HERB POLLOAV THE PEICES MADE BY THE LATE "S" PETER PAUL
RUBENS.
81. A peice of Venus, wth many Cupidds, taken out of Philostratus.
82. A peice of Bacchanalls, with Sheppards and Sheepherdesses dancinge and drunck;
out of Philostratus, uppon cloth.
83. A peice of Naked Nimphes and Satyrs.
84. A peice of Marie, Avith S[. George and other S'*, iu landschap."1
85. A naked Andromeda bound to the rock, soe great as the life."
86. A Magdalene as bigg a3 the life, upon bord.
87. Beersheba sittinge by the fountayne.
88. Three Nymphes with Satyres.
89. A Switzer with his SAfeet-hart, w'h a bottle, w"' a satyre; not full made, uppon
cloth."
90. A Switzer, where the Boores bringe Mm money aud cover a table,
91. A Bacchus."
92. The three Graces naked.
93. S'» Cecillia.
* Avee un chien. Catalogue.
1 According to the Catalogue, the whole of these pictures, from No. 53 to No. 69
inclusive, are copies from Titian.
™ This- picture the artist's Avidow presented to the Church of St. Jacques, at
Antwerp, to adorn the chapel of the tomb of her husband. The following number is
noAV in the Marlborough Collection. — Smith.
" By the Catalogue it appears that the expression, " soe great as the life," in this
and the following number, is intended to imply that the figures are Avhole length.
° The Catalogue expressly says that this is upon wood, not cloth; and it explains
that, by not full made is to be understood, that the picture was left incomplete.—
AVith regard to the following article, its description is far more satisfactory : " Une
troupe de Suisses qui contraignent les paysans de leur donner de 1'argent et couvrir
fo table sur toile." This, in Smith's Catalogue, is called, A Troop cf Banditti
pillaging Peasants.
" AVith a glass in hU hand. Catalogue.
PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS. 239
94. A Sheepheard w'h a Sheepheardesse.
95. The picture of Phillipp the Good in armo'.
96. The picture of Charles the Bold in armour.
97. The picture of the Earle of Aruadell, uppon cloth.
98. The picture of Marquis Spinola.
99. A Susanna, uppon bord.
100. The picture of Doctor Maierna.
101. The picture of the Infant Cardinal.
102. The picture of a AVoman, with a black Capp, and flowers in her hands.
103. A peice of Italian Boores dancinge, uppon bord.
104. A Tiltinge, in Landschap.
105. A peice, an Italian Landschap, av'11 the mines of a Church, which is cloth pasted
uppon a bord.
106. A Landschap, uppon cloth, pasted on a bord.
107. The picture of Charles the Bold, upon bord.
108. A Wood, with a Huntinge, wtb the Sun riseinge, uppon bord.
109. A picture, after one on Leonardo de Vina's, uppon cloth.'1
110. A Landschap, uppon cloth, pasted uppon a bord.
111. The picture of a French Lady, uppon bord.
112. A Landschap, ¥''" sheepe, uppon borde.
113. The picture of the Infant Cardinall, in his card1' clothes.
114. The picture of the nowe Empresse.
115. The picture of the Kinge of Spayne, uppon cloth.
116. The picture of the Queene of Spayne.
117. The picture of the Duke of Nubourgh.
118. Argus.
119. A Sacrifice, uppon cloth, after Adam Helshamar.r
120. The picture of the Queene of Prance.
121. A peice where Angellica sleepes with a Hermit.
122. The picture of a AVoman with her hands one uppon another.'
123. The picture of the King of Spayne Avith a hatt on.
124. An English AVhore, uppon cloth.
125. An old AAroman, with a Boy; a night piece.
126. The picture of a Certayne Lady.
127. The picture of the Duke of Buckingham.
128. The picture of an Old Man with a AVhite Beard, uppon bord.
129. The picture of a Man in Armour, Avith a red scarfe.
130. The picture of a Certayne Lady with a capp on her head.
131. A great peice, bcinge a AA'ood made after the naturall, Avherein is the huntinge
of Atalanta in small figures.
132. A Landschap after the naturall, Avberein is the Escuriallin little.
133, 131. Two great Landschaps after the naturall.
i The Catalogue ha3 this, Leonardo de Vinci, which is clearly right ; and, in No.
117, it is equally correct in designating the picture as a portrait of the Duke of
Nieubourgh. Mr. Smith, more explicit, says that No. 109 is a portrait of Lionardo
de Vinci.
' See note to No. 32.
' " This picture is the celebrated Chapeau de Paille, now in the possession of the
Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel." — Smith.
210 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
135. A great Landschap after the life, w* little figures iu't uppon a bord.
136. A great Landschap Avhere it mines, with little Cowes in it.
137. A great Landschap, with a Tempest, beingc the Historie of Baucis and Philemon.
13S. A peice of Emaus, Avith the sumus setting.'
139. A peice of Romulus and Remus, uppon cloth.
140. The picture of a Man cloth'd like a'furke, uppon cloth.
141. A piece of the Mayde that gave her Father suck in the Prison.
142. A piece of Venus, Bacchus, and Ceres.
143. A peice of Boores Fightinge, made after a draught of old Breugel.
144. A peice wherein is a Christ crucyfied.
145. A picture of a AVoman dressed in the Dutch fashion, with a little hatt in her
hand, uppon horde."
146. The picture of the Arch-duke Maximilian.
147. A drunken Bacchus.
14S, 149. Two pictures of Kings of Tunis, made after Antonio : More's.
150. A great Landschap, uppon cloth, pasted uppon bord.
151, 152. Two pictures of the Arch-duke Albertus and Isabella.
153. A peice wherein is a Boore and a Boorinne, Avith beast and fruite ; made by
Paulus de Vos.
154. A great Huntinge of Harts ; paynted over by him, and w;h figures of him.
155. A St. George on horseback, uppon cloth.
156. A peice, upon bord, called the Christian Kn'.
157. A druncken Hercules, uppon bord.
1 58. A peice of St. Peter and St. Paul, uppon cloth.
159. A peice of Pucelle d'Orleans, uppon cloth.
160. A great peice of Magdalene, uppon cloth, and pasted uppon bord."
161. A peice of Susanna, uppon cloth.
162. A peice of Susanna, uppon cloth, pasted uppon bord.
163. A peice of the Huntinge of Atlanta and Meleager.
1 64. A peice with some Nymphes Av'h a Cornucopia.
165. A peice of Three Kings.
166. The picture of ye Queeue Mother of Prance, uppon cloth.
167. The picture of the Queene of Prance.
168. A great peice of Pythagoras, w"' y" fruite of Prancy Snyders.
169. A peice of the Prodigall Sonne, Avith a stable.
170. Druncken Sylenus.™
171, 172. Two little Landschaps, uppon bord.
173. A Night, uppon bord.
174. A peice of a Nymph and a Satyre at"' a baskett of grapes."
' More happily described in the Catalogue as Nostre Seigneur en Ejnaus.
" See note to No. 24.
" I apprehend1 that this description is inaccurate, for the Catalogue says that it is
une grande piece des pecheurs repentis.
" AVith Satyrs and other figures. Catalogue.
* To this succeeds in the Catalogue, Avithout any number, " Une Didon qui se tue ;''
and the same picture is also introduced by Michel. In the following article there ii
a curious difference between the Prench Catalog-ue and this list ; for instead of a Son
of Albert Durer, it is there called un renard d' Albert Durer. Michel has it un
renard par Michel Durer.
PAPEES RELATING TO RUBENS. 2-1 1
HERE FOLLOW THE PEICES OF THE OLD MK3.
175. A Son of Albert Durer.
176. A David comeinge into Jerusalem w"' the head of Golias ; by Lucas van
Leyden.
177. The picture of Erasmus Eoterdamus ; by the same Mr.
178. A peice of Paulus Ereciita, w"' a S' Anthonie; by the same.
179. 180. Two pictures of a Man and a AVoman; by John van Eyck.
181. The picture of Zaulingbeda;'' by Mr. Huges.
182. The great Commander Don Gonzales de Cordova.
183. A picture of Holbeen.
184. A picture in Avater coulo"; by Holbeen.
185. A little picture in water coulo".
186. A picture of a Certayne Jetveller; by Quintin.
187. The picture of a Man with a red Capp ; by Browsen.z
188. The picture of a Man with a black Capp; by AV" Key.
189. The Birth of Christ; by Arthur van Leyden.
190, A Marie in landschap; by Henry Bios.
191. A Landschap w,h the Fright into Egipt; by old Brngel.
192. The Hill of S' Gottard ; by old Brugel.
193. The Death Bed of o' Lady : black and white ; by old Brugel.
194. A Baudy Howse ; by Arthur van Leyden.
195. 196. Two faces in round ; by old Brugel.
197. A * * * * ; by the same, in round."
198. A face of a Beggar, in round; by the same.
199. The picture of a Man ; by the same.
200. The picture of a Man Avith a great nose ; by Hem3en.
201. The picture of the Card' de Granuelle; by Scorre.
202. A picture of Antonio More's.
203. Another picture of the Card1 de Granuelle's.
204. A S' Cicilie; by Michaell Cox.
205. A landschap with a S' Hubert ; by Arthur the Hollander.
206. A little peice wherein Justice is done by AVachelen.
207. A takinge off from the Crosse.
208. A little peice of the takinge off the Crosse ; by Scorre.
209. The picture of a Man ; made by some good old Mr.
210. The Temptation of Christ, in water coulo" ; by old Brngell.
211. Shipps, in water coulor3 ; by the same.
212. A Battle betwixt the Turke and Christian, in water coulo" ; by the same.
213. A Landschap with a fyre, in Avater coulo"; by the same.
214, 215. Two pictures of a Man and a AVoman; by Prancys Ploris, uppon bord.
J An English reader would hardly imagine that Zaulingbeda Ava3 meant to express
the Venerable Bide.
' ' Bronzino.— Catalogue. So also, in No. 190, the Catalogue has it correctly, Henry
Bles, instead of Bios: In Michel's Catalogue, the red-capped man is assigned to
AV"1, Key, and tlie blade-capped to Bronzino.
- * Un balayeur. — Michel. ,
212 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
216. The picture, by Phillipp van Cleve, Lord of Ravesteiu, uppon a bord.
217. The picture of a Prebend, uppon bord.
218. The picture of a Preist, uppon bord ; by Ploris.
21 9. An Epitath Avith two doores; by Arthur van Leyden.
220. A Landschap ; by the same, uppon bord.
221. AnEmaus; by the Foolish elef, uppon bord.b
222. The Judgment of Paris ; by the same, uppon bord.
223. A Avater colour'd cloth ; by AViiliam Tonsi."
224. A picture; by AV" Key," uppon bord.
225. A picture ; by Joos van Cleue, uppon a bord.
226. A Bawdy HoAvse; by Martin van Cleue.
227. A Banquet of the Gods; by Bernard Rycke.
HERE FOLLOAV THE PEICES OF THE MODERN .AP'3.
228. A naked Venus, w'1' a Satyre ; by Van Dyke, uppon cloth.d
229. A S' Jerome, AYtb- an Angeli ; by the same, uppon cloth.
230. A great S' Jerome kneelinge ; by the same, uppon cloth.
231. A small kneelinge Jerome; by the same, uppon cloth.
232. The Apprehendiuge of Christ ; by the same, uppon cloth."
233. S' Ambrose ; by the same, uppon cloth.
23-1. S1 Marty n; by the same, uppon cloth.
235. The Crowninge of Christ; by the same. ,
236. A face, uppon a bord ; representinge S' George.
237. A face, uppon a bord ; the Man in Armour.
238. A water coloured cloth; by AAllliam Tonsi.f •
239. A Baskett Avith fruite, and birds; by Francys Snyders.
h This and the preceding No. are reversed in the Catalogue : the latter U
called by Michel, Le Chateau d'Emaus, par Van Cleeflefol.
' Une pii-ce en destrempe, de Willem Tons. Catalogue.
" Described in the Catalogue, and most probably with more truth, as tlie story of
Antiope and Jupiter transformed into a. Satyr.
' The following note is attached to this article by Michel : — " The picturesque
tradition cherished as a truth by the painters and connoisseurs of Antwerp assures
us that this same ' Apprehendinge of Christ' is the identical gift that Anthony Van
Dyck presented to Rubens, when that pupil took leave of his master before his
departure for Italy, in remembrance of the courte3y Avhich Rubens had shown to him
in his studio ; and, in the second place, in testimony of the high sense of his
gratitude for the saddle-horse which Rubens had presented to him for his intended
journey. The tradition also relates, that this picture is now to be found in the
apartments of Mons. Dierixsens, at Antwerp. The picture is high, and the figures
are the natural size; the heads, as those of Christ and some soldiers, are strikingly
beautiful, the colouring- vigorous, and the drapery free Avithout being affected. It is
only by the figure of Malchus, who, Avith his lanthorn, is thrown down in the fore
ground of the picture, that this picture can be perceived to have been painted
immediately after the artist had left the school of his master; but the execution of
the other figures Avas already an eA'idenee to what perfection Van Dyck would bring
his art on his return from Italy, and which events subsequently showed." [From
the French] — Michel, Hist, de Rubens, pp. 234-5.
' See note to No. 223.
PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS. 243
240. A Battayle of Sebastian, Kinge of Portugal! ; by Sebastian A'rauk.
241. The Prodigall Sonne ; by Symon de Vos.
242. A cloth, with birds; by Alexander Adriansen.
243. A Basket of Fruite ; by the same.
244. A Landschap; by Wildeus.
24 5. A Flower Pot; by Ikens, uppon bord.
240. A Baskett and Glasse, with flowers ; by the same.
247. A Flower Pott ; by the same.
448. A peice like the Alter Peice in the qtieere of S' Augustine'3 church ; made by
the late Sr Peter Rubens.^
249. A Garland of Flowers, with Marie in't ; by the same, uppon cloth.
250. A Cornucopia of Fruite and a Flower Pott; uppon cloth.h
251. Another Cornucopia, uppon cloth ; by the same.
252, 253. Two clothes paynted with landschaps; by Peter Snayers.
254. A Httle Landschap, uppon a bord.
255. A small peice of Sebastian Vrank, where the blinde leads theblinde, uppon bord.
256. A night peice ; by Peter Snayers, uppon bord.
257. A Landschap of Mompers, with beasts of Brugel, uppon bord.
258. A Kitchen, with a Catt fightinge; by Paulus de Vos, on cloth.
259. A peice of Birds singinge ; by the same, uppon cloth.
260. The Huntinge of a great AVilde Bore; by Franuys Snyders,
261. A Flower Pott; by the same.
262. A cloth, with Fruite and Birda ; by Paulus de Ar03.
263. A bord, where Fruite lyes uppon the earth ; by Fran. Snyders.
264. A bord, with Cabbages and Turnipps; by the same.
265. A Polyphemus and Ulisses, uppon cloth ; by Jaques Jordaens.
266. The Birth of Christ ; by the same.
267. A Marie, uppon bord ; by the same.
268. A cloth, uppon wch a Cornucopia w"1 Flowera ; by Peter Zegers."
269. A Huntinge of Diana : the figures of Sr Peter Eubens ; the landschaps aud the
beasts of Brugel. .
270. A Huntinge of Diana ; by Sr Peter Rnben3 & Brugel.
271. A Paradise ; by Brugel.
272. A Fightinge, where they pull one the other by thg hayre.
273. An Alehowse, where they sitt by the fire.
274. A risinge of the Sunne.
275. The Clownes musiek.
276. A jealous Boore.
277. A Battle, where they pull another by the tliroate.
278. A Landschap.
279. A Combatt of Three, where they strike with the pott.
280. A Temptation of S' Anthony.
281. The Musieke of Boores by the fire.
E Described by Smith as " Tlie Marriage of St. Catharine in the presence of
numerous Saints : a, sketch for the picture in the Church of St. Auguslin''
h This and the following are said by the Catalogue to be by Ykens.
1 This is evidently an error, and the artist intended is Daniel Seghers, the Jesuit.
In the Catalogue this picture is said to be by Pire Segers, which probably gave rise
to the mistake. n 2
244 PAPERS RELATING TO RUBENS.
2S2. A Lntenist.
233. A Dancinge iu a landschap.
2S4. A Boore, with a glasse of wyne and a pott.
2S5. Tobacco Drinkers.5"
236. A Landschap, Avherein a Man tyes his shoes.
287. Two Boores that peepe through a AVindowe.
233. A Man lillinge drinke. These 17 are of Brewer.
2S9, 290. Two Battailes ; by'Palmedes, uppon bord.
291. A Landschap ; by Poulenbeargh.
292. Another Landschap ; by the same.
293. S' A nthonie's Temptation; by Saeghtleuen.
294. A Landschap, av"1 Beasts and Boore's houshold stuffe ; by ye same, Avith little
.figures of Sr Peter Rubens.
295. A Boore'3 howse Avithin; by the same, Avith little postures of Sr Peter Rubens.
296. A Heard of Beasts ; by the same Saeghtleuen.
297. A peice, by the same, where a AVoman is chid ; the figures by S1, Peter Rubens.1
293. Another peice, by the same, Avhere a Mayde stands uppon the stayres; the
postures by S' Peter Rubens.
299. Another, where a Boore gives his dogg meat.
300. A Landschap; by the same.
301. A very little Landschapp.
302. A Tyn Pott; by Arande Aruyl, uppon cloth.
303. A Tyn Pott, with a man. aud a broad silver bowle, uppon a bord ; by the same.
304. Another piece, with a broad Bowie and three Trenchers,
305, 306. Two pieces, by Heda, with Plate and Glasses and Lemons, uppon bord.
307. A little Sea, uppon cloth; by Pcrsellis.
308. A Landschap of Vlegers, uppon bord.
309, 310. Two Shipps, uppon bord ; by Goyes."'
311. A small peice, Avith a Glasse and two peeces of Gamon of Bacon ; by Van Es.
312. A Bauqnett; by the same, uppon bord.
313. One lookeinge of Lice, uppon bord.
314. A Schools; by Hagi.
HERE POLLOAV VARIOUS ARTICLES OP CURIOSITY.
Three cloathes pasted uppon bord, beinge the Triumph of Julius Cesar, after Andrew
Mantegna; not full made.
Six great clothes, yc beseiginge of Townes, Battaile3, and'Triumphs of Henry the 4th,
y' French Kiuge ; not full made ; which he had begunn some yeares pa3t for the
pallace of the Queene Mother of Prance.
* Rather more intelligibly expressed in the Catalogue, " Quelques uns qui prennent
du tahacq."
1 " Ouunefemme estbaisee." Catalogue.. Smith says more at length, " A Land-
scap°, in, which are introduced a couple courting : the man has a bagpipe attached
to his girdle."
m '; By Vlegens." Catalogue. So, also, in No. 314, for Hagi is read Hals.
PAPEES RELATING TO RUBENS. 245
A parcell of Faces made after the life, uppon bord and cloth, as well by Sr Peter
Rubens as Van Dyke.
A great parcell of draughts, of many fayre notable peeices; made by Amymghen."
A parcell of coppies ; made after the peices of Afflimgben.
Certayne rare and well made antique faces of marble.
A parcel! of modern figures, &c.
Christ uppon the Crosse ; very costly made of luorie, the invention of Sr Peter
Rubens.
Mercury; very costly made, y" invention of Sr Peter Eubens.
Venus pullinge her Smock over her Head ; A-ery rarely made, the invention of Sr
Peter Eubens.
A Sea Triumph, of ivory, with Nymphes and Tritons and Angells above, holdinge a
home of small sea shells and pearle, uppon which there is a silver scollop shell,
and under a round silver and gilte foote ; all wonderfull costly made.; all the
invention of S* Peter Rubens, and serves for a salte celler.
A Dance of Children, of Ivory; Avonderfull rarely made, the invention of the same
Sr Peter Rubens.
Psyche sleepinge with Cupid upon a bed of Ivorye; the invention of Sr Peter Rubens."
Adam and Eve, of iA'ory.
A very rare Salte Celler, of aggatt.
A very fayre Vessell of orieutaljasper aud chrlstall, of Montaigne.
" The Catalogue is here far more satisfactory. It says,. " Une ires grande quantile
des desseins des plus notables pieces, faictes par feu Mons. Rubens." And it equally
differs as to the foUoAving article, which it designates as " Une quantile des copies,
f aides apres les originaux, defea Mons. Rubens."
° According to Michel, the Cupid and Psyche were of ivory, but the bed of
tortoise-shell.
APPENDIX.
PAGES
A. Original Letters of Eubens ..... . 248 — 268
B. The Arundelian Collection, Honthorst, Van Areen, &c. . . . 268 — 299
C. Carleton's Antiques, Statues 299 — 303
D. Lady Carleton's Letters ......... 303 — 309
E. Gentileschi . . . " 310 — 316
F. Gerbier . 316-318
G. Hubert Le Sueur ......... 318—319
H. The Mantuan Collection 320 — 340
I. Sir Toby Matthew 341—347
J. Torrentius ...... ... 347 — 349
K. Vanderdoort, &c 349 — 355
L. Myttens 356—358
M. The Library of Erpenius ....... 35s 360
N. Letters from Baudius- to Rubens ....... 360 364
APPENDIX.
APPENDIX A.
Original Letters ot? Rubers.
Translations will he found, in the preceding part of this Volume, in order of date.
I. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO FRANCIS SAVERT.
Caeis:e et A3iicis.e D. Swef.ti : [Anl-werp, Feb. 1617-8.]
Isideii E. V. Canideni, ut vernm fatear, non plane perspexi, neque et
imagine tam ructi (ignoscafc artifex) eruere potui probabilein conjeeturam ;
nam de juvenca, nisi heec niteretur fide D. Camdeni, ego quid-vis aliud suspi-
carer, cum figura, proportio, gesttis et situs minim in modum rt-pugnent
hujus animalis naturae proprietatibus. Apis sane qui semper fere in mar-
moribus autiquis, quotquot ego observavi, aut Isidis aut ipsius -JSgypti lattis
claudit ; justa bovis fere adulti effingitur statura ; latus illi denique sua
peouliari nota lunre plusquam semiplenfe conspieuum, cornua item habet et
ctetera bovi congrua. Vaccam. autem quae puella unquam catelli A-ice in deliciis
habuit, et gremio suo toleravit ? Vittre etiarn et teniae Isidi valde familiari
imo iodividuae comites hie prorsus nullie ; sed illam sine sistro pictam aut
fictam, ni fallor, vidit nemo, nempe quod proprium ejus sit insigne.
Sed ne nihil dicam, cum nihil tamen certi in re tam obscura affirmare
ausini, si vitula istud animal est, ego suspicarer de quodam voto pro frugibus
jitxta illud v[ulgi] ;' " cum vitula facies pro frugibus suscepto :" hoc suadet
patera frugifera et vas potorium in altera mann, abumisflaviorum quantitate
et forma omnino dispar ; [urnse siquidem grand es et depressiore ah-eo] bibebant
autem in sacris ui Lanfera ;[?] corona etiam saerificiis pi-opriasive floridasive
herbacea vel aurea vel alius materiei, ut multis exemplis doceri potest. Hoc
habe pro re nihil, sed pro negociis meis abunde, qta alio me avocailt : amicis'
Domine. Cseterum questionem Isiacam peritioribus integram et illibatam.
relinquimus. Vale, et me setatim. ama. Ex asse tuus,
. Petrus Patjixus Rtjbenit.-s.'"
1 This word is imperfect in the original, but is supplied from a printed copy of
the letter in " Gulielmi Camdeni et Illustrium virorum ad Camdenum Epistote."
4to. Lond. 1691, p. 369.
la Emile Gachet, in a note to " Lettres inSdites de Eubens," p. Ixiii, says .-—Rubens
appears to us to have liked Italian the most, to prove Avhich see the numerous letters
he has written in that language, and his signature, in Italian, to letters Avritten even
in the Flemish language. Rubens always signed Pietbo Pauolo Rudess, and we do
not know of his signature either in Flemish or French. AVe have it here in Latin,
Petetjs Pauhtjs Rtjbenhts. His Letter No. XXIV., in Flemish, is signed, P. P.
Rubens only; his Letter No. XI., in French, P. Rtjeess only ; and in his signature
to Letter No. XXVIII., in Prench, the first o is omitted in his second name, Paulo.
248 APPENDIX.
II. PETEU PAUL RUBENS TO SIR DUDLEY CARLETON.
Eccexientiss. Sto" :
Non mi sono ingannato di un punto credendo V. E. esser quella sola, che
possa colla sua destrezza condur ad effetto li negocii altri,e impossibili.
Certo che fu opportuna la caccia di tatiti animali formidabili ch'ella diede a
quel Sig" si come ancora la pescagione delli apostoli che da vero sono
riusciti per noi piscatores hominum. Come V. E. argutamente mi accenna ne
mi par strano porche tutte le cose sono di maggior efficazia sotto il suo
proprio clima. In effetto senza questi mezzi s'otteneva niente, benche la
raggione allegata delli Sigr Stati ch'io non fossi lor suddito ne residente neili
lor stati non e di tal consicleratione chaltri Principi o Republiq L'habbiano
giamai allegata parendo loro giusto di provedere che li loro sudditi non
facciano torto o' danno ad altra persona, con invasione delle altrui fatiche.
Oltra che tutti li potentatl ben che dissidenti tra di loi-o in maggior cose
soglio.no esser d'accordo nel favorire e protegere le virtu scientie et arti,
alineno il doverebbono fare. La speeificatione della mia pretensione ho
mandate a quel amico che ne dara a V. E. puntualissima relations. Fra tanto
supplico V. E. sia servita di tener la mano a l'impresa sin alia sua intiera
perfettione. Et per fine li baccio le mani con mille ringraziamenti por la
stima e grande affetto ch'olla dimostra verso di me" che certo desiderarei di
esser di qualque valore per poter servire V. E. con maggior gusto suo e mio
di Anversa alii 28 di Maggio 1619. di vostra Eccellenza,
hvimillissimo servitore,
Pietro Pauolo Rubers,
Sole accader spesso nelle congregatloni de molti ch'essendosi resi' favorevoli
uno ad uno molti di quelli Sig" nulladimeno l-iuniti poi tutti insieme facessero
tutto il contrario delle loro promesse particolari, percio supplico V. E. sia
servita di considerar bene colla solita sua prudenza se la nostra pretensione
non corra pericolo d'intoppar di novo nella medesima repulsa, et se potesse
presagire tal cosa ancor che ambuigamente la prego di rompere subito la
prattica, senza far altra instanza non gia percliio sia mutato di pensiero ne
chio stimassi poco d'ottener questa gratia, ma por altri gran rispetti non mi
conviene d'esser importuno a sollicitarla. Et di novo baccio a V. E. li mani.
III. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO AVILLIAM TRUMBULL.
M. 26 Jan. 16-21.
La peinture faitte pour Monsieur PAnib1, Carleton, est toute presfce, et
tres bien accommodee dedans une casse de bois suffisante pour faire le
voyage d'Ang10. Aussy je la lh-reray entre . les mains de M. Corham sans
aucuue difficulte", touteafois quil luy plaira de la prendre, ou d'envoyer pour
icelle son moindre garcon. Mais de desdire ce que j'ay dit, a Messrs nos
Juges, a scavoir que la peinture ne vaut pas atitant, ce n'est pas ma facon de
faire ; car si j'eusse fait tout 1'ouvrage de ma main propre, elle vaudroit bien
le double, aussy n'est elle pas amencle'e legerem' de ma main, mais toucbie
APPENDIX. 249
efc retouche'e par tout esgallem*. Je conformeray bien le mesme que j'ay
dit, que nonobstant que la peinture estoit de cette valeur, que pour les
obligations que j'ay a Mons' l'Ainb' que je me contenteroy de telle recom
pense que bonne et juste semblerat a Son Excesans aucune replique. Je ne
scauroye dire davantage ne me submettre plus amplem' a\i bon plaisir de ce
personnage que j'estime beaucoup plus que personne me sgauroit croire. Le
tableau de Bassan, lequel j'avoy en eschange, est tellem' gaste", que tel qu'il
est, je le vendray a tous venans pour quinze escus.
Transcripte de l'originale par
W. Trumbull.
IV. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO AVILLIAM TRUMBULL.
Mossieuk :
Je suis tres content que la piece faite pour Monsieur l'Ambassr Carleton
me soifc rendue et de faire une autre chasse inoins terrible que celle des
Lyons, rabattant au prix le payement dicelle comme est de raison, toute de
ma main propre, sans aucune meslange de l'ouvrage d'autruy ce que je vous
maintiendray en foy d'homme de bien. 11 me deplaist aussy qu'il y aura
pour ceste affaire quelque mescontentem' de la part de Monr Carleton, mais il
ne s'est Lasse- jamais entendre clairem1 toutes les foix que je luy ay- fait
instance de vouloir declarer si ceste piece devoit estre un i-ray Originel
entierem', ou seulem' touchee de ma main. Je voudrois avoir occasion de le
remettre en bonne humeur envers moy, encore quil me debA-roit couster
quelque payne pour lui rendre service. Je seray bien ayse que ceste piece
soit colloque en un lieu si eminent comme la gallere de S. A. Monsr le
Prince de Galles et feray tout mon extreme debvoir ann de la rendre
superieure d'artifiee a celle d! 'Holofernes laquelle jay fait en ma jeunesse. Jay
quasi achevee tine piece grande toute de ma main et de ineilleures, selon
mon opinion, representant une chasse de Lyons, les figures aussy grandes
commes le naturel, ordonne'e par Monsr l'Ambasr Dygbye, pour presenter,
comme jay entendu, a Mons' le Marquis de Hamilton. Mais, comme vous
dites tres bien, telles choses ont plus de grace et vehemence en un. grand
tableau qu'un petit. Je voudroy bien que ceste peinture por la Gallere de
Monseigr le Prince de Galle3 fust de proportion plus grande, pour ce que la
capacite du tableau nous rend beaucoup plus de courage por expliquer bien et
vray semblablem' nostre concept. Toutefois je suis prest en toutes les facons
de m'employer a vfe service et me recommandant humblem' a vie bonne
grace me profi'eray tousjours.
Quant a Sa Majesty et son A. Monsr le Prince de Galles, je seray tousjours
bien ayse de recevoix l'honneur de leurs commandemens, et touchant la sale
au nouveau Palays je confesse d'estre, par un instinct naturel, plus propre a
faire des ouvrages bien grandes que des-petites curiositez. Chacun a sa grace ;
mon talent est tel, que jamais entreprise encore queUe fust desmesiu-e'e en
quantity etdiversite' de suggets a sunnente' mon courage.
Monsr, Vostre tres humble Servif,
Pietro Pauolo Ruben's.
D'Anvers ce 13 Sep" 1621 St. No.
250 APPENDIX.
A'. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO BALTHAZAR GERBIER.
[1 February, 1627,]'
Son Alte" a veu la proposition de Monseigr le Due de Buckingham et dit,
que quant aux difficultez entre l'Empereur et le Roy de Dennemarq, qu'il
y at quelque temps quelle a commencee a s'emploier pour les mettre d'accord,
et fera les offices possibles pour y parvenir, mais comme le succes est
incertain, mesmes quil y pouroist aussy aA-eoir rencontre des difficultez au
regard des Estats des Provinces Confederees, seroit bien que mon dit Seigr
de Buckingham desclarast si le Roy de la Grande Bretagne vousdroit
traicter en ce cas au regard settlement de ces Couronnes : affin que son Alteze
en estant esclaircie en puisse faire part a Sa Maj. Catholique dont, appres
aiant receu response, en faire advertir le dit Seigneur Due et partant trouve
convenable que le Sr Gerbier retoumant en Engleterre, nous en raportte la
Resolution. Rubens.
VI. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO THE DUKE OP BUCKINGHAM.
Mossewneitii : 21 April, 1627.
Par celle quil vous a pleu mescrire le 9C de Mars dernier ay receu lentiere
asseurance de la bienveillance de V. Exc. envers moy laquelle je tascheray
pouvoir meriter aux ocasions quy vous seront agreables et plairer menployer
pour vostre Serenis:* vous suppliant, tres humblem', mexcuser si j'ay differ^
tant de jours de respondre sur I'affaire que vosTe Excel, scait, esperant
tousjours quelques nouvelles d'Espaigne : mais comme elles tardent tant je
nay voulu laisser de ladvertir de la reception de la ditte lettre et vous
baiser les mains par la faveur quil vous a pleu me faire. Si tost que la
response viendra de Sa Maje Catholique Jen advertiray Voste Excel : desirant,
autant que je dois, de veoir la perfection de ce beau chef d'CEuvre. Cependant
avecque toute submission et tres humble reverence je me recommande aux
bonnes graces de vosTe Exc : resolu de viATre et mourir en qualite".
Monseigneur. Rubexs.
VII. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO B. GERBIER.
MoysTEim .- 21 Avrill, 1627.
J'ay differe de respondre a vosra premiere du 9 de Mars passe", selon vostre
stille, esperant que Son Al : auroit en quelque ' advis sur ce quelle avoit
escript sur la premiere proposition. Mais puis que cela tarde, je n'ay voulu
differer d'acuser la reception de la ditte vosre avecq les escripts y joincts et
que Ton a despeche' Courier a Sa Maje Catholique, l'advertissant du contenu,
le priant de vouloir respondre incontinent comme je m'asseure elle fera,
dont vous advertiray par la voye que vous m'avez escript. Priant Dieu que
cest affaire puisse prendre la fin que se peut desirer pour le bien de la
APPENDIX. . 251-
Cnre.stiente et ifayant a A'ous dire autre chose pour ceste fois, je vous baise
les mains de tout mon Cceur demeurantk jamais. Mons''. Rubens.
VIII. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO B. GERBIER.
MoasiEcp. :
Vre silence m'estonne et me met en doubte si nos pacqtiets sont
bien addressez ou non. II est necessaire, en une correspondence de
teUe importance, d'accuser tousjours la reception des Ires, car succedant
quelque disgrace on y remedieroit avee les duplicats. Vous veiTez,
par l'enclose de l'Amb1 de Savoye, que nous avons este ensemble a
Bruxelles, et de ma part je confess© d'avoir rec-eu tout le contentem' du
monde. L'Ainb1 de Savoye faict ses complimens avee l'Infante efc Spinola.
11 ne A-oulut toucher au mistere que par mon moyen & l'ayant trouvt; si bien
informe, coiLe nous mesmes, on a ircnivi bon de traicter avee luy sincerement
& sans aucune reserve ou arriere pensee. Je 1'ay informe', par ordre expres
de Spignola, tres exactement de l'estat put de 1' affaire & assure tout entierem'
des bonnes et sainctes intentions de nfe coste-. Aussy je vous puis dire
que nous avons eu quelque chose de part de 70 [Spain ?] qui nous donne du
courage & faict esperer bien du succez de l'affaire : mais cela ne suffit pas
por la mettre en execution. Nous croyons que, par la grace, divine, le reste
suivra bien tost. Je suis retourne' en Anvers ayant degrosse" Paffaire <fc mis
Scaglia et Spignola si pres Pun de l'autre qu'ils traictent de bouche a bouche
sur la matiere : toutesfois ils m'ont faict tousjours l'honneur, y ayant quelque
doubte, ou ambiguite, ou scrupule, de se servir de mon message pour
l'esclaircir des deux costez.- A ceste heure je pense qu'il n'y reste aucune
difficulte entre eux & qu'ils s'entendent fort bien <fe recoyvent tres bon
contentem' Pun de l'autre, sans aucune desfiance. Certes nous trouvons
Scaglia capable gi-andem' d'affaires de telle importance <fe je suis bien aise
qu'il a pris la resolution d'aller en Hollande car tout le debat sera comme-
j'ay dit a Scaglia <fc a vous aussy souventesfois sur la pretension des Estasts
d'avoir le nom de ce qu'ils ont en effect. Scaglia m'a dit qu'il pense que voi.»
le viendrez trouver en ce quartier la. Je m'estimerois bien heiireux de vous
y pouvoir rencontrer, mais je croy que mes maistres ne m'oseroyent envoyer
de leur propre mouvem': du reste je suisd'opinion que ma presence serviroit
grandem' a la promotion de Paffaire, por esclaircir entre noii3 les difficultez
debattues autrefois ; car, ayant este employe, en ce traicte continue-llem* cUpuis
la rupture je me trouve encor tous les papiers presenter, d'une part &¦ d' 'autre
en main. Nous pourrions consulter ensemble avee Scaglia et Carleton.
C'est pourquoy je vous prie de trouver moyen que cela se face a requisition
de Buckingham m'escrivant une lettre a cest effect disant qu'il vous envoye
cette part, vous enchargeant de beaucoup de choses qui ne se peuvent
seurem' ny aisem' fier a papier. Et qu'il ne vous ose renvoyer de nouveau
a Brusselles pour ce que cela causeroit trop de bruict come il fit l'autre fois,
que pourtant S. E. desire que je me transporte avee permission de mes
superieurs en ce quartier la, por vous y rencontrer en la bonne conjuncture
que Carleton & Scaglia sy trouveront. Ce seroit un grand coup ; car, come
052 APPENDIX.
j e vous ay dit, toute la difficult!? qui pourroit empescher, ou por le moins
rendre imparfait ce beau chef d'eeuvre consiste en Vaffaire des Estats. J'ay la
des amis qui sont en grand digniU & mes vieulx correspondents qui ne
manquerruit a leur debvoir. Je vous pile y tenir la main mais soubs con
dition d'ane foy inviolable de teuir secrette ceste mienne requeste sans
qu'ou sache jamais que cela se face par mon instruction. Scaglia sera apres
demain en ceste ville ife nous avons envoye" une sienne lettre po' un passeport
des Estasts, lequel je suis bien asseure" sera de mon advis touchant ma
venue, encor que je ne me suis encor descouvert avee luy reservant le secret
de ceste lfe a vous seul pour la comuniquer avee Buckingham ; mais il me
faudroit par le mesme moyen por le moins par Carleton ou Scaglia impetrer
aussi tost un passeport. Je A'ous prie me vouloir respondre incontinent
aussy sur les particularitez desja escrites tant de fois touchant le reste des
peintures appartenantes a Buckingham lesquelles je n'ose envoyer sans vfe
ordre, A-oyanfc le passage si embrouille' Ar dangereux que je ne 1'oseroys
entreprendre sans vfe ordre expres. Et n'ayant autre chose je vous baise
bien humblement les mains & me recomande a vos bonnes graces demeurant
a jamais, Monsieur, V" plus humble serviteur,
[Pietro Pauolo Rubens.]
D'Anrers, ce 19"" de May, 1627.
Je vous prie brusler ceste lfe aussy tost que vous vous en serez servi car
elle me pourroit ruyner aupre3 de mes maistres encor qu'elle ne contient
aucun mal : por le moins elle me gasteroit mon credit aupres cl'eux efc me
rendroit inutile por l'advenir.
IX. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO B. GERBIER.
Mo:rstEUR :
J' at communique' vosr lettre ou qu'il appartenoit et on m'a ordonne' sur
des raisons que troitA'erez justes et equitables de ne passer oultre de
Zevenberghen pour ceste fois. Je vous prie vous y transporter incontment
et aussi tost que vous y serez arive men donner avis par tin expres,-
1'adressant a Breda au Cigne, ou que je me suis areata" attendant de vos
nouvelles. Je ne manqueray a vous venir baisev les mains au mesme instant.
Cependant vous suppliant me conserver en vos bonnes graces je vous baise
les mains de tout mon Coeur demeurant a jamais, Monsieur,
Rubens.
De Breda le 10 Juillet, 1627.
X. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO [B GEEBIEE].
Moxsietjb :
Yous avez en apparence raison a vous plaindre de nous ; vous ayant
entretenu si long temps loing de Monseig' vostre Maistre et de Madamoiselle
vostre Compaigne sur l'atfcente de la venue du Seigr Don Diegho Messia,
-Mais il nous fault excuser puisque nous y allions de bonne foy et selon
nostre croyance ne pouvant diviner les incidents survenus de paiz. Toutes-
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foix ily a de nouvelles quil dovoit partir le 22 de Paris, mais jusques asteur
il ny a poinct de certitude quil soit parti per quelque avant Coureur come
seroit de raison que com parust quelque jours avant son arrivement. Jay donne
part h Monsieur le Marquis par vostre lettre mesme accompaguee dune
mienne de A-ostre resolution pour retourner en Augleterre. Je ne manquerai
de vous ad\-ertir de ce quil m'ordonnera a vous dire sur cela c nay ant
aultre chose pour ceste foix Je vous baise bien bumblement les mains
demeurant a jamais, Monsieur, Vostre plus humble Serv*
Pietro Pauolo Rubens.
D'Anvers ce 27 d Amist 1627.
11 fauldroict dormer ordre pour l'addres de nos lettres puis que le passage
de Calais est serre come Mon Stelfcius m'at adverti. Jay license descrire
et recevoir lettres d Ollande mais Jaime mieulx que cela se face sur le nom
de Monsieur Arnoldo Lunden demeurant en Anvers.
XI. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO B. GERBIER.
Moksieuk Gep.bieb :
Vostp.e lettre du 6 de ce Mois at este Areuue et prise en bonne part, mais
touchant la Responce que desires sur vostre Eseriture du 9 de Mars, on trouve
que derneurant de vostre part en la resolution contenue dens le diet escript
qui est de vouloir embrasser tout en un comme vous m'avez reittere l'on ne
trouve que Ton puisse pour le present advancer Paffaire, par auqu'ne
responce, Par ce que la reave du Seigneur Don Diego Me.ssia nous at
esclaircy du concert des Hoys d'Espaigne et dc France pour la defence de lews
Soyav.mes. Ce neantmoins la Serenme Infante ne change d'opinion ains est
d'advis de continuer les mesmes offices pour leffect de ses bonnes intentions,
ne desirant S. A. aultant chose en ce monde que le repos du Roy son
Nepveu et une bonne Pais pour le bien publicque. Aussi Mons' le Marquis
y apportera pour sa part toute assistence et le devoir qu'il pourra pour le
succes d'un si bon CEuvre, si de la part de 1'Engleterre l'on faict le mesme,
nostre correspondence se inaintiendra en vigeur, et se donneront reeiproque-
ment les avys necessaires aux occasions que s'ofiriront. Sur quoy attendant
de vos nouvelles je me racommande en vos bonnes graces demeurant a
jamais, Monsieur,
Vostre bien humble et affectionne Serviteur,
P. Rubens.
Ce 18 de Septemhre 1627.
XII. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO B. GERBIER
[On a Copy of this letter made by Gerbier, he has added, "Aultre lettre sur le
mesme subject mais c'est comme en confidence."]
Monsieur :
La responce que je vous envoye ici jointe est tout ce qu'on peut faire en
ceste conjuncture. Elle est faicte par l'advis de la Sereniame Infante et de
Mons' le Marquis, l'aiant faicfc vepir et approuver du Selgn' Don Diego
251 APPENDIX.
Me.-wia, auquel ila out bailie" In. copie avecq icelle des vostres du 0 de ce
Mois pour les envoyer touts ensemble en Espaigne. J'ay este" depuis la
recepte de vos lettres du 6, contihuellem.' a Brusselles, aiant receu la
deruiere a mon retour du 10e Septembve. J'ay traicte" par ordre de mes
Maistres francliement avecq le S Don Diego, efc vous puis asseurer qu'ils
sont bien mails de la resolution prise en Espagne nonobstant tous leurs
deveoirs en contraire, aussi ne dissimulent ils nullemeut leur opignon et font
paroistre leur perse\-erance en icelle non seulement au Sr Don Diego mais en
Espagne mesme. Nous croions que ces Liyues we seront qu'un tonnere sans
fondre que fera du Bruicb en ayr sans effect, car cest un componement de
divers humeurs ramassez centre leur nature et complexion en un seul corps
plus par passion qua par raison. Touts les gens d'Esprit et bien affec-
tionne's au bien publicque sont de nostre intention et sur tout S. AlfcS3e et le
Marquis. Le mesme S1' Don Diego m'a recomniande' de maintenir nfe cor
respondence en vigeur, disant que les affaires d'Estast sont sugettes a
beaucoup d'inconveniens et quelles se changent facillement. R s'est
desabuse' de plusieurs cboses depuis son arrivement icy. Quant a moy je me
trouve avecq un extresme regret pour ce mauvais succes, tout au rebours de
nos bonnes intentions, mais j'ay ce repos en ma conscience de n'avoir
manque d'y apporter toutte sincerity et industrie pour en venir au bout, si
Dieu n'en eust dispose" aultremenfc. Je ne me puis aussi plaindre de mes
Maistres, lesquels m'ont honnord d'une estroicte eomunieation de leurs
retimes intentions en affaires de telle importance. Je ne puis croire que
ceux de vostre parti ayent occasion de se mocquer de nous, ou de nostre
insuffisance, ou de se clesfier de moy, puis 'que mes Maistres ne veullent
abandonner laffaire ainsi persistent tousiours en la mesme intention sans
auqune feinte ou surprise ne pouvaut servir cest artifice a chose quelconque,
puis qu'on ne pretend par ce moien de rafroidir ou tenir en suspect auqun
effort ou exploict de guerre de vostre coste. Je prie Dieu nous emploier
plus heureusem' pour l'advenir en ceste et en aidtres occasions et vous con-
server en sa saiute protection ifc moy en vos bonnes graces, qui suis & seray
toujours. Mons' Ve plus humble & affnS serviteur,
ce 18 de Sep", 1627. Rubens.
XIII. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO B. GERBIER. g
[Antwerp/], — September, 1627.
IS
[Gerbier has written on a, copy of this letter in French, which he transmitted to
Lord Carleton, " Troisieme lettre qu'il m'escrit en flamang."]
Moss": Ice. bidde V. E. believe te ghelooven dat ick doen al wat ick can, ende
dat ick vinde myne meesters seer glieappassioneert in de saecke, liaer vind-
ende ghepicqueert ende glieoil'ronteert van Olivares. Wiens passie prevaleert
aen alle andere redenen ende consideratieu, ghelick ick hebbe ghemerckt wt
de Avoorden (al ist dat hy het soeckt te bedecken) van Don Diego selver ; het
meeste deel vanden raedt van Spagnien Ava3 van onse opinie, maer dien
cop heeft al naer synen sin ghedrongen. Dit syn plaegheu van Godt die
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door alsulke roiddelen syn Averck doet : daer Avoordeu soo veele aaeoken aen
Don Diego gb.ereiaonstreer.fc dat by beghent te branslereo, et se hailla
embarrassado. Menheeffc hem doen tasfcen met der liandfc de perfidie vande
Francoiaen, ende de secoursen die Coninck van Vranckrick daetelick geeft
de staeten, ende gheerne soude gheven dat hy cost aen Danemarc, dat sy
selver met onse simpliciteyt ghecken, ende soeken, maer met desen bietebau
van het secours A-an Spagnien te dringen tofc accorfc Eiigelant Avilck ook daer
op volgen sal ; dese proposten ende redenen heeft selver Rubens, door order
van d' Infante ende Marquis die wils int lanck ende breedt aen Don Diego
gberemonstreert, met groote befticbeyt ende liberteyt, ende oock niet sender
effect, maer de saecke is ghedaen, ende by en can de orders van Spagnien
niet veranderen. Ick en begheere V. E. ondar pretext A*an vriendscbap niet
te bedriegben, maer segge recbt wt de Avarrheyt, hoe dat d'lnfante ende
Marquis gheresolveert syn ons tractaet te continueren, bebbende opinie dat
de Concerten tuscben Vranckrick ende Spagnien gheen effect hebben en
sullen, oft Avt sonderlinck Avtrecbten oft oock met dueren enfullen, oock alle
Avyse lieden alMer soo geestelick als Aveertyck gecken ende lacben daermede.
Tocb soo lange als daer gbeen proeve al ghedaen en is, en is gbeen ver-
anderingbe te vervvachten-, ende daer moet wat tyts toe Avesen. Men boopt
dat Olivares sal dan eens syn oogben open doen, ende mogbelick beter coop
gheven als bet te sparde sal syn. Belieft V. E. daerentuschen de saecke met
ons in staet te houden, ende Buckingham in goet humeur te houden ; het en
can gheen aehterdeel doen : Avy en pretenderen daermede niet te beletten oft
te retardeert eenich attentat van orloghe, soo datter gbeen artificii onder en
can scuylen, noch oock en soecken V. E. langher op te houden met yd el hope,
veir van myn Heere synen meester, ende syne lievehuysvrawe, AA-elck tot
noch toe gheschiet is met goede intentie, ende apparente redenen : het sal Avil
syn dat vry meccanderen ondertuschen aviseren van 'fcghene datter passeren
sal, om de Princen Avacker te houden ende het tractaet bevendich. Ick
sende V. E. den inghesloten aen myn heere den Hertoch, tot V. E. decharge
ende de myne. Ick en Avete daer niet voorders in te doene ende setts my
geruct in myne goede conscientie ende den Aville Godts. In magnis voluisse
sat est, Diis aliter visum est. Ick bidde V. E. believe myne ootmoedighe
raccomandatie te doen aen myn heer Carleton, ende hem.te versekeren van
mynen dienst ende affectie, ende hier mede gbebiede ick rny Avt ganscher
harten tot \-&rwarts, blyvende voor altyts. Myu heere, V. E., <fcc.
Rubens.
Ick- hebbe nuterstont V. E. lesten van den 14 ontfanghen, ende sal dienen
voor antwoordt dat ick sal prevaleren van V. E. avisen, daer se sullen Avel
gheimployeert Avesen.
Van het Cabinet daer Ick V. E. al ghesehreA7en hadde, en is niet van
noodt meer te vermaenen, Avant ick gheen llcentie en can cryghen om die
wyse te doen, oock is die saecke Avat verslapt, ende ist saecke dat se voort
gaet ; soo mack ick de schilderyen voor myn reckening coopen.
De schilderyen van myn heere de hertoch syn alle gaeder ghereet ; het biste
waer dat V. E. Mons' le Blon die comissle gheeve, ende dat hy daerom
expresselick in faute van ander occasie eens, over quaeme. Ick salsa hem
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daetelick consigneren, ende hem assisteren om passagie te vercrygen van
dese syde, maer daer moeste eenen breef van V. E. ghewont wordeu
die sulk begheerd. Ick reccoinandae V. E. myne pa'sport te platten lande.
XIAr. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO THE DUKE OP BUCKINGHAM.
Monseigs" :
Sy je fusse sy heureux come bien intention^ aux affaires que V. E. ni'a
confiez, elles seroyent en meilleur estat. Je prends Dieu a tesmoing d'y
avoir procede' sincerement et de n'avoir dit ny escrit chose quelconque qu'en
conformite' de la bonne intention et par ordre expres de mes Maistres,
lesquels y ont apporte tout ce qui dependoit de leur devoir et pouvoir
po' en venir h, bout, sy les passions particulieres eussent donne" lieu a la
raison, Aussy nonobsfcaut le succez du tout contraire ils perseverent en leur
opinion et ne cbangent d'advis a discretion de la fortune, Mais (come san-es
et experiiuentez aux affaires du monde et considerant la volubilite d'icelle
et a combien de changemens sont subjectes les affaires d'Estat) sont resolus
de n'abandonner le traicte, come ils in'ont ordonne" d'escrire a Gerbier, avis
de continuer les mesmesbons offices po'le succez de ce bon ceuvre. Je vous
supplie de croire, Monseign', qu'il n'y a point d'artifice en leur procedure,
mais qu'ils sont portez de tres bon zele et affection au bien public. Cest
aussy sans prejudice des exploicts de guerre d'un coste" et d'autre, ou a
quelque retardem' d'iceux soubs ce pretexte. Si V. E. sera du mesme advis
je seray bien ayse d'avoir par Gerbier, de vos nouvelles, lequel nous avons
entretenu long temps esloigne" de vfe personne sur l'espoir qu'avions du bon
succez. Je supplie V. E, nonobstant l'iniquite" du temps me conserver en
vos bonnes graces et croire que jamais quelque accident de fortune ou violence
du destin public ne pourront separer mes affections de vfe tres humble
serA'ice, auquel je rn'ay dedie" et voue une fois pour tousjours en quante" de
Monseign', Vfe tres humble & tres oblige Serviteur,
Pietro Pauolo Rubens.
D'Anvers, ce 18"" de 1b" 1627.
XV PETER PAUL RUBENS TO [M. DUPUYJ.
Molto Illbstee SroR mio Ossek510 :
Il nostro Don Sadricquez de Tolledo e pur venuto, Tanquam post bellum
Auxilium, et a punto solo per tornarsene, non essendo verisimile che gh
voglia Invernare a Morbiano. Delle nostre navi de Duynckercq si augura
male, no[n] compaxendo sin adesso la maggior parte, et di quelle ch'erauo
fcornafco tre sono spiaggiate a furia di vento nel istesso porto di Mardyck; che
si rende infame con spessi naufragii. II Baron de "VVacken, Cavagliero princi-
pale fcimingo havendo armato cinque navi a sue spese e" venuto alle mani con
OUandesi che hanno preso due et altre due buttate a fondo, de maniera che
gli resta si non una sola. II nostro Marchese Spinola si mette al ordine per
il viaggio e fra pochi giorni s'inviera tutto il suo bagaggio, et si crede che lui
partira subito doppo le feste di Natale. Ho visto lettere d'Ingliterra che
dicono quel Re et il Ducca di Boucquingam esser picchatissimi contra gli
francesi, cominciando hormai a mettere in ordine una nova Armata, tutta la
APPENDIX. 257
colpa del mal successo s'attribuisse al soccorso detenuto in Ingliterra per venti
contrarii, non havendo il Ducca piu di tre mille fanti di resto et cinquanta
cavalli, quando fu sforzato a rifcirarsi dal Isola di Re. Fra tanto se. non
m'inganno il Re di Francia s'impatronera de la Rochella, et si ridera di queste
minaccie. Qui si fanno poche facende, et a Santvleit hanno fatto maggior
guerra e danno gli venti ad ambe le parti che Parma. E non avendo altro,
bacio a V. S. et al Sig'e suo fratello de verissimo cuore le mani, efc me
racomando nella lor buona gratia.
De Vostre Sig'e niolto Illust'0 Servitor affettion0
Pietro Pauolo Rubens.
D'Anversa, il 16 de Decembre, 1627.
XVI. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO [M, DUPUYJ.
Mono Illcs™ Sigk mio 0ssermo :
Il Triumfo de Pariggi parla chiaro mostrando (a bonnes enseignes) la
grandezza della rotta degli Inglesi, non ostante che vogliono coprire il suo
danno et infamia quanto possono. Io ho visto lettere di Londra scritte de
persone di qnalita a posta per publicarle come apologie ripiene d'impu-
dentissime bugie al parer mio, essaltando il valore estremo del suo Generale
e lodando questa sua retirata come una attione heroica et diminuiscenclo il
nurnero degli lor morti. In' quella zuffa sino a ducento cinquanta, de
maniera che bisogna presupponere che queste 44 Insegne fossero caricate
sopra un carro et siano prese insieme col bagaggio, o che gli lor Alfieri si
siano resi tutti senza Colpo ferire, perche 44 Compagnie fanno un mediocre
essercito, ansi maggiore che di tre mille come jiudicono che fossero in tutto.
Io credo che facIP seguirebbe qualque accordo si la Rochella fosse presa, perche
allora cessarebbe a gli Inglesi il scrupulo d'abbandonarla. Gli nostri SiJ
Marchesi Spinola e Leganes si dice che partiranno domani, ma Io non posso
credere che siano per mettersi in viaggio l'ultimo b il primo del anno, et ben
potriano tardar sino al terzo b il quarto di Gennaro. Del resto non abbiamo
novita aleuna di momento. A Santvliet ciascuna parte va riparando il
danno patito nelle sue fortificationi per il Temporale passato. Final"* il
Principe d'Oranges ha prohibito che non si conducono piu viveri al nostro
campo che pur vengono ancora benche in minor quantita de sottomano.
Ringracio V. S. per le lettere de M' Balsac che spero ricevere ben presto.
Io ho letto accuratate il suo Censore chi verate dice bene e fa prova non solo
col discorso beBissi™" e dottissimo ma col stilo proprio quanto ben intendi il
mestiero deUa Eloquenza. Ma nel fine non mi dispiaciono alcune sentenze
tolte e tradotte de Balsach da gli Autori Antichi ne veggo che sia reprensi-
bile per questo furto. Io vorrei poter imaginarmi qualque cosa da reservire
V. S. et baciando a V. S. humilte le mani mi raccomando nella sua buona
gracia, et prego a V. S. et al Sr fratello del Cielo un felecua" novel anno.
De Vos Sig'e molto Rluse
Servitor Affo100
Pietro Pauolo Rubens.
Faro diligenza d'aver d'Ollanda quei libri del Cardan et di Grotio se
possibile sara et ringracio V. S. del aviso.
D'Anversa, il 30 di Decembr, 1627.
258 APPENDIX.
XVII. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO THE DUKE OP BUCKINGHAM.
Mosseioneur :
Je n'ay voulu manquer a mon deveoir envers V. Exc. et le bien public-q
de vous advertir que Monsieur le Marquis Spinola m'a escrit de Madrid le
troisftme de ce mois Quil trouve en sa Maje Catholique une tres bonne
disposition de faire paix avecq iceulx qu'il est en guerre. Cest assez dit a un
bon entendeur si V. Ex. continue en sa bonne et saincte intention de
procurer comme elle peut de son coste" ce bien au monde il faudra me donner
le moien den asseurer Mons' le Marquis pendant son sejour a la Com-
d'Esjiaigne que sera brief estant sa presence tres necessaire au Pays bas. Je
vous supplie Monseigneur me faire l'lionneur d'un mot de responce et me
conserver en vos bonne3 graces n'ayant en ce monde aultre desir que destre
tout le durant de ma vie Monseigneur, Rubens.
DAnvers, le 18 Mars, 1628.
XArIII. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO JOSIAS VOSBERGHEN.
Monsieur :
Jay receu une responce de Monsieur le Marquis par une lettre de Madrid
en datte du 3e de ce mois, laquelle a este expedite par le premier extraordi
naire qui a este envoye appres son arive"e. Nos lettres du 11 de Febvrier
ont este receues et agreables & son Exc. mais dit qtiil ne peut faire auqu'un
fondemenfc pour traictter avant que vous n'opteniez vos pouvoirs en bonne
forme et authoritez autentiques pour traitter de l'affi.ure dont est fait mention
dens les pappiers delivrez. De plus Mons' le Marquis m'escrit ces parolles
particulieres, II est tres certain que 8a Maj" Catholique a une tres bonne
disposition pour faire une paix avecq ceux qu'il est en guerre. Sur ce vous
pouA-ez estre asseure", c'est un tres grand changement en peu de temps et- se
faict servir de ceste ocasion durant le sejour de Monsieur le Marquis k la
Court d'Espagne, aultrement il n'en peut ariver rien de bon. Ti. est prompt en
ces expeditions et surmontera par sa diligence, toutte la lantittude, parce
aussi que sa presence est necessaire en ce Pays ; cest pourquoy, ce qui ce doit
faire, qu'il ce fasse vittement, et n'aiant aultre je me reconrmande en vos
bonnes graces demeurant tousjours, Rubens.
D'Anvers, ce IS Mars, 1628.
Coppie du petit mesmoire apart.
Monsieur, Je ne pui3 sans vous advertir que j'ay descouvert que le traitte"
de Mons. Vande Yfoivwere sadvance et sur ce a este" expedie" en Espagne,
avecq grande esperance de bon efect. Lon portte laffaire sur le tiltre Principis
feudcdaris par advis en confidence.
XIX. PETER PAUL RUBENS TO [THE EARL OP CARLISLE].
MoysEiauEOK :
Jay receu la vostre tres agreable du 27 de Novebre de Novara per
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Monsieur 17 Abbe" Scaglia vostre grand Amy e Serviteur, Lequel at este" tres
bien venu et receu en ceste Cour, comme je I'avois tousjours asseure par
mes lettres. Jespere que nous verrons bien tost les Effects de sa A-aleur e
prudence, et que les Interea des Roys nos Maistres se rendront inseparables
et leur reputation e gloire tellement unie qu'il ny restera aucun serupule
entre leurs serviteurs du service de Pun a. l'aulfcre. En tous evenemens Je
seray tousjours celluy que je professe d'estre de tout mon Cceur,
Monseigneur,
de vostre Excellence,
Tres humble, tres affectionne e tres oblige Serviteur,
Pietro Pauolo Rubens.
II me deplaist navoir eu le bonheur de vous pouvoir servir de ma petite
assistence a. vostre passage a Bruxelles, ancor que je suis bien asseure" que des
aultres piu suffisants et accomphs que moy se seront acquite^ dignement a
vous servir et honnorer comme il appartient a vostre merits e qualite et selon
la tres bonne intention de l'lnfante ma Maistrease.
De Madrit, le 30 de Janvier, 1629.
XX. SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS TO SECRETARY LORD DORCHESTER.
Mossieoe. :
Auparavant de la reception de vostre derniere du 27 de May, selon
vostre style, que me fust livree le 14 de Juing silon nostre stile, Je n'avois
aucune cognoiscance de ce saufconduit qu'on desiroit pour Mons' Rustorf,
pouvant estre que V. Ex" en fit seulement mention en ses lettres s'addres-
santes a Mons' l'Audiencier, pour le moins je ne me puis imaginer la cause
du manquement de ceste depeche, car jay trouve" la Ser""5 Infante fort
voluntaire, et Mons' L'Audiencier tres bien dispose" a la faire promptement, et
je la baillay incontinent a vostre Courier, avecq la lettre du Seig' Don Carlos
a Mons' Bruneau. Le terme du Passeport est de six nioys, le quel on pourra
tousjours renouveller, aultant de foix qu'il vous plaira, mais touehant sa
demeure en Allemagne durant la Diete, S. A. n'en faict aucunement mention,
ne dependant d'elle, mais cela se negociara au lieu mesme, a linstance de la
lettre du Seig' Don Carlos Coloma, per laddvis de .Monsieur Bruneau avecq
le Ducq de Tursis. Cependant, son Passage, allant ou venant, sera tres
asseure" en vertu du Passeport de S. A. Les nouvelles que vostre Courrier nous
porta de bouche de l'heureux accouchement de la Reyne d'un Prince de
Galles, furent receues de la Serenisme Infante avecque tout le contentement et
joye quelle pourroit monstrer en semblables occasions - des Roys, ses plus
proches parens et alliez. Et quant a moy, Je confesse que la passion extreme.
que jay d'estre et de paroistre tres zelant Serviteur de Sa Mate de la Grande
Bretaigne, m'eust transporte' a quelque exefcs, si la disposition exterieure de
l'Estat° present me l'eust aucunement permis. J'espere que le refcour du
Secretaire de Mons' Cotinton aurat avanse' Paffaire d'un gran pas, le quel, on
dit, estre arrive le 28 ou 29 de May [stilo veteri] a Londres. Nous
attendons icy par momena une depesche d'Espaigne, la quelle ne marche pas
si viste comme est de coustume, pour ce que la porte un Cavaglier de
qualite', l'accusant l'ordtnaire (arrive' avanthier) destre party avant luy. Je ne
manqueray aussi tost que je me trouveray ohez moy en Anvers, davoir soin
S 2,
260 APPENDIX.
de vostro Tableau, en conformity de sa mesure, prenant a ma charge de faire
servir V. Ex. exactement, efc avecq desir d'avoir plusieurs occasions pour
monstrer mon zele e devotion envers son service
Je demeure a jamais
Do Vostre Excellence
tres humble e tres obeissant Serviteur,
Pieiro Pauolo Rubens.
De BrusseV.es, le 18 de Cuing de VAn 1630.
XXI. SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS TO [N. C. PABRI DE PEIRESC]
MOLTO Il,LCSnE SlGR .AIIO OsSERMO :
Mi e capitato finalle il desiderafcissimo Pachetto di V. S. congli dissegni
essatissimi del suo Tripode e molte altre curiosita per le quale reudo a V. S.
il solito pagamento de mille ringraciamenti. Ho dato al Sig' Gevartio il
dissegno de Jove Planco e communicato ancora tutto il resto si come
ancora al dottiss"0 Sig' Vendelino che per sorte si trova in Anversa et me
venne veder hieri col Sigc Gevartio. Non ho pero hauto tempo questi
giorni solo d'hieri et hoggi di poter leggere il suo discorso sopra il Tripode
che senza dubbio in quella materia deve toccar tutto quello che cade sotto
P intelletto humano, ma non voglio lasciar percio de dire secondo la mia
temerita solita ancora il parer mio che so certo V. S. col solito candore
pigliara in buonissme parte. Tutti, inprimis, gli utensili che poggiavano
sopra tre piedi si chiamavano anticate Tripodi, ancor che servissero a
¦*• divez-sissimi eft'etti, come tavole, sedie, candelabra, pigniatti etc., Efc tra gli
altri ebbero un stromento da mettere sul fuoco sotto gli Lebiti (chaudrons
en francese) a cuocere le carni, che s'usa ancora hoggidi in molte parti
d Europa, poi si e fatto un componimento del lebete e del Tripode come noi
sacciamo le nostre pigniate de ferro e bronzo con tre piede ; ma gli Antichi
lhanno fatto con bellissrae proportioni et, al parer mio questo fu il vero Tripode
B mentionato in Homero et altri poete et historici Greci che adoperavano
in re cv.lenaria a cuocere le lor vivande, e rispetto le visceiationi usate nelli
sacrifitij si comincio havere Inter sacmm supelleciihm ad eundem-usum. Ma il
Tripode Delphico io non credo che dirivasse di questo genere, ma che fosse
C una sorte di sedia posata in tre piedi come s'usano ancora vulgarte in
tutta Europa, la quale non haveA'a il bacile concavo, 6 si era concavo per
conservarvi dentro le spoglie di Pythons [si trouano nelli monumenti antichi
sedie de quattro piede ut sella Jovisi ma ancora alcuni scabelle, o sedie a tre
piedi come gli nostri scabelli] era coperto in cima e sopra questo poteva se-
dere la Pythonissa con qualque pertuggio sotto, ma ch'ella sedisse colle natiche
sino nel fondo del concavo non mi par veresimile per 1 incommodifca e taglio
D del orlo del bacile. Potria ancora essere, che sopra questo Cratere fosse
distesa come sopra un Tamburro la pelle de Pythone et percio si chiamasse
Cortina, e chella fosse forata insieme col lebete. Certo e che in Roma si
trouano diversi Tripodi di marmo che non hanno concavita alcuna e soleva"0
E ancora come V. S. vedera in alcuni luochi citati qui sotto, posar tal volta
delle statue dedicate a diversi Dei sopra gli rnedesimi Tripodi che non
poteva essere si non in fondo sodo e ripieno, et si deve credere
che ad iinitatione del Tripode Delphico sapplicassero ancora ad altri
Dei efc che il Tripode significasse ogni sorte d oraculo e misterio sacro
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onde si vede ancora in mimis M. Lepidi, P.M. Ma quallo che fa piu
al proposito nostro, dirb con piu attentioue cive che gli antichi usassero
una £erta foggia de riscaldatio o rechau, come si dice in francese, fatto
di bronso [sono duo rechaus dargento fatti in pariggi di questa sorte,] questi
sadopano in ogni parte per resistere al fuoeo in forma di Tripode del
quale si serviuono negli lor sacrificij e forse ancora nelle lor convitti, non e
pero dubbio che questo non fosse il Tripode aneo tante volte mentionato
nella storia ecclesiastica d' Eusebio et altri che fomiua a gli suffumigij degli
Idoh, come V. S. vedera negli luochi sotto allegati. Et si non m'inganno al
ingrosso questo Tripode aeneo de V. S., considerando bene la materia, la
paruita e simplicita del lauoro, fu uno di questi che sadoperavano nelli
sacrificij per liucenso et il buso in mezzo forniua per spirarglio ad accender
maggior"5 gli carboni, come e necessario, che tutti gli richau moderni
habbeno ancora qualque pertuggio o molti a questo effetto, et secondo si po
comprendere dal dessegno il fondo del bacile o Cratere e rotto e consumato
del fuoco [V. S. che la sua quantita non eccede la Grandezza di un richau
ordinario che usiamo hoggidi, e la figura e tanto propria a questo effetto che
quando io havessi di besogno d'uno von-ei far lo de quella maniera] Questo e
quanto io posso dire caldce sopra questo particolare lasciando a V. S. libera
la sua censoria autorita, almeno il Sig" Vendelino ne Gevartio mi alleganno
delle raggioni bastanti in Contrario ansi penso che poco a poco ineLinaranno
a questa sentenza. Quella Camina plumbea e notabibssima che si donerebbe
proporre Saturnalibus optima dierum. II fragmento ancora e bisarro con
quelli dei Egyttij et il vento che al parer mio deve esser stato qualque Calen-
dario rustico per saper le feste prineipale et altri misterij delle staggioni,
del anno e sono da notare gli tirchij attorno le teste delli dei more Egyptio
come si vede In Tabula Isiaea. Ma sopra tutto mi parono geatiEisimi quei
Annelli Nuptiali cosi gentilmente inscritti che l'istessa Venere con tutte le
sue Gracie non potrebbe far meglio. Questi vagliono un Tesoro ansi sono
inestimabili al parer mio, si maraviglianno tutti che V. S. in tanta Calamita
Publica stia col animo tanto reposato che possa col gusto solito continuar
la sua nobilissma curiosita nella osservacione rerum antvprnrum. Specimen
animi bene compositi et vera, philosophia imlntti. Spero pero che al srrivo de
questa havera cessato il male e chella sara hormai di retorno nel suo sacro
museo che piacera al Sig' Dio sia con ogni felicita e contentessa per molti
anni come questo suo devotissimo Sere desidera con tutto il cuore efc gliba-
cia le mani. Di V. S. moltolllustre servitor aff"
Pietro Pauolo Rubens.
D'Anversa, il d'Agosto, 1630.
Questi dessigni sono e3quisita,e ben fatti e certo in queste genera non si
potrebbe far meglio, sara bene che V. S. tenga questo vertuoso giovane appresso
de se per essecutore degli suo i belliss'6 concetti. II retratto de V. S. e stato
gratiss" a me et a questi Sig" che 1' hanno veduto e restono interra'" sodisfatti
della somigbanza ma io confesso non mi parere di'relucere in questa faccia non
so che di Spiritoso, et una Certa Emphasi nel sembiante che mi pare propria
del Genio di V. S. la quale pero non si acerta facil'" in pittura da ogniuno.
Rendo a V. S. de novo mille gracie per tanti regali e la, prego voler bacciar
252 APPENDIX.
le mani con tutto il cuore da mia parte al gentilis6 Sig' de Valaviss veriss*
suo fratello che mi ha scritto di Lyone agli quattri de Julio dandomi noua
d'haver ricevuto il mio retratto che nie dubito sara mal trattato per il longo
via^o-io et in tutti modi indegno del museo de V. S. sinon in qualita de servitore.
Hos locos contractos
Si ha qui una funestiss'" nova d'ltalia che agli 22 di Gulio sia stata prisa per
escilafca la citta de Mantoua da gli Imperiali con morte della maggior parte
deo-li habitanti che mi duole in estremo por haver servito molti anni Casa
Gonzao-a e godato della deliciosisima residenza de quel pae3e nella mia giouentu.
Sic crat in fatis.
XXII. SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS TO FRANCISCUS JUNIUS.
Mrs Heere :
V. Er. sal seer venvondert Avesen in soo langhen tyt gheen tydings van den
ontfanck V. E. boeck door my ontfanghen te hebben, den Avelcken, als
blyckt wt V. E. aenghenaemen vanden 24 May, voor datum aen my
ghedestineert AA-as. Toch Ick bedde V. E. believe te ghelooven, dat den
voorseyden boeck my na eerst over 14 daeghen behandicht is, door eenen
A_an dese stadt, ghenoemte Leon Hemselroy, met veele excusen van soo
spaeden bestellinghe ; dat is de oorsaecke dat ick V. E. brief oock niet
beantAvoordt en hebbe, want ick eerst Avunschsten den boeck te seen ende te
lesen, ghelyck ick nu mit attentie ghedaen hebbe ; ende om de Avaerheyt te
segghen, ick bevinde dat V. E. onse conste seer vereert heeft Immenso
hoc totius antiquitatis t'esauro, tanta diligentia refosso, et ordine pulcherrimo
publice distributo. Nam liber iste D. Vre, ut uno verbo dicam, vere promus
Condus est uberrimus omnium exemplorum, sententiarum et dogmatum quse
a. veteribus uspiam sparsim, ad dignitatem et lucem Artis Pictorise pertinentia,
litteris consecrata, maximo nostro emolumento hactenus perennarunt.
Itaque titulo et argumento libri De Pictura veterum a D. V" ad ungueni
satisfaction censeo, monit-a etiam et leges, giudicia et exempla maxhnam
nobis lucem afferentia passim inserta, et admiranda quadam eruditione
elegantissimoque locutionis genere expressa, et ordine recta totum hoc opus
perfectissime digestum atque insigni cura et linia ad calcem usque perpolitum.
Sed quoniam exempla ilia veterum Pictorum fantasia tantum etpro cujusque.
capus magis aut minus assequi possumus, vellem equidem eadem diligentia
similem quandoque tractafcum excudi posse, de Picturis Italorum, quorum
exemplaria sive prototypa adhuc hodie publice prostant, et digito possunt
monstrari, et dicire " hase sunt." Nam ilia quoe sub sensum cadunt acrius
imprimuntur et hasrent, et exactius examen requirunt, atque materiam
uberiorem proficiendi studiosis prsebent quam iUa qnse sola imaginatione
tanquam somnia, se nobis offerunt, et verbis tantum adumbrata, ter frustra
compvensa (ut Orphium Euridices Imago) eludunt siepe et sua quemque spe
frustrantur. Quod experti dicimus ; nam'quotusquisque nostrum, si pneclarum
aliquod Apelli3 aut Thimantis opus, k Plinio aut aliis Authoribus graphice
descriptum pro rei dignitate ocubs subjicere tentaturus aliquid non insulsum
aut h, veterum maj estate non alienum prsestabit, sed genio suo quisque
indulgens, musteum aliquid pro Opimianoillo dulce amaro promet, etinjuriam
magnis illis manibus afferet, quos ego veneratione summa prosequor, et
APPENDIX. 263
vestigia euntium potius adoro, qub.ni vel sola cogitatione assequi, me posse
ingenue profiteer. Ick bidde myn Heere believe my Avel aftenemen tghene
ick mit unendelycke liberteyt ben seggende, met hope dat V. E. ons naer
soo.goeden promulsedein niet en sal -weygheren ipsum Caput Crence, daet Avy
allegaeder seer naer verlanghen, Avant tot noch toe en heeft ons niemant
onsen appetyt voldaen, van alle die ghene die alhulcken inaterie ghetracteerfc
hebben ; nam oportet venire ad Individua, ut dixi, Avaerrnedo ick ghebe my
wt ganscher harten In V. E. goede gunste, ende grootelyck voor de eere die
my gheschiet is met de presentatie van V. E. boeck end vriendeschap
bedanckende, blyve in der v,raAvreheyt Myn Heere
V. E. ootmoedeghen ende gheaffec™ dienaer,
Pietro Pauolo Rubens.
Anlwerp'm raptim et slanspede in uno, den eersten Augusti, 1631.
Aen Mys Heere,
Mrs Heere Fi-.ascisctjs Junius,
Int hofvan Mynheere den Mareschal Qraeve van Arundel, <Jrc, tot London.
XXIII. "EXTRAIT OF A LETTER OP SR PETER REUBENS TO THE
ABBATE D'ESCAGLIA." ThelS of Novemb' 1631.
Non entendo pero quello che V. E. mi dice avermi scritto che non trovo
in alcuna delle sue precedente, che si se tratto de questo deve esser cosa
molto occulta, et non passa per mano de Gerbier il quale si e reso molto
sospetto di Chantelouppe per aver sostenuto con qualque animosita el Marquis.
Pero non seria gran cosa se a hiy celessero il vero secreto. L'Infante mi
dice haveme sentito qualque vento.
Advertisse V. Exc: che se lo trovo buono non deve confidarlo a Gerbier
il quale e contrario, pur per il bene chio gli voglio l'ho advertito che no
sopponga directamente ad una cosa che non e impossibile che habbia effetto,
per non remanere colto in mezzo tra persone tanto Conguente, et di qualita
tan eminente, Almeno io ne ab.ua dependente del Rey d'Espagne ni de
l'Infante se deve ingerire in questo, ansi piu tosto cerchar d'imperdirlo
ch'altro ; anchor che fosse solo per salvar il decorb del nostro. Etc.
[The rest Avas a relation of the ill-government of the Queene Mother.]
XXIV. SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS TO B. GERBIER.
Mtn Heere :
Ick hebbe ghevonden thuys comende de Patente vande Priviliglen van
Vranckryck tsaemen met V. E. biief, ende Van S' Chevalier du Jar en
Van S' Juan Maria : het en importeert niet dat den segel gheheel ghebrocken
is, want sal niet te min effect hebben. Ick blyve V. E. seer verobligeert
daer voor, ende bedancke V. E. wt ganscher harten. Oock en sal ick niet
laeten aen Mons' le Chevalier du Jar het ressentiment te toonen dat sy op
my begheyrt. Het is een wonder man die almentom hem Aveet te doen
valeren by de alder grootste, Gode gheve dat het maeg ten besten wel auoopen
264 APPENDIX.
soo ick hope. V. B. sal clesen onifanghen wt handcn van H Sigr Abbate
Scaijlia, die ick een weyniy hebbe voor yhehouden van de saecke van Biscarat
ivaer op ick mey-n-e dat hy V. E. sal satisfactie gheven. Want al ist dat
Biscarat het op den Abbate cargee.rt, soo was hy cvenwel van andere te voren
al te vollen glieinformeert ende quam hem alleenlyck de tonghe scrabben.
[My geeffc wonder dat Sr Juan Maria nie begheert te schryven ende een
gentilesse te kryschen van myn handt, nie ick meynde dat yty door soo langhen
tyt bycaiis maleanderen vergheten hadden.] My is leet te mercken dat de
francnysken V. E. oock seer quaede officien by S. A ende onse groote Ministers
doen ; hoe ivel V. E. daer niet op en behorft te passen, van synen Coninck alleen
dependerende ; toch mochte wel difficulteren de affairen der met hun mocten
ghetracteert ivordcn. Ick ben my tot nester tyt gheretireert, ende en hadde
noot inin berauw van eenighe resolvere by my ghenomen, tot eenighe tyt,
Ende hebbende niet anders, ghebiede ick my tsarmen met myn huysvrauwe wt
ganscher harten in V. E. goede gracie, ende van myvravrwe V. E. huys
vrauwe, blyvende aen allebeyde voor alien onsbruen,
V. E. ootmoedighe dienaers,
P. P. Rubens.
Wt Antwerpem den 12 April, A" 1632.
[Harl. 4935, No. 25".]
XXV. SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS TO [N. C. FABRI DE PEIRESC].
Mono Illtjs110 Sigr mio Osservahd :
Gia V. S. haura visto per la mia precedents ch'io haurera ricevuto la nova
per Monsieur le Gris del buon essito del mio Processo in Parlamento, merce
gli favori e buoni offitij delli Amici di V. S., come ho scritto largamente a
V. S. e datoli le Gratie benche di gran longa inferiore al suo merito, che mi
obliga ad una perpetua gratitudine, mentre auero spirto e vita per poter
honorare a servirla con tutti le mie forze. H Sgf Aubrij mi avisa, che gli
miei ad\:ersarij non si rendono ancora, ma hanno presentato requeste civile
la quale e stata rimessa ia mano di Monsieur le Conseill' Saunier per viderla
e. fame rapporto." Io non m'intendo della chicana e sono cosi semplice ch'io
pensaua ch'ua arresto della Corte di Parlamento fosse l'ultinia decisione di
un Processo senza appello o replicha subsequeate, come le sentenze par deca
delU consigli Soverani, e percio non posso imaginai-mi qual possa essere il
soggietto di questa Richiesta, non ho manchato di mandar subito a Madame
Saunier gli essemplari delle mie stampe ordinatemi per Mons" le Gris al suo
passaggio per diqua, al quale faccendo instanza di dichiararmi quello ch'era
necessario di provedere per le spese e regali e recognoscementi dovuti a
quelle che hanno cooperato ia questo negocio, mi pregb di differire sino al
suo ritorno [excepta sola Madame Saunier che voleva si faccesse subito] perche
non si trovava il conte e desiderava di farla distributione di sua mano, et
che fra tanto egli haveva lasciato buoa ordine a fine che non manchasse
riiente per il rostante nella sua absensa, e mi a3sicurb che Monsieur d'Auberij,
aveva preso a suo cargo di procurare tutfco il necessario per 1'intiera per-
fettione della cosa, ma non mi disse che sborsarebbe alcun dinaro come
veggo per la copia della sua a V. S. che ha pagato 20 escus quarts pour
les espices, di che non fa mentione in quella che mi scrisse il 22 di Maggio.
hora non so come io debba fare, o se coaviene di restituere questa summa
APPENDIX. 265
sola a Monsieur Dauberij a l'instante, o aspettar il ritorno de Monsr Le Gris
per farlo tutto insieme o di scrivere a Mons. Dauberij che supponendo chegli
habbia sborsato per le spese del mio Processo in absenza di Mons' le Gris
quello ch'era necessario per leA'ar la sentenza et altro, lo supplico di \-olerrni
avisare del quanto, a fine cliio possa rimborsarlo quanto prima come faro
proutamente et vi aggiungero per marcha di gratitudine cruale Galanteria
etc. In quanto al scrupulo del Triennale interA-allo tra il primo et ultimo
privileggio, egli si funda nel numero delli anni notati sotto il Crucifisso [1002]
minore che sono fatte con tal ambiguita che non si puo ben discernere se
l'ultima tiffra sia 16 2 benche doveva essere necessareament" un 2 ma le sue
come e projetture non sono assai expresse, e pero notorio a tutto il inondo
chio roi trovaij l'anno 1 631 in Ingliterra et chera impossibile di far questo
intagho in absenza mia essendo stato ritoceho (come s'usa sempre) piu volte
di mia mano. Con tutto tib perche non si ha messo questo dubbio del adA-ers-
ario, non occorre metterlo in disputa. Vedremo qual sera 1'essetto de la
Requeste etc.
Siaino qui in gran travaglio per il passagio del essergito Francese in
assistenza delli Hollandesi, il quale [Adcino a marche en famine] ha. dato
una rotta al Principe Dom Thomaso de maggior consideratione per la disre-
putatioae e spaveato che per il danno, essendo morta pochissima gente, ma
la maggior parte delli cassi deUa infantaria presi colla artigliaria e bagaggio
s'attribuisce questa perdita, aUa temerita, e inadverteuza del Generale che
senza spie e senza essere ben informato del numero, forsze et andamento del
suo nimico, voLso venire alle mani con tanto disavanfcaggio che fu disfatto
in manco di una mezz'hora. Si salvo molta gente in un bosco ivi viciao e per
l'asprezza della contrada. Certo che la rottura tra le due Corone sta nel
punto supremo cite mi da gran travaglio per essere huomo di nature/, e voluata
pacifico et iuimico Capitate- de risse Processi e questoni querelles Publice et
privatim. Oltra che aoa so se in tempo di guerra saria valido il Privilegio
di S. M" et potria esser in tal caso che tutte le nostre fatiche e spe per
ottenir la decisione in Parlamente a mantenerlo, fossero infruttuose. E sopra
tutto apprehendo [gli stati delle Provincie unite mi fanno owervere gli lor
Privileggi Inviolabil,e in tempo di gueiTa aperta] che forse la nostra corre-
spondenza correra rischio di una nova suspenzione per qualque aniu, non gia .
da parte mia ma perche V. S. . essendo persona eminente et in cargo
principale non potra mantenerla senza ineorrere qualque sospetto. Mi con-
formaro sempre benche con dispiaccere iafinito a quello che sara necessario
per la tranquillita et sicurazza di V. S. con che humilto bacciando a V. S.
di veriss" cuore le mani resto in eterno,
Di Vost. S' Molto Illus" e Rever
'Humilis™0 et obligat Servite
Pietro Pauolo Rubens.
D'Anversa, il 31 diMaggio L"°, 1635.
[Della cassetta non habbiamo ancora nova alcuna et io vado risanandomi
per la Gratia divina della mia Gotta et ho dato ordine per le cosette com-
mandatemi da V. S. ma per conto delle medaglie con quelle note il S'
Rockox sin adesso no ha potato troA'ar alcuna.]
Mi restano le maraviglie che V. S. mi dice del movimento delle Pietre
266 APPENDIX.
versus centrum gravitatis (che bene intendo) e verso la circumferenza dal
centro del luoco oue si formano, del quale confesso ingenuamente non
haver sin adesso trovato chi lo mentionasse ni capisco come si faccia se
V. S. non si dichiara piu chiaramente si come ancora par imperceptibile
la causa di quel moto sympathico della Pietra nella versica di quel amalato
suo Parenfce col moto della Luna, ma sendo stracorso il tempo per certi
impedimeati e forza di tralasciar questi discorsi bellissimi e saporiti al
mio palato, sino a migbor cominodita con che di novo bacio a V. S. le
mani.
XXVI. [POAVER OP ATTORNEY GIVEN BY SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS
TO LIONEL AVAKE, JUNR, AUTHORISING HIM TO RECEIVE THE
MONEY DUE TO EUBENS POR THE PICTURES HE HAD PAINTED
BY COMMAND OF KING CHARLES I. FOR THE CEILING OP
AVHITEHALL].
Scaichent tous ceulx qui ce present Instrument verront ou lire oyront
que le treisiesme jour du mois de Novembre, l'aa de Grace mil six cent
et trente sept, pardevaat raoy Toussein Guyot Nofcaire et Tabellion publicq
par les Consaulx de Sa Ma," Catholicque Prive et de Brabant admis et
approuve resident en Anvers, et les tesmoings soubz escripfcs comparust
en personne le S' Pietro Paulo Rubens Chevalier, Seig' de Steene et
Secretaire du Conseil Prive' de Sa cl" Mate resident en ceste dte Ville
d' Anvers a moy Notaire cognu et a de sa franche et libre volunte" faict
cree coastitue et commis par ceste soa procureur general et especial
asscavoir Leonel Wacke le Jeusne deihfc a Londres en Angleterre, luy
donnant plain povoir authorite et mandement absolut, pour au nom et de
la part du d' S' Constituant demander recouvrir et recepvoir les trois
mille livres esterlius que Sa Ma,e Royale d' Angleterre at este servie
d'ordonner par son seel Prive a son Eschecquer ou Tresorierie de payer
ou satisfaire au diet Constituant en recompence des peiactures faictes de sa
main pour le souffict ou plaffoa de sa Sale Royale a Withal, De soa receu
bailler passer et recognoistre telles quictauces ou actes que besoiag sera,
Et generalement et especiallement de es choses dessus dte" et dependences
d'icelles aultant faire dire procurer et besoigner que le d' S' Constituant
mesmes feroit faire et dire pourroit si present en personne y estoit.
Promectaut en bonne foy d'avoir et tenir pour boa ferme et agreable a
tousjours tout ce que par son diet procureur constitue en tout ce que dessus
sera faict diet procure efc besoigne, sans jamais aUer faire ny venir allen-
contre en aulcuae maniere soubz l'obligation de sa personne et biens, Ce que
fust aussi faict et passe en Anvers au comptoir de mon Notaire joindant la
boursse des Marchants en presence de Melchior van Schoonhoue et Jehan
van Gheele comme tesmoings a ce requis. Efc a le cl' S' constituant signe de
son nom la note de ceste au registre de mon Notaire.
Quod attestor signo meo manuali solito
T. Guyot, Nots Pub8..
Nous soubsignez certifions que Toussein Guyot ayant soubsigne ce pre
cedent Instrument, est Notaire et Tabellion publicq resident en ceste Ville
APPENDIX. 267
d' Anvers ; et qu'aux Actes efc Instruments par luy ainssi signez lon a tousjom-s
donne et donne entiere foy et credit en droict et dehors.
P™ De Breusecshan, Norius.
A Vi>- Co'ljWE^BERGHE, Nola.
XXVII. SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS TO SIR B. GERBIER.
Monsiecr: Il est vray que Mons' Norgate se trouvant chez moy donna de l'ceuil sur
cette piece de St. Laurens en Escurial sans s'arrester avecq quelque estonnem1
des circonstances sur le reste que bien legerement, et il ne me sembla
pas necessaire alors de le desabuser pour ne luy donaer quelque nies-
contentement. Mais me voyanfc presse a dire la verite pour ne tromper pas
Sa Majte de la Grande Bretagne, a la queUa j'ay tant d' obligations, Je confess©
que la susdite peinture n'est pas de ma main, mais faitte entierem' par ua
Peintre de plus communs [qui s'appelle Verhulst] de ceste ville apres un
mien dessein fait sur le lieu mesme. Aussi n'est elle aucunem' digne de
paroistre entre les merveilles du Cabinet de sa Maj,e, la quelle poura tousjours
disposer absoluem de tout ce que j'ay au moade, ensemble de ma personne
comme de son tre3 humble serviteur. Je vous prie de me conserver ea ses
bonnes graces et les A-ostres, et m'honorer de vos. commandem'3 en toute
occasions de vosre service, estant de tout mon cceur,
Mons', Vfe tres humble serviteur
Pietro Pauolo Rubens.
D' Anvers le 15 de Mars 1610.
XXVIII. SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS TO [SIR B. GERBIER?].
Mossiecr: [Antwerp, April, 1610.]
Voxel la peinture de S. .Laurens en Escurial aschevee selon la eapacite" du
Maisfcre toutesfois avecq mon advis. Plaise aDieu'que l'extravagance du suget
puisse donaer quelque recreatioa h, Sa Maj'e. La Moafcaigne s'appelle la Sierra
de S. Juan en Malagon, elle est fort haulte et erte, et fort difficile a monter
et descendre, de sorte que nous avions les Nuees desous nostre venue bien
bas, demeurant en hault le ciel fort clair et serain. 11 i at en la summite' un
grande Croix de boi3 la quelle se decouvre aysement de Madrit, et il y a de
coste une petite Eglise dediee a S. Jean qui ne se pouvoifc representer dedans
le tableau, car nous l'avions derriere le dos, ou que demeure un Eremite que
voicy avecq son borico. 11 n'est pas besoing de dire que en bas est le superbe
bastimeat de S' Laurens ea Escurial avecq le Village et ses allees d'arbres
avecq la Frisneda et ses deux estangs et le chemin vers Madrid qu apparoit ea
hault proche de l'orizoat. La moatagae coverte de ce auage se dit la Sierra
tocada pource quelle a quasi tousjours comme un voyle alentoitr de sa teste.
II y quelque tour e mayson a coste- ne me souvenant pas ds leur nom
particulierement, mais je scay que le Roy i alloit par occasion de la Chasse
263 APPENDIX.
La montagna tout coutre a main gauche est la Sierra y puerto de butrago.
Voyla tout ce que je puis dire sur ce sujet demeurant a jamais,
Monsieur, Vostre serviteur tres humble,
Pietro Paulo Rubens.
J'ay ouble de dire qu'au sommet nous rencontrasmes forse vinayson comme
est represente en la Peinture.
APPENDIX B.
THE ARUNDELIAN COLLECTION.
GERARD HONTHORST, OTHON VAN VEEN, &o.
The followiag Correspondence of that most zealous and enlightened
Patron of Art, Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, contains
particulars of the highest interest. " The father of vertu in England,"
he Avas (says Evelyn) "the great Maecenas of all politer arts and the
boundless amasser of antiquities." Sir Dudley Carleton, of Avhom we have
made such frequent mention, appears to have been one of the first to
contribute to Lord Arundel's collection. "Walpols says, he began to collect
statues and pictures about 1615; from which, I think, Ave may infer that
the pictures bought by Carleton of Daniel Nys in Venice, and for Avhich
Lord Arundel paid £200, were, perhaps, one of the first purchases of Avorks
of art made by the Earl. It Avill be remarked also that Carleton, on several
occasions, sent him choice presents ; to wit, " a Jupiter's head," " a very
fine bason of stone, wth an Ewer alia anticha," "iEneas flying from yesack
of Troy." Fortune seemed to smile on this highly favoured Patron of the
Arts; in October 1616, King James I. "bestowed upon his L. all my
L, of Somersett's pictures, Avch are valued at the least Avorth £1000," and they
must have been fully Avorth that sum, a large amount in those days. The
purchases of pictures and statues, which Carleton alone made for the Earl of
Somerset, amounted to nearly £900 [see pp. 273-4], and Ave may suppose
they did not nearly embrace the whole of that rich gift. Here, then, was a
rock, as it AA-ere, upon which to found his afterAA-ards most celebrated and
Avorld-renowned collection. This glorious acquisition must have stimulated
him to renewed exertions to increase it ; it certainly did, for Ave have
evidence that he never omitted taking advantage of aay opportunity to
purchase antiquities, pictures, articles of vertu, choice books, <fcc. He no
sooner heard that such treasures Avere to be had in Italy, HoUand, Spain,
or ia fact in any part of the Avorld, than he immediately despatched an agent,
with full poAver and ample means, to purchase. The obstacles Avhich he
surmounted, and the length of time Avhich elapsed before he succeeded in
obtaining some of the most interesting portions of bis niatchless collection,
APPENDIX. 269-
fully exiiibit his untiring zeal and perseverance, when the possession of any
object relating to art was in question.
Sir Dudley Carleton, at the Hague ; Sir Isaac Wake, at Turin ; Sir
Balthasar Gerbier, at Brussels ; Sir Thomas Roe, at Constantinople ; Sir
Francis Cottington and Lord Aston, at Madrid, were Ambassadors from
England, severally Avritten to, and urgently requested to assist him, and
give their countenance and support to his several agents in the " collection
of matters of arte ;" and whether it were " Pictures by Titian," " Dnvwings
of Leonardo de Vinze," "a booke of Holbens," " PeeceS of Antiques in
marble, Avhole statues or lesse peeces," or " any of ye like nature," they
Avere entreated to use their influence so that they might be bought for
him. The correspondence between Lord Arundel and Sir Thomas Roe will
be read with no little interest, inasmuch as the antiquities spoken of
formed part of those marbles brought to England in 1627 by the same
"William Petty, wliich were subsequeatly bequeathed to the University of
Oxford, and are now known as the "Marmora Oxoniensia.''
Perhaps, the first picture by Gerard Honthorst, brought to England, was
" JEneas flying from ye sack of Troye." It Avas presented to Lord Arundel
by Sir Dudley Carleton, Avhose letter, dated 22 June, 1621, is exceedingly
interesting, and an eA'idence of his judgment in detecting great ability in
this young artist, then only twenty-nine years of age, Avhose works were
subsequently so much admired by Rubens and sought after by connoisseurs.
Lord Arundel Avas not slow to appreciate the taleat of this rising artist.
His letter to Carleton, acknoAvledging the receipt of this picture,- Avill
arrest attention ; Lord Arundel's favourable opinion of its merits is a
record of his judgment in matters of art. It is quite possible that this
picture may not only have been seea and admired by King Charles I. , but
may have been the cause of that monarch's subsequent invitation to
Honthorst to visit England. The letters from Lord Ambassador I'ielding
are also valuable as relating to the Cabinet belonging to Daniel Nys,
wliich is no doubt the same mentioned by Evelyn in his Diary, who says,2
" That great lover cf antiquity, Thomas, Earle of Arundel, had a very
rich collection, a3 Avell of medals as other intaglios, belonging to the cabinet
he purchased of Daniel Nice, at the cost of ten thousand pounds."
XXIX. ED AY. SHERBURN3 TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.)
Right honble mi vert good L. : Lsndon, 23 March, 1615-6.
' # * * * *
I have attended my L. of Arundell and as yo" Avere pleased to require
me, so did I let his Lp knowe, that I had in chardge from you to present y"
Jupiters heade unto bim ; and to that end I would take order to have it
brought, Avhen and Avhere his L. should appoint. He acknowledged It as a
2 Vol. ii. p. 240, of jhe ito edition.
3 Edward Sherburn wa3 successively secretary to the Earl of Salisbury when Lord
Treasurer, to Lord Keeper Bacon, and to the East India Company. He Ava3 also a
con-espondent of Carleton's for many years, for Avhom, likewise, he seems to have
acted as agent.
270 APPENDIX.
speciall favor from yo' L. but wth a modest deniall told, me that by no meanes
he would accept it, in regard it might perad venture hinder y". sale of the rest,
and chiefely for that (to use his owne wordes) you had alredy made him so
much bound unto yo" for former curtesies, as he knewe not howe wth honor,
to receave any more from you, before he had better deserved them and there
fore desired me to let it rest, untill the tilting were past and then he Avould
speake wth me further theirin. I did likeAvise let his L. knowe, Avhat yo"
comaunded me about the Pictures, after AVch he perticulerly inquired, and
seemes desirous to have them, but referred me for his resolucon as
before. ***** Yo' L. truly devoted & faithfully to serve you
Edw. Sherburn.
XXX. ED. SHERBURN TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.)
Eight hosorable ur. vert good L. : London, April 9, 1616.
*****
I have attended my L. of Arundell to Mr. Fortry his house, where
his L. wth Mr. Inego Jones, have fully reviewed the pictures, wcb are 12
in nomber, his L. referred nie for his resolucon, Avhether he Avould have
them or not, untill his returne from ye King after the Hollydaies. His
L. is nowe returned & this day I gave my attendance on him, who I
perceaved is passing desirous to deale for the halfe of them, telling me
that my L, Davers undertooke to take the other halfe. Those peeces avc11
my L. Davers hath,'1 are not any whereAvtu my L. of Aruadell is affected :
so as it noAve rests, whether my L. Davers wilbe drawne to take w"1 those
he hath alredy so many of the rest, as may leave to my L. of Arundell the
one halfe of the whole complement alloAviag his L. his choice : Of this, I
shall understand their Lo : resolucons this weeke And therefore I am to
crave from yo' L, yo' direction & price, because as yet I have no perticuler
coniaundment to let them goe, at any certaine rate. ,-
My L. of Arundell hath now accepted of the Jupiter's heade <fe 'hath
placed it ia his utmost gardea so opposite to the Gallery dores, as
being open, so soone as yon enter into the first Garden, yo" have the
head in yo' eie all the way.
Yo' L. ever to be comaunded
and truly to serve yo"
Edav. Sherburn.
XXXI. LORD ARUNDEL TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract).
Mt Lord Amassador : Arundell House, July 20, 1616.
Though I have had a burthen of favor layde upon me by y' Lps comand-
4 Sherburn had previously written to Carleton, on the 23rd March, that Lord
Danvers hud paid him Z21. for the pictures he had left Avith him.
APPENDIX. 271
ment since y' departure, by Mr. Sherborne, whoe would needes place
heere that greate Anticke head, avcU I sawe of yr L"" wch I have not yet
discliarged by gratefull acknowledgment, I hope yu will not thinke I have
forgotten the obligation, because I did not mention it hitherto, yet noAve I
could not forbeare that any longer, Avee beinge to be absent from Loadoa
some Aveekes by reason of the progresse.
* ' -* * *
Yr Lo^ most affectionate true frende ¦
T. Arundell.
XXXII. ED. SHERBURN TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract)
Right hosorable : London, April 20, 1616.
*****
This inclosed note" was given me by Mr. Dix, my L. of AruadeU's
steAvard, by wch yo' L. may perceave ho we that my L. of Arundell and my
L. Davers are agreed to take ye whole parcell of pictures. If y' L. rest
satisfied herein, I would gladly receave yo' Commission and what is their
price, that according to yor order, I may make delivery of them.
* * * * *
Yo' L. to be eoamuuded aad
faithfully to serve yo11
Emv. Sherburn.
XXXIII. EDAV. SHERBURN TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.)
Bight hosorable : London, May 25, 1616.
*****
My L : of Arrundell is content to take all ye pictures (I would he were
of the same mind for the Statues) to himself, and cares not Avhether my
L. Davers have any part of them. I shall knowe this Aveek, a time
certaine, whea to attead his L. for the moaey, wcl1 so sooae as I shall
receave, I will repay to Mr. Fortry to the use of Mons' Nys, accordiag
to the direccon yo' L, hath given me.
* ' * * * *
Yo L : faithfully to serve you
Edav. Sherburn.
XXXIV. ED. SHERBURN TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.)
Mat it please tor Lo. : London, May 31, 1616.
*****
I have agane attended my L. of ArundeU, aad I expect howerly to hears
from his L. about the Pictures. He told me the last weeke at Greenewch
5 I do not find this note.
272 APPENDIX.
that he. would send for them forthwth, but as yet I have not heard from him.
I have acquainted my L. Davers wth so much of M' Nys his lfe, as yo' L.
gave me order; and for his part in the pictures, I did not forgett to lett
him knoAve howe reddy yo' L. Avas to conform© yo'self to his desire : he
seeines very desirous to be free from them, and my L. of Arrundell is not dis
pleased Av'h it, so as I hope by th'end • of the next Aveeke, to write unto yo'
L. that you are acquitted of that burthen.
* " * * * *
Yo' L. ever to be comaunded
and faithfully to serve you
Enw. Sherburn.
XXXV. ED. SHERBURN TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.)
Right honorable jit a-ery good L. : London, July 11, 1616.
*****
This day my L. of Arundell gave direccon to Mr. Inego Jones in my
hearing to pay me oae clay this weeke the £200 : and to receive the pictures ;
but I doubt I shalbe delaied, and- Mr. Chamberlaine adviseth me, if they be
not fetcht aAvay according to this appointed, to send them forthw"1 to
yo' L : because he heares a rumor that yo L. gave all these pictures to
my L. of Somersett, and that there are found a lfe or 2 to approve the
same ; I Avilbe carefull therefore to do my best to prevent such a mischeifa
and I am resolved if they be not paid for this weeke, to remove them
to some other secret place untill I may heare from yor L :
***** Yo' L. humbly to be comauaded
and faithfully to do yo" service
Edw. Sherburn.6
XXXVI. ED.' SHERBURN TQ SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract)
Right honorable ut vert good L. : [London], July 13, 1616.
*****
I omitted in my last, to let yor L. knoAve that my L. Rosse 7 hath spoiled
6 On 20th July Sherburn Avrite3, " I have nowe parted at* the pictures (I would I
could say w"' the statuas), the money being paid upon deliver}' of them, W* I have
repaid to Mr. Fortry to thuse of Mr. Daniel Nys." Also, " I receaved his Highness'
Privy Seale for the payment of the £250 according to the Contract y' Lp hath made
for the Modells " [for Prince Charles].
7 On 12th October, 1616, Chamberlain writes to Carleton, " The L. Roos is gon
for Spaine very gallant, having sixe foot men, whose apparelling stoode him in £50 a
man, eight pages at £80 a peece, twelve gentlemen to each of whom he gave £100:. to
provide themselves, some twenty ordinarie servants who were likewise very Avell
apointed, and twelve sumpter clothes that stoode him in better than £1500. All his
other provisions were sutable, and he went in a very goode and fayre ship of the
Kinges, called the Dread-nought. He is growne very great av* Secretaire AVinwood,
APPENDIX. 273
the sale of yo' Statuas, because after all his paines and chardges bestowed in
collecting and gathering togeather such antiquities of this kind as he could
got in his travailes, he hath nowe in an humo' (& I may say an UI one)
given them all to my L. of Arundell, avc|1 hath exceedingly beautified his
L. Gallerie. ***** Yo' L. ever to be comaunded
and didy to love and serve you
Edav. Sherburn.
XXXVII. ED. SHERBURN TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.)
Right uonorakle jit vert good Lo; London, November 1,1616.
* * * * *
The cheife business that nowe Avee have heere, is the preparacou for the
Prince his creacon, avcU doth hold on Monday next, and this clay my L.
of Arundell had the honor to be made Erie Marshall during the tyme of
this ceremony and some do say it may be longer ; his M. hath also bestoAved
upon his L. all my L. of Somersett's pictures, Avck are valued at the least
worth £1000. * * * * *
Yr Lop truly devoted to honor aad serve you,
El>. Sherburn.
ACCOUNT OF THE EARL OP SOMERSET'S COLLECTION.
The following account of pictures, marble figures, &c, is in the hand
writing of Sir Dudley Carlc-fcon. It Avill bo found to contahi all the works
of art specified in the " Contents of the 2 Cases Avith Pictures,'' dated 25th
April, 1615 [p. 274] in Avhich is included the pictures in Diiaiel Nys' list
of 8th February, 1615 [p. 275] purchased by Carleton, also the " Contents
of the 29 Cases Avith antique figures and heads of marble."
XXXVIII. ACCOUNT OF SUCH THINGS AS I [SIR DUDLEY CARLETON]
HAVE BOUGHT FOR THE EARLE OP SOMERSET.
Three pictures, whereof one Avas of the hand of old Bassan,
the other two of Paulo Veronese .... £100 0 0
A parcel of pictures aad marble figures . . . . 500 0 0
An other parcel of pictures Avhich are not yet arrived . 100 0 0
Three looking glasses . . . . . .. 51100
in so much that the Avorld saves he relies more iipon him then his father Lake. At
parting he sent him a very fayre present of plate, better Avorth then £200. Vt seemes
he is very desirous to buy frends, for he gave the Earle of Arundell all the Statues he
brought out of Italie in one clap, and reposcth such confidence in him that he hath
left in his hands all the entailes of his land and other writings of greatest moment."
274 APPENDIX.
One parcel of Cutwoorko sent aboAvt 8 monthes since
Other parcels as appeares by a particul' note
One parcel miscarried as appeares by ye marchanfcs letter
One parcel bespoken avc1' is yet in yc Avorkewoemens hand,
at Venice . ......
The port is not accounted.
£20 0 0
81 10 0
r i 4
30 0 0
£890 7 4
[Translated from the Italian]
XXXIX. CONTENTS OP TWO CASES AVITH PICTURES MARKED AVITH
A COUNTERMARK AND PUT ON BOARD THE SHIP CALLED THE
CHARITY, DANIEL BANNESTER, MASTER, AND CONSIGNED TO
LONDON TO THE ILLUSTRIOUS SIG" FACQUIER, [? PARKER]
SECRETARY TO THE EARL OP SOMERSET.3
Venice, April 25, 1615.
In the larger case are :
The Susanna. of Tintoretto.
The Benediction of Jacob of Tintoretto.
The Queen of Sheba of Tintoretto.
The Samaritan AVoman of Tintoretto.
Cores, Bacchus, and Venus, of Tintoretto.
The Labyrinth of Tintoretto.
In the smaller case there are :
3 pieces, by Paul Veronese, the Life of Hercules.
1 piece, by Bassano Vecchio, the Beheading of St. John,
1 piece, by Titian, Venus, A'ery rare.
•1 piece, by Schhwone, Shepherds.
Expenses :
For 2 great Cases 1. 50 0
4 Mats to keep them from the water . . . . 1. 16 0
Carriage to the A'essel . . . . . . 1. 8 12
1. Ii 12d.
The creation of Bassano Vecchio.
Two poetical histories in
two several tables of Paul Veronese.
Payed for assurance of Pictures in the Mary-gold, of Lon- £ a-, cl.
don, from Venice, by my Lordes apoyntment . . 7 9 6
Charges layed out for the taking up, clensing, and deliver
ing them to the Earle of Soiuersett, at AVhitehall . 3 18 0
Rec'1 in full satisfaction £H
this 15 of June, 1615, Ed. Bloukt.
APPENDIX. 275
[Translated from the Italian. Indorsed, by Carleton]
XL. DANYEL NYS HIS LIST OF PICTURES.0
Y' 8 of Feb'', 1614-5.
The Susanna of Tintoretto.
The Benediction of Jacob of Tintoretto.
The Queen of Sheba of Tintoretto.
The Samaritan AVoman of Tintoretto.
Ceres, Bacchus, and Arenus, of Tintoretto:
There are :
5 by Tintoretto, at Dts. SO each D". 100
3 by Paul Veronese, the Life of Hercules, at Dts. 67 each . 200
1 by Bassano A'ecchio, the Beheading of St. John ... 90
1 The Arcnu3 of Titian 70
1 by Andrea Schiavone, Shepherds -10
D". 800
The Study of Marbles just and conformable to the Bill
delivered D'*. 2000
[Transladed from ihe Italian]
XLI. CONTENTS OF THE TWENTY-NINE CASES WITH ANTIQUE
FIGURES AND HEADS, OF MARBLE, MARKED AVITH A COUNTER
MARK, AND PUT ON-BOARD THE SHIP CALLED THE HANDMAID,
HENRY BEALE, MASTER, AND CONSIGNED TO LONDON TO THE
ILLUSTRIOUS GIO. PACQUIEE p PARKER], SECRETARY TO THE
EARL OP SOMERSET.
In case No. 1 are :
51. A Picture of Apollo, entire. A Boy on a Dolphin.
55. A Picture with A-arious figures.
the hand brought from Troy, also of his Excellency.
In case No. 2 are :
53. An Urn, the Sepulture of the Ashes of the Ancients.
160. A little torso of a Satyr.
In case No. 3 are :
49. The head of the great Jupiter.
27. A little Bacchante Avith the breast.
101. A Hercules.
0 In an account of " His Excellency [Sir Dudley Carleton] to Daniel Nys " the
following entries Avill be found : — " For the Creation of the Animals of Old Bassano,
220 D*. [see ante p. 52, note 82]. Por tAvo large pictures of Paul Veronese, 200 D\"
The total account is 535 D". t 2
76 APPENDIX.
In ease No. -1 are :
G. Figure of Diana.
Y. A Boy holding his hand behind him ; it goes in place of the Venus
Avhich' is broken.
50. A Love recumbent.
In case No. 5 are :
F. Figure of Diadumena.
101. Cupid.
105. Socrates.
In case No. 6 are :
B. Figure of Hostilianus.
+ 106. Head of Ganemede.
+ 109. A Jupiter.
+107. A Satyr.
—1012. A Satyr.
— 111. Esculapius.
In case No. 7 is :
A. Figure of Drusus.
In case No. 8 is :
E, Figure of Brutus.
In case No. 9 are :
C. Figure of Marcus Agrippa.
N. Figure of the Goddess Security.
In case No. 10 are :
D. Figure of the God Genius.
R. Figure of the Goddess Pomona.
In case No. 1 1 is :
56. A Picture of two Figures, ivho extend their hands.
In case No. 12 are :
V. A Boy in Arab dress.
T. A Boy Avho holds a Duck.
Q. A Figurette of Abundance.
60. A great Inscription.
In case No. 13 are :
51. A recumbent Love.
52. A ditto.
In case No. 14 are :
+ 16. Head of Marcus Agrippa.
+42. 'Head of Livia.
— 43. nead of Decius, young.
+163. Head of an infant.
APPENDIX. 277
In case No. 1 5 are :
+ 1. Head of Philip of Macedon.
+2. Head of Adrian.
—18. Head of Maximinius.
In case No. 16 are :
—41. Head of Clodius Albinus.
+ 42. Head of Brutus.
— 4S. Justice.
—17. Headof'Elia.
—22. Satyr.
+ 200. Head of Julia, drowned?
Tn case No. 17 are :
—12. Head of Claudius.
—13. Health
— 35. Head of Cicero.
¦ — 6. Head of Brutus.
In case No. 18 are :
—23. Head of Otto.
—7. Ala, Consul.
— 45. Head of a Youth.
In case No. 19 are :
+ 4. Head of Germaniciis.
+ 9. Domitius, father of Nero.
— 36. Caligula, in youth.
In case No. 20 are :'
— 28. The head of Tiberius.
— 39. Livia, large, with the Chest.
In case No. 2 1 are :
—29. Head of Caligula.
— 3S. Head of Nero.
—25. Head of Galba.
—20. A little Head of Artemis, Avith the Chestr
In case No. 22 are:
+ 30. Head of Marcus Aurelius.
—16. Head of Geta.
— 8. Head of Antoninus Pius.
In case No. 23 aro :
— 37. Head of Julius Ciesar.
+24. Head of Augustus.
— 5. Julia, daughter of Augustus.
In case No. 24 are:
F. Figure of a AVoman holding in her hand a Chalice.
H. Figure of Flora.
P.P. Half Head of a Satyr:
278 APPENDIX.
In case No. 25 are :
X. Boy laughing, Avith a Dog.
Z. Figure of a Niobe.
S. Figure of Diana.
0. Figure of Pallas.
—203. A Satyr.
In case No. 26 are :
— 31. Head of Domitian.
— 33. Head of Caracalla.
—102. Head of Trajan.
110. Pallas.
In case No. 27 are :.
L. Figure of the Goddess of Peace.
Y. Boy holding one (qy. Goddess of Peace) in his hand.
16. A little Torso of a Satyr.
In case No. 23 are -.
—11. Vitellius.
-19. Head of Drusus.
— 26. Young Drusus.
—15. Piety.
— -10. Young Augustus.
In case No. 29 are :
M. Figure, pointing Avith the finger,
P. Figure of a Youth, who also points.
61. A great Torso.
62. A smaller Torso.
In a mat :
59. Boy, half relief.
In a mat :
5S. Boy, leaning on foot.
In a mat :
57. A Cuirass.
AVithout wrapping :
49. Pedestal for the Head of Jupiter.
49. Slab of Stone to place between the Pedestal and the Head of Jupiter.
Hero follow the Charges :
For 29 cases, at 1. 6 each . . . . 1. 174 0
For incasing and packing the marbles to A ntoaio
Fachin di Fontigo .....
For Packing-up and Nails
For Mats and Straw .....
Porters to carry them . . . . . .
Lighter to take them to the ship 1.263,3.12
24
0
19
0
10
12
16
0
20
0
APPENDIX. 279
XLII. ED. SHERBURN TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract)
Right honorable iir vki;y good L. : [London], March 29, 1617.
* * * * *
I have acquainted my L. of Arundell w av'1' Mr. Kys his letter, and I haA-e
direccon from his Lo: AA-hen ye shipp doth arrive heere, to deliver ye
pictures to Mr. Inego Jones ia his absence, his Lo: beinge nowe gon after
the King. ***** Yr L. faithfully to serve yo11,
Edw. Sherburn.
XLIII. ED. SHERBURN TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract)
Right honorable : London, August 23, 1617.
*****
I am much called upon by Mr. Inego Jones for those pictures w1* Mr.
Nys his Ire, did long since put us in hope, would have arrived heere before
this tyme." My L. of Arrundell, and my L. Chamberlaine [Earl of Pem
broke], being noAv upon their returne hether, I am sure, I shalbe questioned
by their Lrl'1 for them, and therefore I Avould be glad to have direccon from
y' L. Avhat to say, in excuse, for I feare by Mr. Jones his speeches to me, their
L1>s are not well pleased to be so long out of their monies aad comodities.
*****
Yr L,ls most assured and faithfully to be comaunded by you,
Ed. Sherd urn.
On 7th November, 1617, Sherburn Avrites : " As for yc Pictures I can
tell yo' L. that my L. Chamberlaine and my L. of Arundell do very Avell
approve them, and have devided them to their contentment."
XLIV. LORD ARUNDEL TO SIR J). CARELTON.
Mr Lord : Arundell House, September 17, 1619.
I haa-e receiA-ed from y' Lp a very fine Basou of Stone av'1' au Ewer alia
10 " On y° 2 January 1616-7, y' Earle of Arundels house at Greenwich was burned,
and som rich moveables in it ; though not to y« valew as is conlonly reported, av'1' y*
papists say did happen because he receaved y° comunion on Christmas day last, av'1'
he much protested he did in detestation of pope and al poperie." — From London,
14 Jan. 1617.
11 On 2 June, 1617, Daniel Nys writes [in French] from Venice to Carleton : " I
will get ready the small pictures of the best masters which your Excellency desires
for yourself, and will send them as soon as possible ; he hopes it Avill not be inconve
nient for His ExceUency to pay for the rest of the marbles and statues." Again, on
28 July, "He hopes before he receives this that the ship 'Unicorn' will have
arrived at London Avith his pictures, and Avill thank II. E. to pay for them and. the
statues."
2S0 APPENDIX.
Anticha, for avo!' I must give yu very many thankes & am sory, yu remember
mo soe much to yr chardge ; I heare LikeAvise, by many wayes, hoAve carefull
yo' Lov is to satisfy my foolish curiosity in enqutringe for the peeces of
Holbien. For the other little thinges, wcl' I entreated Sr EdAvarde Cecill to
informe him selfe of, I thought it umnanerly to disfcracte yr Serious affayres
w"1 them & besides y' Lo™ soe apprehends all occasions to forcrunne my
desires as I shoulde rather Avish to be able to deserve some of y' olde favors
then loade yu w"1 neAve trobles ; soe av"1 my sen-ice to y'selfe and y' Avorfchy
Lady & my best Avishes I ever reste Yor Lo'"
most affectionate frend to comande,
T. Arundell.
XLAr. THE EARL OP ARUNDEL TO SIR THOMAS ROE.1-
Mr Lord Ambassador : Arundell House, December 9, 1622.
I aicst give yu many thankes for the greate care wch I perceive y' Lo™ hath
(amidest y' more serious affayres) taken of the businesses AVch I recoriiended
uuto yu concerninge Aatiquityes, wch I finde every Avay <fe have received
the Medalle of Alexander wcl1 y' Lop (I thanke yu) did sead me <fc I doe
much \-alewe. For yc stone ye M' of the Shippe could not finde it, &
I was yc lesse troubled for the wante of it, in respecte y' Lo" wrote it had
noe gravinge upon it. I must nowe earnestly intreate y' Lo™ that yu will
not only continewe yT former care, but procure to the bearer heereof Mr.
Jhon Markliam, a very honeste Gentleman <fc much my frende, such
comandes from Constantinople, to enable him or such as he shall employ to
finde Antiquityes, to doe it safely <fc AV,llout interruption, as likewise that
yu will favor his owne person, Avhoe I asseure my selfe Avill deserve it. For
myselfc y" say I am still full of burdens <fe requestes uuto y' Lo™ Avch yr OAvne
kiadnes bringes upon y". All I can say is noe man is gladder of y" greate
honor &c service to o' K. <fc nation that y" doe then my selfe, nor none
shall wish yu better then Yr Lo™5 A-ery affectionate true frende
Arundell & Surrey."
12 Sir Thomas Roe received instructions as Ambassador to the Great Mogul on
Dec. 29, 1614, and full powers to treat with Persia on Feb. 4, 1017. His credentials
to the Grand Signor are dated Sept. 6, 1621, his instructions tho 9th, and he left
Constantinople on June 4, 1628, in the same ship in Avhich his successor, Sir Peter
AVyche, had arrived. He Avas appointed Ambassador Extraordinary to the States
General on June 23, 1629; from thence he was accredited to Stockholm. AA'as sent
in July, 1041, A mbassador to the Emperor. He died Nov. 6, 1 644, and two days after
wards was privately buried at Woodford, Essex.
13 Tlie Earl of Arundel had previously written to Sir Thomas Roe on this subject.
It is a curious fact and worthy of note that- neither of these nor any of the letters
printed by Samuel Richardson in " The Negotiations of Sir Thomas Roe " are to be
found in the State Paper Office, nor are any of Roe's letters preserved in the State
Paper Office printed in that volume. I find, however, a " List," made by Richardson,
Afbich embraces the greater portion. It is therefore evident, by his dedicating
the First Volume to the King, that he purposed printing the remainder. The four
APPENDIX. 2S1
XLVI. THE EARL OP ARUNDEL TO SIR THOMAS ROE.
Mr good Lord : Arundell House, Srptember 10, 1624.
I pray excuse my not writinge unto yo" of late & doe not impute it to
want of affection uato yo" to Avhome I am much beholdiuge, for tho greate
letters from Roe to Arundel, which are printed in" Roe's Negotiations (pp. 16, 134,
444-6, 495) form so interesting a part of this correspondence that I cannot aA-oid
reprinting them. The first is dated from Constantinople, January 27, 1021-2.
My Lord :
I received your Lordship's letter in the Downes ; and though my imployment bee
the other end of the circle, to attend new things ; yet myne own* inolynation is curious
enough, to my meanes, to look back upon antiquity, and some learnings lost and
decayed, rather, as I think, ex induHrin, then by the moth of tyme; in Avhich opinion,
the little examination I have made in these parts, confirms me ; where I find the
gentlest arts and sciences rather despised and neglected, then worne out ; as if they
were meanes to soften and civilize those natures, whose end and proposition is Avarr,
blood, and conquest : Yet hereby I find no difficulty in proctiriuge any such rclique3,
if I could discover them; fori think they would here follow the precept of a bar
barous Goth, not to destroy, but leave and deliver them to U3 for our corruption, to
divert us from the thought or use of arms: But they are absurdly mistaken; for
civility aud knowledge doe confirme, and not effeminate good and true spirits :
Therefore I could fall easily upon another consideration, how terrible this overgrowne
state is to all Christendome, that knowes it not but by universall report, which,
not examining particulars, ne\Ter judgeth aright; but this occasion serveth it not;
aud I fear, at best, it were lost labour. Howsoever, 1 have little experience ; yet I
dare pronounce there i3 no such terror, if Ave kneAV them and how to proceed with
them : and there never was any great empire so unarmed, and. so easy to destruction ;
nor never any time so seasonable as now : And of this I dare undertake to make
demonstration, if eA_er I be called to it. But now I desire only to give your Lordship
an accompt of the care I have of your Lordship's commands. I moved our consul,
Richard Milward, at Scio, Avhom I found prepared and ready : AAree conferred about
the maid of Smirna, wliich he cannot yet obteyne, without an espeeiall command. I
brought with me from Messina, the bi-shop of Andre, one of the islands of the Arches,
a man of good learning and great experience in these parts. Hee assured mee, That
the search after old and good authors Avas utterly vaine ; that neither in Greece, nor
in any other place subject to the Grand Signor, were left so much as the footsteps or
ruines of any antient learning. The last French Ambassador had the last gleanings ;
only of some fewe he gave mee notice, as of an old TertuUian, and a piece of Chrisos-
tome in manuscript, which may be procured to be copied, but not the original!. Hee
hath undertaken to make enquiry for mee ; and the fruiet of my labour your Lord
ship shall freely partake. Concerning antiquities in marbles, there are many in divers
parts, but especially at Delphos, unesteemed here ; and, I doubt not,, easy to be pro
cured for the charge of digging and fetching, which must be purposely undertaken.
It is supposed that many statues are buried, to secure them from the envy of the
Turks : and that, if leave obteyned, irould come .to light, wliich I will endeavour as
soone as I am warme here. Coynes Avilbe had from .Tewes, but very deare when
enquired for. Two are given me by Dominico to present to your Lordship, which I
have delivered Antony Wood, captain of the Rainbow; the one gold, is of Alex
ander- the other is brasse, and very antient, of a Queen of Servia, with hieroglyphioks
now unknowne. I have also a stone taken out of the old pallace of Priam in Troy,
cutt in horned shape : but because I neither can tell of what it is, nor hath it any
other bewtv, but only the antiquity and truth of being a peece of that ruined and
famous building, I Avill not presume to send it you ; yet I have delivered it to the
282 APPENDIX.
care y" have taken in enquiringe for such thinges as I desired y' Lo. to doe,
wch faulte I AvilluoAve amende, & to beginne doe putte y" to a neAve trouble,
same messenger, that your Lordship may see it and throw it away. At Scio I found
divers rare peeces of white corall, the gatherings of a dead English Gentleman/in the
hands of our Consult ; which, because I thought they would Avell affect you for foun-
taines (your Lordships curiosity being unlimitted) I advised him to send, whiuti I
think you shall receive by this shipping. AVhat other services I can doe your Lord
ship, I will not fail, by uncerten promises ; but I shall endeavour to give you a
better testimony, then profession, that I am a lover of those vertues Avhich haA-e
made me Your Lordship's Servant, Tuo. Roe.
Extract from another letter to the Earl of Arundel.
Constantinople, — May, 1623.
My Lord :
I have receaved from your Lordship two favours, in that you please to command
mee any service : and though these tumultuous tymes hinder mee from an exact
performance, and such as might give your Lordship full assurance of my readiness;
yett I doubt not you Avill accept of what I can, and, in your Avisdome, consider, that
the distractions here breed feares, and needless jealousies ; and the daily mutations of
officers give us some fronds, some foes, all so full of trouble, that I scarce live safely,
much lesse in power to doe your Lordship, or the generall, service. To give you
accompt of somwhat : The command you required for the Greeke to be sent into
Morea, I have sollicited two viziers, one after tho other; butt they both rejected mee,
and gave answere. That it Avas no tyme to graunt such priviledges; Nor, if I had
obteyned them, would they have bene of any use, where there is no obedience, nor
estimation, of their kinge ; but every pety officer exacts, and makes use of his place,
to gett money. The reasons given mee, Avere grounded upon needless suspitions, that
such a command might bee used to view the sea coast, and to take some advantage
upon the discovery. And I have found they are very fearfnll of some revolt in these
parts, or, at least, of some enterprise from the Spaniards: so that, not Avithout some
offence, the motion was received.
Neare to the port they have not so great doubt, and therfore I have prevailed for
another, sent Mr. Markhain, assisted with a letter from the Capten Bassa, whose
jurisdiction extends to all the islands and sea-ports ; the copy whereof I herewith
send your Lordship that you may see it is sufficient, though not so large as was
mentioned by a copy sent mee : but hee hath so good experience in this cuntry, that
hee knowes how to make use of it ; and that some things by him required, were
impossible to obteyne, as beeing against their law aud custome3 : such as it is, I
beseech your Lordship to take in good part; and to beleeve, that it was veiy difficult
to procure so much ; and I hope the effects therof Avill content you. ' Antiquities in
gold and silver, of the antient Greeks,. from Alexander downAvard, and many Romans
more antient, are here to be gathered ; but so deare, by reason the last French Am
bassador made great search, and some Italians arc ready to buy, that I know not
whether your Lordship -will esteeme them at such rates. The meddles of gold, or olde
quoyne, if they bee faire, and the inscriptions ledgible, are held at twice and thrice
the Avaight. Some, for curiosity, I have bought, with others pretended to beiBgiptian,
Armenian and Arabian ; but my skill is not great, I judge only by the eye ; these
shall serve your Lordship, if you like them. I may also light of some pieces of
marble by stealth; as now I am offered a lyon to the Avast, of pure white, holding a
bull's head in his claws ; butt the very nose and month is defaced, the rest very faire,
and they say, & Vantiqua ; I have not yett seene it, butt expect it howrely, if the
shipp meet it not : it Avas taken up at Lampsacum in Natolia, On Asia side, about
APPENDIX. 283
avcU is, to recomende unto y", one Mr. William Petfcye,1* a man of very-
good learninge <fc other partes Avhoe hath bin longe in my House efc is ledde
AVth a greate desire to see Turkye. My earnest requests is unto y' Lo™ to
give him all ye favor & direction y" may, to see what antiquities eyther of
bookes, medalles, or stone avcU may be fonnde, <fe that Avhere he shall desire
to travell y' Lo™ will directe him for safetye as much as may be, for he doth
not only love antiquityes extremely but uaderstandes them very Avell. What
favor y' Lo9 shall doe him I shall very thaakefidly acknowledge. Soe w,h
my best wishes I rest ever Y' Lops very affectionate frend
Arundell <& Surrey.15
XLVII. SIR THOMAS ROE TO THE EARL OF ARUNDEL.
Constantinople, May — , 1625.
My Lord: H
Since ye arrivall of Mr. Pettye, Avee have done little but looke abroad
and consult, wch way to procure such things as shalbe found ; Avch is verye
difficult here, and must bee clone av"' great warines. I am constituted by
his Grace ye Duke of Buck: a factor for him in such Antiquityes as, I can
fynd ; Avherein I had little sckyll, aud coatinuing in one residence should
not see many : but I have sent to divers places, and Mr. Petty is now going
into ye Arches, and along ye sea coast : his experience -wilbe my best
directioa, Avhat to gett, yet I presume his grace would aot command mee
to woorke upon y' advantage, nor y' L" thincke it a breach of promise in inee,
to doe y' seiwice to his Grace, avcU I OAve him. The case then stands thus,
.Mr. Petty may fynd, and choose, but hee cannot gett them, nor bring' them
aAvay, yl must bee left to mee ; so y'wee must bee both interessed ia any
great matter. Therfore trusting yl his Grace Avill approve yt I have honestly
moved to joyae in all chardges, and y* yc Collection by his advise, and my
creditt y' Avee can make, shalbe putt into one stocke, and divided by some
eaven course when they come in to England : this motion hee doth approve,
Troy, Zizicum, and all the way to Aleppo, are innumerable pillers, statues, and tomb
stones of marble, with inscriptions in Greeke ; these may be fetcht at charge and
secrettly : butt yf Avee ask leave it cannot be obtayned; therefore Mr. Markham
will use discretion, rather then power, and so the Turks Avill bring them for their
proffitt. I know the worth of Mr. Markham, now our Consult, so well, that I should Avronge
my selfe, if in all things I gave him not his due : butt being recommended as one
your Lordship respects, it shall oblige mee to all particular offices of frendsliipp ; and
therof, I hope, hee shall in tyme give testimony. Tuo. Roe.
14 AYilliam Petty, M.A., was the uncle of the famous Sir William Petty, the founder
of the Lansdowne family. He was chaplain to the Earl of Arundel, and was beneficed
in the Isle of Wight.— ' AValpole,' vol. ii. p. 146.
15 On Dec. 26, 1623, Locke Avrifces to Carleton : " There was a great muttering that
the E. of Arundell should be sent to the Tower and it was 3ayed that there Was a warrant
made for the purpose, wcil sould have bin signed, but there is nothing done, he signeth
Ires done at the Boord if they be brought to him, but cometh not so frequent to
Councell as he used."
2S1 APPENDIX.
if it bee also accepted of yr L" and I hold yt to bee very equall to aA-oyd
emulation and prevention, and as it is not amiss for his Grace, avIio hereby
shall have good things, such as hee hath ; so I take yt also to bee a service
to yr L™, because hee can procure little v,bout me, espetially if I seeke at ye
same tyme. If then his Grace to Avhome I have Avritten, and y' L™ accept
herof, Avee desire a speedy answere, y' Avee may conforme therunto, if not,
as I will endeavor to give his Grace yc best satisfaction I can, so I protest to
y' L° I will deale fayrelye, and no Avay cross, but further Mr. Petty in any
tiling hee shall propound for yv service. And to y' end I have procured him,
Av'h very much adoe, in these Jealous tymes a good Command, having altered
it three tymes after it had y° signature of yc Grand Signor. I doubt aot
Mr. Petty hath enformed your L" of ye tables upon Porta Aurea here in
ia this Cyttye, wherof I have made a dull discription to his Grace : I will
endeavor, though they stand in so eminent a place y' I doubt they will not
bee gotten, to take 4 of them downe, to bee divided betwixt yw, and if y'
Lp3 so agree Avee will &11oav y' course, and herein, because ther may bee no
exceptions taken hereafter, avcK I seeke to avoyd, and to stand rectus in
curia ; o' meanings are to make y* division ouly of all such pieces, wherin
both shalbe really interessed, hee by his discovery, and procurement by my
assistance, and I by getting any thing by his direction in his absence, Avhich
is I am sure ye harder taske, such things as Avee fynd apart, to bee left to o'
severall directions. In this, and all other things, I have been ready to do
y' L" service, and him al manner of curtesyes in my poAver, Avch I doubt not
hee will testefye, and so submitting myselfe to y' L" favor I humbly take my
leave, &c. Tho. Roe.
XLVIII. THE EARL OP ARUNDEL TO SIR THOMAS ROE.
My very cood Lord : Whithall, May 10, 1625.
I have received divers letters from yr Lo™ wherein I see much kindnesse
expressed by y" towardes me, <fe am exceedingely gladde to heare, as I doe
by those ayc1' came later to my handes, that; Mr. Pettie is safely arrived at
Constantinople, after soe much cause of doubte of his Avell doinge : I muste
only nowe reiterate my former suite unto y' Lo1' that (as he Avrites unto me
howe very much I am beholdinge unto yu for y' noble care of Mm <fc further
ance in all his occasions) soe that yn Avill contineAve, <fc Avhereas he hath-
certified me of sixe fine peeces of Stories in a Avail at Constantinople wth some
other antiquities, soe I must intreate yr Lo" by all the love <fe respecte ytt
beare me, that y" Avill helpe me wth them. I knoAve eyther for some crownes
to y* Bashawe, they may be had, or els stollen for mony by ya Turkes, they
caringe aot for them ; but the way I leave unto y' Lops consideracion. And
I beseech yr Lo™ helpe me to gette what soever Mr. Pettie shall fall upon
for me, for as I doubte aot but an hundred times more antiquities are to be
found in those partes then Avill serve us soe AA-hat soever I shall deale for I
desire to goe singly & av"1 ciispach And Av'b my best wishes I rest ever
Yr Lops most faithfull frende
Arundell & Surrey.
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All y- best neAves from hence is, that o' good Kinge Charles, Avhome. God
liath happily sette in y'J throne of his blessed Father is goinge to meete his
newc Queene. God give them both all happinesse.
XLIX. THE EARL OF ARUNDEL TO SIR THOMAS ROE. ,
My good Lord: Whitha/l, May 12, 1625.
I avkixb y" effecte of this letter unto y' Lo™ double, leaste one of my letters
showlde miscarrye, all is to give yu many thankes for y'goocl neives of Air.
Pefcties safe arrivall after feare of y" contrary ifc y' kinde usage of hiin since
his arrivall at Constantinople efc assistance in procuringe antiquities for me,
He hath written me Avorde of sixe antiquities iu a Avail, as allsoe a. victory
in an other parte of a Avail, Avcb I doe conjure yr Lopi by all loves, that y"
AA'ill helpe to procure for mo presently; mony I knoAve there will doe any
thinge ifc I am willinge to bestowe it. For antiquities I am confidents those
partes are able to furnishe infinite more, then Avill serve all Englande, and
therfore am resolved that Mr. Pettie shall search only for me, because he
knowes what Avill fitto me beste. Therfore I beseech y' Lp to assiste him iu
what soever he shall finde for me, as allsoe av'u all coiiiaades for search efc
security in his travell, as y' Lp hath most nobly promised me, soe w"1 my best
Avishes to y' Lop I rest ever Y' Lo,,s most affectionate true frende
Arundell efc Sue-Rey.16
15 The following- [printed in "Roe's Negotiations," p. 444—6] is an answer to
this and the preceding letter :— 20
Constantinople, Oct. —, 1625.
My Lord : ' 30
I have received recompense enough for more service then I am able to doe your
Lordship, by your acceptance of that little I have a desire to doe, expressed in your
two letters of "the 10th and 12th of May. If myne of the 1st and 25 of the same
moneth, bee arrived, I hope they have given your Lordship more satisfaction : since
Avhich tyme I have bene able to doe nothing here, beeifjg fledd untill the last weeke,
from the great contagion, that hath carried away in this citty, aud the suburbs, neare
200,000 people. Mr. Petty this Avhile hath visited Pcrgamo, Samos, Ephesus, and
some other places ; Avhere he hath made your Lordship greate provisions, though hee
lately wrote to mee, hee had found nothing of worth. Your Lordship had good
experience in a man for such an imployment, that spareth no paynes nor arti to
effect his service. AVhen hee departed, I hoped wee had bene joyned, and that hee
would have acquainted mee freely with his proceedings: but hee hath .therein
deceived mee ; for I noAV perceive, your Lordship (by lvay of prevention) hath resolved
to bee alone ; and Mr. Petty, in this space, hath prevented mee, upon confidence, to
have sent one Avith or before him, and hath advised mee, hee can find nothing. 1 am
so assured in your Lordships integrity and Avisdome, as I dare write you play my
according to my nature. I have dono for Mr. Petty whatsoever was in my power, by
givhi" him forceable commands, and letters of recommendation from the patriarch.
I have bene free and open to him, in Avhatsoever I knewe, and so I will continue for
your Lordships command : but your Lordship knowing, that I have received the like
from his grace the Duke of Buckingham, and engaged my Avord to doe him service,
hee m i"ht judge it want of witt, or will or creditt, if Mr. Petty (who could doe nothing
2S6 APPENDIX,
L. THE EARL OP ARUNDEL TO SIR THOMAS ROE.1?
My good Lord : Arundell House, September [26], 1628.
I THAjfKE y" very kartily for yr kinde letters <fc am very confidente of
y' greate loA-e <fc respecte to me, avcU I make noe doubte but y" Avill ever
but by mee) should take all things before or from mee. Therefore to aA-oid all
emulation, and that I might stand cleare before two so great and honorable patrons,
I thought I had made agreement with him for all our advantages. Therefore wee
resolved to take downe those sixe mentioned relevos on porta aurea, and I proceeded
so farre, as I offer'd 600 dollers for 4 of them, to bee divided betweene his Grace and
your Lordship by lotts. And if your Lordship liked not the price, Mr. Petty had his
choice to forsake them ; but now I perceave hee hath entitled your Lordship to them
all, by some right, that if 1 could gett them, it were an injury to divide them. Your
Lordship shall never find mee to write you an untruth, nor dissemble the truth :
Mr. Petty did not discover them. AVhen I carried him to the Patriarch, and there
discoursed with him, Avhat places Avere like to furnish us Avith old statues ; hee told
mee of those on porta aurea, and Avished mee to goe see them, though hee thought
the difficulty Avould bee great to procure them. AVliereupon I, having no skill, sent a
Janizary Avith Mr. Petty to view them; upon whose report of liking them, I Avent
Avith him a second tyme ; and so wee resolved to take them downe, if possible, and I
was not only content, but desirous your Lordship should have halfe : and so I assured
him, though I both must bee the meanes to gett them, and to disburse the mony,
which I would willingly doe for your Lordship. And this beeing the truth, and I
remayning constant in the same resolution," I hope your Lordship will well accept it.
Since, hee wrote mee another letter, in manner renouncing them at that price, and
advising mee not to spend above 200 dollers for all sixe. It seemes, hee beeing better
provided at Pergamo, or willing to leave these for a better occasion, was content I
should not meddle Avith them : but when I answered him, hee kneAre I had made
lardger offers, and if hee refused, would take them for my owne account, and yet in
England offer your Lordship your part, hee then wrote mee. That he Avould not leave
his interest in them, nor yet encourage mee Avhat to spend to procure them : buti am
sorry wee strive for the shadowe. Your Lordship, beleeve an honest man and your
servant, I have tryed the Bassa, the Capteyna of the Castle, the overseer of the Grand
Signors works, the soldiours that make that Avatch, and none of them dare meddle :
they stand betweene tAvo mighty pifiars of marble, in other tables of marble, supported
with lesse pillars, uppon the chiefe port of the citty, the entrance by the castle called
the Seaven Towres ; Avhich Avas never opened since the Greeke Emperour lost it, but a
counterscarfe and another wall built before it. The vizier dares not, for his head,
offer to deface the chiefest port, so many Avill clamour against him : the capteyne of
the castle, nor the overseer of the Avails, cannot doe it Avithout a speciall command
from the Grand Signor : the soldiours cannot steale them beeing 30 foot, and 40 foot
high, made fast to the walls with iron pinns ; and must bee lett downe with scaffolds
and the help of at least 50 men ; for if they fall, they will breake to dust, the ground
being so thinne and worne with age. There is then but one way left in the world,
Avhich I will practice ; and if I can procure them your Lordship shall know my
service by the part I send you Avithout Mr. Petty or any other helpe. AVithin the
17 See ante, note 13, p. 280 ["Roe's Negotiations," p. 495] : —
My Lord : Constantinople, March 2S, 1626.
My last letters brought your Lordship the advice of Mr. Pettyes shipwracke, and
losses upon the coast of Asya, returning from Samos : his commands and letters of
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expresse upon all occasions. For Mr. Pettie, he hath often Avritten uato
me, howe favorably <fc kindely y' Lo» hath used him, & I assure yr Lop
both he, & I for him, are very sensible of y' kindnes therein, & I must
intreat yr Lo1' to excuse him if he want courtshippe especially liOAve, when
his desire to sheAve his love to me & my House, I make accounto takes up
his Avhole time ; as y' L1' writes I thinke he is very fitfcely composed to be a
searcher of thinges of that nature, Avch he hath now putte himselfe unto,
I pray God his successe may proove auasAverable unto his good will <fc
paynes cfe I doe earnestly iatreate y' Lo" to coatineAve to assiste him
wth yv favor, in procuringe coniandes & such thinges, as he shall be a
castle, and on that gate,-is a continuall watch of 20 soldiours : it is the Kings prison ;
and how hard it were to take downe such things, of at least a tonne Aveighfc apeece,
from the Tower-gate of London, your Lordship will easily judge. And if I getfc ihem
not, I Avill pronounce, no man, nor ambassador, shall ever bee able to doe it, except
also the Grand Signor, for want, will sell the ca3tle.
After all these disputes for nothing, Mr. Petty hath advised mee, that retorning
from Samos, where hee had gotten many things, going to Ephesus by sea, hee made
shippwrack in a great storme upon the coast of Asia; and saving his oaviib life, lost
both all his collection of that voiadge, and his commands aud letters by mee
procured, desiring mee to send him others, or else, that hee can proceed no further.
Hee was putt in prison for a spy, having lost in the sea all his testimonyes ; but Avas
released by the wittness of Turks that knew him. Prom thence he recovered Scio,
where hee furnished himselfe againe ; and is gone to the place Avhere hee left his boate
to fish for the marbles, in hope to find them, and from thence to. Ephesus ; and this is
the last newes I heard from him. To renew commands so often, gives great jealousy
to these people, having taken out 3 in little more than a yeare, for your Lordship:
so that Avith much adoe and by force of a bribe, I have againe procured another, and
more large, for your Lordship, which, is noive by mee, and shalbee sent to Mi-. Petty,
so soone as I knoAy Avhere he is : though I have Avritten to him to leave the sea, aud
to spend this winter with mee, where hee shalbee Avelcome.
In conclusion, I desire your Lordship to bee assured, that as I cannot faile of my
duty to my Lord of Buckingham, so I Avill doe your Lordship that service, that shall
witnesse for mee my affection thereto. I will in all things assist Mr. Petty, and seeing
I must goe alone in this business, I Avill search all Asia, but I ivIU find somwhat worth
'my labour. Mymysery is, using others, I must take badd and good; and I have
things sent mee from divers places, figures indeed, that cost me much, but not Avorth
the portage. AYhen I haA-e done my best, and alone,- your Lordship shall have
somwhat from mee, that you shall knowe I Avould have dealt fairely, and that I had a
syncere purpose to ineritt your Lordship3 favour.
* * * # *
Your Lordships most humble and affecfciaiiat Servant, Tao. Roe.
recommendation and his labors together there perished. The first I presently
renewed, and sent them to Smyrna : and the other, I thincke, he hath by great
industrye, since recovered. From that tyme, Avhat adventures hee hath passed his
oivne enclosed ivill give best satisfaction : and it shall suffice mee to say in gross,
that, although he will not boast to mee, yett I am informed hee hath gotten many
things rare and antient. There was never man so fitted to an imployment, that
encounters all accidents with so unwearied patience.; eates with Greekes on their
worst dayes ; lyes Avith fishermen on plaucks, at, the best ; is all tilings to all men,
that he may cbteyne his ends, which are your Lordships service. He is gone to
Athens Avhither ahso I have sent; and from thence promiseth mee to visifcfc this citty,
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suitor uato y" for, & as he direcfces all his labor of collectiage for this
House alone, wch I must never thinke to breake but keepe entire, soe I. shall
very thankefully accepte y' Lops kiude offer in havinge a share, in such other
thinges as the industry of those Avhome y' Lop employes shall produce <fe
shall keepe them distinguished in my House, by themselves, as a memory of
y' Lo"'5 love to me <fc my Family, avc1' I shall endeavor to deserve in any
thinge I may. Soe av"1 my best wishes to yo' Lo1' it yo' good Lady,
I rest ever Yr Lops most affectionate true frende,
Arundell <fc Surrey.
I send this by Sea, because I thinke it be a safe Avay, hopinge my former
letter's be longe since come to y' Lo1"1 handes.
To my honol!' freind SR Tuoaias Roe, Kn1,
Ambassador for his Ma'" at Constantinople.
LI. SIR THOMAS ROE TO THE EARL OF ARUNDEL.
My Ld : Constantinople, February 17, 1626-7.
Ix is now 3 moneths siace I heard of Mr. Petty from Athens, being then
returned from a search of divers cyttyes in Morea, Avhere he hath gotten
many Marbles, such as will give y' L™ great satisfaction. I suppose he will
ship them for Zaat & after I knoAv not how he Avill dispose of himselfe.
wher I shalbee glad to enterteyne him, and to know the history of his labors. I have
in my endeavour bad success, by the ignorance of those that I am forced to employ,
who send mee heavy stones at great chardge, that proove neive images, Avher I seeke old
idolls ; for such also were the Roman statues of their Emperors. From Angory I had
an hal-womau brought, 18 dayes by land, upon change of mules, Avhich Avants a hand,
a nose, a lip ¦; and is so deformed, that shee makes mee remember an hospital : yet the
malicious Turkes brought trouble'on the buyers, by a false commaud, accusing them of
a great Arealth stollen. out of the castle ; it hath cost mee mony to punish them, and
that is all I have for my labor. I have sent three servants togither to Tassos, Ca valla,
Philippi, and all the coast of Thrace; folloAved Mr. Petty to Pergamo and Troy; am
digging in Asya ; and to fulfill the proverb, turning of all stones. Somwhat I hope
to gett, to save my creditt; but I dare not write to his Grace, untill I am in
possession : so often I have beene by Greekish promise deceived. Those on Porta
Aurea stand up, ready to fall, in spight of all my arts and offers ; the tymes are so
dangerous that I dare not venture to entreague others; but ther is an opportunity
attended to make them stoope : the glorye of taking them from the gate of Constan
tinople inciteth mee farther then any bewtye I see in mines, that only showe their
ivas once bewty, good emblemes of one that had beene a handsome Avoman, if an old
Avoman Avere not a better ; yet few love them. AATien I have made my collection, I
will not forgett that I Avas engaged by your Lordships commands : as I am assured
your Lordship will not grudge mee to performe the service I owe the Duke of
Buckingham, betweene Avhom, and your Lordship, if ther had beene an union,
there had nothing beene difficult to us both here, and many things much cheaper.
* * * * * '
Your Lordships most ready Servant, Teo. Rob.
APPENDIX. 2S9
I have heard from a Spachye yl he resolved on a A-oyadge to Corynth, to buy
two statues, one entyre, y" other Avanting y" head, avc!i Avere discovered to
him for me, pretending y' he Avas employed by me, cfe by y' meanes he
had first knoAvledge of them, but I may not beleeve so discnrteous pro
ceeding, though certeyne I am, he leaves nothing, nor since y' I/1 order not
to joj-ne, Avoidd aever concurre in any participation Av^me. Nnt\v"'standing
y' I had received Commission from my L4 Duko of Buckingham to buy for
him, wherein my creditt is engaged, yet I have not spared to renew his
Commands, aad to send them at my owne chardge, <fc- to doe him all
pleasure, & give him all assistance in my poAver, A\rCh I doubt not he Avill
freely acknowledge : but fynding him so wholy alienated, & singular,
I haA~e been enforced at great expence to send my servants into all parts,
Avhere after him I feare I shall have but poore gleaning. If Ave had joyned,
both might have done more at less chardge, because I am enformed of many
brave things, buried ia divers places of Greece, AVcii by a disjoyated
inquirye grow deare and I have none so expert & industrious, able to doe
yt wch jjjj sc]^n £ labour doth performe : for I thincke hardly any man
can match him in patience, travell, & cunning to obteyae his ends. If
I doe heare further of him, I will continew to shoAV my respect to yr Lp by
all wayes to me possible, & I hope y* in yc end both of us shall fynd
o' contentment : & jt he will not grudge me some fruict of great paynes
& expence, haA-ing professed both to y' Lp <fc to him, y' I Avould express
yc realitye of my desire to doe y' Lp service, by somwhat of my OAvne finding,
besides ye strength I have given him, av'1 he useth sometyme to my disad
vantage, & Avlllout wch, he could have carried nothing aAvay. The Patriarch
sent me this enclosed letter to yr Lp. I suppose an ansAvere to y's brought
by Mr. Petty. I heare my stay in this Oytty Avilbe very short, if before
my returne I shall receiA-e any of y' Lps commands, I will give y" a good
account of tbern & if my industrye prove happy, I sliall demonstrate
ye sinceritye of my proceedings. In yc meane tyme I wilbe confident y' I
shalbe preserved in y' Lps favour, as he y' desires to be found
Y' Lpa Most humble servant,
Tho: Roe.
LII. SIR THOMAS ROE TO THE EARL .OF ARUNDEL. 20
Constantinople, July — , 162*.
Rioht jio.ncle mt VEP.Y GOOD LD: "'
With the enclosed letter from Mr. Petty I received another from
y' L" dated in Septemb. -last, full of y' favour, in acceptance of y' little
service I have beene able to doe you : wliich hath beene far short of my
humble affections, if I had not beene engaged by great obligations of duty.'.
Yet I will not prove so barren as to pay my thanckfullnes to y' LD only in
ivordes ; when I returne I Avill render some fruicts of my profession, wcli .1
knoAv you will A'ouchsafe to accept according to y owne noble nature.
What course Mr. Petty meaneth to take I presume hee hath advised
yT LD only, intimating to me. y* hee will returne to Greece, to meete a
290 APPENDIX.
servant of myne who is in search of ye same Comoditye. There hath beene
some emulation rather then discontent betweene us, and as I did not looke
for much Courtship from a Philosopher, so I did not expect some other
requitall of my curtesies to him. But all he doth, is for y' L"' service, to
w1* hee is so true and affectionate, y' I will aot consider other, then his
zeale to y*. Hee chalengeth two marbles bought by him at Athens, which
is true, y' hee bargayned, and gave earnest, and so I have given order, that
if hee returne thither, hee shall have them, for yr Lp or if my man have
found meanes to send them aAvay, that hee shall pay for them, and dispose
them ether to Mr. Petty or to Zant, to y' LD3 use. Further I have taken
out for him a new Command, and given directions to my servant, Avhen hee
hath finished y' for Avch I sent him, that hee shall leave Mr. Petty all his
strength friends, commands, and letters, and in y" meane tyme to lett him
use them as for himselfe, for my purpose is not of yl latitude to make a
generall Collection, but to fetch away some statues of avc1' I have beene
enformed in Corynth, Lacedemon, and Achaya ; and often abused in
ye information. There is enough under ground, if our licenses Avould extend
to digge : but I Avorke by ye Turkes themselves, and buy, or it were too
dangerous a Trade in Turky. In yc rest I Avill doe Mr. Petty all helpe,
and seiwice, and shoAV it y' Lp in effects as one yl is most ambitious to
concurr in y' noble dessignes, and to be truly esteemed, &c, Tho. Roe.
LIII. SIR D. CARLETON TO LOED ARUNDEL. (Extract.) 12
Hagh, June — , 1621.
Right hohobabm my most sisg-tjlar good Loud :
Haviko- Avaytecl lately on yE K. & Q. of Bohemia to Amsterdam, I there
saAv y° picture of Holbens yo' L™ desires : but caaaot yet obtayae it, though
my indeavours Avayte on it, as they still shall doe. Wee have uoav a yong
man13 growing into reputacon in these parts Avho began av'1' Bloomer19 of
1S Gerard Honthorst, Avho Avas born at Utrecht ia 1592, and Avas a pupil of Abra
ham Bloemarfc. He visited Rome and other parts of Italy, and painted pictures for
Prince Justiniani and several persons of distinction. Sandrart highly commends a
picture of the "Decollation of St. John" by torchlight which he saAv at Rome in .the
church of the Madonna della Scala. He also mentions another in the Justiniani
Gallery, " Christ brought before Pilate." After his return to Holland he visited
England in 1628 and won the favour of Charles I., especiaEy by an allegorical picture
in which the King and Queen of Bohemia are represented in the character of Two
Deities, and the Duke of Buckingham as Mercury introducing the liberal arts to
them. For this composition the King gave him 3000 florins, a service of plate for
twelve persons, and a beautiful horse. He also received £210 inmoney [see the Kings
Sign-Manual of 30 March, 1631 at p. 295]. He afterwards instructed the Queen of Bohe
mia and her daughter, the Princess Sophia, in drawing. He excelled in representing
figures by candlelight, whence lie obtained the name of Gerarclo dalle Notte. Rubens
Avas a great admirer of his paintings in that style [see ante, p. 67]. He established
himself at the Hague, with the title of Painter to the Prince of Orange, whose plea
sure house he adorned, and died in 1660, aged 68. — Descamps, i. p. 403 : PUhington's
Diet, of Painters.
19 Abraham Bloemaert wa3 born at Gorcum in Holland in 1564, according to Hou-
APPENDIX. . 201
Utrecht (where be dwells likeAvise) is hath bene for some yeares at Rome
<fc other parts of Italy to mend his art : av'1' consisting much ia night Avorks,
he desired of me aa invention to my minde wherby to make tryall -of him-
in yl Avch I might rest assured Avas ao copie. I gave him ilineas (lying
from y° sack of Troye, ifc in a posture pariter comctique onerique timenUm ;
Avheriu how well he hath acquitted himself yo' Lp ivilbe best able to judge
by ye peece wcL wilbe delivered yo' Lop by this bearer <fc vfch I will beseech
you to accept as it is : yt is wt!'out exception to y° good will of y" presenter
Avhat defect soever yo' L™ shall observe in ye skill of ye painter.
* * * * *
Yo' Lps most humble and
most faithfull servant,
B.C.
I doe noAV send a picture at full length of yc yong Prince Frederic Henry
(Avhonie wee have here at this present av,l the K, & Q.) to Hi3 Ma T: avcI' Avilbe
presented by my La of Buckingham. I shall gladly knoiv Yo' Lps opinion of
ye worke, for ye life ifc likenes wee all here thincke y* Michel of Delph':u
hath not bene so happy in any other picture this many a day.
LIT. LORD ARUNDEL TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.)
My good Lord : Whithall, July 20, 1621.
I Have received av"1 y' kinde letter a fayre picture of iEneea3 flyinge out
of Troy, in wck I assure yr Lop I thinke the painter hath expressed ye stoiy
braken, in 1567 according to -Sandrart. He was endowed with great genius for
painting, but was most unfortunate in his masters, who were all mediocres. M. Mols
has a list of five artist3 of thi3 name who Avere received Mailres in the Confrerie of St.
Luc between the years 1516 and 1696. Bloemaert left his own country at the age of
sixteen, and went to Paris, where he remained, hoivever, but a very short time, and
returned through Utrecht to Amsterdam. Descamps mentions several' pictures
which he painted for the Emperor and persons of quality. He died at Utrecht in 1647.
The Duke of Orleans has his '¦' St, John Preaching in the AVilderness." — Descants,
torn. i. pp. 246 — 24S.
£0 Michel Mirevelt Avas born at Delft in 156S. He Avas placed at an early age with
Jerome AA'ierinx, a skilful engraver, but evincing a greater inclination for paiuting, avo3
placed under Blocklandt. His reputation soon spread abroad, and Charle3 I. Avished
him to visit England, but the plague prevented his accepting that honour. He wa3
looked upon as a most celebrated portrait painter, and it is said painted more than
10,000 portraits, including the Princes of Nassau and the Archduke Albert. He died
at Delft, which place he never seems to have left except to visit the Hague, on 27
August, 1641, aged 73. All his portraits are good likenesses and well finished. —
Descamps, torn i. pp. 256 — 25S. •
Carleton writes from the Hague to Chamberlain on 1 May, 1616, " Michel of Delph
hath ben w'h me, and remembers you well by a picture of yours I have of Tintoret's
hand. My old pieces both he and others doe much approve but for the new, figul'
figulu." On 13 Sept. 1628, Dudley Carleton writes from the Hague to Secretary Lord Dor
chester, " Mr. Michael the painter doth festinare lentS to dispatch y' V pictures of
the Pr. and Princesse of Orange but he promiseth I shall have them uoav owt of
hand." u 2 *
292 APPENDIX.
w,h much arte tb both for the postures & yb colouringe, I have seene feAve
Duch men arrive unto it, for it hath more of ye Itallian then the Flemish
ife much of yc manor of Caravagioes colouringe, avc" is noAve soe much esteemed
in Rome ; soe as it hath noe fault but only that it is too good a present for
me, but since y' Lo™ thiakes it not soe, I doe receive it w"' many thankes,
efc Avill esteeme it amongst y° many argumentes of y' love ifc kindnes
wcl' I have formerly received from y' Lov.
* " * * '* *
Yr Lops most assured frend to coihand,
T. Aeundeu.
LY. SIR ISAAC AVAKE TO WILLIAM BOSAVELL. (Extract.)
m . November 26, . „no
,r . Turin, — '¦ 162S.
My dkare pkend & sweet dart : December 6,
* * * * *
The picture after wcl1 you do seeme to enquire was made by Hans Holben
in y" time of H. 8. and is of a Count of Moretta : My Lord of Arundel
doth desire it, and if I can get it at any reasonable rate he must and shall
have it. * *. # * - *
Yr faithful frend <fe servant,
I. Wake.
LVI. SEC. LORD DORCHESTER TO DUDLEY CARLETON. (Extract.)
Good Nephew : January 26, 162S-9.
*****
I have given order for the paym' of such bookes as I have in note from
Van Vene"1 but his Emblemata Horatiana (l) are not so ample for the
verses Avritten upon them in clivers Languages, as those I had from Brussells,
and from thence. Whereas three exemplars are reckoned unto me both of
those Emblemata and others Amorum,12' and the sette infantes de Lara,13'
I had but two onely of each sort, according whereunto I make payment.
There r&stes a small picture of Torentius hand, Avhich is of tAvo little
rumekins," for which, -when I know it is demanded, I will send the moiiie.
-' See ante, p. 2, note 5." This allusion to Rubens' third and last master, Othon
Yan Yecu, has no little interest. Alfred Michiels, in "Rubens et l'dcole d'Anvers,"
pp. 51 — 2, speaks of the singular mania there was about this period for designing
allegories on the most trivial subjects, and in which Yan Veen also shared. They
Avere engraved upon wood or copper, published Avith letter-press, and called Emble
mata. Michiels prints the titles of nine of these Avhimsical books by Yan Veen,
among them are those mentioned in the above letter : — (')"Horatii Flacci emblemata,
cum notis latine, italics, galice,etflandrice," 103 planches; (5)"Amorum Emblemata,"
with inscrip tions also in four languages ; (3)" Historia hispana septem infantium Lara,"
cum 40 iconibus.
™ Rumkin, i.e., a drinking cup. Torrentius was famous for painting objects of
still life [see Appendix J, p. 347, note 62].
APPENDIX. ' 293
And you must understand that the King understanding I made it when
I came hether with other pictures as a present, will not restore it nie againe.
Wherefore you must aggree for it Avith Van Vcne at the best account you
may, and 1 will satisfie it. I have received a lfe from Honthorst,--1 unto
Avhich I send you the ansAver. He hath a peece of worke for nie Avhereiu
T pray you quicken him and send it Avith the soonest.
* * * * *
[Dokckesteb.]
LVII. THE EARL OF ARUNDEL TO SIR HENRY VANE. (Extract,)
Good Mr. Cowerer : Arundell Home, April 25, 1629.
* * * * *
I must likeAvise give yu A'ery many thankes for yr care concerninge
Blomes -* Paintinge ifc booke of Holbien, <fc the Kinge profcestes agaynste
any medlinge av* it, at sixe hundred poundes, Avrh he sayes coste him but tAvoe
hundred. For the draAviages I hoped to have had them for .€30, but rather
thea fayle, as I tolde yu I Avould go to £50, but never thinke of £100, nor
£50 offered Avtbout sure to haA-e it ; If he Avould let it come, upoa security
to sead it backe, I should be gladde, if not, let it rest.
* -» * * *
Y'most faithfull frende to comande,
ARTJJiDELL (fc STJEKEX.
„ LVIII. SIR FRANCIS COTTINGTON TO ENDYMION PORTER.
Ss : Porchmouth, November 2, 1829.
I have receaved yor lies av11' my Lo. of Arundells note ; I Avyll deliver
the Conde his aad serve my Lo : of Arundell ye best I can. I wyll inquire
for thos pictures of the Conde de Beneveate ; and indevor to gett allso thos
of Titian, wcl1 I left in y'- Palace y° last time.
This is ye day of my .imbarcation [for I am goiug abroad] the wind is
good to carry us away if vfe can gett out. Remember my servis to
M'is Porter and God keepe you all. Yo' humble servant
Fka: CoTTiNGrojf.
To my hon1''* fiend Mr. Exdisiiox Porter, one of his Ma"" Bedchamber.
23 It is dated from Utrecht, 29 December, 1628, and relates to a picture of the
Queen of Bohemia and all her children, Avhich Honthorst was about painting for
King Charles I. It will be found, with several other letters from Honthorst, which
are preserved in the State Paper Office, printed by Carpenter in the Appendix to his
"Life of Yan Dyck." ,„•¦«„ r, , .
M Abraham Bloemart. Dudley Carleton writes to Sir Dudley Carleton on Jf Oct.,
1626*" The Queen of Bohemia coming unto Utrecht and visiting the house of Blomaert
a famous painter, shee there found a true originall picture of her dog Babler W* shee
hath bought & intends to send it you by the first that you may give your opinion."
294 APPENDIX.
[Inclosuni in Endymion Porter's hand]
A note of such things as my Lord Etnbassator Sr Francis Cottington is to
send oavI; of Spaine for my Lord of Avoudell : and not to forget the booke
of drawings of Leonardo dc Vinze avc1' is in Don Juan de Espiaas hands,
Avhoe eA-erie man at Madrid knoAve3, and Vizente Juarez best, Avhoe is the
wenches father that sings soe Avell."5
[Here folloAvs a list of various comestibles, <fec.J
LIX. SIR DUDLEY CARLETON TO SECRETARY LORD DORCHESTER.
(Extract.)
Hugh, July 6, 1630.
Right Hono:,1! mi a-erie singular good Loud :
Yr L113 pictures are begun, at Utrecht in part by severall masters ; but
haveing spoken Av'h Honthorst abowt the prises, he tells me they Avill cost
200 gilders a peece and being 8 in number, that Avill amount to a great
deale of money ; wherefore I have suspended the worke, to heare y' Lp*
pleasure first. The designes are taken owt of Homers Odisses, and such
parts of the story taken, as sute best Avth the hand and fancie of so many
severall masters. ' Y' Lp* most humble servant to be commanded,
Dudley Cakletox.
In a letter to Secretary Dorchester, dated September Gth, 1630 [printed
by Carpenter], Honthorst says that he has commissioned the most esteemed
painters of our City [Utrecht] to execute the pictures, two of which will be
by his oavb hand, that he has taken the subject of Ulysses, and has agreed
for 200 florins each, " being a reasonable price."
LX. DUDLEY CARLETON TO SECRETARY LORD DORCHESTER,
(Extract) Rotterdam, January 3, 1630-1.
Right honorable my very sixgui.ar good Ld :
* * * * »
I send my La Tresorer [Weston] a picture of Honthorsts hand ; one of
the best that ever he made : and I hope it ivill facilitate my payments.
I shall send y' Lps pictures in the end of this monthe.
* * 9 * *
Yr Lps most humble
and most affectionate servant,
Dudley Cableton.
-» Extract of a letter from Madrid, dated 27 April, 1630, to Endymion Porter. " I
have redd yr letter to Sr Robert AVine, in Spanish, to D' Fran" and her father," thay
ar all exeeding glad to heere from you, and that his Majesty dothe please to remem-
APPENDIX. 205
The following Sign Manual, dated 30th March, 1031, will shoAV the amount
that Avas paid to Honthorst for the picture, supposed to be the one Avhich
noAV hangs on the Queen's staircase at Hampton Court. [See Carpenter,
p. 180.]
LXI.
CHARLES R.
Chakles by the grace of God ifec. To the Tier and undertrer of
o' exchequer for the time being, greeting. AVhereas by o' Ires of Privy Seale,
bearing date at AVestm9 the eighteenth clay of May in the sixth yeare of
o' Beigne, AVe gave ivarrant for paym' of the soiue of two hundred and
tenne pounds OAvt of o' exchequer unto Gerrit Yan Honthorst or his Assigaes,
in satisfaccoa of a picture of o' brother and Sister the King and Queeue of.
Bohemia and theire Children by him made and sent unto us, as by the said
Ires of PriAfy Seale more at large appeareth. And forasmuch as or trustie
and right Avelbeloved Counsello' S' Heury Vane lin', Comptroller of o' hoas-
hold, in his last Ambassage into the Lowe Countries, did disburse aad pay
unto the said Gerrit Van Honthorst the said some of two hundred aud tenne
pounds, as appeareth by an acquittance under the haud of the sd Gerrit Van
Honthorst, AYee will and coaiaad you, of o' treasure remayniag ia the
receipt of o' slX Exchequer forth av11' to pay, or cause to be paid uato the said
S' Henry Vane Kn', or his Assignes, the said somme of two hundred and
tenne pounds in full satisffaccon of the like some so by him disbursed as
aforesd, and Avlhout accompt, imprest, or other charge to be sett upon Mm
or them for the same, or anie parte or parcell therof. Provided that
o' sd former Ires of Privy Seale for the paym' of the said moaey unto the
said Gerritt Van Honthorst be cancelled and made void, to the end Ave be
not doubly charged aa-'u the paym' therof. And theis, &c. Given, ifcc.
This Conteyneth Yo' Mau ivarraat to the exchequer to pay unto
Sir Henry Vane Ka', Comptroller of yo' Household, the some of
£210 wch he disbursed unto Geritt Van Honthorst in his last
Ambassage ia the Lowe Countries, wch said some was due wa\o the
said Gerritt Yaa Honthorst for a picture of the King and Queene
of Bohemia and theire children by him made, and sent unto Yo'
Ma4', as appeareth by a Privy Seale, wcU yo' Ma'7 Avas pleased to
grant in May last past, for the paym' of the said money to the
said Gerritt Van Honthorst. Aad is doae by order of the Lord
Viscouat Dorchester. WlNDEBAJfK.
Ex apud Westrn9. tricessimo die Martii Anno. R Caroli septimo.
Windebank.
ber them I alsoe doe rejoice the suttle ayer of Madrid has infus'd a new strengths
into his ingenious lines. Hee atributs it to D1 Fran"" whose angelical! voice has fan-
more power to give life to all creturs sensefcive and vegitative then ever Orpheus
silver stringed lyra had, for hee sayes none ever came to have rationall sowles if thay
receav'd them not from her mouth, a power only reserved to her from eternifcye."
296 APPENDIX.
LXIl. B. GERBIER TO THE EARL OF ARUNDEL."6
7in«^ ^^-^1632-3.
My singular good Lord : February 9,
I keceiveh your Exc: letter of the first of this month Avth increase of joy
since I have the honour to be remembred. I -will watch how some draAvings
may be found, though good cheape I cannot promise ; for if thinges are
deare in Holland, they are dearer here AA'here tulip and cockle-shells-lovers
arc as full of trickes as le Blon27 Avho can buy Marchandise w411 other mans
moneyes, as I verily thinke he hath those thinges ia his handes w'h the
money of my most deare and ever to be honnered late Lord : I Avas once le
Blou's friend Avhile I thought him an honest man, but since he is changed,
much lesse can he be mine (as Your Ex: termes him) considering his foolish
& Amsterdam-like carriadge to soe noble a Patron of vertue as your Exc: to
whom I shall not be troublesom in my barren language though it be from
the hart of Your Esc: &c. B. Geebiek.
LXHI. LORD BASIL FEILDING28 TO SEC. SIR JOHN COKE. Q
Venice, March — 1631-5.
Right HoxEI-E : 18
The Cabinett of Daniell Nice, avcI' is said, his Matie is about, is in a third
hand for the assurance of a French Merchant, to Avhom is due 16m croAvnes,
Avho has forborne a loag time to breake itt open, and pay himselfe, till he
shall be certified of his Ma('03 intentions, that if his Ma,io shall not proceede,
be may havo liberty to take his owne advantage ; In the meane tyme he
presses hard to see the Cabinett opened, and desires me to be present att
itt, fearing that there are not all the jeAvells and pictures of valew in itt, to
satisfie his debdt, or that they are paAvn'd in some other place for some other
debdt ; I beleive his jealousies are not well grounded, wch moves me to
hinder him as farr as lies in my power from satisfying his curiosity, till
I shall have order Iioav to carry myselfe ; avcU I beseich your Honor to send
me upon the next occasion, least the Marchant with the justice of his cause
:6 Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Avas appointed Ambassador Extra
ordinary to the Queen of Bohemia, the States-General and the Prince of Orange on
the death of the King of Bohemia, 26th December, 1632, and Avas sent Ambassador
Extraordinary to the Emperor at Yienna, 4th April, 1636. He Avas created Earl of
Norfolk, 6th June, 1641, and died at Padua, in 1613.
27 See ante, p. 65.
28 "A Bill for my Extraordinaries— Basill Lord Feilding, his Ma"" Ambassado'
Extraordinary humblie craveth allowance for £700 : to be made him for Extraord"
from the 11"" of November, when he departed from Paris, to the 23"1 of January, when
hee left Turin, by vertue of his Ma"" Privie Seale bearing date the 16lb September,
1631— £400 allowed. John Coke."
APPENDIX. 297
prevaile, and offer some injury to that av'1' perchance hi.-. Ma"' has an
intention to buy : Thus I talie my leave, and remaine
Your Honors most humble seri-aufc, B. Fjgildikg.
LXIV. SEC. SIR F. AVINDEBANK TO LORD FEILDING. (Extract)
Mr Lorde : April 3, 1635.
*****
I am likeivise coihanded by his Maty to let y1 Lp kiiOAv, that Avheras
Daniel Niz, a Merchant heere, hath a Cabinet of sondry curiosities of
great \-alew at Venice, <fc deposited in the handes of certain Holland
merchants, Avhose names are Oloffs & Van Nee-den, that yo' Lp use yo'
best intervention av,u that State that the said Cabinet be not opened, but
be reserved shutt till the retourne of Daniel Niz : his M: intending to buy
it of him for his own use.
-s * * * *
F. WlJfllEBAMUS.
LXV. LOED FEILDING TO SEC. SIR JOHN COKE. (Extract.) Q
Venice, May — , 1035.
Right aox,iLE : ls
I Avill use the best meanes I can to hinder the opening' of the Cabinett
of Daniell Nice, yvch being deposited for the security of a French ilarchant,
the French Ambassador hath taken both him, and his cause into Im pro
tection, and hath moov'd me ia his behalfe, that I Avould certifie him of his
Mat!es resolution to- bay that Cabinett, avcU I can only as yet couccave to be
but in his Ha1'" intentions ; that if there should happen anie change in his
Matic3 desires, that the Marchant might aot faile~of a speedy information,
that he may seeke, by the Avay of justice, to right himselfe of the wrongs he
pretend., to have bene done him by Daniell Nice.
* * # . * *
Your Honors
most humble aud most affectionate Seiwant, B. Feildlmc.
LXV." LOED FEILDING TO SEC. SIR P. AVINDEBANK. (Post-script.)
Venice, Moy—, 1635.
I have taken such order, as Daniel Nice his Cabinett shall remaine
iinfcouch'd, untill his Ma,ie shall signifte his further pleasure.
203 APPENDIX.
LXVI. LORD FEILDING TO SEC. SIR F. AVINDEBANK. (Extract)
13
Venice, February — , 1636-7.
" Right. HoxBLK : 23
» * 4 * -S
The Cabinett of Mr. Nice, avcU by your orders I formerly mov'd the
Colledge to suspend the sale of itt till his Ma"e had left of his intention of
buying itfc, is to be solde to my Lo. of Arundell, the bargain e being in a
manner concluded, Av'h though I make no question, but his Maties consent
goeth along with itt, Nice assureing me that the King had left him to his
OAvne liberty, yett I cannot but give all impediments to the removeing of itfc
from hence, till your Honor shall acquaint me with his Matles farther
pleasure therein. * * * * #
Your Honors
most humble and affectionat servant, B. Feildisg.
LXVII. LORD FEILDING TO SEC. SIR F. AVINDEBANK. (Extract) 11
Venice, August — , 1637.
Right Hokorable : • 21
I p.eceivb your Honors letter in confirmation of the former order I had
of using all diligence for the redeeming of Daniell Nys his Cabbinetfc, the
Avhich I have not been Avanting ia, as Avell to expresse -my earnest desire
to serve my Lord Mareschall, as to obay your Honors commands.
# $ &- s %
Your Honors
most humble and most faithfull Servant, B. FEILDlIfG.
LXVIII. THE EARL OF ARUNDEL TO LORD ASTON.-n
No3le Lorde : Hampton Court, January 19, 1636-7.
I had forgotten in my letter unto yu, to entreate y", that if y" meete
wth a collection of matters of Arte Avch Avere of Antonio Perez, yu be pleased
to deale Avth them for me, accordinge to Avhat I recoiiiended unto y' Lop
formerly concerninge any matter of 'Arte, for wcU I aa-UI Avillingly lay out
mony. I remember an Office booke Avth maay pictures of liminges in it, vtch
both my Lo : Cottington <fc Mr. Hopton had longe in theyre handes for me,
E0 AValter Lord Aston's Instructions as Ambassador to Spain, are dated 9 th June,
1635. He left Madrid, 18th May, 1038, and was succeeded by Sir Arthur Hopton,
see ante, p. 157, note 214. Aston had previously been Ambassador to Madrid in
1622, in conjunction with Digby, afterwards Earl of Bristol, also from 1625 to 1629.
APPENDIX. 290
but did not buye it. If it may be had for a small matter, I shoulde be
glaclde to have' it, or any of y° like nature. I beseech yu be mindfull of D:
Jhon: de Spmas booke, if his foolish humor change. Soe iv'u my best
wishes to yo' Lop I remayne Yo' Lop' faithfull frende to coiiiande,
Arundell & Surrey.
LXIX. THE EARL OP ARUNDEL TO LORD ASTON. (Extract.)
Mr very good Lord : Hampton Court, January 24, 1636-7.
Sixce I wrote unto y' Lop by Mr. Fanshawe,30 understandinge, by a
stranger come hither, that there arc maay Peeces of Aatiques in Marble,
both Avhole Statuaes & lesse peeces, ia an House in Madrid, avcU belonged
to yB old Duke of Lerma, avcU might nowe be had at very easy rates, I
thought good to entreate y' Lop that they might be seene by some & the
lowest prices gotten, that, if they might be easily come by, they might be
bought for me. I conceive by Avhat I heare of Spayne, that the lesse y' Lop
appeare in it yc better, but Avorke by secondarye meanes.
Yo' Lops most affectionate friend to corhaacl.
Akl-ndell cc Surrey.
APPENDIX C.
SIR DUDLEY CARLETON'S ANTIQUES, STATUES.
The Antique heads and statues, AYhich form the subject of tho foUoAving
papers, Avere received by Carleton out of Italy, [see ante, p. 23]. George
Gage, in a letter dated October lGlV, [ante, p. 24], tells Carleton, that he has
" delivered to Sig1 Rubeas Avhat yr L. Avrightes coacerning yr heades and
statuaes," aad a Correspondence Avill be found, in a previous part of this
volume, Avhich took place between Rubens and Carleton in consequence.
This ended, in May 1618, by Carleton disposing of his Collection to
Rubens for certain Pictures. The chests Avere sent from Venice to London,
and from thence to the Hague ; and if the "Note of y8 Statues," AA-hich is
in Carleton's hand, is not the identical Inventory asked for by Rubens, [see
ante, p. 2i], it is probably a list of them, as sent frsm London to Carleton
at the Hague.
30 Eichard Fanshaw, Secretary to Lord Aston, and subsequently Sir Eichard, Avas
sent by King Charles II., Ambassador to Spain ; his commission is dated 14th January,
1663-4, and he arrived at Cadiz the 24;^=-r following.
300 APPENDIX.
LXX. TOBY MATTHEW TO SIR DUDLEY CARLETON. (Postscript)
Brussels, A^s±3„ 1616.
September 9,
Mr. AVake, at his departure for England, left order av"1 Mr. Coram for the
conveyinge of your Cassars, and I hope your Lp hath them •'ere this.
[ Translated from the French.]
LXXI. FRANCIS ENGELGRANS TO SIR D. CARLETON. 4
Antwerp, September — , 1616.
My Lord Ambassador:
This present will serve, after kissing your Excellency's hands, to advise
you that I send you by the Bearer John ComelisSe, Mariner, a chest containing
eighteen Portraits of Emperors, and that it may please you to pay to him 10
florins, Avhich I have paid for the freight of these eighteen pieces. Having
nothing more to say I pray God that you may enjoy a long and happy life
My Lord, Your humble servant,
Francis Engelgbans.
LXXII. SIR, DUDLEY CARLETON TO JOHN CHAMBERLAIN. (Extract)
&K • Hugh, February 20, 1616-7.
*****
It is now long since you made mention in y' Ires of S' Michael Dormer.31
He had, as I remember, certaine heads and small statuas of stone, in one of
his galleries, for avcU I would gladly sead him armes, or what he likes best in
this countrey, yf he aaIH part AVlh them : for since I am by mischance made
a master of such curiosities, I desire to perfect my cabinet as Avell as I may.
I pray you remember me A_ery kindly to him and speake wth him to this
purpose. So I comitt you to God's holy protection, ever resting,
Y s most affectionatly, Dudley Carleton.
LXXIII, SIR D. CARLETON TO J. CHAMBERLAIN. (Extract)
Goode Mr. Chamberlain : Hugh, March 25, 1617.
*****
I will trouble you no further about S' Michell Dormers antiquities, since
they are no other then as you write ; and yf the report of one here had
31 S' Micbicl Dormer [cousin to Sir Dudley Carleton] dyed the last weeke of hi3
olde disease, the palsie, being suddainly strucke; and S' John Dormer is his heire." -
Dudley Carleton to his uncle Sir Dudley. London, 30th Sept. 1624.
APPENDIX. 301
not movecl me to seeke after them, as things of much esteeme, I had not
thought of them ; for my owne curiositie, when I frequented his house,
reached no further then Iris niill-poole ; and yefc being now engaged (as you
knoAv) in this kiade of conioditie, I must doe Avhat I can to increase my
store against a good mart, the rather because I finde some of my oinie heads
wanting, and, those of chief e note in my memorials ; wch I speak© not of
because I Avould not discredit the remainder : but intend when I see Ned
Sherburne (yf I see him at all in these parts) to sett him uppon the search
for them, they being purloyned ether in the custome house, or in the stiliad ;
for all the chests that Avere sent from Venice came ivell to London ; and as
many as Avere sent from thence Avere safely delivered here. So as what is
lost must be where they should have bene safest. I am advertised that
Ned Sherburne hath gotten a neiv condition of Secretaire to the new -If
Keeper. ***** Y'3 most assuredly, Dudley Carleton*.
LXXIY. ED. SHERBURNE TO- SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract).
Right hokorable ur vert good Lo: London, April 25, 1617.
*****
Mr. Inego Jones did meete me the other day <fc demaunded Avhether the
pictures for my L : Chamblaine, efc my L. of Arundel Avhereof yo' L. wrote
lately unto me were arrived, but I told him, as yet I lieard nothing of them.
He prayes yo' L. Avhen you write next, to send him a Catalogue what they
are, that he may be sure to receave the right ones. And nowe I nieacon
pictures, I caaaot but tell yo' L. howe much it greives me, that I am so
infortuuate (notAv'"standipg all my care <fe circumspeccon) as to be suspected
for a dishonest man.
I find by Mr. Chamberlaine, that yo' L. hath advertised him that
many of yor principall £• cheife lieades of yor Antiquities are missing, &
imbeisilled from thence, where you conceaved they should haA-e bin most
safe. To make my apologia for this I neede not, neither will I, because I
can aunswere, & that truly, that since the landing of them at y" Stilliard
(where beside myselfe many of yo' L : owae servantes were presente) and
since they were plac't there, by yo' selfe, aot any one of them hath bin
impaired. And from thence I can answere likewise, that they were all and
every part <fc parcell of them safely pack't up in my vieAve is presence, not
stirring from thence, from y" first begining of their packing, until! they
were finished, nailed is hooped. Arid yet more, I left them not heere, but
Avent wtb them on Shipboard, and there likewise remayned, untill I had seene
them all safely stoAved under the hatches ; so as howe it is possible (the
keyes never being out of my custody) aad the doore having two severall
lockes) that any of them should be Avanting, I cannot well imagine. N'ever-
theles I thought good to take notice of it to yr L., not doubting but yo" will
free me from having so base a thought, much more from doing so Adle an Act,
wch further to assure I AAdlbe redy, <fc dare do it upon a safe groAvnde, to-
take my corporall oatbe that not one peece of them, since they were in my
302 APPENDIX.
chardge, suffred either losse or hurt : I Avell remember, Avhen yo1' L. first
did compare the Catalogue of them, by the figures made on the severall
statuas, all agreed aot av,l the note, is then, (if I mistake not) you said there
Avas some, wanting, Avch was either lost or left behind, unpackt at Venice, or
ells miscarried Avhile they remayned at the Custome house ; for from yc
Stilliard it aa-os impossible, Av'^out my knoAvledge or privity, whereof (as I
hope to be saved) I am guiltles, and so I beseeche yo' L : beleeve of me.
* # # * #
Yor L. ever to be comaunded
& faithfully to do yo" service,
Edw. Sherburx.
[Indorsed in Carleton's hand, " Note of if Statues."]""
LXX A'. A NOTE OF THE STATUAS AS THEY ARE PACKED UP IN
THE SEVERALL CHESTE8, MARKED AS IN THE MARGANT.
Tlie Chestes.
NO. 1. A great figure marked A : and three little heads unmarked.
2. A head marked 10 : a head marked 36 : a body marked 61 : a head
marked 24 : a little head marked 10*7 : a little head marked 108.
3. A boy figure marked Y : a boy wanting leggs & armes, a Avoman's
head unmarked, a body unmarked, a head marked 106 : halfe a
foote.
4. A head marked 38 : a head marked 37 : a head unmarked, a halfe body
unmarked., a pedestal!.
5. A great figure marked B : a Satures [sic] head marked P : P : a head
marked 104 : a head marked 13 : a head marked 43 : a boy
ryding upon a dolphin marked W : 'a foote.
6. The Great Urna : 2 very small heads av411 a small figure of St. Sebastian :
4 little Urnas (fc a small head standing upon a pedestaU, Avraped in
paper, all Avck are in the body of the great urna ; the great hand
avcU came from Troye : 4 small feete.
7. A great head marked 31 : a head marked 29 : a head marked 23 : a
pedestall : a Little face : a man figure inarked P : 6 small plints
or square pedestalls.
8. A woman figure marked I : a head marked 41 : a boy's head unmarked,
a Avoman figure marked Q : 2 round pedestalls & a flat one.
9. A Great figure marked G : a woman figure marked L : a head marked
G : a Cupid marked 59 : broken stones in paper.
10. A great figure marked F : a head marked 17 : a round pedestall.
11. A great head marked I : a great head inarked 75 : a head marked 26 :
av,!* a pedestall : a head marked 25 : w4h a pedestall.
12. A head marked 102 : a head marked .2 : a head marked 30 : a head
marked 5 :
13. Three Woman Figures marked O ¦ : M : Z : a plinte.
32 See Gage's letter to Carleton of |f August, 1617, from Brussels, ante, p. 23.
Another copy of this List is endorsed: "A Note of the Statuas shiped in the Falcon
of Dorl, whereof Jacob Decatch is M'."
APPENDIX. 303
K0. 14. A great figure marked C : a Avoman figure marked H : a head marked
47 : a halfe body marked 27 :
15. A boy figure 'sitting marked T : a great head marked 18 : a head
marked 12
1G. A great figure marked D : a head marked 7 : a Leda : a head unmarked :
a plinte, is broken peeces of a thyn stone ;
17. Two great figures in one flatt stone marked 50 : one flatt figure
marked 5 4.
18. A flatt stone w,h- 4 figures in it marked 55 : a head marked X : a
Cupid marked 51 : all the peeces avcU are broken from the severall
figures axe Avraped ia papers is putt ia this case.
19. A great head marked 9 : a woman's body markedG2 : a head marked
103 : a head marked -f 2 :
20. A flatt figure unmarked : a boy figure marked 58 : a great head marked
33 : a head marked 45 :
21. A Stone w,h an iascripcoa : a head marked 10 : a head marked 8 : a
Avoman figure marked Z : a man figure marked : S :
22. A great man figure unmarked : a little head marked 105 : a Httle
head marked 111 : a head marked 112 : aAvoman body unmarked :
a head marked 101.
23. Fower great heads marked : 28 : 19 : 11 : 39 :
24. A boy figure marked T : a boy figure marked X : a Cupid marked 52 :
A great body of stone.
APPENDIX D.
LADY ANNA CARLETON'S LETTEB3.
The following interesting letters from Lady Carleton to her husband, Avhom.
she accompanied in all his traA-els, as will be seen by her epitaph in
Westmiaster Abbey, were written in consequence of a journey she undertook
to Middelburgh and Flushing, for the express purpose of being present at a
sale of Italian and Spanish goods taken out of a prize, by a freebooter, from
the Viceroy of Naples. Lady Carleton bought certain pictures and other
things, on her husband's behalf, he having good commission from the Queen
of Bohemia, and the Duke and Duchess of Buckingham to do so ; and it
appears that she laid out, ia consequence, £627 sterling ; that the Duke
of Buckingham was Avell pleased Avith his pictures, and "the most earnest
lover of painting in the world." z[i
33 Dudlev Carleton's letter to his uncle, Sir Dudley, from London 6 Jan. 1625.
301 APPENDIX.
LXXVI. LADY ANNA CARLETON34 TO SIR DUDLEY CARLETON.
My deere sweete haei : _ Dort, November i, [162-1].
You -will understand by this youth of the riarrisli Avhat an ill. passage Ave
had hether yesterday and noiv I have much adoe to perswaide the Captaiue
of the ship to set forward ; for he yesterday broke the sord of the shipe in the
tempest and now Ave ha\-e lost on tide for the mending of it; it was a
fearfull day of lightining toAvard eveing, which is straing at this time of
yeere. Thay much feare ill weather to day, and every body is soe Avell
heere thay are loth to goe. Thay lye at ease Avithout charge, but I am
resolved to set forward by the helpe of Allmightie God, that I may the
souner come backe to thee, who I am hartily glad I sufficed not to goe to
Delfe with us, for it was a most pittifull daye, as I thinke ever Christian
traviled in ; but if all this or tenne times more paines might doe us any
good I should never repine at it. I pray send me the mesure of the lentli
of your night goAvne and let me heere as often from thee as posseeble, for,
Avhen I am from thee, -my hart is still perplexed. Present my humblist
services to there Ma'"5 and excuse me to my Master that I tooke not my
leave of him : my commendationes to all the rest. My truest aft'ectiones to
thy selfe, Avith Avhich I will ever remaine thy true faithfull loving Avife
Ajf*TA CARLETO.fr.
The reeonning to 19 gilders.
To my deere husband, Sn Dudley Carleion.
" ' '¦' On the S September, 1623, a Passe was granted to the Ladie Carleton to return
to the Haghe," where her husband, Sir Dudley, was then ambassador, see ante, p. 9,
note 27. Tho following letter, from Lady Carleton to Sir Benjamin Rudyard, may be
read Avith interest : Sr, I am ever studious Iioav to doe my frends service, & you have
given me ju.it cause, by yo' many courtesies, to number you w"' them I so esteeme;
wcU makes me take the libertie to wish 3-ou a good wife, such a one as you told me you
wanted to playe av'-'' and make much of you. There is a faire opportunity to accomo
date you in that kind of a neare kinswoman of Mr. Carletons : he reconicnds her
affaires to you, but I herself, for such a wife as you can never have the like. I have
knowne her from her childhood. She is yong, nobly borne, faire, personable, and
very discreete, and wlb 13 above all, religious and vertuous; such a one as I know no
man can except against. She hath £'100 a yeare jointer yf she enjoy her right,
avl" is a faire estate av"1 such a Avoman, and yf she have her sonnesAV.irdship it will
much augment it ; and, I assure you, she is bonne mesnar/h'e, avcI' is not to be disliked
in a Avife. AU this I ivrite of her I will maintayne upon my credite; for yf you were
my brother, a.s you wilbe my kinsman by this match, I could not wish you a better
wife then my Lady Smith; and yf I did not love you very well I would not Avish you
to her, for I know few ivomen in England I love better. I would I were there to
bring you together, but yf I am so hippie to wish you to that you shall thincke fitt
to hearken after, my sister Harrison lyes in Chcapside at a Grosers shop at the signe
of the Kings head; she hath good interest in that Lady, & will doe you all service.
This is New yeares day & yf I could give you a good wife for a New yeares gift you
would thanke me all tho dayes of yor life. Howsoever you stand affected you Avill ,
accept the good wishes of her that is &c."
Carleton writes to Chamberlain from the Hague on Nov. i|, 1624, "I am exceeding
glad of my La. Smith's goode fortune ; and so will my wife be when she knowes it,
who loves her so dearly, that she was passionately affected and troubled at a voice
was here spred, that she should marrie her cosen Tom Carey."
APPENDIX. 805
LXXYII. LADY ANNA CARLETON TO SIR DUDLEY CARLETON.
My dberesi love : Middellbrow, November 0, [1621].
I gtvb most humble and hartio thankes to Alraightie God Ave are sally
come hether, not Avithout much danger. Mr. Fullbergin never made such
a jurney, nor Clarke, though hee had past it fortie times, but I thanko my
God Ave scaped Mansfeeldes fortune. We had a very carfull Captaiue of
the shipe, Avhich I pray you thanke the Admiralti for. I pray God send me
as good a one backe, Avhich I doe not doAvt of, for I find Mr. Mamaaker
much redier to send me backe, then give me any welleome heere, or aide me
in any thinge. I know he hath given you very littell ineorragenienfc ia his
advertisement he- hath sent the Queene, but I am of another minde, by the
assurance of aU I speake Avith heere, He makes an impossebillitie of seeing
the goodes, which heere every body hath seeae, aad which I dowt aot by
outher meanes to obtaiae. And now I have taken such a jurney I will not
retorne like a foole, for making more haste then good speede, aether will I
proloag more time thea aeedes must. Oa Munday I resolve to goe to
Flushing, Whether I send Clarke tomorrow Avith a Gentallwornan of my
Lady BroAvnes to provide me a house, by which you may understand I am
aot beholding to Mr. Manmaker for soe much as that, for hee hath denied
it me, and I meane not to trouble him ia any thinge. The Duke of
Bulline is looked for to night or to moroAv, but every body sayes Mobs'
Manmaker is not Avilliag here shoidd com maay byers. He ded not soe
much as offer me his service, but made my jurney desprafc, and to no
purpose ; but it Avill aot eater into my beleef, for if he sayes true all
the world else lyes that are heere. Fullbergaine hath a midell beleefe,
Avhich is aot to beleeve aether the one nor the other. This 3 aightes I
have aot bin in bed, and have bin a veiy sicke creatur, as allmost ever
creture was that Avas with me. God send raer a better passage to thee
and that I find the weU, and be you assured heere are very rich aud
raire thinges, sufficient to make my Lord of Buckingham a Avonderfull
sumtious present, for those that have seene them have assurd me of it,
but those that have an intrest ia the goodes doe suspect Manmaker and
some others have a mind to ingrose them to themselfes for a matter of
notliing, as in truth it appeers. The next Messinger shall bring you more
at large Avhat now I omitt, this being the furst day I put my foote on
land. I sent all Joceemes letters as soune as I can, but I have seene none
but Manmakes. Curteene is very sicke, but he sent his sonne. in laAV to
me aad provided my lodging, and sen this coche to carrie me to it. My
Lady BroAvne keepes in by reason of her Mothers death. Every thing
proves as cross as is poseeble hether to. Heere is divers sesternes of silver,
and 4 high candell-stickes for torches, and very rich stuffes imbrocired, and
a great deale of both men and Avimene3 apparrill. He perswaides me it is
all olde stuff, but others doe assure it is nue out of the peece, but as I saye
the next will tell you all and till then God aight and send us a happie
meeting. thy faithfull true loving Wife, As>"A. Cakletox.
Prom Midellbrow, thi3 Saterday aight, this 6 of November.
To my Deere Husband, Sa Dudley Cakleios, Knight,
Lord Ambassador for h'i3 Ma"* with the Staites at the Hagh.
300 APPENDIX.
LXXVIII. LADY ANNA CARLETON TO SIR DUDLEY CARLETON.33
My heere sweete nART : Flushing, November 9, [1624].
I kkoeved thine of the 5th just at. my coming to Flushing where I am
come I thanke God very well, but with as many dificoltes as ever any
past, for I cam afoote from Midellbrough and yet after that I went to
see as many of the goodes as ware to be seene. Heere are very fine
hangings of silke imbrodred with silver chamblot, which thay call cloth of
gold, and som Avith slight cloth of silver betweene and som of the same
fassion Avith greene darnmaske betweene, the borders are of greene vellett
imbrodred with that chamblot. Thay are as good as neAv; there is a dellicatt
aeedell worke carpitt very courious aad rich. All these I wish I had at a
reasonable rate aad I would torae marchaat. There are very good tapstery
but is is somwhat olde, if it com at a very Ioav raite I Avill bye store for
my selfe and my frendes. Heere is great store of exceeding good houshold
stuff. Heere are store likeAvise of very faire pictures ; but what I shall
doe for the getting of them for my Lord of Buckingham, God knowes, for
I doe not. Heere is no respect of parsones, nor no such thing to be heered
of, but who Avill give most shall have it. Jokeemes brother never com to
me but mett me at the place where- the jplate and cristalles Avare and never
tooke notice of me, but, when I understood it Avas hee, I told him I sent
him a letter from his brother in laAV, and that I desired his aide in the
choice of som pictures for the Duke of B. ; as I thought his brother had
advertised him, which he thea ackaowledged aad offred me his service.
Moasur Manmaker Avas with me all that afteraouae, which was Soaday,
with his wife aad Madam Hoteene, who offred me, very kindly, her
house. Her husbaad is at the campe aad staves to bring the Duke of
Bollone hether ; but I thinke this tempestious Avether will aot suffer them
to come. Your bookes I AviU have a care of ; thay Avill not yet be solde a
groat Avhile ; but there are 2 delicate basiones thay saye of hammered worke
but I thiake they are but cast. Thay are such as I Avould A'ery gladly
have, thay are marvelous goodly ones. I pray present my humble service
to the Queene, and let her know the candell stickes are not for her; thay are
olde aad battred and the least pare of them comes to £300 and above.
There are other thinges I shall doe my outermost indevore to get them for
her. Turkey carpittes yet seene noae but 2 or 3 durtie rotteu ones. There are
delicate bedes of helitropia as ever I looked on, and very fme ons of lapes lasrero
[? lapis lazuli] and blacke aud whit agett, but less then those of the Queenes a
33 On || Nov., 1624, Sir Dudley Carleton writes, from the Hague, to John Cham
berlain, "My Wife i.s now in Zeeland, at an Incanto of Italian and Spanish goods
taken by a freebooter of that Province from a Viceroy of Naples, as they were
transporting into Galicia (where it seemes his habitation is) by the Cape St. Vincent:
and having seene the list of them I more coihiserate his family then himself, whose
gaines of the whole time of theyr service in clothes, and trinkets are lost in that one
prise, wherin is much wayting-gentlewoemens ware : but withall store of hangings
and goode howsehold stuff, Spanish and Italian bookes (w"1' are my marchandise) and
pictures of the best hands ; abowt w"11 my Wife hath chiefely undertaken this jorney,
to doe service to owr chiefe person's at home, who looke after them ; and it is well yf
she can purchas thancks answearable to her paine3; for she hath had an ill passage
thether, being fower dayes and three nights on ship-boord in tempestuous wether."
APPENDIX. 307
good deale, yet I Avould faine have them all for her. There are pritie nue
cristaUes, but none very faire, not comparable to that you gave the Duke.
I find aot many courious thinges. There is a very fare bottell of aggefct and a
litell cupe. This is the furst day and they are now aseUing ot" all there
rags and clontes, and I have sent to by some babyes for the geutell
Avemen, for heere are very fine ones. I am sorry I had noae of Mri" Apsley's
comaiaudes, for I cold have furnished her house very welL I pray comend
me to her. I hope I shall find her at the Hagh, I am lodged at my Lady
Flumminges exceeding well, aad soe much made on as is posseeble. Yet I
shall long to be Avith thee, especiaUy when you are soe kind to take soe
much care of me. I am sorry the staites doe not make my Lord of
Buckingham a present of these things. I cold have chosen out a very fine
on of the plate and christaUes, and beding, and hanging, and aggetts, and
bessorstones, and the gold baskes and boxes, and tables, and picturs, aad it
Avould have bia thought you had procured it. Ifc will be yet this 4 dayes
eare the plat aad christalls will coaie to be sold. I haA'e had most cora-
pliment of Mr. Borrell, but for effectes I have had of noae, nor I doe not
see I am hke. I have more of my Lady Fleming then aU this Countrey will
afford me. I send you heere a letter to be sent to her sonne ; he is with
Sir Charles. Heere is my Lord Willibye ; he cam to visite me last night. I
thinke he helpes themes to sell rages, for I heere he is there now. S: Ioha
Wentworth is very respective to me ; I delivered your message to him.
S' Iohn Borrows remembers his service to you ; and I my truest affectioaes,
praying to God we may have a safe and a happie meeting. Thy faithfull Wife, A. C.
From Flushing, this 9th of November.
To my cleere husband, SR Dudley Cakleton, Knight,
His Ma"" Ambassator w"" the Staites at the Hagh.
LXXIX. LADY ANNA CARLETON TO SIR DUDLEY CARLETON.36
Flushing, Novemher — , [162-1],
My sweete baei :
I have receved thine of the 6th and am very glad to heere thou art well,
and I hope, before this, you have receved mine that will tell you we earn all
safe hether. I writ to you from Middellbrough which I hope you have like
wise receved. Mammaker is a proud scirue [scurvy T[ kockescome and his wife
a fitt wife for him. I pray let Madam Vandernote know her letters have bin of
very littell use to me no more then yours. The coaselare Husson hath
helped me to by som picturs to day ; but heere is such keching for them that
36 Part printed in Carpenter's Appendix to " Life of Van Dyck." x 2
30S , APPENDIX.
I kiioAv not what to doe, and som times on must bye good and bad to gether.
I have bought nine to day, good and bad, but in truth aoae very bad, Avithout
it be one as bige as halfe lay hand. They are sold exstreine deere, and yet
there are infinit here. I have som very raire peeces, on of Tisianes, it cost
me all most £30. I have another littell peece which cost me £40 and ode.
My Lord Willibye is heere, and hee is a great byer. Yet if I had not these
picturs, the painters of Aawarp Avould haA-e given the mony. I never saw
pictures sold soe deere in my life, espetially trash. I Avish all owrs Avare
sold as well, it would paye our deates. I cannot but once more tell you I am
sorry my Lord of Buckingham had riot a present of these thinges. Here are
great store of very faire picturs. I cold have chosen him a very faire present
out of these goodes and plait. I have got somwhat amoung them, but
I wish thay had it from me. It is an exsfcreme cold. I resolve to stay
2 or 3 days yet, though thay Avill scarse alow me a place to see the thinges
in, thay are soe sivell. I beseech you let Mr. Jokeemie knoAv it. We
must paye in every pound flemmish- 7 stivers impost ; thay say-you are aot
free. I assure you it will com to a great deall of mony and therefor
I wish you Avould speake about it, and I thinke you may let me heere from
you before I shall com aAvaye, for I shall see nothing with out I staye till
the latter ende of the next Aveeke. Manmaker carries a great stroke in the
selling of these thinges ; and it is imposseeble to see' them all, for the thinges
are infinit, aad they Avill sell of there Avorst furat ; for now we are but com to
good pictures this daye, and thay saye there Avill be better tomorroAV ; and,
after the pictures are sold, then thay will sell the tappestry ; aad soe other
hanginges and bedes. I lye at my Lady Flemminges, Avhere my lodging
cost me nothing but her diate and her daughters and 2 mades. One of them
kepes us in the kichen and thinges are at a reasonable raite heere ; the
going and commiag is the greatest charge. You gave me no derection
what I should doe with the pictures or other thinges that I bought' ; whether
I shoidd send them into England, or bring them with me to the Hagh; but
I pray you let me heere from you with aU speede. We have hard this daye
of the death of my Lord of Southamton and his sonae, a missarable loss,
God comfort his pore lady. I know thou 'art much greeved and I assure
thee I am. We likeAvise heere the Prince of Oreng is gon sicke to the
Hagh. God send him better fortune these had after there remove. My
Lord Williby is Avind bond, and all the rest of the Inglish. . He conies every
day to me and soe doe the rest. Thay caaie and went with me to the
place where the thinges are to be sold, and my Lady Flemming and her
Daughter every day goes with me, I goe aot soe basely but that thay might
thinke me- worthy of better respect then I find amoungest them; but I pray
God I may find thee well and I shall littell care for this. I pray present my
humbliss sendee to there Magesties. I would writ to the Queene if I had any
tiling ivorthy the troubling her with. By my last I thought to have fitted
them all at Court Avith Spanish Babyes ; but thay ware sold amoung such
other trash which was not fitt for me to by. I will doe what I can for the
silver plate for the littell Lady ; but all of it is not worth the bying. Courteene
hath bin very sicke and all his family. I wish you ded but see ia what croud
of people I goe, you would not thinke I feared the plauge ; but I pray God
I. be not more bardie then wise. . We are all Avell I thanke God, but that
I have an exstreme cold. I take it very kindly the care thou takest for me,
APPENDIX. 309
but I am sorry thou shouldest breake thy sleepe for it. God send us a
happie meeting and thee long life and helth, and I will ever rest -
Thy faithfull true loving Wife
Anna Cakleton.
From Flushing, this 21 of November, new stile.
To my deere husband, S." Dudley Cakleton, Knight,
Lord Ambassador for 'his Ma1" with the Staites at the Hagh.
LXXX. SIR D. CARLETON TO PHILIP BURLAMACCHI. [Extract-] 18
Hague, December — , 1624.
gn. 28
W'h thanckes for yor lfe of the 28,b of the last, the more pertycular
answere Avhereunto 1 referr you to my next oportunity of Avriting. This
serves only to lett you understand that haveing good corirission to buy certaine
pycktures and other thinges of those Avch were lately soidd at Mydelburgh
<fe Flushing, out of the Pryze taken from the Vyceroy of Naples, for the
Queene of Bohemia, <fe my Lord Duke is Dutchesse of Buckingham, about
wch my wyfe made a jorney into Zealand expresly, she there layd. out in
Dutch money to the value of £627 sterling of wch present payment being
made there by S' Pieter Courteen, whereof he hath demanded of me
remburssmeat ia specie. I have procured ye same accordingly to be payd
unto him by Mr. Samuell Avery, one of o' Englysh Merchands at Delff, &
have promised him repayment by Exchange in Londoa . . . And for
the perticularityes, upon what account these moneyes are to be charged, I Avill
advertyse you by the Shipp wherein the pycktures & some other thinges are
laden, for the Lordps the Duke & Dutchesse.
* # * . * *
Your A'ery assured frend,
Dudley Carleton.
LXXXI.
[Indorsed by Sir Dudley Carleton.—" My Nephew's Bill of Expences in Eng: given
to me the 10"' of Sept', 1624."]
Layd owt since the sending of my first accounts for the silver plate and
other things OAvt of England, for the seiwice of my Ld Amb' and my Lady
Carleton, these summes following : — £
For Ovids Avorkes wth Commentaries for my La Ambr . . 0
For a new black bever hatt Av,b a gold band . . . . 2
For portage of the Chrysostoioes owt of Kent to London . 0
s.
d.
18
0
18
0
14
6
310 APPENDIX. \
£ s. d)
For packiag up the Chrysostomes in double canvas to be sent
for Venice . . . . . . ..140
For foure dousen of gloves w* a sett of greene and silver knotts
for my Lady Carleton
For 16 strings of red Coraeliaa beades .
For 4 dousea of 2d Scarlett riband
For 3 dousen and 10 yards of 4'1 scarlett riband
For Illiotropeys .....
To my Lady Harrison for counterfeit silver, for birdseye, and
other things bought by her for my Lady Carleton
For two yards of black and white striped stuffe
For a chest to carrie these things
For a porter to carrie this chest
. 3
5
0
. . 7
14
0
. 0
12
0
. . 1
3
0
. 0
12
6
Iseye, and
m . . 5
1
0
. 0
7
0
. . 0
3
6
. 0
0
6
summa £24
13
0
APPENDIX E.
- HORACE GENTILESCHI.37
The following Correspondence, and " The Sommes of Monnys Gentileschi
hath receeved," in the handwriting of Balthazar Gerbier, have much
37 Orazio Luigi Gentileschi was born at Pisa in 1563, and was a disciple of Aurelio
Lorni, his half brother. He distinguished himself greatly by his works at Florence,
Genoa, and Eome, as likewise in Prance and Savoy ; and so great was his reputation
that he was invited by Charles I. to' London in 1626, Avho granted him an annuity of
£100 per annum, treated him in the most liberal manner, and furnished his house
from top to toe, at an expense of more than £4000. Among the several Avorks,, which
he painted for that Monarch, were the ceilings at Greemvich. Saudrart, who Avas in
London, when Gentileschi was here, describes a few of his pictures which were
painted for the King, in the highest terms of commendation. One was Mary
Magdalen prostrate on the ground, with such a character of devout compunction and
divine meditation, as could not be more feelingly expressed by any artist. He
appears to have received £300 for this picture according to Gerbier's account [see
p. 314]. Another was a Holy Family, representing the Virgin sitting on the ground
ivith the Infant at her breast and Joseph in a supine attitude, resting his head on a
sack, which picture, in the drawing, design, colouring, and disposition, as also fbf
the appearance of nature and truth, -was- justly admired. This picture Gerbier
estimates at £80. The third was Lot and his Daughter, estimated by Gerbier worth
£100: Avas so happily executed, as to be equal to the performance of any master.
After the death of the King, nine pictures by Gentileschi were sold for £600, and
are now the ornaments of the Hall at Marlborough House. He contracted an
intimacy with Yan Dyck, who painted an excellent portrait of him. He died in
London in 1647, age, eighty-four.
Francesco Gentileschi, his son, excelled ia historical subjects ; he died at Genoa
about 1660.
Artemisia Gentileschi, his daughter, Avas born at Rome in 1 590. "While in England,
she painted portraits of the principal nobility, and a fine picture for Charles L the
subject of which was David and Goliath. She was held in high esteem by Guido.
Two of her best pictures in Italy were Judith and Holofernes [See ante, pp. 57 — 60]
and Susanna and the Elders. She died in 1642. PiUdnglo-n.
APPENDIX. 311
interest. W'e gather from them that Gentileschi was considered by King
Charles I. and the Duke of Buckingham (if aot by Gerbier) one of the
greatest painters of the day ; for besides a liberal pensioa of £100 : per
annum, a large sum ia those days, his house Avas, by the King's orders,
furnished expressly for him, " froai top to toe," at the enormous outlay of
more thaa £4000. The Kiag also seems to haA-e taken Gentilescki's family
under his especial protection, to have seat his soas to Italy for their particular
benefit, and to have paid eveiy expease attending their jouraey. The
account of the money received by Gentileschi, in Gerbier's handwriting, is
exceedingly curious, aad we think from the very severe tone, exhibited
throughout this paper, that Gerbier, an artist, himself under the protection
of the Duke of Buckingham, was little pleased at the favours so lavishly
bestowed upon Gentileschi aad his family.
The letters from Gentileschi appear to have been Avritten in consequence
of some objections, perhaps originating with Gerbier, to the large sums of
moaey received by Gentileschi : but, although, unfortuaattsly, neither of
these papers is dated, it is clear from Gentileschi in his first letter, describing
the journey of his sons to Italy, and, in his second, being so short of money
and ia debt, " thro' having sent his sons into Italy, according to the King's
commands," that Gerbier's Paper must have beea Avritten subsequent to
both ; because Nicholas Lanier, Avho supplied them Avith money ia that
jouraey, is called upon " to justifye what the Gentileseo3 had in Itally,"
which Gerbier says was about £500. The figures attached to the pictures
shoAV the exact prices Gentileschi received for some of his most beautiful
works, and it also appears that Endymion Porter, " whoAvasforcett to solicit
for Gentilesco, after his arrivall, £500," AAras somewhat interested in the
success of the application, aad received, at all events a portion of the £200
with which Gentileschi was obliged to bribe those who had interested them
selves in his favour.
[Translated from the Italian]
[Indorsed by Sec. Lord Dmxhesler,—" Sig' Gentilesch:* Memor1."]
LXXXII. II. GENTILESCHI TO SEC. LORD DORCHESTER.
Most illustrious and most Excellent Signor,
AND HY -MOST DISTINGUISHED PaTROX :
In order that your Excellency may be informed of the expenses incurred by
Francesco <fe Giulio,37* my sons, on the occasion of their voyage into Italy
by his Majesty's commands, it is necessary that you should understand that
they were despatched by Sig Thomas Cary on the 20th Aug. 1627, by His
Majesty's commands to Genoa, to purchase a study of Pictures of the Sg'
Philip Saa Micheli, with the intervention of Sig Nicholas Lanier, who was
then at Venice. For their journey as far as that place, one hundred and
37* On 4 December, 1628, a pass was signed for " Sig' Julio Gentilesco, sonne to
Sig' Horatio Gentilesco, one of his Ma-"' servants to retourne into Italy." Comic.
Reg. Car. 1. vol. iv. p. 614.
312 APPENDIX.
fifty pounds Avere given to them by the hands of Sigr Cary, Avith an intima
tion tliat they would find the Sig' Lanier at Genoa, and that he had given
him order in his letter to supply them Avith money for their stay there and
for their return. He also gave them his own letters in their favour, but
when- they arrived at Milan they heard that Sig' Lanier Avas at Venice, Avho
would depart in a short time for England. Upon this, one of them resolved
to go to Genoa, and the other to Venice, to find him, Avhich they did, and
Avhen the one arrived at Venice, he was informed by those in Avhose house
Sigr Nicholas had lived, that he had left for Genoa 4 days since, upon which
Giulio immediately resolved to travel post and rejoin his brother, so that
with his brother and in conjunction Avith Sig' Nicholas they might effect the
purpose for Avhich they had been sent into Italy. But whea Giulio arrived
and opeaed the matter to his brother Francesco, he asked him if he had
conferred Avith Sig' Lanier ? He told him that he had not seen him, having
remained but one day in Genoa, wliich surprised his oavti merchant, to Avhom
the letters of exchange were directed, so that Giulio again, without loss of
time, thought it right to return to Venice, and ascertain clearly the intentions
of the said Sig' Nicholas. Arrived there, he opened the matter to him, and
ha\-iug found him unwilling to agree to the purchase of that study, told him
that he must provide them Avith money as they purposed to return home. He
replied that he would first speak with His Majesty's Ambassador, and requested
him to Avait upon him oa the following morning, which he did, in company
with the Ambassador's nephew, when he told him that it appeared to the
Ambassador, that they ought to remain in Italy * * * [torn away]. Giulio
said that he would willingly obey, but that if they remained up to that
time Avinter would come upon them, it being now the month of November,
they avouL.1 be coastrained to postpone their return until the spring, and
that they Ave-re not provided with money to keep them for so long a time,
Sig' Lanier replied that, " they should avail themselves of the 500 dollars
given by the Sig' Thomas Cary, for the purchase of Pictures, and as that
Avas for the King's service, he Avould excuse them to the said Sig' Cary and
say that it ivas by his order, Avhich he did. After this Giulio told him of
his haAdng made two journeys post to Venice, for which he had received no
money, and that he had spent aU the money he had of his own, and begged
he Avould provide him Avith sufficient, at least for Iris return. Upon this the
said Sig' Nicholas caused Daniel Nys to give hira thirty Spanish doubloons,
and he, on receiving them, returned to Genoa, when in conjunction with his
brother, he demanded the above-mentioned 500 dollars of Sig' Frederic
Siiminiati. Francesco remained there, Giulio having gone to Pisa to pass
the winter with some of his relatives. . In about 5 or 6 months I wrote
to both of my sons, by order of the Sig' Thomas Cary, for them to return
to England, that such was the intention of His Majesty, who would reward
them for their trouble, and that Sig' Nicholas Lanier had order to provide
them with the same sum of moaey as they had when despatched into Italy.
Having in due time received my letter, they Avrote to Sig Nicholas at
"Venice to send them money for their return, and after having waited for his
ansAver a month and a half, Francesco determined to go to Venice for the
money. At that instant there came an order to Geaoa to Sig1 Frederic
Samiaiati to pay them 150 doubloons, but Francesco who had arrived at
Venice, and found the Sig' Lanier, told him that he Avished him to pay the
APPENDIX. 313
money to him ; but Sig' Nicholas gave him the biU of exchange in con
firmation of the first, payable to Giulio and Francesco jointly, for tiie above-
named 150 doubloons, and then gave him to return to Genoa, and for his
other Avaats, aaother 57 doublooas, which makes in all the value of the £150
sterling. They received nothing for their journey to Genoa, and thi3 is the
money -received for all, and the declaration of the reasons of their voyages
to Venice, Avhich, when it please your Excelleacy, they will clear the Avhole ia
your presence Avith Sig Nie. Lanier. You may rest assured, that I have
iaserted nothiag in this present information, that they have not given ia a
like form to His Majesty aad Sig1 Thomas Cary for the clearance of any charge
that may be made against them. And here with reverent affection I humbly
kiss the hands of your most illustrious Lordship is Excellency.
Your most humble aad obedient Servant.
Ojiatio -G"ENTILESCHI.
[Translated from the Italian]
[Indorsed by Sec. Lord Dorchester, — " Sig' Gentileschies Memor1 delivered unto
me ye 24 of Ap. 1629."]
LXXXIII. H. GENTILESCHI TO SEC. LORD DORCHESTER [April, 1629.]
Most illustrious and host Excellent Signor,
and my most distinguished pitron :
Since your Excellency commands me, on the part of His Majesty, to give
an account of what Avas preseated to me by the Duke of Buckingham, of
glorious memory, which I did not even expect to have to do, as foreign to
my intentions and to the interests of His Majesty, having received it as a
gift from his ExceUency himself, and not for anything that I had done ia this
kino-dom ; but that I might be ready for this service Avith devotion, having
lefttiie service of France and come, at my own expense, into England, but
very different to when I Avas called by the Republic of Genoa, by the Grand
Duke of Tuscany, by his Highness of Savoy, and lastly by the Queen Mother
of France, from Avhich Princes I received a good sum of money for my
travelling expenses ; and further for having lost much time in Avaiting until
the house ordered by his ExceUency to be furnished for me was completed.
I will tell you what I have receiA-ed from his ExceUeacy ia England. 1 do not
believe your Excelleacy wishes to have any account Avhilst I served another
Prince out of this kingdom, much more of what he gave to me for pictures
seat to him from Paris, neither the one nor the other can, I feel assured,
prejudice my claims, nor the credit Avhich I have from His Majesty for the
services I have readered him. I know it cannot be his intention that
I should be satisfied with the moaey which was given to me by the Lord
Duke, but that he will benignly recognise me, in accordance with a perfect
understanding, and as so great a sovereign is accustomed to do. Up to the
present time I have only received from him one year's provision, aad the
huudred and fifty pounds for the azure, Models, aad other colours, as I
31 1 APPENDIX.
have already informed your ExceUency ; and you may easUy learn from
His Majesty himself if he has ordered any other money to be given to
me, or if there be found any other paymaster of the King Avho has given
me anything, so that your Excellency may be clearly satisfied concerning my
credit aud debit. But to proceed to Avhat is required of me ; I Avill say
that I have received no other money but Avhat His Majesty, by his favour,
gave to the Lord Duke for me, the said Lord having first drawn a receipt
in his OAvn hand to that Viscount, whom His Majesty ordered to pay the
money to the Lord Duke, aad not to others. The Duke, of his kind
ness, and for the above-named reasons, made me a present of it, which
bounty amounted in aU to £1500, although I only touched £1300, having
given £200 to some persoas interested in that affair, aad who had
proposed it, being the coaditioas upon Avhich they iaterested themselves.
Of these £1300 a part I have spent oa my son, who had been some
time in his Excellency's service, aad the rest ia the maintenance of my
house. My son, has not received anything for that service as others have
done, but of this I Avould never have spoken, aor of the above-aamed
particulars, had I not been constrained to give these accounts. It is
certain that if I had not been accommodated with this money, I should
have been compelled to be much more sohcitous, not to say importunate,
to receive the money which was assigned for my living. At preseat I
believe there are ao other accounts to give your ExceUency, and these I
kaovv you wiU not consider as in any Avay affecting what is owing to
me. It only remains for me to intreat you, to do me the favour to
settle the Avhole, in order that I may make arrangements for my provision,
being altogether so short of money, nay more, so indebted, thro' having
sent my sons into Italy according to His Majesty's commands. This you
can ascertain from a merchantrwho has accommodated me Avith the moaey
for these services. Expectiag your favour, I remain most bound to the
courtesy of your ExceUency, Avhose hands are humbly kissed by
My most illustrious and ExceUent Lord,
Your most humble servant,
Oratio Gentheschi.
[Indorsed by. Secretary Lord Dorchestei — -"Moneys recd by Gentileschi."]
[This document is entirely in the handwriting of Gerbier]
LXXXIV. THE SOMMES OP MONNYS GENTILESCO HATH RECAEVEI).
The 12 cf Sept. £
In Primis, for a Picture, onley a single figeure beeinge a Magdelene 300
For his comming over as apeered by a quittance . . . 500
What monny he had by MUords one hand for two pictures he seat
from France, the one having bin the Cardinals, is not kaowne. . . .
Item, after his arivall he importunaeted the Duck so long, that
Mr. Indimion Porter Avars forcett to solicitt for him . . 500
which was the 500 whaire Avith his sone with a plott ment to
go for Itally.
APPENDIX. 31£
Item, got for to buy Collors beeinge a aeew plott to putt upou the
King, witnes Mr. Cary 150
Item, more for to travell ........ 150
And after the sonne caeme back agayne maide beleeve that ho
had bin robde at sea and gott an other somme wich I cannot tell. . . .
In the Ieare he maide one peece for the King got an Yrish
Baron for his schaire ....... 1 500
Afore the Duke went to Re", the Duke tould me that Gentiles
squised out of his purs . . . . . 400
£3,500
Besydes aU his housse farnishet from top to too ; Avich wUl amount
more then £4,000
Gentilesco for this hath sent a Madelen 38 Avich, ia regarde of
rare peeces of Titian is better Masters then he, may be
worth .......... 50
A Maghdelen with Joseph35 80
A Christ at the PUlare 40
The Picture he hath maide in Englaat of Lott, that Avich the
King hath 100
£270
Mr Lanier saith by a Note he had that the GentUescos had in Itally about
£500, and yet thy bring ia reckniug £80 they have spent. Mr. Lanier
wiU justifye this. LXXXV.
, 1629 — -30, January. An Annuity of £100 : graunted to Horatio Gen
tileschi, Geat, during his Ufe, the first payment thereof to begin from
Christmas last. LXXXVI.
1(529 30, January. A Warrant for payment of £300 unto Horatio
Gentileschi, in satisfaccon of soe much due at Xmas last, for three yeares
allowance of the said Aauity, of avc1* his Matie is pleased that he shall
receive the Benefit from the time of his first coming into this kingdome,
wcb is certified to have bene in the Yeare 1626.
33 In the Catalogue of the curious collection of pictures of Geo. Villiers, Duke oj
Buckingham, in which is included the. valuable collection of Sir Peter Paul Rubens,
written by Brian Fairfax. 4to. London, 1758 ; at page 14, these two pictures
are described as painted by Gentilescui, viz. :—
No. 1. A Magdalen lying at her length in a grotto leaning on a skull.
No'. 2*. The Virgin Mary, Our Saviour, and St. Joseph sleeping.
316 APPENDIX.
LXXXVII.
1631, June 24. Warrant to pay unto Horatio Gentileschi £200 : for
pictures by him delivered to his MatlM use, unto whome a former privy
Scale was graunted for payment of the said somme, the which is since
loste. His Ma'ies pleasure sigaified by the Lord Viscount Dorchester
and by him procured.
APPENDIX F.
SIR BALTHAZAR" GERBIER
All Biographies say that Gerbier was born in 1591. From the'
following account . of his Pedigree, writtea by himself to Sir Francis
Windebank, Secretary of State, it would, however, appear that he came
into the world soon after St. Bartholomew's day.
LXXXVII.*
" The now Uving Heralt of Armes of the Duche" of Brabant hath subscribed
my genealogie (renewed two yeares since). Witnesses, my Father borne at
AntAverpe, sonne of a Nomian Knyght to his grand Father, married to
Cathurina de Laloe, daughter to Alonzo de Laloe, Secretary of State unto
King Philip the 2a, and, by her Mother's side, daughter of Francis de
Valdolid, Heyg stuart unto the Emperor Charles the fift, so that as my
father a freach man by the masculin line, of Spanish blud by the Mother, so
my selfe French by Father and Mother, who daughter in aire to the Lord
Blaa'et in Picardie : aU what can be said is, that during the Massacre of Paris
my Father and Mother fledd, I being then in my Mother's belly, who was
brought forth at Middlebourgh, where I made noe aboade since 5 yeares of
age, and since 8 have bin ia Gascoany; travelled aad Uvedia England since
the year 1617, having ao dependence of Hollanders, nor RebeUs a3 these call
them. All the parents I have in the worreld, from my Father and Mother's
side, being eather in PortugaU here aad in France, of the House of Melun of
Espinay, The Lanoy, Governor of Hulst att this side, many att Antwerpe
where yett Houses wth our armes ; att Gant aad ia Flandres, w* to prove
by Toumbes here att BruxeUes, and by the Ancient Armes of our
FamiUies." Nevertheless he had an especial dislike to be looked upon as a French
man. He declares he is "heart, tooth, and naile EngUsh," and he preferred
requests to Parliament for aataraUsation, on more than one occasion. He
was Master of the Horse to the Duke of Buckingham, accompanied him to
Spain in 1623, as also to France in 1625, Avhen the Duke writes to
APPENDIX. 317
Socretary Lord Coaway, complaiaiag of " the ill usage his servant Gerbier "
had met ->vith. A. full account of his employments in Holland and
Flanders in 1627 Avill be found ante p. 68 et seq. The assassination of
his patron the Duke of Buckingham iu August 1628 caused him to
solicit foreign employment ; an iaterestiag letter wUI be fouad ante p. 135-6,
respectiag his coanexion, &c, Avith the Duke. In May, 1631, he Avas
appointed "his Mat'"* Agent at Brussels," 3S aad many of his letters written
in this capacity aylU be found printed in a previous part of this volume.
Several were writfcea by him ia 1636-7, Avith refereace to the efforts made
by some of the Court at Brussels to have him removed, but Rubens appears
to have stood his friend, and the King, satisfied Avith his coaduct, did aot
replace him.
LXXXVIII. BALTHAZAR GERBIER TO " BROTHER NORGATE." (Extract.)
Brussels, January — , 1636-7.
21
" The late Marquis d'Aytoaa received order to sigaifie the old Iafanta's
pleasure I should dispence rny self from appearing in this Court, wcl1
resolution was pufct att a stand by S' Peter Reubens, whom theise consulted
on that point, his opiaioa the lafanta ought not to mislike my person
for being a faithful servant to the King my Maister."
LXXXIX. SEC. SIR P. WINDEBANK TO B. GERBIER. (Extract.)
SR : )Veslminster, May 25, 1638.
* * e * *
Concerning the Calumnies that have bene cast upon you, I must tell
you it is very true that the late Sp: Amb' De Onate,in an Audience a little
before his departure, pressed His Ma"' very earnestly for your Revocation,
alledgeing, for his chiefest argument, that you are borne ia HoUand, or
som of these Provinces noAV ia oppositioa to the CroAvne of Spaiae, aad that
therfore being Her Masters, the K. of Spaine's naturall borne subject, and
yet in opposition to him, you Avere incapable of such an employm'. But
His M. weU perceaved the dessigne of the man & that he having (wlllout
doubt) som aotice of yo' preseat Negotiatioa there, did move this of
purpose to overthroAv it. Never the lesse you must aot be discouraged,
seiao- yo" serve a gracious Master, is that values you much the better
(I asseure you) for so ill aa office don you most unjustly by such a maUcious
person. Yo' most affectionat frende <fc servant,
Fban. Windebank.
3i» There is a "Warrant to the Exchequer " for payment of 40a. per diem to Sir
Balthazar Gerbier, Knight, his Ma'" Resident w* the Cardinall Infanta in Flanders
or his assignes for his enterteynment," &c.
318 APPENDIX.
He came to England ia September 1638, was knighted by the King at
Hampton Court oa the 2d of October, and returned to Brussels a few days
after. In September, 1639 he Avrites to the Secretary of State, thanking
him for having put the King ia mind of his preteasioas respecting the place
of Master of the Ceremonies, which His Majesty promised the Duchess of
Buckingham he should succeed to. He Avas exceedingly careful of the
education of Ms sons ; his eldest " had aU the exercises fitt for a gentlemaa,
and may prove a rare mathematician as he speakes eight severall languages
prompt ; his two other souas (vvherof oae the King's godsonae) speake aow
neere foure severall languages." ¦"* His last letter from Bru3.-.els is dated
-vj-f August, 1641, aud ia the October foUowing he writes from "Bednal
Green, near London." Oa the 12th November, 1649, his papers relating
to the trial of the late King Charles I. Avere ordered by the CouncU of State
to be examined. It is said that he afterwards became so reduced as to be
oliged to keep a school ; that at the restoratioa he feU into disgrace, and died in
indigent circumstances in 1667. A Protege of the Duke of Buckingham,
lie Avas persoaally kaowa to, aad ia correspoadence Avith, the most eminent
men of his time. Walpole in his " Anecdotes of Painters," assigas a con
siderable place to Gerbier. Many of his' letters are highly interesting and
he seems to have been the means of introducing into England great
improvements in the trade of Pawnbrokers, which he recommended should
be similar to the Mounts of Piety in the Netherlands.
APPENDIX G.
HUBERT LE SUEUR.'11
This Great Sculptor Avas patronised by Charles I., and an interesting
Correspondence, preserved in the State Paper Office, has been printed in the
Appendix to Carpenter's "Memoir of Sir Anthony Van Dyck," pp. 188
et seq., conceraiag the brouze statue, by Le Sueur, of King Charles I. now at
Charing Cross, which was origin aUy done at the expense of the Earl of
Arundel. 40 One of Gerbier's sons Avas employed by the King, and there is a Grant of a fee of
6s. Sd. per diem to Balthazar Gerbier for his attendmce upon Ambassadors and
strangers. The following extract of a letter written by him to the Earl of Danby,
tells U3 the maiden name of his wife : — " If y* Lp causeth the £41: sterl' to be paid
to my Fa/her in Law, Kip, he shall find meanes to make the somme over to me."
41 In a " List of [291] Names, descriptions, and residences of all foreign strangers
residing within the county of Middlesex" [Dom: Chas. I., 1626, vol. xliv. No. 47],
occurs the following : In YVhitecross Street, Daniel Alman, a painter; in the Duchy
Liberty in the Strand, Monsieur Duche, a picture drawer ; in the district of Drury
Lane, Queen Street, and Prince's Street, Hubert Laseur, a picture drawer.
APPENDIX. 319
XC.
1635-6. March 11. A. Warrant to the Exchequer for payment of the
some of £200 : uato Hubrecht le Sueur for severaU Busts of brasse sould
by him to his Majestie.
XCI.
1636. May 7. A Warrant to the Exchequer to pay unto Hubert le Sueur
or his assignes the sumtae of £200 : for the Statua of Cleopatra in brasse
deliv4 to his Majestie.
In a Contract dated 17th June, 1638,42, Le Sueur "bargaines Avith the
Kinges Ma"e of great Bretaiae to cast ia brasse two Statues of 5 footes and
8 inches high " for £340. The following Warraat wUl show that he is paid
£40 for his charges ia carryiag to "Winchester these identical statues, which
may now be seen on either side of the entrance to the Choir of Winchester
Cathedral.
XCII.
1639. November 5. A Warrant to thExcheq' to pay £120 : to
Hubert le Sueur for a Bust in brasse representing King James, and £40 :
for his charges in carying to Winchester two figures, one representing King
James [1st] and the other his Matie [King Charles 1st] Subscr: by order from
Mr. Sec. Windebank, and by him procured.
XCIII. HUBERT LE SUEUR TO KING CHARLES Ist.43
[February, 1633-9.]
Your Royall Ma,ie is most humbly besought, graciously to give order for
the payment of One hundred PoAvndes for a Mercury delivered for her
Maties fountain.
Item for yr Mate5 Pourtraite w"1 the TmperiaU Crowne, AvhoUy guUt,
(which peece if it should be rejected or neglected Avould turne to your poore
pet'5 greate confusion) what yo' Ma'iE shaU please.44
Item for Three Patternes two of Venus and one of Bacchus (aU of waxe
each for £3 : facit £9 :
AU which peeces have beeae deUvered by
Your Ma,es most humble obedieat
and unworthy Praxiteles
Le Sueur.
42- Printed by Carpenter, p. 190.
43 Printed by Carpenter, without date, p. 191.
44 £30: is written in the margin to which the several sums of 100, 9, and 340, the
last the price of the " two bras3e Statues," in the above contract of 17 June, 1638,
are added, making a total of £479:' due to Le Sueur at this date.
3»o APPENDIX.
APPENDIX H.
THE COLLECTION OP PICTURES AND STATUES WHICH FORMEELY
BELONGED TO THE DUKE OF MANTUA.
The following Original Papers, relating to the purchase, by Nicholas
Lanier and Daniel Nys, of the celebrated coUection of Pictures and Statues
Avhich formerly belonged to the Duke of Mantua, are of the greatest interest
aad value. They furaish almost a complete record of this magnificent
acquisition to the Cabinet of King Charles I., and wiU be the more accep
table to aU lovers of art, inasmuch as httle is accurately known concerning
this purchase. Walpole says, "The precise year in Avhich the Duke of
Mantua's pictures were brought into England does aot occur ; but after
their acquiremeat (certainly in the early part of his reign), the increase was
constantly carried on, by purchases and presents."
It appears that Nicholas Lanier, who Avas Master of his Majesty's Music,
as also a great judge and lover of painting, was sent to Italy by the King
in Juae, 1625, to "provide for him some choice Pictures." He must have
made large purchases of pictures aad statues ; for we find Burlamachi, in
October, 1627, sooa after Lanier's return, complaining that he is caUed upon
to provide the " great somme" of £15000, to pay for these Avorks of art,
and adding that it Avill be utterly impossible for him to make provision,
Avhich Avas much needed, for My Lord Duke [of Buckingham's] rehef [in the
Isle of Rhe]. Lanier had probably informed Charles I. that many rare and
beautiful pictures and statues were still to be had in Italy ; he had possibly
spoken to the King, on his return, of the Duke of Mantua's collection ; for
Ave find that he is A-ery soon again despatched into Italy, aad writes from
Venice, in December, 1627. Sir Isaac Wake, the Ambassador there, Avas
commanded to give Lanier "his best advice and assistance;" and in
February, 1628, obtains " free transportation for such pictures, paintings,
aad other rarityes as had been provided in these parts for y° adorning of
his Ma'" Cabinet."
The first letter from Daniel Nys is dated Venice, "7 April, 1628. Lanier is
the bearer of it, but, before his departure, he had treated for the marbles
and statues belonging to the Duke of Mantua, Avho died in December, 1627 ;
aad we are informed that Nys concluded the purchase ; Lanier haviag used
every care to repair and trim them up. All the Princes of Christendom were
astonished and disgusted that they had been sold. The people of Mantua
made so much noise about it, that if the young Duke could have had them
back again, he would readily have paid double for them, aad the people would
AviUingly have subscribed the money. The letters from Daniel Nys are of the
highest interest, they allude to some of the noblest Avorks of the greatest artists
of ancient times. The St. Catherine of Correggio ; Mercury Instructing
Cupid in the presence of Venus, by Correggio, uoav in the National Gallery ;
the Madonna of Raffaelle, for which the Duke of Mantua gave a Marquisate
Avorth 50,000 scudi ; the tAvelve Emperors of Titian; besides pictures
by Michelaag-elo, Guido Reni, Giulio Romaao, Andrea del Sarto, and
APPENDIX, 321
Tintoretto. Nys thinks, however, that this wonderful and matchless
collection is not complete Avithout the acquisition of the marbles, belonging
to the Duke of Mantua ; they also should be secured aad purchased for
King Charles. The Duke of Mantua is involved hi Avar, he is in want
of money, and pledges many of his jeAvels ; agents for the Queen Mother
of France are in treaty for them ; Nys therefore takes advantage of a
favourable opportunity, and, Avithout waiting for the King's directions,
agrees to pay £10,500 for the marbles and pictures which remained. Among
the latter he secured a priceless treasure, the nine large pictures of the
Triumph of Julius Ccesar, by Andrea Mantegaa, now in the Palace at
Hampton Court. But Nys gets himself into trouble ; he thinks to do
his Majesty a great sendee, he has taken aeither per ceatage nor brokerage,
and he is sure he shaU attain both honour and thanks by his contract,
for no other Prince in Europe possesses such works of Hke rarity and
beauty. He draws upon Burlamachi, the Rothschild of King diaries I.'s
day, for the amount which he has already paid ; Burlamachi AAill not
accept his bills, the moaey not being provided for by the King ; disputes
arise, aad litigatioa is spokea of ; the Eaglish Ambassador is referred to,
and Nys seads aa Ageat iato England to represent the truth of the business.
After considerable delay, aU the works of art are sent to England, in
various ships, which are named ; the last are despatched on 25th July
1632, on board "The Assurance," and warrants are issued for the payment
of the money, which amounts to the large sum of £18,280 12s. 8c'.
Two Warrants, sigaed by the Kiag Mmself, will be observed Avith the
correspoadeace ; oae dated 23rd November, 1629, for the payment of
£11,5.00 ; the other dated 25th July, 1631, for £2,454 14s. 3d. By
extracts from the Order Books of the Clerk of the Pells,40 it appears that
£3000 Avas paid on the 15th December, 1630, by "Warrant dated 23rd
November,1629 — £1000 had been previouslypaid — and the reniaining£7,500
on 3rd March, 1631. On 2nd March, 1631, £4,325 ISs. Bd. was paid, by
warrant dated 28th January, 1631 ;46 and £2,454 14s. 3d. oa 1st February,
1633, by warrant dated 21st August, 1632. 47 These amounts make a total
of £18,280 12s. 8cl, which is the sum mentioned ia an item of Burlaniachi's
account, dated 20th August, 1635. " A Coppie of the Lord Cottington's
Warrante for the drawing and perfecting of Mr. Burlaniachi's account."
XCIV. SEC. LOED CONWAY TO SIR ISAAC WAKE.
Right HosoBtE • Ca.nterburie, June 2, 1625.
His Matie havinge sent over this gentleman, Mr. Lanier, to provide for
him some choice Pictures in Italie,41' hath commanded mee to AviU you, in
his name, to give him yoT best helpe and assistance in directinge him Avhere
43 Printed by Carpenter, pp. 186-7.
46 This Warrant I do not find.
47 The Wan-ant for this sum, see p. 337, is dated 25th July, 1631.
4S On 13th June, 1626, a Warrant was issued to pay to Philip Burlamachi £2000,
paid to Nicholas Lanier for pictures bought in Italy for the King's use.
322 . APPENDIX.
such Pieces may bee had, procuringe him the viewe of them, and that then
hee may buy them at as easie rates as yo" can gett sett upon them. Hee
hath Bills of Exchange for money, aud it wUbe one speciall part . of yo' and
his care, not to make kaoAvne the cause of his. cominge, because that woidd
much enhance the prices. But I knowe yo' discretion Avill guyde this and
all other circumstances to the best ends for his Maties service. And therefore
I Avill coihitt -aU to yo good care and furtherance, and remayne
Your loA'eing father
faythfull frend and servant
E. Conway.
XCV. 49NICHOLAS LANIER50 TO PHILIP BURLAMACHI.
Worthy Sir ; [1 September, 1627.]61
I HCfAiBXY beseech you to cofhand those inclosed noates to be dehvered
eyther to Mr. Porter or Mr. Cary for his Ma'1", av'1" the inclosed letters. I
hope, when the King hath perused them, he AviU think the thinges are worth
49 This, and the following letter are printed by Carpenter, without date, p. 186.
50 Nicholas Lanier, whose portrait Van Dyck painted as David playing upon the
Harp before Saul, was Master of the King's Music. He wa3 also commissioned by
Charles I., on several occasions, to purchase pictures in Italy. The following letter,
he addressed to Carleton at Venice, Avas written in February 1613, and taken over by
Isaac Wake, Carleton's Secretary. " My Honored Lord, — So many are the favours by
me receaved from yorLop,thafc although I have noe waightier subject to wright on, aud
that 1 knowyou ful of more important business, yet doe I think myselfe bound to remem
ber my love and service to your Lop. Newes I need not wright you, since Mr. Wake
can better satisfie therein, then I. . Only this I must let yo' Lop knoAv, that to me,
the world semes so much altered, since the death of my good Master [Prince Henry],
that I scarse know Avch is the more dangerous attempt, eyther to turne Courtier or
Cloune. I humbly beseech yo' Lop to remember my service to my worthy Ladye
yor wife, and tel her that I am providing something for hir to give a name to
(according to hir promise) when yo" returne, til Avhen and ever after I rest yo' true
honorer and servant at comand. Nich. Lanier." On 16th February, 1627, The Earl
of Pembroke writes to Charles I. recommending a request of Andrea Lanier to
have an allowance for keeping two boys : — " In the time of my being Chamberlaine,
I observed a decay in yo7 Musicke of Wind-instruments, for that theire were not
any from theire childhood initiated in that kind of musicke, and that none, as yo'
Ma'1" best knowes, were so fitt for institution that way as the Laniers." There is a
Warrant dated 7th February, 1628, for payment of £345 Is. Sd. due unto " Andrea
Lanier, one of our Munitions, for his allowance of £59 13s. id. pr Ann : aud for the
cloathiug, diet and trayning up of two boyes for the wind instruments ; '' to
" Nicholas Lanier, Master of our Musick, Jerome Lanier, Clement Lanier, Alphonso
Perabosco and Henry Peraboaco, our Musitions the severall liveries of £16 2s. 6d.
a peece, for two years ended 30 November last past; as also the sum of
£172 10s. Wd. yearely for satisfying the said allowances during yor Ma" pleasure."
In an Account of Eudymiou Porter for £1000, received from the Duke of Bucking
ham, 21st July, 1621, occur these entries, "Given to Mr. Lanier £200 : Given to Ben
Jonson £200."
51 Sec. Lord Killultagh Avrites to Lord Carleton at the Hague on 25fch May, 1(527,-
" His Ma'ie desires you to take along with you Mr. Morton AA-ho is dispatched to Sir
Isaac Wake, and when you shall send to the Archduchesse for a Passport for
Mr. Laniere to desire also a Passe for Mr. Morton."
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his mony. I am now making all tbe hast to Genoa I can, aud hope to be
returned hither wth in 3 weekes. I humbly desier you to solicet his Ma"1''
ansAver about the collection of Statues, as sone as may be, and comand me
that am, and will be ever Yo' humble servant to comand
Nich : Lanier.
XCVI. PHILIP BURLAMACHI TO [ENDYMION PORTER].
S" : [October 17, 1627.]
By the letters I send you this morning you mai have seene Ni. Laniera
demand. Hier bi the notes and descriptions sead to mee. I praie lett me knoAv
his Ma" pleaseur, bat above all Avhere monie shall by found to pay this
great somme. Iff it Avhere for 2 or 3000£ it could beborae, but for 15000£,
besides the other Engagements for his Ma" service, it wiU utterli put me out
off ani possibilite to doe aai think in those provisions wiche are so aecessari
for Mi Lord Ducks relieve. I praie lett me kaoAV Avhat I must trust, aad so
I rest Yours at Comand
Phjxipp Burlamachi.
XCVII. NICHOLAS LANIER TO ENDYMION _ PORTER.
December 27, 1627.
-,-r c, Venice,
VVortev bis :
January 7, 162S.
I have receaved yor most welcome extreamely desiered letter,, of the
29th of Noveaiber, ia whch I find you tooke it ill that you heard aot
from mee at my first arrivall heere, aad you had reason, 'tiU aiy just excuse
made me faltless. Yet I assure you I writt to you from Brussels by my
Lady Parham, aad from BaseU, under the cover of Sig' Fasch one of the
cheef Burgemasters there. When I arriv'd at Venice, wee heard you were
gonne AA-,h the Duke, wch made me a while expect the certayntye ; but, by
yoT deare letter, I find you are still the same best fread, to be by me for
ever reUgiously belov'd and honored above aU others. YoT letter came to
mee late this night and the amour's hast avUI not let me say anny more 'tiU
the next weekes dispatch. Then I will give you an accouat of yo' Utle
CoUection, and send you a list of some Marbles for the Duke, if he please
to have them, and let you kaoAV what course wee shall take to send the
Payntings home. Thus Deere Sir In hast, I kiss yor handes and remayne
ever Yo' humblest servant
and true frend Nich : Lanier.
Though the Duke of Mantua be dead and a Soaae of the Doge of Venice
have murdred a Senator in St. Marks Pallace, yet I cannot forget to give
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324 APPENDIX.
you infinite thankes for the favour you have donne my poore Avife in getting
her my Mony.
To my Hoabl* and best frend
MK Exdi.aiios Porter,
of his Mau" bed-chamber.
XCVIIL SIR ISAAC WAKE TO SEC. LORD CONWAY. (Extracts.) o
Venice, February — , 1627-8.
Rami hosoraele ur sixctler good Lore : °
Uppon Satirday the 12 of this moath stilo loci, I went into the College,
at wch tyme I did discharge myselfe at oace of diverse coaimissions, of
w'h your Lp shaU now receave an account.
# -s » » *
From these tearmes of justice, I did passe unto a point of grace, & being
required by Mr. Nicolas Laaier, ia the name of his Ma"', I did desyre of
this Priace, that he would grauat free traasportatioa, out of this Towne to
the shippe at Malaniocco, for such pictures, paintings, and other rarityes,
as had been provided ia these parts for yc adorning of his Ma''" Cabiaet.
% & 3i $, %
Lastly conceraiag his Ma"BS pictures, they did declare, that not onely in
that, but ia aay thing else, wch shall be repaired ia his Ma"es name, or for
his service, they AviU alwayes be ready to serve him wth alacrity.
* # # * *
Y1 Lps most humble & most obedient sonne <fc servant, I. Wake.
XCIX. SEC. LORD CONWAY TO SIR ISAAC WAKE. (Extract.)
Richt Honoele: Whitehall, Mareh 26, 1628.
* * * # *
This morning his Ma* gave mee a solempne charge to desire your Lop, in
his name, to enquire for Lanier his servant, whoe is in those parts about
pictures, and that you would give Mm your best advice and assistance for
the shipping of them, or at least by your next to give him advertisement
Avhether the pictures bee shipped, ia what shipps they are shipped, and
Avhea he may expect them.
* * -* * *
Your Lordshipps loveiag father friead and servant,
Conway.
[Translated f rem the Italian]
C. DANIEL NYS TO ENDYMION PORTER. 17 2
Venice, April, — , and May — , 1628.
Illustrious Sir and most esteemed Patrox :
Signok Laniek, who is the bearer of this letter, has truly used every care
APPENDIX. 325
and dUigence to repair and trim up the pictures procured from the young
Duke of Mantua, aud has caused theai to be iacased and conveyed, by the
ship Margaret, in a way in Avhich his Majesty Avill be greatly pleased to see
them ; aad he will understand from him the course I have takea to obtain
them. Since I came into the Avorld, I have made various contracts, bat
aever a more difficult oae thaa this, aad Avhich has succeeded so happily.
In the first place, the City of Mantua, and then aU the Princes of
Christendom, both great and smaU, ivere struck Avith astonishment that
we could iaduce the Duke Vincenzo to dispose of them. The people of
Mantua made so much noise about it, that if Duke Vincenzo could have had
them back again, he would readUy have paid double, and his people would
have been AviUing to supply the money. The Priace of Guastallo profferred
half the gaia, I believe, to make them a present to the Emperor. The
Grand Duke of Tuscaay, aad some of Geaoa, have doae the same ; and I
am astoanded myself at the success of this aegotiatioa. It seems as
though some fatality had favoured me, aot for. myself, but for the sake
of him for whom I aegotiated, I meaa the Kiag of Great Britain. Pray
God they may arrive safe ia port aad that his Majesty may receive- a lasting
enjoymeat from them. Ia treating for them, I used every artifice to obtaia
them at a moderate price ; as, had it been knoAvn that I Avas acting for his
Majesty, they Avould have demanded so much more. At present I am ia
treaty at Borne to procure the picture of St. Catherine of Correggio, and
hope to succeed. These wars against Montferrat are the cause of the Duke
of Nevers pledging many of his jeAvels, but I doubt whether he will
dispose of the marble statues, the list of which you have had before. In
case his Majesty should desire to have them, AviU you please to let me
kaoAV, so that others may aot carry them off, and I wiU then do all I can
to procure them to the best advantage. Moreover, I beg you will be pleased
to assure his Majesty, that I will speedily give him advice of all that
is fine that may faU iato my hands, in order that he may become the
master of it ; having entirely dedicated myself to his service, hi all that he
may judge me Avorthy of. Sigr. Lanier departed this evening with tAvo
pictures' of Correggio, the finest in the ivorld, and Avhich alone are worth
the money paid for the whole, God grant him a favourable voyage. I have
provided him oa all sides Avith good letters of credit. And so ending,
I recommend myself to your good favour, and beg you Avill retain nie in his
Majesty's favour.
Venice, April 27, 1628.
Most Illustrious Sir,-^It is bow the 12th of May. The aboA-e is a copy of
my last ; and this serves to confirm the departure of Sig. Laaier, from Avhoia I
have letteis from Bergamo of the 2nd May. He departed vid the Orisons for
Basle in good health, and Avith five horses, God accompanying him throughout.
He carries with him' two pictures of Correggio, ss in tempera, and one of
Raffaelle, the finest pictures in the world, and well Avorth the money paid for
the whole, both on accouat of their rarity aad exquisite beauty. The ship
53 Is not one of these the picture No. 1 0 now in the National Gallery, described at
pp. 59 and 60 of " The Descriptive and Historical Catalogue," as '•' Mercury instructing
Cupid in the presence of Venus," by Correggio ?
326 APPENDIX.
Margaret must be now far adA-anced on her voyage. I have not as yet heard
that she has anived at London, so that his Majesty may see so many beautifiU
and exquisite pictures. Among them is the Madonna of RafiaeUe del Canozzo,
for which the Duke of Mantua gave a Marquisite worth 50,000 soudi, and
the late Duke of Florence would have given the Duke of Mantua for the
said Madonna 25,000 ducatoni in ready money : the man Avho aegotiated
this matter is still alive. Thea there are thefrwelve Emperors of Titian, a
large picture of Andrea del Sarto, a picture of Michelangelo di Cara-
\-agrio ; other pictures of Titian, Correggio, Giulio Bomano, Tintoretto, and
Guido Reni, all of tbe greatest beauty. In short, so wonderful and glorious
a coUection, that the like AviU never again be met Avith ; they are truly worthy
of so great a king as his Majesty of Great Britain. In this negotiation I
have been aided by divine assistance, Avithout which success would have
been impossible ; to Him thea be the glory. As compaaions to these
pictures it AviU stiU be necessaiy to have the Marbles of the Duke of Mantua,
the hst of which you have with certain pictures comprised thereia ; and as
he is now involved in a war, and is pledging many of his jewels, I fearsome
one -will carry them off, nay, it seems that the Duke of Bavaria is ia treaty
for them. Your Lordship will thefore inform nie of Ms Majesty's wishes. I
beUeve they may be had (the Avar favouring us) for £10,000 sterling. So
recomnieading myself to your favourable consideration, and praying God for
your eternal preservation, Your Lordship's humble servant,
Daniel Nys.
Venice, May 12, 1639.
CI. SIR ISAAC WAKE TO SEC. LORD CONWAY. 18
Venice, April -, 1628.
Right hoxoraele my singuler cood Lord : *'
In your L',1"i lfe of y- 26 of March, there is one clause, wcUdoth command
mee to give his Ma''5 an account of Mr. Lanier,53 as likewise of the Pictures
by him provided, for his Maties service, ye ship uppon Avci they were laded <fc
the tyme of ye departure of that ship. To discharge my selfe of that duety,
I must here tell y Ldp that no care or diligence hath been ivanting oa the
part of Mr. Lanier, who hath imbarqued them very well conditioned, uppon
ye Margaret, of London, whereof Thomas Browne is Master, who did set
sayle <fc goe out of this Port of Malaniocco, upon Satirday morning ye 15"1
of Aprill s't° n° is is (as Avee hope) by this tyme halfe Avaye out of ye Gulfe,
for although wee had here uppon the 18th foUoAving a furious storme, AVch did
some hurt to fishermen, and smaU vessells, yet having heard nothing of mis-
adventure, wee do presume shee Avas got over iato Istria or Dalmatia, before
y' storme feU, is that by coasequence shee was out of daager, being indeed
63 On 12tb July, 162S, Hugh Ross writes to Sec. Coke, " I could not send a passport
tell my man came back from Dover with towe sloupes that went over with prisonners
and with Mr. Nickles Lanier that had goods for the King's use."
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a taU ship, very strong & AVeU manned av"1 37 mariners : In this buisiness I
have donue ivhatsoever Avas commaaded mee, by Mr. Lanier, is no more, is
aU that I did was this : First I did move ye Prince here for a Avarraat to
eaport ye Pictures Av^out paying of custome, av"1' would have come to a
round summe, is this was granted & effected : Secondly I lvent personally
aborde y* ship to see y" cases orderly is safely stived, Avherein I could observe
aothiag amisse : Thirdly ye Marchants of this ToAvne being partiall, I
employed my selfe to adjust betAvixt Mr. Laaier and ye Master of y" sMp,
the point of Tonaage is wee agreed to rate it at oae hundred tunne, in regard
of yc bulke & aot of y" Aveight : Lastly I have given them aa attestatioa
uader aiy haad & seale y' yc ship is employed ia ye service of his Ma'1', y'
in case they should meete w'h any who, for some other service, should require
mea or munition of them, they may be privUedged ; this is all yD account y '
I can give y' Ldp of y' ship and pictures.
Concerning ye person of Mr. Lanier, I can onely teU yv Lps y* he daparted
from heace yesterday y° 21th of Aprill st° a0, av"1 aa inteation to passe
thi-ough Helvetia, Lorrain is so to BruxeUes ; he hath a passeport of aiiae
to faciUtate his passage through y' couatryes of ye Swisses is Grisons, whither
I have Avritten likewise to my servaat Oliver to serve him <& assist him ia
whatsoever he shaU require in those parts : I have further caused a trusty
guide to come from Bergamo hither expressly to undertake y* care of his
traasportatioa, being a dUigent is faithfuU man, who hath long serA-ed mee
in aU my voyages, & acquitted himsel fevery honestly: is lastly I lent him my
Barge, to transport him to Padoua, from Avheace he is to goe in coach as
farre as Bergamo &s there to take horse. He doth cary av* him yc best pieces
of paintings, namely those of Coreggio, wcb were in grotta at Mantoua, in
regard y' being in water coulours, they Avould not have brooked y' sea is I
hope y' by that tyme this letter doth arrive, he Avill not be farre of :
So in all humiUty, I crave" leave to kisse yT Ifv* hands ifc rest ever,
Y'Lp
most humble & most obidient
sonae & servant to command, I. Waejb..
[Translated from the Italian]
CII. DANIEL NYS TO SEC. LORD DORCHESTER.
„ . J'muary 23, ., .„„ n
,, -rt „ Venice, — = — -1623-9.
Most Illustrious aud jiost Excellsst hiR, February 2,
31T AIOST ESCEEJIED MASTKit :
I hate heard, Avith the highest gratification, of the new dignity which
his Majesty has coaf erred on your person, and am much cheered at it, bat
not surprised considering the high qualities Avhich I have known iu your
Excellency. Pray God He may preserve you long ia health, aad give you
the height of felicity, with that Crown of Eternal Life, wMch He has acquired
by His own blood, for His elect.
Your ExceUency knoAVS that I Avas in treaty to induce the Duke Ferdiaaad
of Mantua to soil me his pictures, Avho bit at it, aad the Duke Viacenzo
havinc assented, he sold them to me, for 08,000 scudi, to the great astonish-
323 APPENDIX.
ment of all Italy, and the extreme disgust of the inhabitants of tho city of
Mantua. I performed this action solely to acquire the favour of his Majesty,
Avithout haA-ing the least interest in that contract, nay, I have lost five or
six months' time in negotiating, and ia going backwards aad forwards, and I
kept Sig. Nich. Lanier in my honse all that time without receiving anything.
It is true that he wished to give me 500 scudi, but I would not accept
them, aor do I intend to noAV ; all that I have doae is for a single object, to
acquire the good favour of the King, Avhich I value more than all things ia
the world. Now, ia treating with the Duke Vincenzo, he had reserved to
himself nine large pictures of the Triumph of Julius Csesar, by Andrea
Mantegna, and had two neAv chambers built ia Avhich he had arraaged them.
He demanded 20,000 Spanish doubloons for them, an evident sign that he
did not Avish to sell them. The best iuformed persons told me that I had
left the most beautiful behind, and that, not having the Triumph of Julius
Ciesrir, I had nothing at all ; this touched me to the core; I did not dare
say anything for fear, his Majesty knowing it, might feel aggrieved ; and I
in part dissembled with Sig. Lanier, who, before his departure hence, had
treated for the marbles and statues of the Duke, with some pictures Avhich
had been discovered in certain, secret chambers. They demaaded for these
pictures 10,000 half doublooas of Spain, and for the statues 50,000 half
doublooas, but it did aot appear to Sig. Lanier, or to myself, that we could
give £10,000 sterling. So the matter rested. Noav the Duke Vincenzo
being dead, the Duke of Nevers has come into possession of them ; and
finding himself straitened by the Avar, he Avas advised to sell and pledge bis
furniture. While the Graad Duke, aad also the Queen Mother of France,
were treating for the marbles, a messenger arrived post from Mantua to
advise me of it, but I would not then make any stir about these statues and
pictures which I had viewed aad reviewed Avith Sig. Lanier; aot because they
were aot of Avorth or sufficient, but solely because I had received no orders
from his Majesty. I declined them two or three times. Signor Julio Cesare
Zaccarello, chief minister of the Duke, who holds all his customs and
manages his revenues, then came to Venice. He said to me, " you commit
a great error ia aot taking the Duke's statues and pictures ; they vrill be
carried off by the Graad Duke or the Queea Mother of France." I answered,
" let them take them Avho wiU, I AviU not." He replied, " I could get you
the aine pieces of Andrea Mantegna, that is, the Triumph of Julius Ctesar ;
can you not determine, because I know that the Duke Vincenzo Avould part
with them ; " then I answered, " Yes, I AviU take them, but I avUI not spend
more thaa £10,000 sterling for aU the marbles and pictures, including those
nine pieces of the Triumph of Julius Caesar." The Duke not knowing the
importance of these nine pieces was satisfied, and the same Giulio Cesare
Zaccarello returned with an agreement drawn out for £10,500 sterling. There
were no means of gaining time to advise his Majesty, but I, knoAA-ing the
worth of the statues, that all the pictures Avere originals, and besides that,
the Triumph of Julius Cajsar of Mantegna was-a thing rare and unique,
and its value beyond estimation, I thought to do his Majesty a great service
and to gain his gracious favour- by the transaction. I had not the least idea
Of any interest either in this oria the first purchase. I sought oaly the good
will of the King. But I find that the negotiation has not been received in
England conformably to my own sincerity, that they have sought the advice
APPENDIX. 329
of the Ambassador, in Avhich I fully agree ; it gives me no annoyance, to
knoiv that it is not enough to be a man of siacerity aad honour, but that one
must stand hammer aad fire Uke gold. Your Excellency may believe me
Avhen I say that aU the statues uoav ia Eaglaad are but trifles compared to
these, which have beea proved to me to be far better and more valuable. By
the next courier I AviU send your Excellency drawings of the statues, so that
you may see the Deities they represent, and inform his Majesty of the same.
As to the Pictures, I know they AviU please beyond measure, and that I shall
have praise and thanks from all sides. Oae thing hoAvever troubles me ;
having on a sudden disbursed the £10,500 sterUng to the Duke of Mantua,
aad draAvn on Sig. Burlamachi for the same ; he not having received
the King's resolution, has redraAvn on me, the moneys being due, they wiU
soon become due here, nay part are already due, and I shall then be obliged
again to draw on Burlamachi. May I beg your Excellency to see that orders
be given to the said Burlamachi to honour my drafts for that sum, other
wise I shall lose, in an instaat, the credit aad honour I have enjoyed through
life. I ha\-e ao time to seU them to others, and evea if I had I would aot
do so, seeing that I have, with so much affection, obtaiaed them for his-
Majesty. After mature coasideratioa, I judged it worthy, aay iadispeasable,
that he should have them to seasoa aad set oft' those already ia his possession ;
aad I feel sure that I shall attain by it both thanks and honour, other thaa
Avhich I do aot seek. I await the order to sead them ; the statues must go
by sea in a good English ship ; aad the pictures by laad, vid Basle to Middel-
burgh, where they wUl cross the Avater. If his Majesty will entrust the
matter to me, I wiU take care that he shall, receive theai in good condition.
And so I make my boAv, praying God for your long life in conjunction Avith
my wife and my daughter Avhom your Excelleacy held at her baptism.
Your most illustrious and most exceUent Lordship's
most humble servaut,
D anie l Ny.s.
CIII. LOED TREASURER WESTON TO SIR ISAAC WAKE. (Extract.)
Mr Lord Ambassad* : Whikhall, January 29, 162S-9.
I haa'E receaved yo' letters of the date of the 0th is 30th of December"
<fe thaake you for yo' carefuU advertisements concerning the Pictures &
Statues avcH, by his Ma*" directions, I did recommend unto yoT inquiry.
I perceave his Maty doth continew his resolution to buy them & order is
taking for the speedy making over the BiUs of Exchange for that purpose,
aad therefore I must iatreate you to use yo' best care aad diligeace that
they bee not disposed of otherwise. Yor Lops: very loving Freind,
R. Westox.
*
'* I regret that I do aot find these letters.
300 APPENDIX.
[Translated from the Italian]
CIV. DANIEL NYS TO SEC. LORD DORCHESTER. January 30,
¦»r t -r» c. Venice, -st; r- 1628-9.
Most Illustrious axd host Excelleht Sir, Jbebruaryy,
stv most esteemed Master :
Ix is scarcely eight days since I Avrote to your Excellency concerning the
statues and pictures purchased of the Duke of Mantua for Ms Majesty.
I then Avrote that I Avould send drawings of the statues, which I have
now done, together with a priat of the niae pieces of the Triumph of Juhus
Cassivr, by Andrea Mantegna. I have sent the whole- in a roU, directed to
Mr. Matthew de Quester, to coasiga them to Sig. Plhlip Burlamachi,
Avho has order to preseut them without delay to your Excellency, in order
that you may show them to his Majesty. The priats of the Triumph are
rolled up together, aad the draAvings of the statues and busts are rolled
inside the priats. I have also added the greater part of the names of the
said statues ; they AviU be fouad much rarer than those I have written
about. I entreat Ms Majesty to beUeve that I have had ao private interest
in this aegotiation, but that pure zeal for his service and his pleasure has
led me to bargain for these varieties at a seasonable time, weU kaowing, tMs
opportunity past, they could not be had for any amount of moaey, and that
I have had no other aim than the acquisition of the King's favour ; this is,
in truth, the real fact. Moreover, they are unequalled, and no other
prince possesses anything of like worth and quantity. I boAV to your good
favour, praying God for your long life.
Your most iUustrious and most excellent Lordship's
Most humble Servant,
Daniel Nys.
[Translated from the French]
CV. DANIEL NYS TO [THE EARL OP CARLISLE].
Mr Lord- Venice/—*3^ 162S-9.
JHY lord, lebruary 0,
Yorxa Excellency has seen here the statues and pictures AvMch I have bought
of the Duke of Mantua for his Majesty. I most humbly entreat; you to
say to his Majesty that I implore him to beUeve I have had ao interest in
this negotiation. My zeal for his service and his taste led me to purchase
these things at an opportune time ; for I very Avell knew, tMs opportunity
once past, no money nor treasure could have obtained them. Moreover,
they are, and will be aoknoAvledged, the rarest pictures and statues that any
prince has in Europe. Under other circumstances, I should not have made
the purchase, having no other object in this negotiation than to gain honour
and merit, the gracious favour of his Majesty. This is the real truth, and
may it please your ExceUency to protect your servant in this business, for
it will be seen that I have acted roundly and straightforwardly. I have
APPENDIX. 331
sent to Baron Carleton drawings of the statues and priats \estampesi\ of the
niae pieces of the Triumph of Julius Ctesar, of Andrea Mantegna, so that
their rarity may be the better seen, and no su.spicion entertained of their
being changed, wMch certainly will not be doae, for my sole aim has been
a wish to gaia hoaour ; I neither pretend nor avUI pretend iu this business
to anything else. It avUI be seen that I have, as before said, paid the Duke
the same sum that I have Avritten for, and have taken neither per ceatage
aor brokerage in this bargain : neither did I ia the first bargain, nor do I
claim aay, the King's favour sufficing me, Avhose Grace I implore to be
pleased to give orders that my bargain may be paid for, I having already
disbursed the money. I have drawn for the amount upon Sig. Burlamachi,
who, not haviag provisioa from the King to meet it, re-drew upon me, and
I, ia turn, am about to draw upon Mm again. If he does not pay this time,
it wiU be my rain ; for I have no time to bargain or sell them to others, as
I might have done at first ; but having procured them for the King, I could
not have the courage to let others have them.
In coaclusioa, I aAvait Ms Majesty's orders for the payment of my biUs as
they fall due. I am sure Avhen he receives and sees aU the pictures and
statues, that he AviU give me full credit for my good offices ia this business.
I very humbly take my leave, praying God to preserve you in good
health. Your Excellency's very humble Servaat,
Daniel Nys.
[Translated from tlie French]
CVI. LOED TREASURER WESTON TO DANIEL NYS.
Monsieur Nys : London, May 15, 1629.
I wrote to you four or five months ago that I would aot fail to pay aad
satisfy the bills that you should draw upon Philip Eurlamachi for the pur
chase of the statues aad paintings which you have made for his Majesty ;
but hearing they are become due, I must excuse myself, aad beg that you
will pay the bills of exchange which the said Burlamachi will re-draw upon
you, aad be assured that whea you draw upon him again, they shaU be paid
and satisfied. This I promise you absolutely, in accordance with the com
mands I have received from, his Majesty.
Begging you, in the meantime, to do your best to despatch the ¦ said
statues and paintings as soon as possible, and on all occasions you may rest
assured that Ms Majesty will not fail to acknowledge the good affection
which you have shown in his service, aeither wiU I, on ' my part, fail to
represent to him your merits, and procure you satisfaction.
So I remain, Your affectionate friend,
R, Westox
On 4-2. July, 1629, Daniel Nys writes [ia French] to Sec. Lord Dorchester
thanking him for Ms gracious favour and good affection. He trusts the
money wiU be ready to meet the bills he has draAvn upon Burlamachi, as
332 APPENDIX.
the Lord Treasurer promised ; otherwise, his honour AviU suffer, " honour
is so deUcate, once lost it cannot be recovered." Ho expects English ships
at Leghorn, in which he wiU send the statues and paintings, according to
the King's commands. He also sends his Majesty a Catalogue "5 of the con-
teats, with the aames of all the statues, among Avhich will be found a com
plete series of all the Roman Emperors to Probus [M. Aurelius Probus,
a.d. 270], which is A-ery rare, and ao other prince has them.
On the foUowing day Thomas Rowlandson56 Avrites from Venice — "Mr.
Niss is calling up his Ma'ie3 scolture for to send them with the first
opportunity of stopping wich will not be until the beginning of Settembre
aad before that tyme I avUI procure licente for the transportation of
them." On the 10th September Lord Treasurer Weston writes to Nys, regretting his
iaability to provide tMs moath for the bills Avhich he has drawn. upoa Burla
machi, but promises to pay all, or the greater part, ia October. He had asked
Burlamachi how much there remains to be paid, aad desires nothing so much
as to complete this business, and to have an opportunity of assuring him how
agreeable to Ms Majesty his services have been.
On the 23rd November, 1629, King Charles I. signed the foUoAving wan-ant
for £11, 500 on account of the pictures and statues bought by Daniel Nys of
the Duke of Mantua : —
CVII. CHARLES R.
Chajkxes by the Grace of God &'¦ To the Trer and Undertrer of o' excheq'
for the tyme being greeting. Whereas Ave have contracted, wth Daniel Nyz
Marchant, for certeine pictures is statues woh he is to deUver for or use, for
wch he is to have the some of eleven thousaad fyve hundred pounds. Wee
avUI and comand you, of o' treasure remayniag in the receipt of o' excheq',
forth.Av,h to paie, or cause to be paid, unto o trustie aud Avelbeloved Phillip
Burlamachi, Marchaut, or his assigaes the said some of Eleven thousand five
hundred pounds for the said pictures and statues, for wch he is to passe
his accompt before one of the Auditors of or imprest. And theis <fec.
Given isc. R[ichakd] W[eston].
This conteyneth yo' Ma" warr' to thexcheq' to pay uato PhiUip
Burlamachi, Marchant, or his assigaes, the some of £11500
imprest upon accompt for certeine Pictures is Statues for Avch Yor
Maty hath contracted w"1 Daniel Nys, Marchant. And is done by
order of the Lord Viscouut Dorchester.
Windebank,
Ex. apud Westnv* vicessimo tertio die
Novembr: Anno R. Caroli quiato
53 Unfortunately I do not find this Catalogue; it was no doubt delivered to
Charles t.
56 Thomas Rowlandson was appointed Secretary to Sir Isaac Wake, Ambassador at
Venice, on the 20th June, 1626, aud succeeded him as " Agent at Venice," 5th Dec,
1629, receiving an allowance of 20*. per day..
APPENDIX. 333
On the V^f^?) 1630, Nys writes to Sec. Lord Dorchester complaining that
the Lord Treasurer had not yet paid the money for the statues and pictures;
and entreating him to prevail upon the King to command the Lord Treasurer
to satisfy Burlamachi. He has seat twenty-five cases of statues by three
English ships for England, and AviU sead the remainder, AvMch are the best
aad the most rare, by the first ships.
Unfortunately, disputes arose betAveen Nys aad Burlamachi about the
payment of tMs money. Burlamachi lays great stres3 upon Nys having
made the purchase of these statues and paintings of the Duke of Mantua,
deceased, Avithout any orders or directions from Charles I. Nys had sent
his servant expressly to offer them to the King, who, after many applications
and much persuasion, agreed to the bargain.
The busiaess is referred to RoAvlaadsoa by Secretary Lord Dorchester. He
recommeads that aot uatU all the pictures aad statues arrive ia Eaglaad,
aad are approved of, should they be paid for. Legal proceedings seem to
have been threatened. RoAvlandson afterwards writes that he will endea
vour to prevent " expensive litigation," aad to accomaiodate these differences
by means of arbitration.
[Translated from the French]
CVIII. DANIEL NYS TO KING CHARLES I.
A fi
Venice, July — , 1630.
Sire :
I most humbly beg leave to inform your Majesty, in consequence of a
great run on the bank here, that there are no means of cashing the bills for
the statues. The Sig. Burlamachi has, on this accouat, quite altered his
tone, and seems to have a wish to ruin me and draw me into Utigatioa.
There is no other course open to me bat to come to your Majesty for assist
ance. May it please your Majesty to give BurlamacM satisfaction, all will
then go smoothly, but if you do not do so immediately, both he and I,
yoar humble servants, must be ruined. BurlamacM and D. Nys Avould
rather suffer death thaa lose their honour ; Avhich, if it please your Majesty,
may be preveated. Your Secretary, Rowlandson, has in Ms poAver aU
the statues and paintings, which are aU fine and rare, and most exquisite.
Those AvHch I have sent by the sMps, the ' Margaret,' the ' Unicorn,'
and the ' Pearl,' were but the refuse, from which yoar Majesty must aot
form an estimate. The most beautiful have to come ; aad Mobs. Row-
landson will send them by the first sMps, AvMch are hourly expected. There
are some most rare pieces, wMch are estimated at from 5000 to 6000 escus
each. If his Majesty does not promptly come to my assistance, my honour,
myself my wife and sevea children are entirely lost. But I have faith ia
God who wiU never, Sire, aUow anyone to perish in your service. I most
humbly take my leave, imploring gracious favour to
Your Majesty's Very humble and devoted Servant,
Daniel Nys. *
334 APPENDIX.
Two days after, Nys again writes to the King, informing his Majesty that
he has sent his man, Giles Merisson, Avho AviU represent the truth of the
business ; and humbly eatreats that Burlamachi may receive prompt pay-
meat. Nys also writes oa the same clay to Viscouat Dorchester, begging
him to induce the King to give satisfaction to Burlamachi, otherwise they
will both be ruined, as his man, Avho, he requests Dorchester wiU assist with
his advice, wiU inform him.
The foUowing are
CIX. "DANIEL NYS' INSTRUCTIONS TO HIS SERVANT."
Yotj AviU address yourself, in the first place, to the Lord Viscount Dor
chester, First Secretary of State, and will inform him of the whole business,
and then you wiU act as he directs.
You will further inform Mm of the state of my house, and of the marriage
of his little daughter, Cecilia. And you AviU tell Mm that you have orders
to do neither more aor less than Avhat he advises.
You wiU tell Mm that the statues sent are far from the best ; that the
fiaest are stUl here, waiting to be conveyed by the vessel hourly expected
from Leghorn ; that I might have had from the Queen-Mother 50,000
doUars, equal to £15,000, for them, besides all the expenses, which Sig.
BurlamacM, now in Amsterdam, was advised by Sig. Lopez, agent for
Cardinal Richelieu.
You will make knoAvn to all the grandees that the statues and pictures of
his Majesty are daily visited here -in Venice by aU the great people of the
city, as well as by foreigners. That aU speak ia aclmiratioa of their beauty
and rarity, observing that the King of England avUI possess the most beautiful
Avorks ia the Avorld.
You will say that the reason I have sent the most inferior statues is,
because I had directed aU the fiaest to be exhibited, aad not wishing to
annul the order, or interfere Avith the concourse of visitors, I dispatched the-
Avorst ; and that, further, I had not time to incase the rest, through the
hasty departure of the vessel.
[Translated from the French]
CX. DANIEL NYS TO SEC. LORD DORCHESTER.
,r . Venice, Juhj 30' 1630.
M* hom : August 9,
I have just returned from, a visit to Secretary Rowlandson, who read to
me the letter your Excellency wrote to him by his Majesty's commands, in
Avhich Sig. BurlamacM inculpates Sig. Rowlandson for having done an
ill office to Burlamachi. I beg leave to inform your Excellency that Sig.
RoAvlandson has never spoken to me ill or well of BurlamacM, but only told
me that Sig. Cary had written to him saying, Ms Majesty had given orders
APPENDIX. 335
that I should receive payment. As to what your ExceUency says, touching
the contract for the statues and paintings, that payment Avas not to be made
until they reached London ; nothmg was ever said about it. Your Excel
lency may judge of this by the copies of the two letters from the Lord
Treasurer. The statues and paintings which are here, are aU at the disposal
Of Secretary Rowlaadsoa, and are aU fine and exquisite. Those which I sent
were the ivorst and the refuse of the whole.
The reason that I Avas compeUed to decline accepting any more of
Sig. BurlamacM's biUs was because he wrote to me oa the 24th April last,
that he was going to France, aad did not wish his agents to be encumbered
with my bUls. Haviag no one upon Avhom I coidd draw, I was constrained
to decUne accepting any more, but humbly implored his Majesty to satisfy
Sig. Burlamachi. Nevertheless your ExceUency says that my proceedings
have teaded to the dishonour of the King. Surely not ; the iU is only between
Burlamachi and me, and his Majesty may very easily set us right. If he
directs payment to be made, all will be Avell. If we are not paid it wiU be
the ruin of us both, or at least of oae, and that will be me, AA-ho is the
largest indebted. I pity ray famdy, aad humbly beseech the King not to let
me succumb. I bimibly bow doAva to the dust and pray God to Avateh over
me and to protect your ExceUency. Your Excellency's very humble servant, Daniel Nys.
CXI. THOMAS ROWLANDSON TO SEC. LORD DORCHESTER. (Extract)
„ nKP T [Venice, ^L^*? 1630.]
Right HoB,-h- my vert sisgclar good Lord: September 6,
¦x- -x- * * *
Towching the differences betweene Mr. BurlamacM and Mr. Niss aU the
hopes of this last is in Ms Ma'rea Royall goodnesse, and therefore the
mediatores cowld not conclude any thing Avithin, he still expecting some
comfortable neAves out of England. Ia the meane tyme I have soe fare
imployed my selfe, and laboured y' Mr. BurlamacM's bills of exchange that
hath bin protested shoAvld be honored with the payment of them here
for his reputation, as Mr. Sims at Mr. Niss and my instances hath already
accepted of some of them, and I hope he wiU honore all the rest the next
weeke. I praye God the total busiaesse betwixt them be accomodated
without going to law, for I knoAv not who to appeare in it according unto
Ms Ma'7'6 Commandments, in respect of those letters that Mr. Niss maye
produce against my reasons wich Avould reflect much upon the reputation
of his Ma'"" service as I have already Avrittea unto your L", therefore I wiU
not longer be troublsome unto [your] L" but here beghe leave most humbly
to kis3 y Lps hands Your L"3
most humble and most obliged servant
Tho. Rowlandsow.
336 APPENDIX.
CX1I. THOMAS ROWLANDSON TO LORD TREASURER WESTON.
(Extract.) 15
Venice, October — , 1630.
Right HoB,-E m host singular good Lord : 2o
As I gaA-e y' Lp addvertissement of the shipping of severaU chestes of Ills
Ma'yes Statues and pictures upon the Rebecke and the London soe shaU
please your Lp to imderstaud that I have lately consigned unto Mr. Richard
Haddock, Mr of the Industrye, other 30th chestes of statue and two of
pictures, there remaining no more pictures, and onlye 16lh great statue, wich
shaU be sent, God AviUiugh, in the Peeter Boae-veature layag now at an
anchor ia this port. The bills of lading for the former I have sent unto
Mr. Buvlamachi, and Ave shaU the last as soone as the M' hath receaved the
cheste3, I must confesse I doe longe to see them aboard, for tMs towne is
heavilye afflicted with a great mortaUtye. TMs Aveeke the burriaUs hath bin
daUye 300 and on daye 340 and wee feare it wiU encrease notwith-
staadiag. all the iadustrye, aad care to free the cittye. All our neghbours
hath banisht aU sorte of comerce with us, nor avUI not give leave to any man
of this toAvne to transmitte by them, much lesse to remayne. I dowbt I shaU
be forced to shutt my selfe up in my bowse not knoAviug where to save
my selfe aad my famUye, since the passages are aU guarded very streetlye,
but before I take any resolution I AviU see his Mtyes Statue sent awaye.
* * # * *
Y' Lp3 most humble and most faithfull Servant
Thos. Roavlandson.
[Translated from tha French]
CXIII. DANIEL NYS TO THOMAS CAEY.S? Venice, June — , 1631.
Sir : 13
In answer to your-very agreeable letter, dated Greenwich, 13 May, st. vet.
I wrote a Aveek ago to Mons. Rowlandson, that being assailed by my
creditors, who thought to bring nie to the ground, I had suddenly opened my
coffers aad my house to them, aud had said, Pay yourselves all, evea to the
last farthiag, Avhich they did. In this general removal aad turn out, my
people, ia a back place, came upon paintings and statues belonging to the
King my most gracious Master, at wMch I Avas greatly astonished and also
rejoiced. I immediately advised Mons. Rowlandson and Mons. Burlamachi.
The Pictures are
Magdelea, half leagth. Titian.
Lucretia, naked. Titian.
67 On 25th May, 1625, a pension of £500: per Aan. was " graunted to Thomas
Cary, Esq., one of the Groomes of his Ma'" Bedchamber, during his life, payable out
of the Exchequer, the first payment to begin at Midsorher next."
APPENDIX. 337
Three heads in one picture. Titian.
Portrait of a female in a green dress. Puiffaelb:.
Statues : —
A largo figure in antique copper, very rare.
Figure of a woman sitting in marble ; some say Venus delli Ely, others
Helen of Troy. It is the fiaest statue of all, aad estimated "at G000
escus. A child, by Michelangelo Buonarrotti.
A chUd, by Sansovino.
A child, by Praxiteles.
These three childrea are above price, aad are the rarest things Avhich the
Duke possessed. I will send the Avhole by the fast English sMps. Besides
the 72 V.D. [?] I beseech his Majesty to direct payment to be made to me,
through Mons. Burlamachi, of S V.D. [?] and besides that I shall stiU lose
10,000 ducats ia exchanges. I await this favour, humbly kneeling at his
Majesty's feet ; and I kiss your hands. Your very humble servant, Daniel Nys.
CXIV.
On 25 July, 1631, King Charles I. sigaed the following Warrant for
£2,454 14s. 3d., being the remainder of the £15,938 17s. 8d., paid to
Daniel Nys for divers pictures and statues. TMs also included £1,341 15s.
the charges for assurance, freight, <fec.
Charles R. :
Charles by the grace of God &° To the Trer is undertrer of o' excheqr.
for the time being greeting. Whereas. Daniel Nyx of France Marchant
hath provided &s boaght severall statues aad pictures for us, \vA we
ackuoAvledge for the most parte to have receaved, aad that Phillip Bur
lamachi of London M'chant hath given satisfaccon to" the said Nyx
according to an agrem' made at Venice by Thomas Rowlandson or agent
there and other Merchants, to the some of seventy two thousand ducats
of that moaie, amounting, ia Sterling monie, to the some of fifteene
thousand nine hundred thirty eight pounds seventene shillings is eight
pence according to the accompt by the said BurlamacM delivered into
o' Receipt. Upon Avch some he hath already receaved the some of fourteene
thousand eight hundred twenty five pounds eighteene shillings five pence,
Soe that there remayneth due to Mm the soiiie of one thousand one hundred
is tweB-e pounds niaeteene shUlings threepence together Avith three hundred
is seventie poaads for charges of a maa aad divers Posts seat to Venice to
cleere the said accompt, and niae huadred seventy one poundes fifteene
shiUin^s by him disbursed for assurance, freight, and aU other charges of the
said pictures and statues, amouating in all to the some of two thousand fouro
huadred fifty foure pounds fourteene shilluigs three pence. Our wiU and
pleasure therefore is and Ave doe hereby will and comand yoAv of such o'
7.
338 APPENDIX.
treasure as is or shalbe remayaiag in the receipt of o' said excheqr forthw"1
to paie or cause to be paid unto the said Phillip Burlamachi or Ms ass™ the
said some of two thousand foure hundred fifty foure pounds fourteene
shillings aad threepence AV^'out farther accompt, imprest, or other charge, to
be sett upon him or them for the same or anie parte or parceU thereof
Aad theis isc. Given <fec.
This conteyneth your Mats Avarrant to thexcheqr to pay unto Phillip
Burlamaclii of Loadoa Merchaat the soihe of £ 1112 19s. 3d. due to him as a
remainder of £15938 17s. 8d. by him paid to Daniel Nys of France
M chant for divers pictures and statues by him bought and provided for yo'
Maty according to an agrem' made at Venice by Yo' Ma'8 Agent there,
together av"' the some of £370 for charges of a man and divers posts sent to
Venice to cleere the said accompt and £97.1 15s. by him disbursed for
assurance, freight, and other charges of the said pictures and statues,
amounting in all to the some of £2454 14s. 3d. And is done by order of
the Lord Trer.
Windebank.
Ex. apud Bagshott vicessioio quinto
die Julij Anno R. Caroli septimo. Windebank.
CXV. THOMAS ROWLANDSON TO SEC. LORD DORCHESTER. (Extract)
y . , September 30, 1 ....
Right HoB,-E dit vjeryk singular good Lord : -nue, Qcto^pr 1Q lf>31-
*****
Concerning his Ma'yes Statue and Pictures I have been earnest with
Mr, Niss to consigne them unto me, and although he hath not yett done it,
he professes that by the next weeke he wUl soe dispose that his Ma*76 shall
see Ms trew devotion to doe him service, I avUI attende this few dayes
although Avith impatieace not liking of his deferring of tyme, having had
soe long leasure to consider his dutye to God, and his Ma're that hath
payed double the worth of them. My next I hope wul bring unto y Lp
a treiv discoA-eiye of the honestye of this man.
«- -* * # *
Y Lpa most humble and most obliged Servant
Tho. Rowlandson.
[Translated from the Italian]
CXVI. DANIEL NYS TO [SEC. LORD DORCHESTER].
Most Illustrious and most Excellent Sib, Venice, October — , 1631.
My MOST ESTEEMED MASTER : 17
Mr. Rowlaniason, Resident for his Majesty of Great Britain with the
APPENDIX. 339
Sigaory of Venice, has again made more attacks upon me, and Avould force me
to consign into his hands the pictures and statues, wMch I hold, belonging
to his Majesty. 1 would have done so, were it not that I may perhaps
go, with the first English sliip that leaves for Loadoa, and dearer
them myself. I promise they shaU be delivered in good faith, never
having had the least thought of not sending them, secure that his Majesty
in his goodness will satisfy me and honoar me with his favor.
I hambly take my leave and submit myself to 1dm, praying God for Ms
loag life. Most Ulnstiious aad Excellent Sir,
Your most humble Sen-ant, Daxiel Nys.
CXVII. THOMAS ROWLANDSON TO SEC. SIR JOHN COKE. (Pos'script.)
„ . Jul if 27, ,,,,
Venice, — -i L lb32.
August 6,
The Assurance, that carries Ms Ma''" Statues and pictures, departed
from this port upoa Tuesdaye last [~Jr] God sead her a good voiagge
home.
The following Memorial from Daniel Nys to Charles I., written more than
two years after RoAvlandson's last letter, gives an account of the important
purchases made by him for. the King, and also shows that a considerable
sum was then due to him for various services rendered to His Majesty,
[Translated from the French]
Indorsed, — Daniel Ni3. To be referred to certain Lids lo consider of the valew
of his pawnes <b heare his proposicons.
Most foavebful Kikg :
Daniel Nys has for many years past served your Majesty's ambas
sadors at Venice, Wotton, Carleton, Wake, and my Lord Carlisle, and
disbursed more than tAvo thousand poimds sterling to Wake to support his
house and enable Ms Avife to return to Englaad, wMch is stiU due to Mm.
Furthermore, he has purchased the first paintings of the Duke of Mantua
for 68,000 ducats, and kept the Sieur Lanier, with his servant, for a long
time in Ms house free of any expence. And, ia the third place, he has
purchased for himself the last statues aad paintings of the Duke of Mantua,
which he might have sold to Cardinal Richelieu at a very great profit ; but
Ambassador Wake having orders from your Majesty not to permit them to be
sold to anybody ; AvMch orders were given also to his [Nys'] man, Avho he sent
post to Eaglaad about this business, and who brought back with Mm letters
to' the same effect from the Lord Treasurer and Viscount Dorchester, your
z 2
'310 APPENDIX.
Majesty's principal Secretary, Avhich caused him to banish every other thought
from his miad, so that he might conform entirely to Your Majesty's pleasure,
But misfortune AA-iUed that the bills Avhich he drew upon Eagland and other
places should not be met AA-hen they became due; beiag kept back, drawn and
redraAA-n for the space of about three years, his credit entirely failed, and he
was compeUed to give up his business, Avhich was the meaas of his losing
more than a hundred thousand GroAvns' worth of effects, Avhich he had in
clivers places. Nevertheless, as a matter of conscience, he paid everyone
his due, part in current money, and part in pawns, which he promised to
redeem at Christmas 1634 ; that time has . expired, and he is not able
to redeem his pawns, worth treble the sum he pledged them for. He is in
danger of being completely ruined if not protected and assisted, by your
Majesty's ordering to be paid to him three thousand pounds sterUng, or there
abouts, still due to him on the above accounts, as also on the part of Mons.
Wake, As your Majesty has so royally given Mm satisfaction for what else
was due to him, the cause of his coming into this kingdom, and. of being
even presented by the Sieur RoAvlandsoa, Your Majesty's ageat, who assured
him that he ivould certainly receive satisfaction. ; but finding greater diffi
culties than he imagined, he has deferred aU this time malriag kaowa to
Your Majesty his preseat aecessities. Evea to avoid the preseat disburse
ment of money, he has proposed divers means to obtain finances, so as
to be able to meet Ms payments Avithout touching your Majesty's coffers.
Among other thiags, the Spaaish trade for nobles would produce great riches,
and the increase of ships and mariners. And, in the second place, to clean
the City of London, relay the gutters, pipes, canals, and other places through
AA'hich the raia aad water flow, so as to render the. air more salubrious, aad
the city cleaaer aad more commodious for the iahabitants ; all wMch cannot
yet be put into practice, hoAvever much time presses. He is forced to
resort to yoar Majesty to intreat him to take into his Royal consideration the
long and considerable services he has rendered to your Crown, and to those
dependent on it. To give order, if it so please Mm, to the person most lit
to treat Avith him, to Ustea to certaia propositioas wMch he will make,
by Avhich Your Majesty may easdy give him satisfaction. As also, to shoAV
and aiake kaown to him the value aad coadition of the paAvns wMch he has
left in the hands of his creditors, who offer to place them Avith any one Avhom
Your Majesty may choose, as things unique and Avorthy the possession of so
great a King. They -will, nevertheless, be valued at so reasonable a price,
that even Your Majesty will judge them to be worth double. This wiU
redound to Your Majesty's glory, aad relieve the miserable condition of his
very faithful servant, who now finds himself in necessity. And wiU oblige
him to pray to God, Avith his numerous family, for the everlasting happiness
of Your Majesty.
APPENDIX. 341
APPENDIX I.
SIR TOBY MATTHEW.
Toby Matthew, the soa of Toby MattheAv, Bishop of Durham ;'.ud after
wards Archbishop of York, was born in 1578. He matriculated ia 1589,
when only eleven years of age, but appears by the followiag letter from
Dudley Carletoa "to his verie loving frond Mr. Joha Chamberlain," to
haA-e caused his parents, Avhen at college, considerable trouble and anxiety.
Though lying ill, his previous conduct caused his father to be very angry
and bitter against him,
CXVIII. DUDLEY CARLETON TO JOHN CHAMBERLAIN.
Oxford, January 10, [1597-8].
The barbarouse Bishopp after he had detaiaed OAvr messiager five daies
Av"'owt Avellcom or aasweare hath at last returned him, but w"' so un
expected and unnaturaU replies as the like caaaot be imagined. His
answeare to the Vice chancellors letter was, that he had rather have
heard of Ms sonnes death then Ms sickaes, although this doth somwhat
please him, ia that he sees God hath barkened to Ms praiers. He beegaaa
his letter wth, what shall I Avrite ? or what shall I aot Avrite ? He saith
his soaa shaU aever recover his favour Donee et quousque. He saith he is a
reprobate, a castawaie, aa example above example of aa irreverent and
disobedient child, and to conclude One, quern ipsa, solus servare non potest.
He saith he is oae who did impiousUe practise against his mother ; his
deare (and ehast) mother, whose Ufe he doth tender above seaven sonnes, yea
seaventie seaven sonaes. Aad at last he entreats him to shew him ao
comfort, to uadertake nothing for him, aor to be deceaved w'u his Hyppo-
criticaU shewes aad melauchollie sicknes. He Avritt also to Mr. Prichard
ia all brevitie, skorae aad disdaiae, skarce in five liaes, whereof this is
oae ; Keepe y' exclamatioas to some other purpose or else you are not so
wise as God alight have made you. Aud beecause he would not lett anie
\ych Avisht weU to his sonne escape him, he calls me the Unkaowen Secretarie !
The Unknowea Secretarie ? Alaledicas UK, si me ames. Aad yf I be aot
quitt w*-h this Furioso Satirico Episcopo in railing, then shall I tluak
I have forgottea what beeloages to the reputatioa of a yong mans witt avcU is
not to putt up th0 Uakaowea Secretarie at aaie maas handes. Heere have
happened manie accidents conceruing the retorae of tMs messinger, wch I am
loth to troble you wtk, onely tMs you shall understand that tho neAves of
him drave Tobie Matthew into so dangerouse a fitt that Ave feare, yf Ave
should lett him know what newes is brought, yt would- drive beeyond all
Ms fittes. Wherfore Avee doe keepe y' from him, aad not troble him. w'u yt,
no more should I have clone you av111 this tediouse discourse but y* I am
wilUao- to take aaie occasion of Avritiag to you. Aad so committiag those
31- APPENDIX.
hartie thauckes, avc1' I owe to the Captains and my Cosin Dormer, to yr remem
brance of tliem, W'1' my best commendations, both to y'self aad them, I bij
you fareAvell as I am sure you doe as long as you are at Askott.
Yrs most assurecllie, Dudley Carle-to}.'.
It will, hoAvever, be seen that, some months after, the violence of his
mother's displeasure Avas much abated, and that although his father
" threatens lire and sword, his storms are such as commoaly briag much
fair av eather after them."
CXIX. TOBY MATTHEW TO DUDLEY CARLETON.
SR • London, September 20, 1598.
I shall tell yoAv newes, Avhich if 1 deceave not myselfe, yow will be glad
to heer. The violence of my Mother's :,s displeasure is much abated, and
there is hope y' her passions AviU turne iato their coatraries. Neyther is it
likely to be, like fayth Avithout good workes, siace for a testimony shee will
beginn so Avell. So well, as I am putt into an assured opinion, that speedily
shee Avill pay aU my debtes. My father in the meane time, as a straunger
to this accident (for he is a straunger to that AvMch he sees, and AviU not see)
threatises fire aud sword ; but I doubt not, but his stormes ar such, as
commonly bringe much fayre weather after them. The E. of Ormond hurt.
The Bewes is y* siace the great overthrow theire ar 4 huadred more throates
cutt in Ireland. S' Frauncis Vere is comminge towardes y" low couatries,
with him S' Alexander Ratcliff and S' Robert Drury. Well, honour
pricke3 them on, and ye world thinckes y' honour wiU quickly prick them
of againe. S' Thomas Shiu-ley hath takea 4 hulkes, the vessels easter-
liages of Lubeck, but it is hoped the fraight is Spaaish. They ar staied
aad a commissioa graunted to examine whether they be prize or no.
Comberlaad hath takea St. Jeaa de Porterico, and there hath left S' John
Barkeley his generall ; liimselfe beeinge addressed other AvMther. The
Court is at Nonesuch, where on Sunday my L. Cheife Justices expectation
of beeinge Councellour was deceaved. God be thancked. There was there
a French gentleman, a Master of requestes and president of Lyons,
brother to Mouns' de Vicq, Governour of Calais, a maa hoaorably iater-
taiaed by my L. of Essex, aad greatly commended by the Q. for his speech
and other carriage. There were Avith him divers Almans wereof one lost out
of Ms purse at a play 3 hundred crownes, A new play called, Every man's
humour.5'' Our hostess M1™ Seton is dead. I must intreat a kindness of
53 His mother, whose monument is iu York Cathedral, Avas Frances Barlow,
daughter of the BUhop of Chichester, her first husband being Matthew Parker, son
to the Archbishop of Canterbury. She had four sistere who were married to four
Bishops ; so that a Bishop was her father, an Archbishop her father-in-law, four
Bishops her brothers, and an Archbishop her husband.
"' " Every Man in his Humour," by Ben Jonson, was first acted at a minor
APPENDIX. 343
yoAv ; that yow AviU procure me a Delph sword and dagger hatched in that
couatrey, and if yow come shortly bringe, otherwise sead it by the first fitt
meanes. I will pay for it at the receyt of it. 1 very hartily pray yoAv not
to fayle me heereiu. So I rest, in serious expectation to heer from yow
Avith tbe first, Yoar's most assuredly, Tobie Matthew.
He left England in July, 1604, having "licease to travel for three
years," and in July, 1606, writes to Carleton, " I thancke God I can say
Avithout vauntinge, that I am nothinge so errant a raskall as I was woat to
be. For I have left sweariage aad lyiage and * * * and gamiage but
have aot learat that patieace and humility that becomes a Christian." Ia
February, 1607, just before Ms return hoaie, he writes, " I Avould be glad
of a letter from XIr. Fraacis Bacoa, ia aasAvear of oae I wrote to him, bat
I would not seem to desyre it. I pray yow [Carleton] cast your selfe in his
way. See if you can leam (and send me Avorde) in what termes I stand Avith
my father aad mother, for I know not ; Mr. Bacon is hke enough to give
yow light therein." Oa his return to Englaad, he Avas imprisoned for
refusiag to take the oath of aUegiaace to King James I., and suspected of
having embraced the Roman Catholic faith. His letters show mm to have
beea very foad of religious coatroversies ; aad while in prison, hi December,
WO?, he offered to hold a coafereace Avith the author of a religious discourse
Avhose ideas were at variance Avith his oato. Ia February, 1608, he Avas
" ordered to depart the realm," aad ia July, 1609, -writes to Carleton from
Florence, " To what purpose serves y' protestation to remaine constant in
y* beleefe wherein yow were bredd, yf a harty prayer to God in the next parish
church is as effectual in God's sight as an Ave Maria in Loreto. Did
I minister yow any occasion of makiage tMs comparison ? Do not I know
y* a prayer made to Almighty God is acceptable, so y' it be truly, harty,
and made by a person y' is in good disposition to pray," &c. He seems,
from the foUoAving, to have used his best exertions, in 1616; to obtain leave
to return to Englaad, after an absence of nine years.
CXX. TOBY MATTHEW TO SIR D. CAELETON. (Exlract)m
BrvsseU,SeP<*nheril! 1616.
May it please your L : October i>,
.». -:;- ~ * *
I doubte not but that when your Lp heares from Mr. Chamberlen, you
AviU uaderstaad that Mr. Secretary Wimvood wUl doe me all favour ia my
suite especially after he shall have spoken wtu him ; since Avhilest his
honour was ia the Couatry at Sheffield, he Avas pleasd to pronuse to divers
theatre in 1506, but Shakspeare, Avho appreciated its merit, introduced it to a more
fittin" audience at the Blackfriars Theatre in 1598. It is most probable that the
>ibove°has reference to the first representation at that theatre.
e° The first part of this Letter will be found, ante, pp. 14, 15.
344 APPENDIX.
of aiy hoaourable frendes all assistance in my behalf, as AviU appeare to your
Lp by a letter Avcb was scnte me from England of the 6th of September ; for
I sends you here inclosed a part thereof. I doe not followe the projecte of
petitioniage to my LL^ of the CouaceU, till first I heare aasAvere from
S' Frauncis Bacon, as I am sure I shaU Avithin a weeke or two ; for he
promised to deale iadustriously with the Kiuge about my buisines. And
although my frendes Avrote to me out of Eaglaad, that aU the greate oaes
there, are well inclined towardes nie, and that if my case come to the
CounceU table I may be sure that most voyces wilbe for me, yet I caunot
induce my self to beleeve that I am to receave any helpe that way, aor
indeed by any other, then the intercession of the Maister of the horse,
beinge animated aad encouraged by S' Frauncis Bacon. I humbly thancke
Jesus, that I finde myself ia such a dispositioa, as that hoAvsoever I doe
affect aad evea doate upoa the love of my Cuatrey, I shalbe yet Avell
coateated with the avUI of God, if he be not pleased that I goe tMther.
* * * * *
Your Lps humble and most affectionate servaunt,
Tobie Matthew.
[Inclosure, indorsed]
CXXI. "A PARTE OP A LETTER SENTE TO ME THE 6th OP SEPTEMBER."
At Sheffield I moved my Lord of Arundell and my Ladie Ruthen to
intreate Mr. Secretarie "Wiawoode to favoure yoar suite, wch they both
promised me to doe, aad the same clay, when he came to my Lord of
Arundells chamber, beinge putt in minde of it, they performed theire
promise. He helde your suite reasonable and friendly, promised then not
only to favo' your suite but to move the Kinge himself in it, and thought it
a good Avay that a petition ia your name should be exhibited to the Lordes
of. the Councell, grounded upoa the promise they made you to move the
Kiuge for your retourne. Aad touchiage Avithall the other reasons you give to
facilitate your sute, Sir Raphe 'Winwood hath shewed your letter, or at least
tould. my Lord Roos of it, and that he hath made this promise to my Lord
of AruadeU aacl advised this course wch I desired my Lord Roos to acquainte
S' Frauncis Bacoa Avith, aad then to take the course they shaU resolve of.
I have delivered your letter to my Lord of Arundell Avho came Mther
yesternight aad is goinge backe to the Kiage to Wiadesore this morninge ;
he assures me that he will iatreate both my Lord Villars and Mr. Secretarie
Wiawoode to move the King in yoar sute this next weeke at his Ma1**
coTniage to Loadon. I hope well but specially ia S' Frauncis Bacon for there
is an hoaourable minde and a greate love to you ia that rnaa.
[Indorsed]
CXXII. " REASONS WCH MAY FACILITATE MY RETURNE INTO
ENGLAND."
Some nine yeares since, I was, aot banished, but absented only with this
clause, that I was not to returne till his Maties pleasure were first knowne ;
APPENDIX. 345
The Lordes of the CounceU were pleasd to promise, to tMs cffecte, (as
appeares by the Order it self) that they would move Ms Ma,ic for my returne
upon notice had of my dutifuU behaviour abroade. I have lived so these
9 yeara Avithout any toutche of disloyaltie ; I have never accepted from any
Prince or Prelate, one penyworth of iaterteyameate or pension ; I have,
upoa aU occasions, pubUshed my self for the iustaace of Ms Ma'*" great
clemeacie aad goodaess towards me, in sufferiag me to enjoy my poore
fortune, I have laied abrode wtu much satisfaction of the groat persons
of my Nation, and his Ma,iM Aiabassadours aad Ageates, Avhom I have
had the honour to converse Avithall (Avherein I reniitt aiyself to theire
. testimoay ; My estate ia Eaglaad is much iataagled, partly by a suite
in the Chauncerie, and partly by debtes, Avhereby (Avithout my presence
there) I am not able to make benefit of iny estate, acordinge to that
graunte wch his Matie hath beene pleased to make' me. I have offended
only in the errour of my judgmeat and noe othenvise thea thousande3
of my profession in England, who yet are snared to breath ia the ayre of
theire Couatrey ; nay, I may be accounted to deserve more favour thea
they, rather thea lesse, bycause I have made so loag a probatioa of my
fideUty and loyall affectioa to his Ma"es sacred persoa aad the State, ia
places of temptation aad daager. Yf it should be doubted Avhether, in
England, I shaU carry my self Avth such modestie and discretion as is
requisite, it is to be answered that I may instantly be sente out againe,
wth so much shame as I had rather die then deserve.
CXXIII. TOBY MATTHEW TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.)
T . Man/ 24, ,..,-
,, R T Lovain — -— — '161/.
Maie ii please y Lof.dship : June 3,
* # # # *
About my goinge into England for a tyme, I tMnke it be as good as
graunted, upon the ernest motion AvMlest he Avas at York by my Lord of
Buckingham, My L. Chamberlaiae, my L. of Arundel, and Mr. Secretarie
Lake, wth whom alsoe my Mother joyned, aad from whom my father
disclaimed not. But my condition of beinge there is like to be soe hard,
throagh confiainge and conferringe, that I am not yet resolved to take
speedy hould of the favour, unless I maie understand, as I am procuringe to
doe, that it is such as I maie quickly be a gainer by, in aU likelihood.
When I kaow particularly hoAV my case standeth, I AviU aske y' Lps advice
if anie doubt remaine, and I will offer my selfe to y' service before I shall
depart that way.
* * * * *
Your Lp3 humble servant
ever at comaundement, Tobie Matthew.
Secretary Lake says, on the 6th May, 1617, "Tobie Matthew is
allowed to return home by the Duke of Buckingham's influence, and may
stay if he will take the oath of allegiance."
316 APPENDIX.
CXXIV. SEC. SIP R. WINWOOD TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.)
St. Burtknl: July 26, 1617.
Yoa old ancient friend, Toby MatheAv, is returned and gone into the
countrey av'!' my Lo: Keeper [Bacon] He once came to visitte me and to
intreato my favour, wch if he receave not in that plentifull manaer as
perhapps he may expecto, it is aot to be imputed to want of kiadaes or
aflv :ou ia me, for I love his person is the good parts that are in him,
but I must aot be false to that duety I owe to the service of the King,
and to that trust the state doth repose in me, to both wch nothing can
be more dangerous, then that such menne, who professedly refuse the oath'
of aUegeance should be cockered 61 or counteaanced.
On 7th February, 1618, Chamberlain Avrites to Carletoa, "Yesterday
I met Mr. Tobie Matthew Avhom I had aot seeae these sixe inoaeths, since
avc" time, to my seeing, he is much defeated. He told me he Avas going
to a play at the Blackfriers, but mee tMncks playeing, aad fridays fasting,
agree aot so Avell together as prayeiag in a man of so much profession. " -
He persisted ia refusing to take the Oath of allegiance, and on the 11th
March following " receaved order to dispatche his business aad to retire
himself from hence." He also appears, about this time, to have been in the
habit of " paying night visits to the Spanish Ambassador." We next find
him writing from Brussels. Through Lord Chancellor Bacon's influence, he
was again allowed to return to England. Soon after Ms return, he foUowed
Prince Charles into Spain, and was Knighted by King James at Royston on
10 October 1623. He appears from the following letter to have been
attached to the Court of King Charles I.
CXXV. SIR TOBY MATTHEW" TO SIR D. CARLETON.
Mr Lced : London, April 27, 1625.
I would aot fayle to preseat my auncient true love and service to Y' Lp,
by occasion of this noble gentleman, my Avorthy frend the bearer hereof,
Sir Henry Vaae. Aad w'h all I will congratulate w,h y' Lp the place &
honour wcb you ar towards, in this Court ; <fe accordinge to ye best judgement
avc!i iioav I can make both of persons and thinges, I do unfainedly assure y'
Lp, y' I conceave yoAV will find the way to y' encrease both in honour
is profitt, both streight and short, <fc I wish it may be so w,h my whole
hart. The Ivinge is well, activ'e, resolute and a frend of state is order in his
• Court. The noble Duke, is. now aot perfectly weU ia health ; but hugely
Mgh ia ye substautiaU part of the Kiages favour. My Lord Conway is the
greatest instrument in the dispatch of business ; is after y' noble Duke, the
Kinge heer3 no Counsayllors so gladly, as my Lo : Treasurer, is my Lo :
Chamberlayae. S' Henry Vaae is lately receaved iato ray Lo. Dukes favour
ife love, it hath longe beea Avell rooted ia yc Kinges hart ; is hath a Avorld of
61 Indulged or spoiled, —Halliwell.
APPENDIX. 347
great <fc fast frends in the Court. But y Lp hath a better prospect upon
this place then I can give yow, yet even this little yow will not take ill
from me. God keep y' Lp & I continue V L"3, faythfull frend &
humble servant,
Tobie Matthew.
He accompanied the Earl of Strafford, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, thither,
but, when the Rebellioa broke oat, left his native country and joined the
Jesuits of Ghent, where he died October 13, 1655, aged seventy-seven. A
Poet, a Painter, and a maa of Gallantry ; he was also a most zealous Roman
Catholic, and it is more than probable that he exerted his influence to promote
that Religion. Walpole says that he painted a Portrait of the Infanta of
Spain ; the famous character of Lacy Percy, Countess of Carlisle, first
printed in Ms volume of " Letters," was the production of Ms pen.
APPENDIX J.
.JOHN TORBENTIUS.6-
The following Letter, from the Kiag*s Resideat at the Hague, will show
the great iaterest which Charles I. took ia this artist. Mr. Carpeater has
priated a letter from the Kiag to the Priace of Orange, dated in May,
1630,63 ia which his Majesty iatercedes for the release of Torreatius from
imprisoameat, aad promises to " take good care to keep> him within the
bounds of duty, and of the reverence he owes to rehgion, and to employ
him here [ia Eaglaad] ia the exercise of his art."
62 Jobs Tobusktics was born at Haerlem in 15S9, and was so well instructed,
that Avithout quitting his own country he became an admirable painter. At first his
subjects were generally objects of still life, tables furnished with books, vases
filled with flower.?, &c, which were valued at a great price. While he continued to
paint such subjects he lived in affluence, and was much respected. But he grew
dissolute, both in morals and iu his style of painting. His favourite subjects became
offensive'to modesty, and often most obscene. His friends endeavoured to reclaim
him but could not." At last he rendered himself obnoxious to the magistracy: lm
lewd paintings were burned by tbe executioner, and he Avas condemned to the torture,
and finally sentenced to imprisonment for twenty year3. He endured the torture
Avith a firmness worthy of a better cause, and after a short confinement was released
at the request of Sir Dudley Carleton, King Charles I.'s agent at the Hague, after
which he went to London ; but the profligacy of his manners obliged him to return to
Amsterdam where he died in obscurity in 1640.— Pilkington.
63 Appendix to Memoir of Van Dyck, pp. 192-3.
348 APPENDIX.
CXXYI. SIR DUDLEY CARLETON TO SEC. LORD DORCHESTER. 5
Hagh, December —, 1630.
Right nosB,'B jiy very singular good Lord : ls
The bearer hereof is Torentius, Avho hath bin long preparing himself for
this journey, aad boav beeiag to sett forward, hee hath desired of mee
addresse aad recommendation unto yo' Lordp. Concernuig whome I have
not much to say aboA'e what I have advertised to yow heretofore. Hee
caiyeth with him part of those pictures which heretofore you' Lordp hath
seene in tMs place, to shew for samplers of Avhat hee is able to doe ; aad
much more hee promiseth against such tyme as his Matle shall have pleased
to imploy him ia his service ; seeming to make Ught account of all hee hath
done hitherto ia comparison of that hee wiU doe hereafter. And howsoever
that since his release out of prison, hee hath spent Ms tyme here without
painting any (that I know, all though hee Avere iiitreated to it) yet the
geaeraR opialoa of his abillityes that way, is such, that I doe hope his
Ma"1 shaU receave good satisfaction ia him. I have aot failed to admonish
him of governing his touage is actioas in better sorte thaa hee did here ;
especiaUy in things concerning rehgion ; least that otherAvise a greater
eA-Ul doe befaU him in England then any hee hath mett Avith on tMs side.
And Avithall have given liim such iacouragements for his Avell beeing ther,
as heretofore you' Lord1" letters have commanded mee. And for ought I
can discerne of the man, I am easie to beleeve, hee is neither so Angelical
as his friends proclaim him to bee, nor yet so DiaboUcal as Ms adversaries
doe publish him ; but doe rather wonder, at the great impressions that have
bin had of Mm, either Avay, in this Countrey. And for the rest, I finde
Mm to bee a man civiU in conversation, discreet, and (Avhatever secreet
opinions hee may have) unlikely to give any scandal! nor yet to dogmatize
or dispute ; which he professeth never to have done in his life : as haveing
never studied any thing bat Painting and that part of Mathematicks Avliich
is needful for that Science. WMch beeing all I haA-e to say of him, I doe
humbly pray you' Lord1' : tliat as yow were a principall means in procuring
his release, soe that yoiv would still continew your favour to him, And these
serving for no other subject, I take leave aad rest
yr LPS most humble servant,
Dudley Cataleton'.
[Indorsed]
CXXVII. "A NOTE OP TORRENTIUS' PICTURES, 1629, AT LISSE AND
HARLEM."
Op TOEENIIUS PICTURES TBERE BU AT A FRENDS HOUSE IN LlSS NEER LeYDEN, 7 r-EECES.
1 . Ox a round bord donne 1614 is Ms fynest peece V* is a glass w"' wyne
ia it very Avele doaae, between a tynne pot and aa errthen pott, a sett
song under it and a bitt of a Brydle over it.
APPENDIX. 310
2. A Woman, Avhose back only is seen, holding a purse in one hand and
leaning on the other and Avritten oa it que bene lat v it bene vex.it aud
therin he shoAveth Ms skill in stanwick Avork. This peece hath av"1 it
a deathes heade and a booke and on that booke a spyder, it hath also
a looking glass and tAvo arroAvs.
3. A Mary Madalea wlh a Cross aad a booke aad a lamp, and a deathes
head w'h an arrow in the mouth of it. This is held one of his best
peeces aad is shutt app w'b foldiag leaves wheroa books are payated.
He hath expressed a great deale of sorrow in her countenance, her eyes
almost wept out.
4. Another peece where is his owne picture on the syde of an earthen pott.
This peece is aot finishd, it hath also another earthen \-esseU Avth a glass
and a pype of Tobacco and a flate lyiag by it.
The other 3 were deathes heads, aad lamps and books, aad scrolls of
parchmeat, of wch one hath writen on it memento visu.u
His other [liceatious] pictures such as his frends saye he intended should
never be seen, ar to be seen in the toun house at Harlem.
One is an Adam and E\-e, Ms fleshe verry ruddy ; theye show there syde
faces. The other is a woman
Tlie best of those 3 is a young (lvoman) siting sonrwhat odly w,h her hand
under her legg.
APPENDIX K.
ABRAHAM VANDERDOORT, &c. &c,
[Indorsed]
CXXVIII. "MB. VANDERDOORTS REQUEST KEEPER OP THE CABBINET
ROOME TO THE PRINCE," [April 21, 1625.]
Geeetisg wheras while wee were Prince, out of our meere motion having
ordeyned and appointed and by these presents doe out of our speciaU grace
and meere motion alsoe now ordeine and appoynt our welbeloA-ed servant
Abraham Vanderdoort Esq' to bee the Keeper of our Cabbonett Roome now
in our PaUace of St. James, or Arheare we afterwards shall think fitt to
appoint the same, w"1 the Meddalies aad limbed peeces and all other rarities
belonging therunto or hearafter may beloag, aad alsoe to have the colectiag,
receiving deUveriag, soartiag, placeiag ifcremoaving aad causing of making by
our appointing such things as wee shaU thinke fitt is alsoe to keepe a Register
booke of them and all other services as he shaU kaowfrom o'self and receive
64 A u-o a small picture, by Torrentius, Avhich is of two little rnmmekins, alluded
to by Lord Dorchester in his letter to Lord Arundel of 26th Jan., 1629, see ante, p. 292.
350 APPENDIX.
direction. And, in consideration of y' sendee donne, Avee are graciously pleased
to allow bun the heretofore had yearlie anaity of £40. av"1 an augmentacon
of £10 more to be maide up £50 yearly, to bee paid quarterly, during his
naturall life.
Wheras out of the especiall notice Avch Avee have taken of the exsperiaace
skiU and understanding of our trustie and welbeloved servant Abraham
Vaaderdoort Esq' therfore Avee have thought hihi the fittest and chosen him
for y'- sarvice in for the provyding by our selves owne appoynting such
pattrons Avherby Avee are pleased y' our Minte Graver shall make punshions by,
for our Gold aad Silver coyues, to bee coyned. In consicleracon of y' sarvice
theria donne and hearafter to be donne, Ave eare graciously pleased to rennew
tbe «rant of £40 p' Ann heretofore graunted by us to him wtU an augmentacon
of £10 more to bee maid upp £50 p' Ana yearly fee to be paid it quarterly
during aaturall Ufe.
His humble suit aad desire is y' these 2 grants of £80 p' Ann may be
joyaed together, under one great seale, Av,h an augmentacon of £20 more
soe to be maid up £100 : p' Ann to be paid it quarterly during his
naturall Ufe. "Whereby I may be the better inabled
to performe your Ma"es sarvice.
CXXIX. OPPICERS OP THE MINT TO SEC. LORD CONWAY.
RifjHT houle - From the Mynt, -January 1, 1625-6,
Wee haviag delivered uuto yo' Ho', one patterae of three of the Kings
Ma'" Efigies for a peeee of 20s. of gold only, struke in gold and leade together,
Avith the patterne thereof made by Abraham Vanderdorte and shewed by him
to his Mat,!, wck his highnes approved, doe farther humbly intreate that you
would be advertised, and signify so much unto Ms Mat,e from tbe reporte of
us the Officers of his Minte, that the generall nionyes of gold, by us to be
coyned, cannot be struke in aU poyntes answearable to the patterae debA^red,
for theise reasoaes foUoAving, The iaibossemeates are made so high in the
patteraes, that they avUI aot rise in the moneys, the moayes being so broad
aad thinn as they now are made. The second is, for that the quantity of
moayes weekely by us coyaed, for the use of the subjectes, AviU aot be
performed, the nionyes so curiously donn will aske a longer tyme, and so
deferr the subjectes paymentes, Avch Avilbe a cause for hindrhig Bullion to be
brought to the Mynt. But, if his Ma'e shalbe disposed to have some few
numbers of 3£ and 5£ peeces curiously donn for his pleasure, they AvUI not
hhider the necessitous speed of the Mynte, but may be effected accordingly.
So with our humble dutyes Avee rest
At yo' commauad, Richard Rooeks, CoatroUer.
And. Palmer, Assay M'.
APPENDIX. 351
CXXX. LORD DANVERS TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract)
My Lo: Aprils, [1616].
* * * * *
That speciall picture of the Creatiou is boav coum home, seeminge perfect
inough, but beinge tow grave for my present use, if you please to send me
from thence soum toyes fitt to fumishe a lodge ia exchaynge 1 Avould willingly
paye auy od moaye disbursed above that rate, but they must be of the best
haades whearia I haA-e aoted y' eye exceleat.
* * * * *
H. Davers.
CXXXI. LORD DANVERS TO SIR DUDLEY CARLETON. (Extract.)
My Lo : St. James this 23 July [1616].
I did rather piche the prise how this picture of the Creation might be
redeeaied out of my handes, then prescribe unto y' Lo. the purchase of thoes
curius peeces in such high esteeme, bycause indeed toyes of that kiead would
better coatent me thea this exquesite wourke. But now I leave the
exchaynge to y' Lo : oivn conveaieacye, aad will expect that proaiised
glass, ei if aot boeth, for thoes I had ar geven awaye.
* * * * *
I conclude and remayae roadye to love,
honor and serve Yr Lo -.
H. Daveks.
CXXXII. THOMAS LOCKE TO SIR D. CARLETON. (Extract.)
Right noB,E : [London], February 21, 1621-5.
-s * w a *
The Marchants of the East India Corapanie had sett a Painter, called
Greeaebury on Avorke to sett forth in a Table the whole maimer of torturing
the EngUsh at Amboyna is the matter with all circumstances should have
bin acted in a playe verie shortUe ; but the Duch Ministers intimating the
same to the CouaceU fearing that it might bee the cause of some tumulte
c» Qn 7th October, Lord Danvers writes, " Lett me also acknoledge y* favor in
the receipt of this glass, although I will treat ao more concearninge pictures untill
v' Lo shall promis to laye aside that magneficence of gevinge."' Carleton must have
insisted upon Lord Danvers keeping the " Creation," and doubtless made him a
present of the glass. In July, 1619, Danvers sent this " Creation " [by II Bassano]
to Antwerp in exchange for a picture to be painted by Rubens. — See the Correspon
dence on this subject, ante, p. 48, et seq.
352 APPENDIX.
noiv at Shrovetide, the LI. tooke order for the staying of aU, & the
Marchaats is the Payater Avere checked for their labors.
# * # * *
yr jjpa mos(; numble sei-vaat Th. Locke.
CXXXIII. SEC. LORD CONWAY TO SIR ISAAC WAKE,
Right noxoB'-E : Whithall, May 27, 1625.
I have an earaest request to yo", that yo" AviU doe mee the favour to
provide for mee, in those parts, three or fower principall choice Pictures,
originall Pieces, and made by the best Workmen. I Avill not stand upon anie
price, nor anie other tMnge but that they may bee such as may wlh creditt
bee presented to a noble freind and there find acceptacon. I can give you
noe more particular direccon, but that I Avould bestoAve £200 or £300 or
more upon one or more very curious Pieces accordinge to yo' Judgment, and
choice, and will make present payment of the money to anie yo" shall
direct mee to here. I pray yo" excuse this troble I put yo" to, aad corhaund
mee iu aU things as Your loveing father
frend and servant, E. Conavay.05
CXXXIV. SIR PETER WYCHE67 TO ENDYMION PORTER. (Extract.)
Noble S" : Constantinople, February 20, 1628-9..
Havikg understood of y' departure oat of England, and in such an
imployment as I presumed might keepe you abroade some time, I ha\-e
forborae (ever siace Juae last) to Av"rite uato you ; And in y' absence
acquainted S'Eran" Cottington Avhat I had clone aboute statues, sending unto
him latelie the draft of two, wch haAre the fame of most exelent oaes, the
oaa supposed to be Diana, ye other a grave Matrone. They are at Sio, and
two men are in strife for them, but I shall decide the difference and
take them from them booth. Mr. Pettye desired infinitelie to have them
and yf he be in England, he villi teR you more of them. Some others
are procured likewise at Sio, and shalbe sent home by the next shipp.
I am out of purse above 400 dollers for them aad have' given order to all
66 Aat. Tracy writes to Lord Conway from Florence, 28 May, 16.33, — " I intend to
bespeake a peece of Paintinge to be made for your Lp by the hand of a Painter of
much esteem here, I presume your Lp will allowe of it althongh I doe it without
your coniission and doe perswade myselfe that, when you shall have it, you will saye I
have done you an acceptable servis.
" It is the ship named the Oronata whereon your cheast of Bookes are sent."
67 Sir Peter Wyche received instructions as King Charles I.'s Resident in Spain
about April, 1625. He was knighted on December 16, 1626. His credentials as
Ambassador with the Grand Signor are dated November 12, 1627.
APPENDIX. 353
. places for the obteyaing of what can be heard of, but the right Avaye in my
opinion is, to imploye oae purposelie therein, Avherefor-e I could Avigh that
Ms Ma"e Avould be pleased to command a thousand pound to be remitted
unto me, whereof I Avould give a just accompt, aad imploye y' old
servant Hubbert in search of them, who would performe yt av"1 a greate deale
of Industrie. & ¦* * # -z
Y' riue serA-ant
P Wvche.
CXXXV. SIR PETER WYCHE TO ENDYMION PORTER. (Extract.)
Noble- Su : Constantinople, January 22, 1629-30.
TJppon the sMpp Rainebowe, Avhereoa M' Chandler (the bearer heereof)
taketh passadge, is put aboarde all such statues as I have foraierlio given
you aa accompt of. Viz : there is ladea at Scio, two statues of
Weomea : the oae sapposed to be Diaaa of Ephesus, aad the other, some
grave Matrone ; likeAvise two Weomens heades, the one supposed to be that
to the Diana, and the other an exquisite pece ; they are in chests, and I hope
they avUI arrive weU. These be those for wch I had so much adoe aboute,
aad yt maie be S' Tho. Roe AviU preteade them, or at least indeere his right
unto them : but, I have paide the monie for them, from the verie first daie.
There is ladea at Smiraa likewise, 19 Statues smnle and greate, some of
them I heare are rare peeces, and yf they prove so, I shall thinke my labour
Avell bestowed. You will be pleased to give aa accompt heereof unto his
Ma"", and how these bs all I haA'e bin able to accompasse since my
arrivall in these partes, and I beseech you let me 'knowe hoAV acceptable
they be, and Avhether I shall goe on ia that service still.
* * * * «
Yr most humble and affectionate Servant
PB Wyche.
CXXXVI. SIR ARTHUR HOPTON TO LORD COTTINGTON. (Extract..)
Madrid, Iliil^- 163S.
My Lord : August b,
* * * * *
I shall have the King and Queeaes pictures for the Queene. I deUvered
those her Matie sent,64 wch were discovered to be ao Origiaalls. They are now
become more judicious in & more aflectiond uato the Art of Payntiag, thea
they have beeae, or thea the Avorld imagines. And the King AVthin this 12
moaeth hath gotten an incredible aurnb' of ancient is of the best modeme
hands is over Avtk the Conde de Monte Rey came the best of Italye, par
ticularly the Bacanalian of Titian is ia this Towne is not a peece worth any
68 The following note is attached to an account delivered by Van Dyck to King-
Charles I. towards the end of 1638 :—" More for the pictures wc" Sir Arthur Hopton
had into Spaine, £75."
351 APPENDIX.
thing but the King takes <fc payes very Avell for them is ia his imitation
the Admii-ante Don Lewis de Faro, and many others are making Collections.
I beseeche y' Lp aske of S' Jeames Palmer what a peece maye be worth
of old Brugel r'9 of a yeard long, full of antique Figures is w' oae of tho
same size of Jer'"0 Bosco71' may be Avorth ; for my part I am but a Spectater
in these matters, for all I have I hould little enough to furnish to his
Matics service & hon1', Ar : Hoptos.
CXXXVH.
On 4 February, 1G20-30, a Warrant Avas issued " to pay unto William
Jacobs of Delft the some of £100 : for pictures seat unto H. M."
CXXXYIII.
Ok 7 November, 1650, Myles Wood Shawe Avrites to Lord Viscount
Cornvay, " I have spoke with Mr. Cooper, the Painter, and hee desires
your Hono to excuse him one moneth longer, because hee hath some
Avorke for my Lo: General Cromwell and his family to finish."
[Indorsed by Carleton]
CXXXIX. " COPIE OF A NOTE GIVEN ME BY JAMES BAPTA CRESENTIO,
TOUCHING PICTURES." [? about 1614].
Prior of the Pictures in double sila-er. ducats.
Moses Avith the histoiy of the serpents, by the hand of Caracholi,
600 dacats in silver ........ 600
63 Peter Breughel, called the old to distinguish him from his son, from whom
descended a family of artists. He was born at Breughel, a village near Breda, ia
1 510, and learned the first principles of his art from Peter Koec-k, whose daughter he
afterwards married. He went to Italy and studied amidst the mountains of the Tyrol,
and the magnificent scenery of the Alps ; as also the finest works at Rome. On his
return to his own country he resided some time at AntAverp, from whence he removed
to Brussels; but, while employed by the Magistrates in taking views of tlie canal
which falls into the Scheldt, he died in 1570, aged 60. Breughel excelled in land
scapes and droll subjects resembling those of Teuiers. His best performance is in
the Imperial Collection at Vienna, the subject of which is the " Building of the Tower
of Babel." — Pilkington.
70 Jerom Bos. Thi3 extraordinary artist Avas born at Bois-le-duc, about 1470. He
bad a peculiar pleasure in painting spectres, devils, and enchantments, and though he
possessed considerable powers as a painter, yet his pictures rather excite horror, mixed
with surprise, than real delight. The most remarkable painting in this' artist's hand
is in the Escurial. It is an "Allegory of the Pleasures of the Flesh," in which he
represents the principal figure in a carriage drawn by monstrous forms, preceded hy
demons and followed by death. In the Church of Bois-le-duc is a picture by him of
the " Plight into Egypt," which is well executed. He died about 1530. — Pilkington.
APPENDIX. 355
The challenge of the Goddesses aad Muses, by the hand of Roso,
400 ducats .......... 400
The shipwreck of St. Pablo (Paul ?) small, by the hand of Adam,
200 ducats .... .... 200
The Airgin going into Egypt, smaU, by the same, 100 ducats . . 100
Diana of Paris Bordone, although there are painters who say it is
Titian's, SO ducats . . " 80
Four landscape pieces of Labrador, at 25 ducats each, 100 ducats 100
14S0
The master of these pictures has not formerly beea Avilling to part with
them at these prices ; now he gives them ap that his Majesty may be
served by them, aad is sorry not to be in a position to be able to give
them entirely and without any price, as he desires, and it were right to do.
CXL. A NOTE OP ALL SUCH PICTURES AS YOB HIGHNES [KING
JAMES I.?] HATH' AT THIS PRESENT, DONE BY SEVERALL
FAMOUS MASTERS OWNE HANDS, BY THE LIFE.71
1. Inprimis. King James the 3d of Scotland wth his Queeae, doaue by
Joan Vanak. .
2. Item a Venetian Senato' donne by Joan Tibulini.
3. Item a Head to the wast donne by ould Quintin.
4. Erasmus Roterodaaius doaae by Holbyn.
5. Aa ould woman of Henipscherch.
0. The Eaipero' at whole leagth by Titiaa.
7. A head of a Venetian Seaato1 by ould Tintorett.
8. King Phillipp the 2J of Anthonio More.
9. Lazarus Spinola's head by Cains.
1 0. The Prince of Orange, by Michael Johnson.
11. Yo' highnes owne picture by Blyeaiberch.
12. The late Queenes picture by Paale Vanzomor.
13. The Marquesse Hamilton, by Mytens.
14. Titian <fc Arcntyne, by the yong Quintyn.
15. Peeter Paule Rubens one picture done by his owne hand.
16. The Kycge Henry the 4th of Fraunce don by BonneU.
17. His Queene mother of Fraunce clone by younge Purbus.
18. The Duke Charles of Burboa doae by
In lymminge as followes
19. The Queeae of Scotlaad Avith the Dolphin of Fraaace of Gennetts
doeinge.
20. Aa other gentleAvomans in hangeing hayre done by y'old Oliver.
21. The Earle of Northumberland done by old HUliard.
71 This List was probably written about. 1623 or 1624. Prom No. 15 to the end is
in the handwriting of Balthazar Gerbier. The first picture in the List is the one
which has lately been removed to Edinburgh and has formed the subject of a critical
pamphlet by David Laing, Esq™. A A 2
356 APPENDIX.
APPENDIX L.
DANIEL MYTTENS.
The foUoAving siga manual shows the precise date that King James I.
conferred a pension of ,£50 per annum for life " for his better encourage
ment in the art and skiU of picture drawing," as also Avhen "the picture
draAver" Avas made a free Denizen.
C'XLI.
JAMES B, : Westminster, July 19, 1624.
Jaaies by the grace of God King of England, Scotlaad, Fraunce and
Ireland, Defeado' of the fayth <fcc. To the Trer, Chauncello' Under trer
Chaaiberlaines is Baroas of the Excheq' of us, o' heyres and Successo™ now
being and that heereafter shalbee, aad to all other ye Offic" aad Minist"
of the said Court and of the Receipt for the tyme beeiag, and to aU others
to whome it shaU or may apperteyne greeting. Emowe ye, that wee, as AA'ell
for and in consideracon of the good service donne unto us by DanieU
Mittins, aad for his better encouragem' in the art and skiU of picture
drawing, weh hee uoav professeth, as for clivers other good causes and con-
sideracons us heereunto moving, Have given aad grauated, and by theis
presents for us o' heyres and successors, doe give aad graunt unto the said
DaaieU Mittins, as well the some of twenty fiA-e pounds to be payed in hand
from tho feast of the Nativity of St. John Baptist last past [24 June]. As
alsoe one Annuity or yoarely pension of fifty pounds of hwfidl EagUsh
money by the yeare. To have and to hold, the said Annuity or yearely
pension of fifty pounds of laAvfall English money by the yeare to the said
Daniel Mittins and his assignes, from the feast of the Birth of o' Lord God
last past beefore the date heereof, for and during the naturall life of him
the said Daniel Mittins. To perceive, receive, and take the said Annuity
or yearely peasion of fifty poaades of laAvfull English money by the yeare,
at the receipt of the Excheq' of us or heyres and Successo'8, out of the
Treasure of us o' heyres and successo" there, to bee aad remayne by the
hands of the Trer TJndertrSr and Chamberleynes of the said Excheq' for the
tyme beeing, or some, or oae of them, at the feasts of the Birth of o' Lord
God aad the Nativity of St. Joha Baptist by evea and equall porcdns
during the life of the said DaaieU Mittias to bee payed. The first paim'
thereof to begin at the feast of the Birth of o' Lord God next ensuing the ¦
date heereof ; Wherefore or will and pleasure is, And Avee doe, by theis
presents, for us, or heyres <fe successo'5, commauad aad authorize the Trer,
Chauacello' TJadertrer Chamberleynes aad Barons of the said Excheq' for
the time beeing it and all other the Offic's and Ministers of the said Coarte
and of the receipt there for the time beeing, That they and every of them
to whome it doth or shall. apperteine, doe, not onely upon the sight of theis
APPENDIX. 357
o' LrGs patents, or tliinrollment of them, pay and deliver, or cause to beo
payed aad delivered uato the said DaaieU Mittins or his assignes, during the
naturaU life of the said Daniell, the said Annuity or yearely pension of
fifty pounds, and the said somme of Twenty five pounds payable ia hand as
aforesaid. But doe alsoe give full allowance thereof, according to the true
intent and meaning of theis presoats ; Aay order, direccon, connnauad, or
declaracon of o' pleasure signified, and given by o' Lies patents under
o' greate seale of England, bearing date the fifteenth clay of May, wci' AA-as
in the sixteeath yeare of o' reigae of Englaad, for restrayat of paiemeat, or
alloAvaace of pensions or annuityes, or any other restrayat, declaracon, matter
or thing whatsoever to the contrary ia aay wise notwtbstanding. And
theis o' Lres Patents, or thiarollmeat thereof, shalbee, uato the said Trer,
Chauacello', ITadertrer and Barons, and aU other the Office" and Miiustrs
aforesaid, a sufficient warrant and discharge for the paying, performing,
doing, and execatiag of the premisses according to o' pleasure heereia
beefore declared. Nevertheles o' Avill aad pleasure is, That the said Daniell
Mittens shall faithfuUie and diligently attend the service of as o' heires
is successo™ ia the said art and skill of picture drawing. And therefore
it is hereby condiconed is provided that in case he shall departe or goe out
of tMs realme without leave or warrant of us or heires or succ'% or of sixe or
more of the privie CouaceU of as o' heires or succ's under their handes,
or, being witliia the realrae, shall refuse, or wUfulUe aeglect such ser rice
& imploym' for us o' heires or saec'" ia the said art and skUl of picture
draAving as shalbe reasoaable required of him, thea and from thenceforth
this present grant shall cease, determine, <fe be utterly voide <fe of none
effecte. Although expresse rneacon &c. Ia Avitnes &c. Avifcaes &c.
Exam'
Thomas Covejttrte.
It maie please to up. most ext Matie -
This biU contej'aeth your Ma'05 grairnte unto Daniel Mittins of a pencon
of £50 p Aaa : during his Ufe, payable out of the Exchequer. To comeace
from Christmas laste, Avhich your Ma '': is pleased to bestowe upon him for
his better encouragem' ia the art aad skiU of picture drawing.
And is done upon warrant from ye Erie of Midd : late Lord Threat-.
Thomas Coventuye.
Exp' apud Westm' decimo aoao die JuUi
Abbo B. Jacobi. vicessiaio secundo.
Kin" James I., on the same day, signed a "RU1 [Avhich] coateynolk
yo' Ma"" "Taunte for making of Daniell Mittins (a picture draAver, on Avhonto
yo' Matie is pleased to bestoAve a pention) a free Denizen.
And is done by direction from ye Princes highnes signified by S' Francis
Cottingtoa, "
Thomas Ooyestrye.
353 APPENDIX. CXLII.
CHARLES R. : Westminster, July 2, 1625.
Charles by the grace of God &c. To the Trer and Undertrer of our
Excheq' for the time being, greeting. "Wee avUI and commaund you, out of
our treasure in the Receipt of our Exchecq', to cause paiaient to be made
uato DaaieU Mittens our Picture Drawer, or his assignes, of the some of
one hunch-eel aad tweatie pounds in full satisfaccon for a coppy of Titians
great Venus, by him made and delivered ia at Whitehall for oar use. aad
service. The said some to be takea to hiai Avthoufc any accompt, imprest, or
other charge, to be sett upon Mm, his heires, executo™, administrato'% or
assigaes, for the same or any part or parcell thereof. And this our Ires (fee.
Given &sc.
This conteyneth your Ma1" Warrant to the Exchecq' to pay £120: to
Daniel Mittens, Yo' Ma Picture DraAver, for a Coppy of Titiaas great
Venus. By order of the Lord Chamberlaine. Fea : Galie.
Exp' apud "Westm' secuado die Jalii
Aaao B. R. Caroli primo. p' WlN~DEBA>-K.
APPENDIX M.
THE LIBRARY OP ERPENIUS.78
The foUowing letter from Dinley to Carleton, written soon after the death
of Erpenius, possesses no little interest. The Duke of Buckingham, as we
72 Erpenius, or as he was called in Dutch, Thomas Van Erpen, was born at Gorcum,
in Holland, on September 7, 1584. At ten years of age he was sent to Leyden to be
educated, took the degree of 21. A. in 1608, and then travelled through the greater
part of Europe. In February, 1613, he was appointed Professor of Oriental Languages
in the University of Leyden, and subsequently Arabic Interpreter to the Government
of the Netherlands.. The reputation of Erpenius spread through the whole of
civilized Europe. The Kings of England and Svain, several Princes, and the Arch
bishop of Seville, gave him the most flattering invitations to their several countries,
but, he would liot again leave his own, and died of a contagious disease, on
November 13, 1624, aged 40. Perhaps one of his most celebrated Avorks is his
"Arabic Grammar," published at Leyden, in 1613, which has been the foundation of
almost every subsequent grammar, printed ia Europe, down to that of Silvestre de
Sacy. — Biog. Univer.
APPENDIX. 359
have showa ia a previous part of this volume, was certainly a great patron,
if not an admirer, of the arts and letters. His anxiety to obtaia aatiquities
from the East, ivhen William Petty, the Earl of Arundel's agent was over
thare for a similar object, and Ms purchase of the famous collection of
Rubens, in 1025, alone entitle him to this distinction. Tbe A\alue and
importance of Erpenius' library suggested to Dialey, that Buckingham
could aot make a purchase " more for his honour," though unfortunately
we are, unable to say whether it Avas carried into effect. The Catalogue of
the Library alluded to in the letter is unhappily missing.
CXLIII. JOHX DINLEY73 TO SIR DUDLEY CARLETON.
Right Hon"'e : Leyden ex Principelo this Salerday morning, 1625.
Erpenxics, who perhaps Avas knowne to y' Lp by sight ; to mee onely by-
fame, left a famous Librarie of Maauscripts ia the Easterae Languages, to
be offered (by Ms owne order) first aato the States. They, upoa his death,
referred it to the Curators of this Universitie ; who all tMs while have kept
the widow in suspence <fe now pretend their stock is exhausted & have left
her to hor best Chapman. Yesterday they gave her libertie ; and then I
was brought to have a sight of them. I Avas told that the Jesuites of
Anwerpe, of Spaine <!; of Rome too, have, underhand, imployed some Mer
chants to buy them in a poke ; and surely they haA-e no good end to hunt after
such OrigiaaUs. I kaoAv aot what they are, my judgment goeth not beyond
my eies, w0'" can onely tell y' L* that they are fairely Avritten, in rare paper
<fc w"1 exquisite diUgeace ; is so much they deserved ia the owaers estimation,
that besides the great chardge ife iaquisition over the Avorld to purchase them,
he raised of his owae purse, a, bowse, <fe a matrix of letters for their
impression. The rate of them is 4000 gilders or 400 pounds ; upoa hi3
death-bed he reckoaed that they cost him nere 5000 gild's is told his Avife
that the Bish. of Wiuchester Avoald give her the aioaie for them. They
seeme to be a treasure of the Orieatall touags is are aot likely to lie long ou
the boord. Y/herupon I thought it my dutie to yo' Lo1' is to our Universities,
to give you instant notice therof, that if you shaU finde it fittinge, you would
please acquaint the Duke [of Buckingham] Ms Grace w'b the occasion is
perswade him that he cannot lay out so small a summe, more for his OAvne
honoar. Y' V Avdbee a Beaefactour too, if you can helpe them into
England. I have sent annexed a Catalogue of them, is of the printed too,
that Y' Lp might see all, but the last are of small moment. I shall humbly
73 In a letter from Sec. Lord Dorchester, dated January, 1620, he says : " Before
the newes of this unfortunate accident [the death cf the Queen of Bohemia's eldest
son] his Ma'1* hud given a promise to Mr. Dingley of a reversion of one of the six
Clerkes places. And now Mr. Dinglye hath made appeare unto me by a lfe from
the Kin"- of Bohemia, that he is to have the same place about Prince Charles, as he
had about Lhe late Prince ; his Ma'" hath, for his better eneouragem1, continued the
same purpos for .£200 :— a yeare towards him." In 1634 he is styled "Secretary to
the Queen of Bohemia."
360 APPENDIX.
attend y' Lps order, wc!' I beseech may bee hastened av"' y' L1'8 convenience,
that avcc be not prevented. Ever remaining,
Y' Lp" most faithfull Servant is Honourer Jo. Dinley.
My Master kisseth y' L1'3 hands.
APPENDIX N.
LETTERS PROM BAUDIUS TO RUBENS.
The foUowing letters from the "Epistola,'' or, as they are sometimes
called, " The Elegant Epistles of Baudius," although to be found in most
libraries, have not, I belie\-e, ever before beea translated into English.
They AAill aot therefore, perhaps, be thought out of place, more particularly
as they relate to persoas aad events spoken of in the preceding part of this
volume. Baudius wrote, the first letter very shortly after the death of the
great Flemish Artist's only brother, Philip Rubens, to Avhose memory he
pays a hearty aad glowiag tribute ; aad ia the others we see additioaal
proofs of the high estimation in wMch Rubens Avas universally held, at this
comparatively early period of his life.
[Translated from the Latin letter No. LIE]
CXLIV. DOMINIC BAUDIUS74 TO PETER PAUL RUBENS
At Antwerp sends greeting : October 4, 1611.
I avas happy that aa opportunity was offered to me of writing to you by
this bearer, who courteously uadertook the office, meatioa being made of
your illustrious name. But the more readily and wUlingly I attempt this
literary duty, the more grievoas aad sharp Avas it for me to hear, whilst at
74 Dominic Baudius was born at Lisle, April 8, 1561. He began his studies at
Aix-la-Chapelle, and then went to Leyden and Geneva, Avhere he studied Divinity.
At Leyden he Avas admitted Doctor of Laws in June 1585 ; soon afterwards visited
England, where he made the acquaintance of Sir Philip Sidney, and other persons of
distinction. After going to Prance, Avhere he remained ten years, he became, in
1602, Professor of- Eloquence and History in the University of Leyden. In 1611, he
was appointed, by the States General, Historiographer. He was a strenuous advocate
for a truce between the States and Spain, and was the author of " The History of
the Truce." Baudius was a man of considerable learning, and wrote Latin with
great purity and elegance. Some of his poems he dedicated to King James I., others
to the Prince of Wales. He disgraced his latter years by intemperance and
debauchery, and died at Leyden, August 22, 1613, aged 52. — Chalmers.
APPENDIX. 361
Brussels, of the premature departure of your brother to the blest abodes ; 75
a man of erudition, Avithout pride, aad than Avhom ao oae ever bore riper
frait to the discipline of the great Lipsius. I wUl aot noAV force upon yoar
meditation, the admonitions of sacred Scripture by Avhich Avounded spirits
are restored to health, for they are already well known to you, who, to the
adorumeat of exquisite art, have united the study of the liberal scieaces
and the glory of learning ; besides, even if reason should not have assuaged
your grief, surely time will now have diminished, ia a great measure, the
A-iolence of your emotion and sorrow. His loss was indeed a cominoa
sorrow, aad, hke a pubhc calamity, justly to be lamented by aU those Avho
have aad veaerate learning, A-irtue aad probity. I may address you ia the
language of Homer — "But although A-ery much grieved, let us leave that
Avhich is past, for there is not aay use ia chill grief." It remains for us to
cherish the affectioa of OBe, Avho is absent, with pleasing remembrauce, which
I do with a good courage ; but Avith what Avords, Avith Avhafc style- >hall I
leave attested to posterity, aad those who noAv live, how intimately dear
your brother Avas to my heart: " For his Glory shall never be extinguished.''
Your aame is celebrated ia the fame of tMs UUlstrioas brother.
" Caa we beUeve it, or do those Avho love paiat A'isioas themselves 1" I
kaow aot what lucky rumour brought the aews to our ears that you have
aa iatention to visit these parts ; you Avill come beloved and wished for by
aU ingenuous admirers of talent ; amongst the foremost, by myself, in whose
breast you have implanted the stiag of revereace aad admiration. Not
Avithout a certain sacred dread have I contemplated the monumeats of your
genius, vieing with the truth of aatare. Hail, Apelles of oar Age • "Would
that Alexaader could have beea acquainted Avith your genius aad merits,
although the preseat age is aot so bad aad aacharitable, but that v-ery many
exist both capable of appreciating and remunerating your most excellent
Avorks aad labours. But we (as is the fate of people takea from amongst the
vulgar) will endeavour in this garrison of mortal life to defend the not
auhonourable post assigned to us. And uoav to sack Sparta, Avhich has been
adjudged to us by the decree of the illustrious order, I shall strive most
earnestly that it may not disgrace, nor cause to repent the first men of the
age, amongst whom you hold a distinguished place, to have made my friend
ship. I desire tMs letter may be the boad of this.A-ow and resolution, and
I beg and entreat you, as aa eternal favour, that you wiU not disdain to
include nie in your love. Given at Amsterdam, in the house of my kinsman,
Avho, although unkaowa to you by sight, adores you with the greatest devo-
tioB, as well knoAva to him by fame. I desire much health to be wished
from me to John Vanden Wouwer,70 a man of cordial maaners, and one to
whom I confess that I am bound by many obhgations : also to your Father-
in-law aad likewise to Fraacis Swert,77 a man of the most refined accom-
75 A translation of the Latin Epitaph written by Peter Paul Rubens on his brother
Philip's Tomb, will be found, ante p. 6, note 19. But there is clearly an error
[copied from Michel, p. 84] in the year assigned to Philip's death, as also in his age.
In the year jidcxix., the last x should be omitted, which will be the correct date,
1611. There is also an error in Philip's age ; he ivas only thirty-seven; not thirty-
nine, as stated by Michel.
70 See ante, p. 113, note 144.
77 See his letter to Camden, ante, p. 2d, also note 64.
362 APPENDIX.
plishments and of unimpeachable generosity, as also to any other of your
friends Avhu do not find it too much trouble to remember me. I cannot
pass over Otto Venius, 7* without a sin; he Avas formerly my companion in
study, and is now particularly endeared to me, for many reasons.
Again, fareAvell ! Excuse my boldness ia veataring to Avrite to you.
D. B audi as.
[Translated from the Latin letter No. XLVII.]
CXLV. DOMINIC BAUDIUS TO PETER PAUL RUBENS.
At Antwerp sends greeting : Lyons, 11 April, 1612.
Lest I should seek refuge ia the vaia subterfuges of excuse, I will openly
confess that the blame of such long silence is to be assigned to forgetfulness
and negligence. For ever since the day I left you, the business of courting
has so entirely engrossed my attentioa, that I have beea neglectful of every
other duty of life aad friendship ; now my wishes are at rest iu the shalloAV
of good hope, and I expect shortly wiU be accomplished. As the two first
ornaments of the Belgic youth, Grotius and Heinsius, Avhoai I embrace with
paternal affection, are writing the nuptial song for me, wMch I trust Avill be
a Avitness to posterity on monuments enduring for ever. If you should
think Avorthy to hoaour as Avith aay specimea of your skul, I avUI owe you
eternal thanks on that accouat, aad ia return they shall be paid by me,
" Whatsoever care I can promise in my art."
Would that a desire to visit these parts might seize you. You would find
not. inexperienced . appreciators of your industry, amongst whom are those
two luminaries of whom I have befoi-e spoken. Nor are there Avanting those
who celebrate the glories of the pencil. Michel von Mirevelfc '9 is long
since known to fame, and, in the opinion of rightly thiaking men, there
follows great praise, aofc Avithout profit, by paiating the couatenances of men
to the life. Many others also flourish ia these proviaces ; but to say plainly
what I feel, they do aot approach to the excelleace of your Avorks, if we
ha\-e practised eyes that caa judge of such things at their right value. I
am aot given to flattering, nor ought this stigma to fall on a generous
breast, but I speak as I think. I cannot contemplate, Avithout aAve, the
works of your hauds ; they AviU live as long as art itself ; the emulatrix of
aature aad human genius shall be celebrated on earth. But, as I said hi
the coBimeacement of my letter, I am eatirely absorbed in courting, and
have poured out about a thousand stanzas on the object of my love, in
wMch I have expressed to the Ufe the A-aried emotions of those who are
chained by this amiable madaess. Perhaps they AviU see the light, though
not Avithout the favour of my Uterary friends, unless vulgar self-love
deceives me. You, who are woat to embrace aU our performances with
reckless favour, will not take amiss a httle boasting, a vice appertaining
7S See ante, p. 2, note 5.
•9 See ante, p. 291, note 20.
APPENDIX. 363
to men of genius, and more especially to the race of poets, whom therefore
I think are under the tutelage of Phcebus, who presides in medicine, because
they have not a sound mind, aud seem to require a keeper. Now, ia my
case, love is added to poetry, like oil to tho flaaie, lest anytMng should be
wanting to the making of a poet, madly perfect ia every number. For
Plato, the prince of genius and learning, denies that you coidd ever force the
poetic doors without the sacred fire of the Muses. But this fury is to be
Avished for by aU who are Avise at heart, though intensely bitter in the
breast, as they Avho have felt it can boast with the witty bard,
" There is a God in us, we warm at his instigation.''
This impulse of the mind has its sacred seeds. But enough of this
foolery ; it seems to be time to finish this trifling letter with the customary
formula. FareweU, love us, and greatly increase your fortune and yoar
fame. WiU you Avish much health, ia my name, to your father-in-law aad
to all your family.
Givea at Lyoas, the 11 April, 1012.
Oa the monument of the celebrated painter, Peter Rabens, aad his
wife, desigaed by himself, vieing Avith the truth of nature.
You possess the face of the Prince of Painters with your faithful wife,
a SAveet pair whom the aacient order has scarcely produced. He, emuloas,
rivals nature by his haad aad art. She surpasses evea the Cyprian Goddess
in the honour of beauty. Agreed iu all other things, the only dispute
between them, Avhich of the two will excel in affection aad love.
[Translated from the Latin letter No. LXIX.]
CXLVI. DOMINIC BAUDIUS TO PETER PAUL RUBENS.
At Asiweep sends gkeeiing : Lyons, February 21,1613.
I have beea requested, by a mutual friend and a singular admirer of your
genius, Bartholomew Ferrerio, to recommend to yoar kindness his son, who,
for the uaderstaBdiag of his years, successfully aspires to the glory of the
pencil. I am unwiUing to diminish the influence Avhich you kindly permit
me to have with you, in indiscriminate requests ; therefore, untU aow, I have
opposed delay to the wishes of the father, an old companion of mine, that,
at my asking, you might be able to make him obliged to you by an imperish
able act of kindness. If you avUI prevaU on Francis Snyders50 to agree to
take the youth, not only as a pupU of his art, but as a member of his family,
that he may be able to perform assiduous service to his master. His father
wiU not spare any expense, and will acknowledge Mmself infinitely beholden
to both of you. At the time I volte tMs I am exceedingly occupied ; at a
future time I will enter into further particulars. I have read with great
pleasure and advantage the ' Eiogia Ciceroaiana ' of your father-in-hvw, a
maa of "Teat taste, especially the epistle which breathes throughout the spirit
60 See ante, p. 23, note 55.
861 APPENDIX.
of Ciceronian eloquence. I think you have already heard, by report that I
am again curolled ia the company of husbands. It happens that my wife is
entirely to my desire, yea (bat let this dreadful secret perish in your breast)
beyond my expectation. In the August hoUdays, if opportunity offers, I
shaU come to see you Avith my Juno, that I may earnestly remind you of
your promise, which I consider the principal part of my fortune. For good
names do not become evil by so caUing. Farewell, aad pardon haste.
Given at Lyons the 9th of the Kalends of March [February 21], 1613.
INDEX.
Academy of Painting and Sculpture at
Paris, The Royal, 63 n.
Achaya, 290.
Aix, Parliament of, 150 n.
Aix-la-Chapelle, 360 n.
Albert, Archduke, Governor of the Nether
lands, 2—6, 10, 17, 75, 90, 113.
death and funeral of, 67 n., 68 n.
portrait of, 291 n.
Aldenham, county Herts, 227 n.
Aleppo, 282 n.
Alexander, the Emperor, 8S n., 282 n.,
361.
medal of, 280, 2S1 n.
Alford, Lord, 31.
Alkmaer, 172.
Alman, Daniel, 318 a.
Alps, the, 351 n.
Ambassadors, Agents and Residents from
England to : —
Brussels: 1605— 1625. William Trum
bull.
1620. SirEdwardCon- way.
Sir Richard
Weston.
1620—1621. Lord Digby.
1631—1610. Sir Balthazar
Gerbier.
Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia :
1625. Sir Henry Vane.
1633. Earl of Arundel.
Frederick, Elector Palatine :
Ambassadors, &c.
Prance : 1623
1619.
France : 1602—1606.
1610-1616.1616. 1617.
1621—1622. 1623—1624.
Viscount Don
caster.
Sir Isaac Wake.
Sir Thomas
Parry.
Sir Thomas
Edmondes.
Lord Hay.
Sir Thomas
Edmondes.
Viscount Don
caster.
Lord Kensing
ton.
1629—1630.1629
1631-
Germany:1620.
1620-1630.1634-
1636.1641
TheGroat
Mogul :
The
Hague :
, — (continued).
1625. Earl of Carlisle
and Earl of
Holland.
1625—1626. Earl of Hol
land and Lord
Carleton.
Sir Thomas
Edmondes.
RiSneAugierand
Henry de Vic.
Sir Isaac Wake.
Sir Edward
Conway.
Sir Richard
Weston.
Lord Digby.
R. M.-ison.
John Taylor.
Sir Thomas Roe.
Earl of Arundel.
-1635.-1632.
-1621.
-1636.
-1641.
1614—1621. 1603—1613.
1614—1616. 1616—1625.
. 1625.
1627—1628.1628. 1629.
1629—1631. 1632.
1632—1633.
Italy : 1624-
Savoy: 1615-
Spain : 1605-
-1629.-1629.
-1609.
1609—1611.
1611-
1616-
-1616.-1620.
Sir Thoma3
Roe.
Sir Ralph Win-
wood.
Sir Henry Wofc-
ton.
Sir Dudley
Carleton.
Duke of Buck
ingham, and
Earl of Holland.
Lord Carleton.
Earl of Carlisle.
Sir Tho mas Roe.
Sir Henry Vane.
Sir Dudley
Carleton.
Sir William
Boswell.
Sir Isaac Wake.
Sir Isaac Wake.
Sir Charles
Cornwallis.
Francis Cot
tington.
Sir John Digby.
Francis Cot
tington.
366
INDEX.
Ambassadors, Ac-
Spain :
10)6.
1617-
] 620.
1620- 1622- 1625.
-1618.
•1625.
¦1624.
Sweden :
Turkev :
1629-1630,1631—1635.
16? 5— 1638.
1633— 1644.
1629—1630.
1631—1633. 1621—1628.
1627—1638. 1633—1640.
Venice: 1604—1610.
1610—1615. 1616—1623. 1624—1629.1629—1635.
(continued). Lord Roos.
Sir John Digby.
Lord Digby.
Sir Walter
Aston.
Earl of Bristol.
Sir Peter
Wyche.
Sir Francis
Cottington.
Arthur Hopton.
Lord Aston.
Sir Arthur
Hopton.
Sir Thos. Roe.
Sir Hemy Vane.
Sir Thos. Roe.
Sir Peter
Wycbe.
Sir Saekvile
Crowe.
Sir Henry
Wotton.
Sir Dudley
Carleton.
Sir Henry
Wotton.
Sir Isaac Wake.
Thomas Row
landson.
Lord Fielding.
1635—1639.
Amboyna. 351.
Amsterdam, 12, 13, 82, 89, 92, 93, 172,
290, 291 n., 347.
letter dated from, 361.
Andre", Bishop of, 281 n.
Andrews, Lancelot, Bishop of Wmchester,
359.
Angelo. See Michelangelo.
Angenon, Peter, 138..
Angora, 253 n.
Anima, Church of the, 219.
Anne of Austria. Regent of France, 92.
Antwerp, 1—3, 5, 6, S, 10—16, 19—21,23,
24. 32, 4?. 50. 52, 55, 56, 58, 59, 63—
C6, 70, 83, 95, 96, 102-106, 113, 117,
119—123, 129, 130, 147, 156, 162,
165—107, 171, 178, 179, 181—184,
187,1SS n., 190 n., 192, 193, 195, 196,
198—203. 2G6, 207, 209, 212—214, 218,
223. 228, 231, 235, 316, 351, 354 n.
Castellano of, 123.
castle of, 187 n.
diking of, 183.
Jesuits of, 359.
letters dated from, 22, 25, 27,
33, 35, 33. 40, 41, 43, 44, 52, 56, 58,
82, 96. 100. 112, 119, 148, 150, 159,
168, 1SS, 193, 201, 202, 206, 216, 219,
225, 22S, 300.
magistrates of, 123.
Antwerp, painters at, 308.
physicians of, 228.
— - Rubens' house at, 150.
secretary to the City of. See
Gevaerts, Gaspar.
triumphal arches, by Rubens,
at, 187.
Apelles, 160,
Apis, statue of, 26.
Apostles, the story of the, 128 n.
Apsley, Mrs., 307.
Arabian medals, 232 n.
Arches, islands of the, 281 a., 283.
Armenian medals, 2S2 n.
Arquebussiers, company of, 6 n.
Arschot, Duke of, 6 n, 10, 16, 17, 182,
1S3, 219, 221 n.
aversion to Rubens of, 177, 178,
180.
letter from, 1633, 179 n.
letter to, 1633, 178 n.
Arundel and Surrey, Earl of. See Howard,
Thomas.
Arundel House, letters dated from, 270,
279, 280, 2S1, 236, 293.
Ascanius, Cardinal of Colonna, 6 a.
Asia, 282 n.. 286 n., 287 n.
Assurance, tho, 321, 339.
Aston, Sir Walter, afterwards Lord Am
bassador to Spain, 1620 — 1625, again,
1635— 16S3, 60 a, 61a., 138 n., 157 n.,
269, 29S n.
letters to, 1637, 298, 299.
secretary to. See Fanshaw, Richard.
Athens, 2S7 n., 2SS.
mnrbles bought at, 290.
Auberey, Mr., 183, 189.
Aubespine, Charles de 1', Marquis de Cha-
teauneuf, French Ambassador in Eng
land, 1629, visits the University of
Cambridge, 138.
Augier, Rene, Agent ia France, 1629 — 1635,
175 n.
letter from, 1632, 134 n.
letter to, 3633,175.
Austria, Archduke of. See Albert.
Archduchess of. See Isabella.
House of, 69, 74, 79, 113.
Avery, Samuel, 309.
Aytona, Marquis d', Spanish Ambassador,
also Prime Minister at Brussels, 156,
158, 161—163, 165, 179 n., 181, 183,
192, 195, 196, 198, 201, 317.
death of, 158 n.
B.
Bacchus, model of, 319.
Backer, Madame, 20 n.
Bacon, Sir Francis, afterwards Lord, 343,
344, 346.
INDEX.
367
Bacon, Jane Lady, 130 n.
Balbani, Sr. Francesco, 42.
Baldwin Brightwell, 9 n.
Balfour, Sir William, 163.
credentials of, 163 u.
Ladv, 163 n.
Balsac, M., 107.
the censor of, 107.
Bannester, Daniel, 274.
Banning, Paul, Viscount, 9 n.
Anne, Viscountess, afterwards
Carl eton, Lady, 9 n.
Banqueting Hall, Whitehall, 59, 61, 130, 147.
• ¦ the Paintings for, 183 —
186, 191—202.
receipts for the Paintings
at, 203—205.
Spauish Ambassador's au
dience at, 142.
Barlow, AVilliam,Bishopof Chichester, 342n.
Fiances, daughter of, afterwards
successively wife of Matthew Parker
and of Toby Matthew Archbishop of
York, 342 n.
Barozzi, Signor, Secretary to the Duke of
.Savoy, 125, 133, 134.
¦ escapes drowning, 133.
letters from, 1629, 126, 131.
Basle, 323, 325, 329.
Bassano, Andrea, 212 n.
II, Giacomo da Ponte, 52 a, 56,
65 n., 273—275.
52 n.
Baudius, Dominic, 360—364.
letters from, 1611, 360.
1612, 362.
1613, 363.
Bavaria, King of, 21, 24, 30.
Duke of, 53, 73, 74, 79, 144, 326.
" Elector of, 235 n.
House of, 74.
Beale, Henry, 275.
Beare, Sydney, Secretary to Sir B. Gerbier,
afterwards successively Secretary to
Sec. Sir H. VaDe and Resident in
Sweden, 1652, 224 a., 226, 229, 230.
Belvidere Gallery, The, 65 n.
Benavente, Don Cristoval de, Ambassador
from Spain to Venice, also to England
1631, 157, 293.
Benet College, Cambridge, 211 n.
Bergamo, 325, 327.
Bergeyck, Lord of. See Broekhoven.
family of, 156 n.
Bergen up Zoom, 165.
Berkeley. Sir John, 342.
BeVulle, Pere, 98.
Bethnall Green near London, 318.
Bie, Cornille de, 2 n.
Biscarat, 168, 170.
Blackfriar's Theatre, 343 n., 346.
Blanet, Lord, 316.
Blenheim, chapel at, 214 n.
Blocldand, Anthony, 291 n.
Eloemaert, Abraham, 67n.,290n.,291n.,293.
Blondel. See Le Bloud.
Blount, Edward, 274.
Blyemberch, 355.
Bodleian Library, Oxford, 212 n.
Bois-le-duc, 173 n., 354 n.
Bohemia, King of. See Frederick.
Queen of. See Elizabeth.
Bologna, 7.
Bonnell, 355.
Bordone, Paris, 355.
Borrell, Mr., 307.
Bos, Jerom, 354.
Boscot, Signor, Chancellor of Brabant, 82.
Boswell, Sir William, Secretary to Lord
Carlisle, Resident at the Hague, 1632—
1633. Keeper of Stata rnpera, 1633,
113, 120 n., 128 n., 156, 169 n., 173 n.,
191—196.
letters from, 1632, 173.
1633,175, 177, 182.
1635, 158 n., 185 ii.,
201.
letters to, 162S, 292.
1269, 127.
1633, 176,179.
Bouiilon,'Duke de, 167, 305, 306.
Bourdeaux, 92, 94, 150 a.
Bouteville, M., 82.
Boxtel, 173 n.
Brabant, 11, 12, 85, 92, 94, 112, 116, 173 n.,
202.
• Chancellor of. See Boscot.
Duchy of, 316.
¦ History of the Dukes of. 129 n.
Bradshaw, a brewer, 135 n.
Braganza, Duke of. See John.
Brand, John, 118.
Brant, Isabella, afterwards Rubens, Isabella,
marriage of, 6.
Clara, sister of, afterwards Four
ment, Clara, 156.
— - John, father of, 6, 129, 156 n., 364.
Henr}', son of the preceding, 129,
130,133,146,156 m
Bray, Edmund, 134 n.
— — ¦ Dorothy (Tracy), lvife of, afterwards
Lady Couway, 134 n.
. Anna, daughter of, afterwards Lady
Wake 134 n.
Breda, 12, 'es, 86,' 88, 90, 167, IBS n., 354 n.
letter dated from, 85.
Breudell, M., 8.
Brett, Sir Robert, 139 n.
Aane, Lady, afterwards Lady Cot
tington, 139 n.
Breughel, John, 19, 20 n., 23, 24.
the elder, Peter, 2Q, 23, 354.
(Koeck) wife ofj 354 n.
354 a.
36S
INDEX.
Breuseghan, Peter de, 203.
Brill, The, 9, 10.
Brissac, M. 63.
British Museum, The, 150 n., 188 n.
Broekhoven, John Baptist, Lord of Bergeyck,
156 a.
Brondell. See Brendell.
Brosse, Jacques de, 63.
Browne, Lady, 305.
Thomas, 326, 327.
Bruneau, M., 149.
Brussels, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 23, 40,
42, 44, 49, 54, 64, 67, S2, 83, 85—87,
90—94, 97, 101, 10S, 113, US— 124,
12S— 130, 133, 141, 147, 148, 176,
179 a., 181, 1S2, 20S, 211 n., 292, 316,
318, 327, 354 n., 361.
advertisements from, 139, 140.
— — Ambas?adors and Agents at. See
Conway, Digby, Gerbier, Trumbull,
Weston.
court at, 107, 162, 165, 173, 192,
317.
¦ French Ambassador at. See
MarinL
letters dated from, 14, 18, 19, 22,
50—52, 54, 5S, 62, 64, 68, 71, 72, 82,
10S, 119, 125. 14S, 149, 157, 158, 161
—163, 165, 168, 171, 174—177, 179—
1S3, 135— 187, 191—195, 199—201,
207, 20S, 210, 214— 21S, 220—224,
226, 227, 229—231, 233—235, 296,
300/317, 318, 323, 340, 346.
Ministers at, 177.
negotiations at, 156.
• Spauish Ambassador at. See
Aytona. Marquis d'.
— — tanestries of, 32, 34, 35—37, 39
—45, 220.
Buckingham, George Villiers, 1st Duke of,
9, 60, 64, 6S— 73, 76, 79, 82— 84, 88,
93, 95, 96, 102—106, 109— 117,135a.,
136, 145, 291, 311, 320, 323,344, 345,
316.
• ¦ Ambassador Extraordinary at
the Hague, 1625, 127 a.
antiquities, pictures, &c, pur
chased for, 283— 2S9, 303, 305—309,
35S. 359.
created a Duke, 118 n.
enraged at the French, 106.
atLordliay's wedding, 1 1 8 n.
hated by the Count d'Oli
vares, 130—131.
Master of the Horse to. See
Gerbier, Sir Balthazar.
presents from, 313— 315.
letters from, 1627, 77, 78.
1628, 114.
letters to, 1627, 80, 82 n.,
88 a., 103.
162S, 112, 119.
Buckingham, George Villiers, 1st Duka of,
assassination of, 130, 317.
executors of, 135 n.
— — allegorical picture of, 290 n.
catalogue of the collection of,
65, 66 n.
sequestration' of the estate of,
65 n.
Duchess of, 135, 136, 318.
pictures purchased for, 303,
309.
Burrows, Sir John, 307.
Burlamachi, Philip, 320, 321, 329—338.
letter from, 1627, 323.
letters to, 1624, 309.
1627, 322.
C.
Cabbaulo, Mr., 36.
Cadix, 70.
Csesar, 88.
Caius, 355.
Calais, 58, 77, 96, 112.
Governor of. See De Vic.
Calandrini, M., 1S5 a.
Calendar, Gregorian or Reformed, 231 n.
Cambridge, 9.
University of, 133, 212, 359.
Camden, William, letter to, 1618, 25.
Camillus, History of, 36, 37, 40.
Canterbury, Archbishop of. See Parker,
Matthew. letter, dated from, 321.
Canavese, The, 135.
Capitol at Rome, The, 66.
Carachiulo, Giambattista, 354.
Caravaggio, colouring of, 292.
Cardan, works of, 107.
Carey, Tom, Groom of the Bedchamber to
Charles I., 304 a., 311—313, 315, 322,
334.
letter to, 1631, 336.
Carleton, Sir Dudley, afterwards succes
sively Baron Imbercoui-t, Vice-Cham
berlain ; Viscount Dorchester and Se
cretary of State, 162S— 1632; also,
Ambassador at Venice, 1610 — 1615;
at the Hague, 1616—1625 ; to France,
1625 — 1626; and again at the Hague,
1627—1628, S, 9 r,., 10, 14, 16, 21, 29,
52, 54, 56, 59, 60, 64, 68, 76, 78, 83,
84 n., 95, 100, 103, 105, 126, 128 n.,
133 n., 134 n., 141, 144, 162, 165, 268,
269, 295, 303—310, 316, 331—334,
339, 343.
¦ Antiques and Statues of, 23,
24, 268—270, 299—303.
¦ • bill of expenses of, 309, 310.
chain of diamonds) belonging to,
14—16,18,19.
INDEX.
369
Carleton, Sir Dudley, despatches of Charles
I., corrected bv, 139 n.
pictures of, 19—24, 29, 37—47,
150, 158, 270—275, 292—294.
presents made by, 26S — 270.
letters from, 1593, 341.
1616, 9, 12, 291 a
1617, 300.
1618, 31, 36, 38,
41, 42.
1621, 290.
1624,304 a, 306 n.,
309.
1627, 77 a, 84 n,
85, 86, 90, 93, 91,
95, 97. 99, 104.
1629,128,133,292, 359 n.
1630, 142, 14S.
1631, 163 n.
¦ ¦ letters to, 1598, 342.
1613, 822 n.
1616, 14, 15, 269, 270,
271, 300, 343, 351.
1617, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21,
22, 24, 117 n, IIS n.,
279, 301, 345, 346.
1618, 27, 23, 33, 35, 3S,
40,41,43,44,45,346.
1619, 48, 49, 279-
. 1620, 50, 51, 52, 54.
1621, 55, 56, 57, 5S, 61,
62, 291.
1623, 64, 233 n.
1624,304,305, 306,307.
1625, 346, 351,-359.
1626, 293 a.
1627, 322 n.
1628, 114 n., 291 n.
1629,128, 131, 133, 135,
137, 141, 294, 311,
313,327,330, 331.
1630,140,154,294,295, 333, 334, 335, 343.
1631,157,158,166,338. 1632, 167.
secretaries to. See Wake, Isaac;
Weckerlin, G. R.
— — ¦ Anne (Gerard), Lady, 1st wife of,
9 n., 15, 303—310, 322 n.
bill of expenses of, 309, 310.
letters from, 1624, 304, -305, 305,
307.
— — pictures, &c, purchased by, 303
—309
Anne (Glemham), Lady, 2nd wife
Carleton, Dudley, afterwards Sir Dudley,
nephew of Lord Dorchester, Agent at
the Hague, 1632, 92, 115—113 n.,
128 ii., 173 a., 303, 347 n.
bill of, 309.
Carleton, Dudley, letters from, 162C, 293 n.
1623, 291 n.
1629, 294.
1630, 2'..' t, 343.
1631, 161 n.
letter to, 1629, 292.
Carlisle, Earl of. See Hav, James.
Carpenter, W. H., 26, 183 xi„ 317.
Carr, Robert, Earl of Somerset, 253, 272, 271.
pictures and marble^ of, 273 — 278.
¦ Secretary to. See Parker, John.
Carracci, Annibale, 52.
Catalans, Rebellion of the, 129 n.
Catharine, Grand Duchess of Savoy, 76, 197.
Catholic League, The, 73, 74.
Provinces, The, 156, 157, 175 —
177, 180, 131, 132.
Catholics, the English, 11.
Cavalla, 288 n.
Cecil, General Sir Edward, 17,280.
Challoupe Army, 165.
Chamberlain, John, 8, 9 n., 272, 301, 343.
letters from, 1593, 341.
1616, 272.
KS18, 345.
letters to, 1 61 6, 9, 1 % 291 a.
1617, 300.
1624, S04n.,306n.
Chamberlain, the Lord, 1617. See Her
bert, William. Earl of Pembroke.
Chamberlains, Vice, See Carleton, Digby.
Chancellors of the Exchequer. See Cot
tington, Weston.
Chandler, Mr., 353.
Chauteloupe, the Pera, 162—164.
Chapel, the Duke of Arschot's, 10.
Chapelle, M., 82.
Charing Cross, Charles I.'s statue at, 318.
Charity, The, 274.
Charles, Prince of Wales, afterwards King
Charles L, 54, 55, 57, 60, 61, 127, 346.
cofferer to. See Vane, Sir Henry.
creation of, 273.
- — — at Loi-d Hay's wedding, 113 n.
— "Keeper of the Cabinet Room"
to. See Vanclerdoort, Abraham.
letter from, 1619, US a.
marriage treaty of, 60, 118. a.
models for, 272 n.
Picture Gallery of, 60, 61, 64.
— — Spain visited by, 69, 138.
Charles I., King of England, 10, 26,- 29,
49, 59—61, 64, 68—80, 89—93, 97, 98,
106—111, 114—117, 120—126, 128,
130— 139,143,147,143,150,155,157a.,
161, 108, 169, 172—174, 182 a., 207,
212,214, 218, 220, 231, 232 n., 235,269,
2S0 n., 285, 290, 291, 293, 310 n., 311,
317—319, 346, 347, 350, 358.
anecdote of, 144 n.
coins and medaU of, 173 n.
enraged at the French, 106.
B B
370
INDEX.
Charles L, King of Englaad, finances of,
185 n.
gold chain given to Rubens by,
205.
grooms of the Bedchamber to. See
Murray, AAilliain ; Porter, Endymion.
jewels of, 185 n.
keeper of pictures to. See Murray,
Homy.
knighthood conferred by, 147,
211 a., 318.
letters from, 1626, 60—61.
1628, 114 a, 118 a.
(2), 119 n.
1629, 127, 13S, 140.
1630, 142 n.
letters to, 1627, 322 a.
1630, 333, 334.
1631,161,182,163,165.1634, 1S5.
1639, 319.
1640, 220, 224, 227, 229.
librarian to. See Young, Patrick.
¦ — -!- Mantuan Collection purchased for,
320—340.
marriage of, 64, 127.
Master of Music to. See Lanier,
Nicholas.
Nys' (Daniel) Cabinet, in treaty for,
296— 29S.
pictures of, 147 a., 1S3— 186, 191
—205, 214—230, 293, 853.
pictures purchased by, 310 — 316,
319.
secret promises toRubens of, 145.
in Spaia, 149 a.
Spanish Ambassador's audience
with, 130.
statutes of, 31 8, 319.
¦ Treasurer of the Household to.
Sec Vane, Sir Henry.
trial of, 31S.
Wake's body commanded to be
opened by, 134 n.
warrants signed by, 315, 316, 319,
332, 337, 358.
Charles, Prince of Wales, afterwards King
Charles IL, 139 a., 227 n.
birth of, 149.
Charles V., Emperor of Germany, 316.
Charles Emmanuel, Grand Duke of Savoy,
"76, 84, 88, 94, 97, 132, 133 n., 135, 137,
155 a., 313.
son of. See Thomas, Prince.
Chateauneuf, Marquis de. See Aubespine.
Cheapsicle, 304 a.
Chelsea, 66.
Chevalier, Francis, 138.
Chichester, Bishop of. See Barlow, Wil
liam.
Chiswick, 214 n.
Christ Church, Oxford, 9 n., 135.
Christian IV., King of Denmark, 16, 29,
45,68, 71, 74, 78,79, 86, 87, 102, 112,
113,115—117,132.
Cicero, works of, 7.
Cize, M., 133.
Clarendoa, Lord, 14 n.
Clarke, Capt., 305.
Clausel, M-, 135.
Cleopatra, statue of, 319.
Cobentzell, Count, 219 n.
Cockayn, William, 184, 200, 202.
Coeva, Cardinal de la, 161.
Coignet, Giles, 12 u.
Coke, Secretary Sir John, 78, 197, 296 n.
answers to Rubens' overtures, 79.
letter from, 1632, 134 n.
¦ letters to, 1623, 326 a.
1632,134 a, 168 n.,171,
173, 174, 339.
1633,174,175,177,180, 181, 182.
1634, 132, 183.
1635,187n.,201,296,297.
Coleshlll, 60.
Colleges. See Cambridge, Christ Church,
Leyden, Louvaine, Oxford.
Cologne, 1, 20, 205—207.
Bishop of, 10.
Elector of, 95, 113.
Colonna, Cardinal of. See Ascanius.
. Don Carlos de, Spanish Am
bassador to Englaad, 1629—1630,
118 a., 119, 130, 133, 139—144, 149,
169.
credentials of. 130 n.
audience of Charles I. 140.
letter from, 1629, 125.
Confederate States. See United Provinces.
Constantinople, 280, 2S4, 285, 289.
Ambassador at. See Roe,
Wyche.
2S8n.
aatiquities at, 284, 285,
Bashaw of, 284.
¦ 1 captain of the castlet, 286n.
letters dated from, 281 n.,
282 a., 283, 285 a., 286 a., 288, 239,
352, 353.
¦ plague at, 285 a.
Conway, Sir Edward, afterwards succes
sively Lord Killultgah, Viscount Con
way, Secretary , of State and Lord
President of the Council; also, Ambas
sador to Brussels and Germany, 1620,
56,68, 105, 119 a., 134a., 143n., 147 n.,
317, 346.
lettersfrom, 1624, 60 n.
1625, 321, 352.
1627, 95 a., 97 n., 105,
108 n., 322 n.
1628, 118 n., 324.
letters to, 1626, 350.
INDEX.
371
ConAvay, Sir Edward —
letters to, 1627, 63 n., 84 n., 85,
86, 90, 91 a., 93, 91,
95, 97, 99, 104.
162S, 117,324, 326.
1633, 352 n.
Anna (Tracy), Lady, 134 n.
Lord Viscount, son of, 354.
Cooper, Samuel, 354.
Coram, Mr., 300.
Corham, John, 55, 56, 300.
Cornbury Park, letter dated from, 4S.
Cornelise, John, 300.
Cornelisz, Cornelius, 12 n.
Cornwalli3, Sir Charles, Ambassador to
Spain, 1605—1609, 138 n.
Jane, Lady, 130 n.
Correggio, Autonio, 320, 325—327.
Corynth, 289, 290.
Cottington, Sir Francis, afterwards suc
cessively Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Baron Cottington and Lord Treasurer;
also, Ambassador to Spain, 1609 —
1611; again, 1616 — 1620; a third time,
1629— 1630, 136,138a., 140,154 a., 155'
—185, 222, 223, 269, 294. 298, 321, 352.
letters from, 1629, 141, 293.
letters to, 1629, 138, 140.
1630, 142 n., 148.
1638, 353.
Anne (Meredith), Lady, 139 a.
• Philip, father of, 138 a.
— — Secretaryto. /S'ceHopton, Arthur.
Council, Lord President of the. See Con
way, Lord.
Chamber, the, 10 a. -
Coarteen, Sir Peter, 305, 308, 309.
Coventry, Sir Thomas, 357.
Cracherode, Rev. M., 188 n.
Cresentio, James Baptista, 354.
Cromwell, Oliver, 354.
Crowe, Sir Sackvile, Ambassador to Turkey,
1638—1640, 68 n.
Croy, Duchess de, 120.
Cumberland, George Clifford, Earl of, 342.
Cunningham, Peter, 59 n.
D.
Dalhatia, 326.
Danby, Earl of. See Danvers, Henry Lord.
Dantsey, co. Wilts, 49 a.
Danvers, Heary Lord, afterwards succes
sively Lord President of Munster,
Governor of Guernsey and Earl of
Danby, 49 n., 54, 55, 57, 53, 61, 64,
270—272.
letters from, 1616, 351.
1619, 48, 49.
1621, 57, 62.
Sir John, father of, 49 a
Elizabeth, Lady, Avife of Sa- John,
49 a.
Deeatch, Jacob, 302 a.
Decius Mus, History of, 40.
Dclfdt, 68, S9, 92, 99, 104, 291, 304, 309,
343, 354.
¦ letter dated from, 97.
Dclmout, Deodato, 63.
Delphic Tripod, the, 151, 152.
Delphos, 281 n.
Denmark, 70, 74, 73, 115.
¦ King of. See Christian IV.
Ambassador from. See Vosberg-
hcu.
Garden, 191.
House, letter dated from, 77.
Descamps, M., 7, 156.
Devereux, Robert, Earl of Essex, 49 n. ,342.
Devie, Henry, Ageut in France, 1629 — ¦
1635; letter from, 1632, 134 a.
M., Governor of Calais, 342.
Devonshire, 137 n.
collection of pictures at Chis-
wick of the Duke of, 213 n.
House, 213 n.
Diana, statue of, 352, 353.
Dickenson, John, 56 a., 133 a.
Dieston, William, 4S.
Digby, Sir John, afterwards successively
Baron Digby and Earl of Bristol, also
Vice-Chamberlaia, Ambassador to
Spain, 1611— 1616; again, 1617— 161S,
and in 1620; to Viennaaud Brussels
ia 1620 — 1621 ; again Ambassador to
Spain, 1622—1624, 29 a., 60 a., 29S.
letter to, 1626, 60 n.
Dillenburg, Citadel of, 1.
Dinley, John, Secretary to the Queen of
Bohemia, 358, 359 n.
letter from, 1625, 359.
Dix, Mr.. Steward of the Earl of Arundel,
271.'
Dominica, 231 a.
Doncaster, Viscount. See Hay, James.
Donnadien, A., 82, 106, 119.
Dorchester, Viscount. See Carleton, Sir
Dudley.
Doria, Don Carlos, Ambassador from Genoa
to Spain, 149, 155.
family of, 147 n.
Dormer, Sir John, 300 a.
Sir Michael, 300, 342.
Dorset, 60.
Dort, 12, 172, 302 n.
— — letter dated from, 304.
Douai, University of, 129 n.
Dover, 326 n.
Castle, 134 n.
Downes, the, 2S1 n.
Dreadnought, the, 272 n.
Drury, Sir Robert, 342.
DruryLane, 318 a.
Duche, M., 318 n.
Duel, Bouteville and Chapelle, 82 a.
bb 2
372
INDEX.
Dunkirk, 23, 105, 126—128, 130, 139, 140,
156, 184, 199, 200.
letter dated from, 127.
pirates of, 199.
Dupuy, M.
letters to, 1626, 66 a
1627, 82 n., 105, 106.
Duquesnoy, Francois, 219 n.
letter to, 1640, 219.
Durham, Bishop of. See Matthew, Toby.
Duiseldorf. gallery at, 214, n.
Dutch, obstinacy of the, 161,
E.
Earl- Marshal of England. See Howard,
Thomas, Earl of Arundel.
East India Company, 351.
Edinburgh, 335 n.
Edmondes. Sir Thoma3, Ambassador to
France, 1010—1617 ; again, 1629—
1630, 10 n.
— — letter from, 1629, 137.
Egyptian gods, 152.
-A_ medals, 2S2 n.
Egyptus, statue of, 26.
Elector Palatiae, The. See Frederick.
Eleetres3 Palatine. See Elizabeth.
Elizabeth, Queen of England, 135 n., 137n.,
342. '
Electress Palatine, afterwards Queea of
Bohemia, 69, 78, 80, 119 n., 121, 134
a., 154 a., 290, 291, 293 n.
allegorical, &c. pictures of, 290 n.,
293 a., 295.
Ambassadors to. See Arundel,
Vane.
¦ pictures, &c, purchased by, 303,
305, 306, 308, 309.
daughter of. See Sophia, Princess.
Secretary to. See Dinley, John.
— — portrait of her dog, 293 n.
Queen of Spain, 73 a., 154 a.,
155 ii., 353.
Elsheimer, Adam, 335.
Eiigelgrans, Francis, letter from, 1616, 300.
England, 4, 10, 13, 14, 21, 31, 32, 49, 54,
55, 60, 68—74, 78, 82, 88—100, 102,
105, 107, 114, 115, US, 119 a, 121,
122, 126—135, 138, 140, 141, 147, 14S,
155, 157—159u., 163, 169, 170, 173 n.,
IS?, 183, 189, 192—196, IPS, 201, 202,
207, 211 u., 217—219, 225, 231 a, 269,
233, 285, 286, 290, 291, 300, 304 a.,
303, 309, 310 a., 312, 313, 316, 318,
321, 328, 333, 335, 339, 340, 343—
348, 352, 357, 359, 360.
Ambassadors to and from. See
Ambassadors.
Commonwealth of, 163 n.
negotiations in, 137, 147.
England, peace between Spain aad, 137.
pictures sent to, 184.
English Court, 342.
Insolence and barbarism, 82.
Fleet, 97.
Government, 98.
Defeat of the, 106, 107.
ill feeling, towards Spain, of the,
119 a.
Ephesus, 285 v., 237 n.
Erpenius, or Erpen, Thomas Van, 358 —
360.
- Madame, wife of, 359.
Espina, Doa Juan de, 294.
Donna Francesca, daughter of, 294 n.
Essex, 10 n., 280 n.
¦ — ¦ — Earl of. See Devereax, Robert.
Esterlingers, The, 11 a.
Esterlings, The-, 11.
Eva-ope, cooking in, 151.
Eurydice evading Orpheus, 160.
Eusebius, History of, 152.
Evelyn, diary of, 268, 263.
F.
Fairfax, Brian, 65.
Falcon, The, 302 a.
Fanshaw, Richard, Secretary to Lord
Aston, afterwards Sir Richard, and
Ambassador to Spam, 1664, 299.
Farnesian Palace, The, 66.
Faro, Don Lewis de, 354.
Fasch, Signor, 323.
Ferabosco, Alphonso, 322 n.
— Henry, 322 n.
Ferdinand II., Emperor of Germany, 69,
71, 73, 74, 78, 79, 86, 92.
Ambassador of, 122, 123.
Ferdinand III., Emperor of Germany,
129, 132, 144, 155, 235 a., 280 a., 296 n.
¦ pictures of, 291 a.
Ferdinand, Priace, brother of Philip IV,
Governor of the Netherlands, 1S7,
188, 192, 194,317 a.
Ferdinand, Duke of Mantua, 326, 327.
Forrerio, Bartholomew, S63.
Fielding, Basil Lord, Ambassador to Venice,
1635—1639, 269.
letters from, 1635, 296, 297.
1637, 298.
letter to, 1635, 297.
Flanders, 5, 8, 49, 70, 113, 114, 147, 316,
317.
— — war in, 110.
Secretary of the Privy Council
of. See Rubens.
Fleet, the English, 70.
the French, 98.
Flemming, Lady, 307, 308.
daughter of, 308.
INDEX.
373
Florence, 4, 66, 67, 310 n.
¦ letters dated from, 343, 352 n.
Duke of, 2, 67, 326.
Palace at, 66.
Flushing, 303, 305, 306, 309.
letters dated from, 306, 307.
Fortry, Mr., 270 — 272.
Potherty, Mr., 135 a.
Fourment, Daniel, 156, 231,
¦ Clara (Brant), wife of, 156.
Helena, daughter of, afterwards
successively Heleua Rubeus and Helena
Broekhoven, 156.
France, 9, 69, 70, 74, 94, 95, 98, 102 103,
113, 120—122, 125, 127, 133— 135 a,
159 n., 16S, 18Sn., 310 a., 313, 314,
316, 335, 337, 338, 360 a.
• Kings of. See Henry IV., Louis
XIII., Louis XIV.
Queen Mother of. See Marie de
Medicis.
¦ Ambassadors to. See Augier, Car
lisle, Carleton, De Vic. Edmondes,
Hollaad, Parry, Wake.
Ambassadors' from, 89 — 2S1 n.,
282 a., 297. See also Aubespine.
army of, 189.
Catalogue of Rubeus' effects pub
lished in, 235.
ill offices of, 168.
overtures of peace by, US a.
perfidy of, 102.
reflections on Charles I. of, 185.
treaty with, 144.
— — and Biscarat, 170.
and Spain, misunderstanding be
tween, 137, 169.
war Avith Spain, 1635, 169 n., 189,
190.
Francis I., Grand Duke of Tuscany, 64,
313, 325, 323.
Franckeadal, 207.
preachers and teachers of the
reformed religion suppressed at, 86.
Churches and Schools taken
away at, 86.
Frank. See Franken, Vranckz.
Franken, Sebastian, 23.
family of, 23 n.
Frederick V., Elector Palatine aad King of
Bohemia, 10, 70, 74, 78, SO, 1X7,
119 a, 121, 134 a., 173 a., 290, 291,
308, 359 n.
• • allegorical, &c, pictures of, 290 a,
293 a., 295.
Ambassadors to. See Doncaster,
Wake.
death of, 296 a.
Frederick Henrv, Prince, son of, 291.
, daughter of. See Sophia, Princess.
Free State3. See Uuited Provinces.
French Ministers, the, 137.
jFrench, passage through Savoy of the,
133 n.
Fiiesland, 159 a.
Fullberg'm, Mr., 305.
Gage, George, 14 n., 15—22, 27, 50, 299.
letters from, 1617, 19, 22, 24.
1630, 146.
Galicia, 306 n.
Galle, Fraucis, 35S.
j Gallitziu, Prince, Ambassador from Russia
j to Hollaud, 1761, 219 n.
| Gandia Mayor, Duke of, 154 a, 155 a
i Gascony, 316.
¦ Gasseudi, M., 150 d.
| Gatehouse, keeper of the, 59 a
; Geldorp, George, 205, 2.06.
i Geneva, 360 n.
j Gennetts, 355.
Genoa, 4, 5, 7, 147, 310 a, 311—313, 323,
325.
¦ Palaces of, 5.
Spanish Ambassador to. Sue Doria,
Don Carlos.
Gentileschi, Horace, 310—316.
annuity to, 315.
letters from, 1629, 311, 313.
payments to, 314 — 316.
Francesco, soa of, 310 n. 311 —
314.
• Giulio, sou of, 311—313.
Artemisia, daughter of, 310 n.
Gerard, George, 9 n.
Anne, daughter of, afterwards Lady
Carleton, 9 a.
Gerbier, Balthazar, Master of the Horse
to the Duke of Buckingham, after
wards Sir Balthazar, Ambassador at
Brussels, 1631- -1640, 24, 59, 65, 6S,
72, 77—79, 82, 84, 85, 87—93, 104,
107, 108,--**% ,113, 115, 120, 130,
144—146, 155, 157 a., 164, 169, 183,
184, 207, 203, 211 n., 212, 213, 269,
310 a., 311, 316—318, 355 a
charges for niae moaths' cater-
tainmeut of Rubens, 146.
commerce of pictures with
Rubens, 90.
discourses' held with Ruhens,
63—70.
genealogy of, 316.
— — Geutileschi's account by, 314 —
315..
jewels bought of him by King
Charles to give to Rubeus, 145, 146.
knighted by Charle3 I., 211 n.
letters opened of, 145.
letters from, 1627, 71, 76, S8, 89,
97, 99.
374
INDEX.
Gerbier, Balthazar —
letters from, 1623, 109, 110, 114.
1629, 135.
163(), 142.
1631, 157, 158, 161,
162, 163, 165,
166.
1632, 167. 163, 169.
171, 171.
1633, 174, 175, 176,
177, 179, ISO,
181. 296.
1634, 182, 1S3, 135,
ISO, 1S7.
1635, 1S7 n., 191,
192, 193, 194,
195, 197, 199,
200, 201.
1636, 207,208.
1637, 317.
163S, 208, 210.
1639, 211.
1640, 71 a, 214,
215, 216, 217,
218, 220, 221,
222, 223, 224,
226, 227, 229,
230, 231, 233,
234 235.
letters to, 1627, 71, 72,' 81, 82,
85, 96, 100, 102,
105.
1628. 114.
L-29, 125.
1631,163 a.
1632, 163, 170, 172.
1633, 181.
1633, 209,210,317.
1640, 216, 225, 228.
¦ payments to, 317 a.
¦ — — recall from Holland of, 105.
¦ return to England of, 103.
— — Secretary to. See Beare, Sydney
Madame (Kipp), Avife of, 102.
sons of, 318.
Germain, Henry, Master of the Horse to
Henrietta Maria, 223 n.
• letter to, 1640, 223, 233.
Germanv, 56, 73, 75, 78—80, 86, 90 -92,
113, 134, 149.
¦ Diet of, 149.
. Emperors of. See Ferdinand II.
and III.
Palsgrave of, 155.
Priaces of, 74, 79.
Ambassadors to. iS'ee Arundel,
Conway, Digby, Mason, Roe, Taylor,
Weston.
Gevaerts, Gaspar, 65, 66, 129, 151, 152.
portrait by Rubens of, 129 n.
epitaph of Rubens by, 232.
Ghent, 316.
Ghent, Jesuits at, 347.
Pacification of, 1 IS.
Gheyn, Jacques- de, 24 n.
Jacques de, son of, 21 a.
Ghmiham, Sir Henry, 9 n.
¦ ¦ Aane, daughter of, afterwards
successively Viscountess Banning aud
Viscountess Dorchester, 9 r>.
Godmanston, co. Somerset, 13S a.
Goekiudt, Peter, 20 a.
Goltzlus, Henry, 13.
Gonzaga, Vinceat II. de. See Vincent II.
House of, 153.
Gorcum, Holland, 290 a., 358 a.
Gore, Richard, 59 a.
Gouda, 67.
Graces, The; 153.
Grand Signer of Turkey, The, 212 a,
2S1 a., 284, 236 a., 287 n.
Overseer of the Works of, 2S6 n.
Great Britain, 68, 69, 79.
Great Mogul, The, 212 n.
Ambassador to. See Roe, Sir
Thomas.
Greece, 281 a., 232 a., 289.
Emperor of, 286 n.
Greek matrices, 187, 201.
Greenbury, Richard, 351.
Greenfield, M., 13.
GreeaAvich, 133, 271, 279 n.
King Charles I.'s chapel at,
212 a.
Queea Henrietta Maria's Ca
binet at, 211—230, 233, 234.
¦ ¦ Knights made at, 137 a.
letters dated from, 128, 134 n.,
204, 336.
paintings at, 310 u.
Gregory XV., Popo, 14 n.
Grenier, M., 67 a.
Gris, Moas. le, 183, 189.
Grisons, 325, 327.
Ambassador to the. See Wake, Sir
Isaac.
Groll, taking of the, 70.
Gronata, The, 352 a
Grooms of the Bedchamber to Charles I.
See Murray, William ; Porter, Endy
mion.
Grotius, 362.
works of, 107.
Guastallo, Prince of, 325.
Guernsey, Governor, of. (See Danvers,
Henry.
Gaertenbergh, 12.
Gui3tre, 150 n.
Gunpowder Plot, 9 a.
Gurcom. 12.
Guyot, Tussein, 202, 203.
INDEX.
37;
H.
Haddock, Richard, 336.
Huerlern, 12—14, 27, 42, 172, 347 n., 34S.
Hague, the, 9, 22, 36, 37, 40, 67, 68, 89, 92.
95, 109, 113, 118, 119, 157, 166, 172.
173 a, 174, 177, 179 a, 2U8, 290 n.,
291 11., 299, 304, 307, 30S, 322 n.
letters dated from, 9, 12, 31,
36, 3S, 41, 42,84—86, 88—91,93—95,
97, 99, 104, 128, 131, 15S n., 161 a.,
173, 175, 177, 182, 201, 290, 291 n.,
294, 300, 309, 34S.
Agents at. &cBosvvell, Gerbier.
¦ Ambassadors at. See Boswell,
Buckingham, Carleton, Carlisle, Hol
land, Roe, Vane, Wiuwood, Wottou.
Danish Resident at. See Vos
berghen.
Court at, 166.
House of the Wood at. 213 n.
negotiations at, 156, 178.
Haines Hill, letter dated from, 210.
Hamilton, Marquis of, 61 a.
Duke of, 29 u.
Hampton Court, letters dated from, 105,
118 a., 29S, 299.
Knights made at, 211 n.,
318.
pictures at, 4 n., 321.
Handmaid, The, 275.
Haauibal, Stories of Scipio aad, 40.
Hanworth, co. Middlesex, 138 a.
Harby, Sir Erasmus, 227 a.
Sir Job, father of the"precedaig,
227, 230, 234.
Hurley, Lady Erilliana, 134 a
Harrisoa, Lady, 304 n., 809.
Harvey, Richard, 203.
letters to, 1637, 204.
1638, 204.
Hastings, 9.
Hattoa House, letter dated from, 49.
Hay, James, afterwards successively Baron
Hay, Viscount Doncaster, and Earl of
Carlisle, Ambassador to France, 1616;
to the Elector Palatine, 1619 ; again,
to France, 1621—1622; also, 1624—
1625; and to Holland, 1623, 64, 11-4,
117 a, 113 n., 129, 145,339.
courtship of, 117 n.
marriage of, 118 n.
ill at Venice, 118 11.
letters from, 162S, 117, 319.
1629, 12S.
letters to, 1619, 118 a
1627, 90 a.
1629, 124,125, 126,
123, 131, 132, 330.
Lucy (Percy), wife of, 118 a.
Secretary of. See Boswell.
i Heidelberg, 134 n.
Heiusius, 362.
Helvetia, 327.
Homseli-oy, Leon, 159.
Homskerck, Egbert, 355.
Hcnricksen, Cornelius, 13 11.
Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles L, 73 u.,
120, 133 a., 285, 353.
anecdote of, 1-11 n.
. marriage of, 64 11., 118 n.,
127.
accoueb.emeiitof.14y, 164.
Master of the Horse to.
See Germain, Henry.
paintings for the Cabinet
at Greenwich of, 211 —
230, 233, 234.
Henry, Prince of Wales, 121, 322 a, 360 a.
Henry IV., Kiugof France, 25, 49, 06, 73, 75.
Herbert, William, Earl of Pembroke and
Moutgomevv, Lord Chamberlain, 14 n.,
279, 301, 34~5.
letter from, 1627, 322 n.
letter to, 1627, 90 a.
Hertfordshire, 227 a.
Hilliard, Nicholas, 355.
Holbein, Hans, 269, 230, 290, 292, 293, 355.
Holland, 8, 45. 67, 74. 77, S3— 85. SS, 91,
93, S5, 96, 107—109, 111. 112, 116.
145, 154, 159 n., 162, 165—167, 17B,
179, 181. 191, 192, 194, 201, 263, 290,
290, 317.
Ambassador from, to Paris, 98.
Earl of.. See Rich, Henry.
treaty or truce with, 165, 167, 171,
172, 174—173, 180—182.
Hollanders, the, 105.
Homer, tripod mentioned in, 151.
Hondius, 23.
Houthorst, Gerard, 67, 26S, 269, 290 a,
293—295.
Hopton, Arthur, Secretary to Sir Francis
Cottington in Spain, 1629 — 1631, after
wards Sir Arthur, Ambassador ia
Spain, 1631—1635; also, 1633—1044,
150, 157 n., 298.
letters from, 1631, 157.
163S, 353.
¦ letter to, 1634, 182.
Hoteeue, Monsieur, 306.
¦ Madame, 306.
Houghton Collection. The, 31 n.
Howard, Thomas, Earl of Arundel and
Surrey, and Earl of Norfolk. Ambas
sador Extraordinary to the Queen of
Bohemia, 1633; to Vicnua. 1641 —
1644, 65 a., 159 11., 160, 208, 212 n.,
230, 263—299, 318, 344, 345.
antiquities ot; 280—290, 299.
¦ books of, 293, 294.
chaplain to. See Petty, William.
drawings of, 294, 296.
376
INDEX.
Howard, Thomas —
Earl Marshal, 273.
gallery of, 270, 273.
garden of, 270.
house at Grc-emvinh of, 279 n.
letters from, 1616, 270.
1619,279. 1621,291.
1622,280.
1621,281. 1625, 284, 2S5.
1626,236. 1629,293.
1637,298,299.
letters to, 1621,290.
'1622, 281 a.
1623,282 a.
1625,283,235 a.
1626, 286 a.
1627,288,289.1633, 296.
1640, 231.
— ¦ — librarian of. See Junius, Francis.
marbles purchased by, 150 n.
Nys' (Daniel) cabinet purchased
by, 298.
pictures of, 268—275, 279, 290—
293, 301.
preseatsto, 268— 280, 281 a., 291,
292.
report of being sent to the Tower,
283 a.
statues of, 268—273, 275—278.
steward of. See Dix, Mr.
death of. 159 a., 296 a.
• sons of, 212 a.
Husson, Councillor, 307.
Ihbercotjrt, Baron. See Carleton, Sir
Dudley.
Imperialists, The, 15-3.
Indies, East. <S'ee Great Mogul.
Industry, The, 336.
Infant Cardinal, The. See Ferdinand, Prince.
Infantn, The. See Isabella.
Ireland, 49 n., 342.
Isaac, picture of, 152.
Isabella, The Infauta, Archduchess of
Austria, 3, 5, 10, 67—79, 81—83, 86,
87, 89, 91—94, 97, 98, 100—102, 107
— 109, 114, 115, 120—124, 130, 140,
142, 143, 147, 149, 155, 156, 157 a,
161—165, 168—170, 172, 173, 175—
177, 179, 181, 182, 207, 317, 322 a
Ambassadors at the Court of. See
Brussels. Ambassadors at.
anxious for peace with England,
130.
— — Oentleman of the Household to.
See Rubeus.
Isabella, The Infanta, jewels, &c. of, 197.
Ministers of, 168, 169. See also
Aytona, Marquis d'.
— — visits Rubens, 188.
death of, 156.
virginal belonging to, 208—210.
Isis, the statue of, 25, 26.
Istria, 326.
Italians, purchase of antiquities by, 282 n.
Italy, 3—7, 12—14, 20, 23, 24, 34, 36, 67,
" 113, 118 a., 132, 133, 212a., 26S, 290 u.,
291, 299, 311, 312, 314, 315, 320—
322, 328, 353, 354 n.
news from, 153.
Ambassador to. See Wake, Sir
Isaac.
Jabach, Mons., 1 n.,' 205, 207 n.
Jacobs, William, 354.
James I., King of England, 9 n.,10a, 14 a,
49 a., 60 a, 75, 80, 86, 117 a., 118 a,
120, 127 a., 133, 1S7 a., 268, 270, 279,
285, 343—345, 360 n.
at Lord Hay's wedding, IIS n.
knighthood conferred by, 9 a,
134 a, 135 a., 143 a, 154 a., 163 a,
346.
allegorical paintings of, 147.
• pictures of, 354, 355.
progresses of, 271.
statue of, 319.
warrant signed by, 356, 357.
Jane of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany,
64.
Janssens, Abraham, 7 a., 8.
Jar, Chevalier du, 168.
Jersey, 133 n.
Jesuits College at AntAverp, 129.
Jews, the, 281 D.
Joachimi, Sir Albert, Ambassador from the
Hague to England, 1629—1630,131,
148, 149.
John III., Duke of Brabant, 3 a.
John, Duke of Braganza, afterwards John
IV., King of Portugal, 129.
crowned at Lisbon, 129 n.
John of Bologua, 66 a.
Johnsoa, Michael, 355.
Jones, Inigo, Surveyor of his Majesty's
works, 59 a, 173 n., 214, 223, 225,
270, 272, 279, 301.
letters to, 1640, 217, 218, 222, 226,
230, 234.
Jonson, Ben, 322 a, 342 n.
Jordaens, Jacques, 63 a., 183 a., 211—230,
233, 234.
the note of, 213.
Juarez, Vizeate, 294.
Junius, Councillor, 166.
Junius, Francis, 159 n.
INDEX.
37i
Junius, Francis, letter to, 1631, 159.
Jupiter Pluviu-*, drawing of, 151.
Jupiter, bust of, 26S— 270.
Justiniani, Prince, 230 n.
Gallery of, 290 a
K.
Kensington, Baron. .See Rich, Henry.
Kent, 154 a, 309.
Killultagh, Baron. See Conway, Sir Edward.
King's Evil, The, 93.
Kipp, Mr., father-in-law to Sir B. Gerbier,
222.
Kirby Hall, Essex, 10 n.
Koeck, Peter, 354 a. L.
Labrador, 355.
Lacedemonia, 290.
Laing, David, 355 n.
Lake, Sir Thomas, Secretary of State,
273 a., 345.
Lalaing, Count of, 2.
Countess of, 2.
Laloe, Alonzo de, Secretary of State to
Philip IL, 316.
Cathariua de, daughter of, 316.
Lambert, William, 133.
Lampsacum in Natalia, 282 n.
Landos, Sr. des, Secretary to Marie de
Medic-is, 169 n.
Lanier, Andrea, 322 a
. Clement, 322 a.
Jerome, 322 n.
Nicholas, Master of Music to
Charles I., 311—313, 315, 320—328,
339.
. letters from, 1613, 322 a.
1627, 322, 323.
Madame, wife of, 324.
Latimer, Nevi!, Lord 49.
Le Blond, Michel, 65, 71, 133, 296.
LeFebvre, Renatus, 133.
Legaues, Marquis, 107.
Leghorn, 332, 334.
Leicester, Eobert, Earl of, 13a
Lemmen3, Mons., 206.
Leopold, Archduke, 65.
Lepanto, Battle of, 13.
Lerma, Duke of, 3, 30, 158 n., 299.
Le Sueur, Hubert, 313.
letter from, 1639, 319.
payments to, 319.
Leveson Gower. George Granville, Mar
quis of Stafford, afterwards Duke of
Sutherland, 147 u.
Leyden, 12, 13, 20 a., 172, 348, 3oS n
University of, 159 a, 3ob n.,
360 a.
Leyden, letter dated from, 359.
Liege, 9, 51, 171, 172.
negotiations at, 156, 176, 178, 130.
Ligne, Margaret de, 2.
Lillo, 196.
Lipsius, Justus, 6, 113, 361.
letters of, edited, 114.
Lisbon, 129 a, 140 a
letter dated from, 141.
Lisera, Governor of. See Thomas, Prince.
Lisle, 360 a
Lisse, 348.
Livy, works of, 7.
Locke, Thomas, 48 a., 55, 56.
letters from, 1619, IS, 49.
1621, 57.
1623, 2S3 a.
1625, 351.
London, 8, 9, 21, 60, 106, 129, 130, 134 a,
150, 154, 183 a., 134, 197, 200, 202.
205, 206, 226, 227, 271, 274, 275, 299,
301, 309, 310 a, 326, 335, 337, 339,
347.
cleansing of, 340.
letters dated from, 109, 110, 114,
126, 131, 142,146, 269—273, 279, 301,
331, 3-42, 346, 351.
Lord Mayor and Aldermen of,
211 n.
The, 336.
London Bridge, 133.
Long, Peter le, 12 u.
Lopez, Signor, 384.
Lords, House of, 9 n.
Lorni, Aurelio, 310 a.
Lorraine, 118 a, 122, 327.
Loui3 XIII., King of France, 63, 91, 100,
102, 109, 110, 117, 119 a, 121, 143,
150, 190.
sickness of, 92, 106.
Louis XIV., King of France, 92.
Louvaine, 10, 14, 19.
letters dated from, 15, 17, 20, 21,
345.
- — - Universitv of, 113, 129.
Louvre, The, 63.
Low Countries. See Netherlands.
Lubeck, 342.
Lunden, Arnoldo, alias Rubens, Avhichsee.
Luxemburgh Gallery, 1S3 n.
Palace of the, 63, 64.
Lyons, letters dated from, 362, 363.
M,
Madonna della Scala, Rome, church of,
290 a.
Madrid, 3, 69,107,112—114,129, 131, 138,
139, 141, 147, 157 a, 161, 174, 22S,
294, 298.
antiquities at, 299.
373
INDEX.
Madrid, letters dated from. 124, 125, 132,
157, 291 a., 353.
King's Palace at, 154 a.
Maestricht, 9.
— — negotiations at, 156, 176, 17S,
ISO.
Maestro, Padre. 14 n.
Magdalen College, Oxford, 60 n.
Blalamocco, Venice, port of, 324, 326.
Manchester, Henry, Earl of, 92 a.
Manmaker, Mr., 305—303.
Mausfeldt, Count, 60 a, 305.
Mautecrna, Andrea, i n., 321, 328, 330,
331.
Mantua, 3,4, 153, 327, 323.
Duko of. See Ferdinand, Vin
cent II.
Mantuan Collection, purchase of the, 320 —
340.
Marcus Aurelius Probus, statue of, 332.
Marcus Lepidus, 152.
Mardyk, port of, 105.
Margaret, The, 324, 326, 333.
Maria, Juan, 168.
Marie de Medicis, 63, 64, 120, 158, 162,
163, 169, 313,321, 32S, 334.
¦ gold chain seat to Vaa
Dyck by, 169 a.
ill government of, 165.
jewels of, 162.
journey into England
of, 163, 164.
— — oratory of, 214.
— — pictures of, 214, 217.
portrait of, as Pallas,
64.
Secretary to. <See Lan
des, Signor de*.
visits Rubeus, 1S8 a.
Mttriwont, 122.
Marini, Mons., French Ambassador at Brus
sels, 1627, 94.
Markham, John. English Consul ia Turkey,
1628, 280, 232 a, 280a
Marlborough House, 310 n.
"Marmora Oxonienria," The, 269.
Mars, 88 n, 165.
Marygold, The, 271.
Masoa, R., Ambassador to Germaay, 1630.
letter frutn, 1630, 155.
Matsys, Quintin, 355.
¦ John, 355.
Matthew, Toby, successively Bishop of
Durham aad Archbishop of York,
341, 345.
Frances (Barlow), Avife of, 341,
342, 345.
Toby, son of, afterwards Sir
Toby, 8, 10 a, 21, 23, 51, 52, 54, 55,
58, 63, 118, 184, 341—347.
letters from, 159S, 342.
1616, 14,15,300, 343.
Matthew, Toby—
letters from, 1617, 17, IS, 20,
21, 22, 345.
1620, 52.
1625, 346.
letters to, 1616, 344.
1634, 105, 135.
Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, 1, 6,
49, 85, 92, 94, 97, 107, 116, 117, 119 n.,
159n., 165, 166, 171, 172, 177, ISO,
290 a., 303, 347.
Painter to. fee Honthorst, Gerard.
portrait of, 291 a.
tapestries for, 183.
Maurice, a grocer, 135 a
Mead, Rev. Joseph, 135 n.
Meautvs, Thomas, Muster-Master General,
10 a
letter from, 1629, 130 n.
Mechlin, 10, 11, 1S7 n.
letter dated from, 187 ft.
Medicis, Francis de. See Francis I.
¦ • Marie de. See Marie.
Melaa, M., 153 a.
Melua of Espiuay, House of, 316.
Meredith, Sir William, 139 a.
Anne, daughter of, afterwards
successively Lady Brelt and Lady
Cottington, 139 a
Merissea, Giles, 334.
Merodes, Her van, 91.
Mertwn College, Oxford, 133 n.
Messina, 231 n.
Mezxia, Don Diego, Ambassador from the
Infanta to England, 1618, 80, S7, 90 —
102,111, US a, 120, 121.
sickness of, 93, 94, 97.
Michelangelo, 203, 320, 326, 337.
Middelbuvgh, 67, 803, 306, 307, 309, 316,
329.
— — letter dated from, 305.
Middlesex, 139.
foreign residents in, 318 a.
Milan, 4, 5, 7, 135, 312.
Milward, Richard, 231.
Mint, Officers of the, letter from, 1626,
350.
Mirabel, Marquis de, Ambassador from
Spain to Fraace, 1627, 9S, 139.
Mireveit, Michel, 291, 362.
Mitchell, Mr. 206 ij.
Moei-maus, Nicholas, 235 a.
Mols, Francois, 2 a., 3 u.
Mompers, John, 63 a.
Mons, 15S.
Montagu, Walter, 92 a, 94, 95, 96.
scandals of, 118 n.
Monte Rey, Conde de, 353.
Montferrat, wars against, 325.
Montfort, Mons., 105.
Montgomery, Earl of. Sec Herbert,
William.
INDEX.
379
Morbihan, 105.
More, Chevalier Antonio, 355.
Moroa, 282 n, 233.
Moreis, Jaroll, 113 n.
Moretta, Count of, 292.
Moretus, Belthasar, 201.
Morgan, The Chevalier, 106.
Mortlake, 123 n.
Morton, Mr., 322 a.
Mountjor, Charles Baron, 49 a
Moy, Maria de, 6.
Mulbrecht, 13.
Munster, Lord President of. See Danvers,
Henry Lord.
Murray, Henry, Keeper of Charles I.'s
pictures, 227 a.
Murray, William, Groom of Charles I.'s
Bedchamber, 211 a., 213, 234.
letters to, 1639, 211.
1640, 227, 229, 233,
235.
Katharine, wire of, 211 n.
Muster Master General. See Trumbull,
William : Meauiys, Thomas.
Myttens, Daniel.. 355 — 358.
peasioa granted to, 357, 35S.
N.
Najidr, 191.
Naples, Viceroy of, 303, 306 a, 309.
Nassau, Duchy of, 1.
Maurice of, Prince of Orange. See
Maurice.'
— — Jean. Count de, 165.
National Gallery, The, 206 a.
— — pictures in, 4 a., 147 a.,
214 a., 320, S25 a.
Natolia, 232 n.
Nattier, Monsieur, 63 n.
Naviland, Mr., 187.
Negotiations for peace, 63—105.
Neptune, 88 a. . _
Netherlands, The. X, 7, X0, 49, 80, 103,
111, 113, 113, 147, 14S, 155, 342.
Arabic Interpreter to. See
Erpenius.
Governor of. See Albert,
Ferdinand, Isabella.
Mounts of Piety in, 318.
Neuchatel, Marquis of, US a.
Nevers, Duke of, 325, 323.
Newmarket, Knights made at, 12S n.,
154 a.
Neyland, 143 a.
Nicolaldi, Signor, lo., 16J, IS l.
Nieuburgh, Duke de, 30, 1(2.
Nieuport, 10.
Nonsuch, 312.
Norgate, Edward, AVindsor Harald, 1633,
200, 211 n., 212 n., 215, 217, 21S, 223,
227, 228, 233, 234.
instructions for, 211.
letters to, 1040, 211, 215, 216.
Norgate, Dr. Robert, father of the pre
ceding, 211 a.
N orris, Sir Edward. Governor of Ostend,9n.
Northumberlaad, Earl of. See Percy, Henry.
¦ ¦ Duke of, 214 n.
Notre Dame de Guistie, Abbey of, 150 n.
Nottingham, Knights made at, 163 n.
Nuns, English, 11.
Nys, Daniel, 23, 52, 263, 271, 272, 279,
312.
cabinet belonging to, 269, 296
—299.
instructions to his servant,
334.
letters from, 1617, 279 a.
162S, 324.
1620, 327, 330,
331.
1630, 333, 334,
336.
1631, 33S.
. letters to, 1029, 331, 332.
memorial of, 339.
nionevs paid to, 332, 337,
333.
pictures bought by, 275.
purchase of the Mantuan Col
lection by, 320—340.
Cecilia, daughter of, 334.
O.
Olivares, CotrKTn', 97—99, 102, 124, 139,
141, 143, 147, 157, 203.
— Buckingham hated by, 130, 131.
letter from, 1629, 140a. .
Oliver, Isaac, 355,
little, 133, 135 a.
Oloff, M., 297.
Onate, Count d', Spanish Ambassador at
Vienna, 74, 317.
Orange, Prince of. -See Maurice of Nassau.
Princess of, 1, 291 a.
Ordnaace, Master of the. See Vere, Sir
Horace.
Orleans, Duke of, 291 n.
Duchess of, 82 a.
Ormoad, Earl of, 342. '
Orpheus, 150.
Ostend, 9 a, 10 n.
Governor of. <Sce Norris, Sir
Edward.
Otto Venius. See Vaa Veeu.
Ovid, works of, 98, 309.
380
INDEX.
Oxford, John, sixteenth Earl of. *See
Vere.
University of, 9 a, 60 a, 133a.,
269, 359.
Bodleian Library at, 212 a.
Gallery at, 214 n.
letter dated from, 341.
• M. P. for University of. <S'ee
Wake, Sir Isaac.
Vice-Chaacellor of, 341.
Oxfordshire, 9.
Pacq.ui.er, Giacoaio. See Parker, John.
Padua.. 327.
Painter, The Court, at Brussels, 5.
Paixtxbs. See :—
Bassano, Giacomo da Ponte, II.
Bie, Cornille de.
Blockland, Anthony.
Bloemaert, Abraham.
Blyemberch. [?]
Botmell. (.7]
Bordone, Paris.
Bos, JeroiQ.
Breughel, John.
— — Peter.
Caius. [? Caxes]
ivagg" da.
Carracci, Annibale.
Carracciulo, Giambattista.
Coiguet, Giles.
Cooper, Samuel.
Cornelisz, Cornelius.
Correggio, Autonio.
Delmont, Deodato.
Elsheimer, Adam.
Franken, Sebastian.
Gennetts. [?]
Gentileschi, Horace.
Francesco, soa of.
¦ ¦ Giulio, soa of.
Artemisia, daughter of.
Gerbier, Sir Balthazar.
Gheyn, Jacques de.
Jacques de, son of.
Goekindt, Peter.
Goltziu3, Henry.
Greenbary, Richard.
Hemskerck, Egbert.
Henricksen, Cornelius.
Hilliard, Nicholas.
Holbeia, Haus.
Hoatborst, Gerard.
Janssens, Abraham.
Johnson, Michael.
Jordaen3, Jacques.
PaINTSRS, —
Koeck, Peter.
Long, Peter le.
Loini, Aurelio.
Mantegna, Andrea.
Matsys, Quintiu.
John.
Michelangelo.Mireveit, Michel.
Moermans, Nicholas.
Mompera, Joha.
More, Chevalier Autouio.
Myttens, Daniel.
Oliver, Isaac.
Palma, Giacomo.
Poelenburg, Cornelius.
Polite. Giacomo da. See Bassano.
Poyerbus, Francis.
Raffaelle, Sanzio.
Reni, Guido.
Romano, Giulio.
Rosso, IL
Rubens, Sir Poter Paul.
Saudrart, Joachim.
Sarto, Andrea del.
Schiavoae, Aadrea.
Schat, Cornelius.
Suellinck, John.
Snyders, Francis.
Tempeata, Antonio.
Tibulini, [I] Joaa.
Tintoretto, Giacomo.
Titian.
Torrentius, John.
Van Aelst, Peter.
Van Balea, Henry.
VaaDalen, M.
Vaaderdoort, Abraham.
Vaader Hoist, Nicholas.
Van Dyck, Antonio.
Van Egoiont, Justus.
Vanak, Joan.
Van Haeght, Tobias.
Van Hoeck, Jan.
Van Mol, Peter.
Van Noort, Adam.
Vansomer, Paul.
Vaa Veen, Othoa.
Vasari, Georgio.
Verhulst, Peter.
Veroaese, Paul.
Vinci, Leonardo da.
Vos, Simoa de.
Vranckz, Sebastiaa.
Vroom, Henry Cornelius.
Wildens, John.
Palatinate, The, 60, 69, 78, 80, 86, 96,
143, 144, 169, 207.
restitutioa of, 143 n.
the inferior, 74.
Pallas. .See Marie de Medicis.
INDEX.
331
Palma, Giacomo, 05 n.
Palmer, Sir James, 12S a, 354.
Richard, 350.
Pantheon, at Rome, The, 6.
Parham, Lady, 323.
Paris, 9, 13. 20, 61, 63, 64, 66, 63, 92—96,
9S, US, 129, 130, 134 a.. 291 a, 296 a,
3! 3.
rechaus used in, 152.
letters dated from, 134 a, 137.
Parker, John, Secretary to the Earl of
Somerset, 274, 275.
¦ Matthew, Archbishop of Canter
bury, 242 n.
Mathew, soa of, 242 n.
Frances (Barlow), wife of the pre
ceding, afterwards wife of Toby
Matthew, 341, 342.
Parliament, English, of 1023, 114, 115.
Paros, marbles of, 150 a.
Parrum, Colonel, 165.
Parry, Sir Thomas, Ambassador in France,
1602— 1606, 9 n.
Pawnbroker's trade, 31S.
Pearl, The, 333.
Peiresc, N. C. Fabri de, 150 n.
letters to, 1625, 64 u.
"1630, 150.
1635, 1SS.
portrait of, 153.
Pembroke aad Montgomery, Earl of. See
Herbert, William.
Lady Mary, 1 4 n.
Percv, Henry, Earl of Northumberland,
9 a, 117 n.
Countes3 of Northumberland, wife
of, 117 a.
Lady Lucy, daughter of, afterwards
Countess of Carlisle, 117 a, 347.
courted by Lord Hay, 117 a.
Perez, Antonio, 298.
Pergamo, 285 a, 2S6 n., 2S3 n.
Peronne. letter dated from, 24.
Persia, 280 a.
King of, 212 a.
Peter Bonadventure, The, 336.
Petty, the Rev. William, Chaplain to tho
Earl of Arundel, 269, 2S3-290, 352,
359.
shipwreck of, 2S6 a, 257 n.
g;r William, afterwards Marquis of
Lansdowne, nephew of, 233 n.
Philip II., King of sPain> 7'5 n-' lj4 Uw'
3X6- . „ o,
III., King of Spam, 3, 23 u., 1 3 n.,
I^XV Kmr, of Ssain, 68, 73, 78, 80,
81 85', 91, 100, 109, 111—115, US a,
121 122 124—126,139,141, 142 a.,
H7 148 155-157,161,164.167,174,
176! 179 a, 180, 197, 202, 219, 23a a,
317! 353, 358 a.
Philip IV, King of Spam, hideously repre
sented by Rubens, 183.
Ambassadors of, 122, 123, 149 a.,
156, 157.
— — Ministers of, 177. See aLo Spain,
Ministers of.
peace with Englaad sworn by,
154 a., 155 n.
brother of. See Ferdinand, Prince.
Secretary aud Councillor of. See
Ruben3.
Philippi, 2S3 a.
Phoebus, 363.
Picardy, 316.
Pictures : by —
Adam [Elsileijieb].
Shipwreck of- St. Paul, 355.
The Virgin going into Egypt, 355.
Bassano (Giacomo da Ponte), In.
The Creation, 48, 53, 56, 64, 274, 351.
The Beheading of St. Joha, 274, 275.
Bloemaekt (Abraham).
St. John preaching, in the Wilderness,
291 a. Blyemberch. p]
King James I., 355.
BONNELL. [?]
Henry IV., King of France, 355.
Bordone (Paris).
Diana of Paris, (?) 355.
Bos Iferom).
Allegory of tbe Pleasures of the Flesh,
354.
Flight into Egypt, 354.
Breughel (Peter).
Building the Tower of Babel, 354.
A Picture full of aatique figures, 354.
Breughel (John).
Adam aud Eve in the Garden of Eden
(Breughel and Rubens), 20.
A Basket of Flowers, 21.
A Pot of Flowers, 21.
Caitjs. p Cases.]
Lazarus Spinola, 355.
332
INDEX.
Pictures : by —
CaRR.vcciulo (Oiambattista).
Moses and the Serpents, 35-4.
Cornelisz (Corneliun).
The Deluge, 13 n.
Correggio (Antonio).
Mercury instructing Cupid in the pre
sence of Venus (?), 320, 325.
St. Catharine, 320, 325.
Gennetts. [?]
The Queea of Scotlaad with the Dauphin
of France, 355.
Gentileschi (Borace).
Christ at the Pillar, 315.
The Holy Family, 310 n., 315.
Lot and bis Daughter, 310 a, 315.
Mary Magdalen', 310 a., 314, 315.
Gentileschi (Artemisia).
David aad Goliah, 310 n.
Judith and Holofernes, 3X0 n.
Susannah and the Elders, 3X0 a.
Heuskeeck (Egbert).
An old Woman, 355.
Hilliard (Nicholas).
The Earl of Northumberland, 355.
Holesin (Hans).
Erasmus Roterodamas, 355.
The Count of Moretta, 292.
Honthorst (Gerard).
yEneas flying from the Sack of Troy,
268, 269, 291.
Allegorical Picture — King and Queen of
Bohemia, and the Duke of Bucking
ham, 290 a.
Christ brought before Pilate, 290 a.
Decollation of St. John, 290 a.
Designs from Homer's Odyssey, 294.
Desigas from Ulysses, 295.
Diogenes searchiugforan honest man, 67.
Johnson (Michael).
The Prince of Orange, 355.
Jordaens (Jacques).
Descent from the Cross, 214 n.
The Holy Family, 214 n.
Merrymaking, 214 a.
Moses striking the Rock, 214 a.
Triumphal Entry of the Prince of
Orange, 213 n.
Pictures : by —
Portrait of the Prince of Orange, 213 n.
Portrait of the Princess of Orange, 213n.
Our Saviour's first Appearance tp his
Disciples after his Resurrection,
214 a.
Twelfth aight, 213 n.
Mantegna (Andrea).
Triumph of Julius Ccesar, 4, 321, 328,
330, 331. Matsts (Quintin).
A Head, 355. Matsts (John).
Titian and Arentyne, 355.
Michelangelo.
A Child, 337.
More (Chevalier Antonio).
King Philip II., 355.
Myttens (Daniel).
The Marquis of Hamilton, 355.
Oliver (Isaac).
A Gentlewoman, 355.
Poelenburg (Co-rnelius).
The Birth of Our Saviour, 67 n.
Poterbus (Fuancis).
Marie de Medicis, 355.
Raj-fa elle (Sanzio).
The Madonna, 320, 326.
Portrait of a Female in a green dress, 337.
Rosso (It).
The Challenge of the Goddesses aad
Muses, 355. Rubens.
Achilles clothed aa a Woman. 31.
Christ crowned with Thoras, 4 a.
Christ and the Twelve Apostles, 30.
The Circumcision of Jesus Christ, 5.
The Crucifixion, 4 a, 30—32.
Cupid aud Psyche, 209.
Daniel amidst many Lions, 29, 32, 33,
35, 37, 43, 45, 49.
Descent from the Cross, 6 a.
The Dispute upoa the Holy Sacrament,
7 a
A Hunt, 52, 53.
A Hunt of Lions, 29, 46, 60.
A Hunt of men on Horseback and Lions,
30, 34, 35, 37, 39, 43, 46.
INDEX.
3S3
Pictures : by —
A ITunting-picce, 21.
The Four Evangelists, 7 n.
Judith and Holofernes, 57, 58, 00.
The Last Judgment, 30.
A Leda with Swan and Cupid, 30, 32, 33.
36, 43, 46.
Leopards with Satyrs and Nymphs, 29,
33, 36, 43, 46.
The Lord's Supper, 5.
The History of Marie de Medicis (21
pictures), 63.
Tho Martyrdom of St. Peter, 206, 207.
Peace and War (the Family of Rubens).
147.
Portraits of Gevaerts, 129.
Portrait of Rubens, 64, 355.
St. Helena discovering the real Cross, 4n.
St. Ignatius healing the sick aud crip-
filed, 5.
St. Peter and the tribute money, 30, 32,
33, 35, 36, 43, 46.
St. Sebastian, 30—33, 35, 36, 43.
Sarah and Agar, 39, 43.
Susannah, 30, 34, 35, 37, 39, 43, 46.
The Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus,
233.
The Virgin Jlother, accompanied by
St. Auae, adoring the Infaat Jesus,
4 a
Adam and Eve iu the Gardea of Edea
(Rubens and Breughel), 20 n.
Prometheus bound on Mount Caucasus
(Rubens and Snyders), 29, 32, 33,
35, 36, 43, 45.
Schiavone (Andrea).
Shepherds, 274, 275.
Snybers (Francis).
Diana, nymphs and dead birds, 18.
A Stag Hunt, 23.
A Prometheus bound on Mount Cauca
sus (Snyders and Rulens), 29, 32, 33, 35,
36, 43, 45.
Ttbulini [?] (Joan).
A Venetian Senator, 355.
Tintoretto (Giaconii).
Benediction of Jacob, 274, 275.
Ceres, Bacchus and Venus, 274, 275.
The History of Jupiter and Sernele, 47.
The Labyrinth, 275.
The Coatentioa of Mars and Apollo, 46.
The Rape of Proserpine, 46.
Samaritan Woman, 274, 275.
Queen of Sheba, 274, 275.
Susanna, 274, 275.
A Veaetian Senator, 355.
Pictures : by-
Titian.
The Bacchanalian, 353.
The Emperor, 355.
The Twelve Emperors, 320, 326.
Lucretia, naked, 336.
Magdalen, 336.
The Great Venus, 358.
Venus, 274, 275.
Three Heads, 337.
"A rare piece," 308.
Diaua of Paris, (?) 355. See Bordone.
Tosrentius (John).
Adam and Eve, 349.
Death's Heads, 349.
Earthen Pots and Vessels, 349.
Lamps and Books, 349.
Mary Magdalen, 349.
Two little Rumkiti3, 292.
Scrolls of Parchment 349.
Wine Glasses, &c, 318.
A Woman Holding a Purse, 349.
A Young Womaa, 349.
Van Dalen (Antonio).
Adoratioa of the Throe Kings, 3 a.
Van Dyck (Antonio).
David Playing before Saul, 32.2.
Vanak [»]. (Joan).
Jame3 III., King of Scotland, and his
Queen, 355.
Van Haeght (Tobias).
Tower of Babel, 2 a.
Van Noort (Adam).
Descent from the Cross, 2 n.
Vansomer (Paul).
Anne of Denmark, Queea of James I.,
355. Verhulst (Peter).
St. Laurens in Escurial, 215—217, 220,
226—230. Veronese (Paul).
Life of Hercules, 274, 275.
Vinci (Leonardo da).
The Lord's Supper, 5.
Vroom (Henry Comelivs).
Naval Engagements between the English
and Spanish Fleets, 1 3 a.
3S4
INDEX.
Pictures: by — Unknown.
Duke Charles of Bourbon, 355.
The Infanta Isabella's Park, 209.
Four Landscapes of Labrador, 335.
Piedmont, 133 a.
¦ — — - Prince of. See Charles Emma
nuel.
Princess of, 133 n.
Pieterssen de Grebbel, Francis, 27 — 44.
Pisa, 310 a, 312,
Plaja Mayor, Spain, X54 n.
Placuela de la Villa, Spain, 154 n.
Plato, 3 63.
Plays. See Jonson, Bea.
Pliny, 160.
Plutarch, works of, 7, S2 a.
Poeienburg, Cornelius. 67.
Pontoise, Abbot of. See Montagu, Walter.
Ponte, Giacomo da. See Bassano.
Pope, The, 4.
Porta Aurea, Coastantinople, 284, 286,
2SSn.
Porter, Endymion, Groom of Charle3 I.'s
bedchamber, 14 a, 146 a., 155, 203 —
205, 294,311, 314. 322.
- — letter from, 1633, 204.
¦ letters to, 1627, 323.
1628, 324.
1629, 293. 352.
1630, 146, 294 a, 353.
— Olive, wife of, 293.
Portland, Earl of. See Westoa, Sir Richard.
Portland Road, 133.
Portsmouth, 135, a.
letter dated from, 293.
Portugal, 316.
King of. See John IV.
Poyerbus, Fraacis, 12 n., 355.
Prague, 65.
Praxiteles, 337.
Priam in Trov, Palace of, 281 a.
Prichard, Mr^, 341.,
Princes Street, Drury Laae, 3X8 n.
Privy Comicil, Clerks of the. See Boswell,
Cottington.
Privy Seal Office, 135.
Proverbs, Dutch, &.O., 166, 186, 224.
Puerta de Gadalayara, Spain, 154a
Purbu3. See Poyerbus.
Puritans, The, 143.
Pye, Sir Robert, Teller of the Exchequer,
135 n., 136.
Pypelincx, Maria. See Rubens, Maria,
mother of Peter Paul Ruben3.
Python, spoils of the, 151.
Queen Street, Drury Lane, 318 n.
Quester, Matthew de, 330.
R.
Raffaelle, Sanzio, 65 a, 320, 325, 326.
Rainbow, The, 231 a., 353.
Ramyen, Seigaeur de. <See Rubens, Nicho
las.
Raadolph, Sir Thomas, Keeper of Stato
Papers, X633, X73 n.
Ratcliff, Sir Alexander, 342.
Ratisbon, letter dated from, 155.
Ravaillac, 165.
Ray, H. Belward, 105 a.
Rebecca, The, 336.
Regent House, Cambridge, The, 138.
Religion, The Reformed, 86.
Reni, Guido, 320, 326.
Revenge, The, 13.
Rhe, Isle of, 71, S3, 96, 106, 315, 320.
Rich, Henry, afterwards successively Baroa
of Kensington and Earl of Holland,
Chancellor of the University of Cam
bridge, also Ambassador Extraordi
nary to France, 1023—1625 ; to the
Hague, 1625, 9 a., 127 a., 138.
letter to, 1627, 91 a.
Richardot, President, 6 a.
Richardson, Samuel, 280 a.
Richelieu, Cardinal, 63, 82, 98, IU, 143,
162, 235 a., 334,. 339.
pictures of, 314.
Rickarts, John, 209, 210.
Rocas, Andrea de, Secretary of State to
Philip IV, 154 a.
Rochelle, 92, 106, 107.
siege of, 119. n.
Rockox, Mr., 6 n., 190.
Roe, Sir Thomas, Ambassador to the
Great Mogul, 1614—1621; to Turkey,
1621—1628; to the Hague, 1629; to
Sweden, 1629— 1630; and to Germany,
1606, 269, 280 u., 353.
letters from, 1622, 231 a.
1623, 282 n.
1625, 283,
285 u.
1026, 286 n.
1627, 238,
2S9.
— letters to, 1622, 2S0.
1624, 281.
1625, 284, 285,
286.
INDEX.
385
Rogers, Richard, 350.
Samuel, 4 a. j
Roman Consul. See Decius Mus.
Emperors, statues of all the, 332. j
people, 40.
Romano, Giulio, 320, 325.
Rome, 2 n., 4—6, 52 u.r 66 a., 67, 151, !
213 n., 200 a, 291, 292, 310 a., 325,
354 n.
¦ Jesuits of, 359.
Roos, Lord, Ambassador to Spain, 1616,
272, 344.
- — — statues of, 273.
- — ¦ Baron de, 129 a.
Rosabella, 12S.
Ross, Hugh, 114 a
letter from, 1623, 326 a.
1629, 127.
Oliver, 127.
Rosso, II, 355.
Rotterdam, 12, S9, 92, 99.
letter dated from, 294.
Rouard, M., 151 a.
Rouen, 12.
Royal Academy, London, 206 a.
Royston, knigrits made at, 134 a., 346.
Row-landsoa, Thomas, Secretary to Sir
Isaac Wake, afterwards Agent at
Venice, 1629— X635, 332 n., 333, 334,
337, 340.
. letters from, 1629, 332.
1630, 335, 336.
1631, 338.
1632, 339.
Rubens, Peter Paul, his birth, 1 ;
education and masters, 2; Master of
the Chamber of Painters, Antwerp,
3 ; visits Italy, 3; appointed gea-
tleraaa of the Chamber and Court
Painter to the Duke of Mantua, 3 ;
visits Roiae, proceeds to Florence,
and returns to Mantua, 4 ; valuable
presents given him by the Grand
Duke, 4; goes to Venice, thence to
Rome, 4 ; visits Milan, 5; hastens to
Antwerp and retires to the Abbey of
St. Michael, 5; raises a tomb to his
mother, 5; appointed Court Painter
at Brussels, 5; marries Isabella Brant,
his first wife, 5, 6 ; builds a princely
house at Antwerp, 6 ; writes an
epitaph on his brother Philip, 6 ; his
habits and style of living, 7 ; visited
by Brendel, an alchemist, S ; in per
sonal communication with Sir Dudley
Carleton, 9; will not he compared
with Snyders, 18 ; admires Breughel's
pictures, 20; on the statue of Isis,
25, 26 ; in treaty for an exchange of
his pictures with Carleton's antiques,
27—44 ; esteemed by Carleton the
Prince of Painters and Gentlemen, 37;
Rubens, Peter Paul (continued).
his demands like the laws of the
Mtides and Persians, 53 ; disavows
'•' Judith aud Holofernes " in Prince
Charles' collection, 57; visited at
Antwerp by Trumbull, King James
I.'s Agent, 59 ; goes to Paris and
paints the History of Marie de Medicis,
63; his pupils, 63; conducts the
Queen Mother through the Gallery of
the Luxemburgh and leaves Paris, 64;
vi.-ited by the Infanta Isabella, 138 n.;
his celebrated collection of pictures,
&c, purchased by the Duke of Buck
ingham, 65, 70, 71, 84 ; death of his
first wife, 66 ; travels iu Holland,
meets Sandrart aad visits Honthorst,
67; returns to Brussels, 67; employed
diplomatically by the Infanta, 68
et seq. ; discourses with Gerbier touch
ing a treaty for suspension of arms,
68 — 70; receives a passport for Hol
land, S4 ; expected, by Lord Carleton,
at the Hague, 85 ; declines going
beyond Zevenberghen, 86; Gerbier
expostulates with him, 88 — 90 ; meets
Gerbier on pretence of pictures, 91 ;
returns to Brussels, 93 : meets Walter
Montagu at Antwerp, 95 ; letters to
him from Holland to be addressed
"Mons. Arnoldo Lundea," 96; at
Brussels, 97 ; meets the Earl of
Carlisle at Van Dyck's House, 119 —
123 ; on the siege of Rochelle, 119 n.;
at Madrid, 124; invited to Villavicioso
by John Duke of Braganza, 129;
Olivarez resolves to send him to
England, 124; appointed Secretary to
the Privy Council of Philip IV., 125 ;
. leaves Spain, arrives at Paris, and
thence to Brussels, 130 ; .waiting at
Dunkirk for a ship and a passport for
England, 126, 127, mightily afraid of
Hollanders, 127 ; embarks at Dunkirk,
130; arrives ia Englaad, 128, 130 ; the
chief object of his employment ex
plained, 130; anxious for peace with
England, 130; escapes drowning, 133;
jealousy at Paris of his negotiations,
137; visits Cambridge, and has the
honorary degree of M.A. conferred
upon him, 138 ; secretly promised
knighthood by Charles I., 145 ; pre
sents from the King, 145; entertained
by Gerbier during his residence in
England, 146; knighted by King
Charles I., 147; commissioaed to
paint the allegorical history of Jamea
I. for the Banqueting Hall, Whitehall,
147; visits the Dutch ambassador,
14S ; retum3 home, 147; title of
knight confirmed to him by letters
C 0
356-
INDEX.
Eubens, Teter Paul (continued).
patent, from Philip IV., 14S ; ou tho
tripod, X50 — 153 ; marries Helena
Fourment, his second wife, 156 ; serves
as " Doyen des Peiutres," 156 ; visited
by Mario de Medicis, 188 a ; nego
tiates with the United Provinces, 156;
starts for Dunkirk, 157; on Junius'
w^rk, " De PicturA veterum," 159, 160;
lends money on Marie de Medicis'
jewels, 162; goes to Bergea-op-Zoom,
1G5 ; thence to the Hague, sees the
Prince of Orange, and returns to Brus
sels, 166, 167 ; salvo couclotlo from the
States General, 176 ; tho Duke of
Arschot's aversion to him, 177 — 180 ;
offered a pension to enter the service
of Charles I. and correspond with Eng
land, 1S2, 207; the paintings for the
Banqueting Hall finished, &c, 18-3—
186, 191—202 ; designs triumphal
arches for Prince Ferdinand's entry
into Antwerp, 1S7; confined to the
bouse by the gout, 1S7; visited by
Prince Ferdinand. 18S ; receipts for
bis paintings at Whitehall, 203—205;
recommended by Gerbier iu preference
to Jordaens to paint the pictures for
Queen Hearietta Maria's Cabiaet at
Greeawioh, 211 — 230 ; suggests sub
jects for the pictures, 225 — 226; ill
ness and death, 223 — 231 ; funeral and
epitaph, 231 — 233; sale of his pic
tures, &c, 229—231 ; inventory of his
effects, 233, 234,236—245; his epi
taph by Baudius, 363.
letters from, 1618, 25, 27, 28, 33,
35, 38, 40, 41, 43.
1619, 47.
1621, 56,59.
1625, 64 a.
162d, 60 n.
1627, 70 a, 71, SO,
81, 82, 85, 96,
100 a., 102, 103,
105, 106.
162S, 112 ii., 119 a.
1629,124.
1630, 149, 150, 159.
1631, 164.
1632, 168, 170, 172.
1633, X78 a, 18X.
1635, X8S.
1637, 206.
1638, 206.
1640,219,228.
letters to, 1611, 360.
1612, 362.
1613, 363.
1613,31, 36, 41.
1627, 71, 76, 77, SS,
89, 108.
Rubens, Peter Paul (continued).
letters to, 1628, 109, 110.
1631, 164.
1633, 179 n.
1635, 194.
1640, 215, 216, 218,
220.
power of attorney hy, 202.
John, father of, 1, 2, 5, 6, 232 n.
Maria, mother of, 1, 2, 5, 6.
— — Philip, brother of, 1, 5, 6, 66.
• his death, 360, 362.
Philip, his son, 6, 65.
- Clara, his daughter, 6.
Bland ina, sister of, 5.
Isabella (Brant), first wife of, 66,
67.
Albert, soa of, 6, 66, 129, 148. -
— — Nicholas, son of, 66.
Helena (Fourment), second wife
of, 156, 231.
Rudyard, Sir Benjamin, letter to, 304 n.
Russia, Michael, Emperor of, 212 a
Ambassador from. See Gallitziu,
Prince.
Rustorf, Mons., 149.
Euthven, Lady, 344.
S.
Sackville, Captain, 104.
Sacy, Silvestre de, 358 a.
Sadriquez de Toledo, Don, 105.
Sainsbury, John, Collection of, 151 n.
St. Bartholomew's, letter dated from, 316.
St. Bartholomew, massacre of, 316.
St. Andrew, Antwerp, Church of, 6.
Statue of, 219.
St. Apostles, Cologne, church of the, 205.
St. Chrisostome, MS. of, 2S1 a.
St. Christopher, Antwerp, Chapel of, 6 n.
St. Croix, Marquis de, X6X.
St. James', letters dated from, 57, 62, 92,
94, 95, 97-99, X08, 124, 126, 131, 133,
134, 351.
palace of, 349.
Church, Antwerp, 156, 231—
233.
St. Jean de Porterlco, 342. <
St. John, Madrid, Church of, 228.
St. Lauren3 in Escurial, 228.
St. Luke, Confrerie of, 291 n.
Doyens of, 2.
St. Mark's Palace, Venice, 323.
St. Michael, Antwerp, Abbey Church of,
5, 6, 65.
St. Peter, Cologne, church of, 1, 207 n.
in chains, Model of, 66 n.
St. Petersburgh, 4, Gl.
INDEX.
St. Troiae, 10.
St. Vincent, Cape, 306 n.
Saminiati, Signor Frederic, 312.
Samos, 285 a.— 287 a.
Sandrart, Joachim, 3, 67, 213 a., 290 a,
310 n.
San Micheli, Philip, 311.
Sansovino (Fatti, Giacomo), 337.
Santbliet. See Zantvliet.
Sapata, Cardinal, 154 n.
Sarto, Andrea del, 320, 326.
Saunier, Counsellor, 188.
Madame, 189.
Savage, Lord, 135 n.
Savoy, 76, 133, 310 n.
¦ ¦ Grand Duke of. .See Charles Em
manuel.
Grand Duchess of. See Catharine.
Ambassador from. See Scaglia.
Ambassadors aad Ageats to. See
Wake.
Saxony, Anne of, 1.
Scaglia, Abbe" de, Ambassador from Savoy,
68 a., 82— S3, 92, 95-a, 97—99, 10S n.,
124, 1 26, X3X— X35, X37, X55, X61, 16S,
173, 2X2, 217,2X8, 222, 224, 229, 230,
234.
letters from, 1627, 88 a.
1629, 124, 125, 132.
1631, 164.
1640, 225.
letters to, 1631, 164.
1632, 173.
1640, 221.
Scheldt, The, 106 n., 354 a.
Schiavone, Aadrea, 274, 275.
Schut, Cornelius, 63 a.
Scio, 281 a., 282 a., 287 a, 352, 353.
Scipio, 88.
Scipio aad Haanibal, Stories of, 40, 42,
44.
Scotlaad, 29.
Scrieckiti3, 25.
Seaeca, works of, 7, 114.
Servia, Medal of the Queen of, 281 a.
Seton, Mrs. 342.
Seveaberghen. See Zeveaberghea.
Seville, Archbishop of, 353 n.
Shakspeare, Wilbam, X35 a., 343 a.
Shambri, 1S9 n.
Shaw, Myles Wood, 354.
Sheffield, 343.
Sherborne, co. Dorset, 60 n.
Sherburn, Edward, successively Secretary
to the Earl of Salisbury, to Lord
Bacon, and to the East India Com-
. pauv, 269 a, 271, 301.
_ll letters from, 1616, 269,
270, 271.
1017,21a,
117 a., US a, 279, 301.
Ships painted by Vroom, 13 a.
Shirley, Sir Thoma3, 342.
Shrewsbury, Earl of. &« .Talbot, Gilbert.
Sicilia, Abbey in, 161 n.
Sidney. Sir Philip, 360 n.
Siegen, 1, 206 n.
Sierra de St. Juan in Malagon, 223.
Sierra Tocada, La, 229.
Sierra y Puerto de Butrago, La, 229.
Sigismund of Poland, Prince, afterwards
King of, visits Rubens, 1SS- n.
Simpson, David, 59 n.
Sims, Mr., 335.
Smith, Lady, 304 n.
Smyrna, 287 a, 353.
statue of the maid of, 281 a.
Snellinck, John, 7 a.
Snyders, Francis, 17—10, 21, 23 u., 24,
63 a., 153, 235 a., 363.
Somerset, Earl of. See Carr, Robert.
Somersetshire, 138 a., 157 n.
Sophia, Princess, daughter of Elizabeth
Queeu of Bohemia, 290 a.
Soubize, M. de, Ambassador from Frauce to
England, 1629, 135.
Southampton, Earl of, 30S.
Spa, the, 9, 21.
letters dated from, 95.
Spain, 1, 13, 14,24, 27, 60, 61, 69, 7Q, 73,
77—79, 81— S3, 85, 87, SS, 90, 93—
95, 98, 100, 102, 10S— 116, 118 n.,
120—122, 125, 127, 129—131,. 135,
139, 140, 147—149 n., 155, 158 n.,
166, 175,176, 182, 1S3, 188, 268, 299,
317, 346,360 a.
Kings of. See Philips II., III.,
and IV.
Queen of. See Elisabeth.
Infantas of. See Isabella, 60, 121.
Ambassadors to. See Aston, Corn-
wallis, Cottington, Digby, Hopton,
Roos, Wyehe.
ceremonies at proclamation of peace
with, 154 a.
couaeil of, 102, 173 a.
despatches from, 150, 157 a., 167,
175.
ill feeling of England to, 119 n-
jealousy of, 178.
Jesuits of, 359.
ministers of, 174, 180, 181.
¦ misunderstanding with France and,
137.
Queen Mother supported by, 162.
— — reflections of, ou Charles I., 185.
Treaty or Truce with, 119 n., 121,
128, 130, 131, 137, 139, 148, 154 a,
155 a, 174, 177, ISO, 1SX.
¦ — - war with France aud (1635), 169 n.,
189, 190.
Spaniards, The, war declared against
France by, 169.
desire for peace of, 137.
33S
INDEX.
Spaniards, expulsion from Holland of,
14S, 14Q.
the Reformed Religioa aad, 86.
want of money of, S7.
Spanish Court, the, 107, 113, X54 a, 155 n.
enterprise of the, 232 n.
Fleet, tho, 97.
Match, Dispensation for the, 14 a
trade, 340.
Sparta, 361.
Spina, Don Thomas de, 299.
Spinola, Marquis, 10, 68—70, 72, 73, 76—79,
82, S3, 87, 89, 91, 94—102, 106—115,
120, 121, 132, 135.
anxious for peace with England,
130.
¦ recalled to Spain, 158 n.
• visits Rubens, 1S8 n.
letters from, 1627, 72, 108.
State Papers, Keepers of. See Boswell,
Randolph.
States General of the United Provinces,
47, 68, 71, 78, 80, 83, 84, 87, 89, 91,
92, 97, 99, 102, 1X3, 115, 117, 14S, 167,
X7X. 172, 174— 180,190, 219 a., 296a.,
360 n.
Steltius, M., 77, 96.
Steen, Lord of. See Rubens.
Steenecruy, M., 206 a.
Steward, The Lord. See Herbert, William.
Stoae, Mr., 191.
Stafford, Earl of. See Wentworth, Thomas.
Strand, 318 a.
— letter dated from, 135.
Stuteville, Sir Martin.
letter to, 1628, 135 a.
Surveyor of His Majesty's Works. See
Jones, Iaigo.
Susa, Tho Rtstitutiou of, 133 a
Suspension of Arms. See Treaty for.
Sutherland, Duke of. See Leveson Gower,
George Granville.
Swan, Breda, The, So.
Sweden, 154 n.
Ambassador to. See Beare, Roe,
Vaae.
Kiug of, 155.
Swert, Francis, 361.
letter from, 1618, 25.
letter to, 1618, 25.
Switzerland, 327.
Ambassador to. See Wake.
T.
Tacitus, works of, 114 rr.
Talbot, Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury, 14 n.
Tapestries of Brussels, 32, 34, 35, 37, 39—
45.
Tapestries designed by Rubena, 183.
Tassos, 288 a.
Taylor, Joba, Ageat at Vienna, 1634—1636,
169, 181, 182, 207, 208.
Tempesta, Antonio, 34 ri.
Terestyn, M., Deputy of the States General,
175, 177.
TertuUian MS., 2S1 n.
Theatres. See Blackfriars.
Theobald's, knights made at, 135 n.
letter dated from, 119 n.
Thimantes, 160.
Thomas, Prince, son of Charles Emmanuel,
Duke of Savov, Governor of Lisera,
1S9 a.
Thomassin de Mazaugues, M., 150 n.
Thornhill, Sir Jamea, 66 a.
Thrace, 288 a.
Tibuliui, Joan, 355.
Tilbury, oo., Essex, 10.
Tintoretto, Giacomo, 9 a,, 65 n., 274, 275,
291 a, 321, 326, 355.
Titian, 3, 65 a., 269, 274, 275, 293, 308,
315, 320, 326, 336, 337, 353, 355,
358.
Torrentius, John, 292, 347—349.
Tower of London, the, 60 n., 133, 287 n.
Tracy, Anthony, 352 n.
Sir John, 134 n.
Dorothy, daughter of, afterwards
successively Mrs. Bray and Lady Con
way, 184 a.
Treasurei-3, Lord, 1628. See Weston, Lord.
1631. See Cottington,
Lord
Treaty for Suspension of Arras, 68 — 105,
125, 130, 134, 148, 177.
of Peace, 75 a. See also France,
Holland, Soain.
Triii, 135.
Tripod, Rubens' letter oa the, 150 — 153.
Troy, 282 a, 288 a.
Truce of 1609, 75 a., 129 a., 159 a.
History of the, 360 a.
Trumbull, William, Agent at Brussels,
1605 — 1625, Muster-Master General,
10 a, 18, 22, 23, 45, 48 a., 50 a., 53,
62.
letters from, 1617, 19.
1620,51,52,54. 1621, 14 a, 55,56,
58, 59, 61, 62,
67 n., 68 n.
1622, 113 n.
1623, 14 a., 64.
letters to, 1621, 56, 59.
Turgoe, 12.
Turin, 95 a., 97 a., 118 a., 296 n.
Ambassador at. See Wake, Sir
Isaac.
intelligeace from, 189 n.
letters dated from, 126, 132—134,
137, 292.
INDEX.
339
Turkey, 79, 233.
Sultan of. See The Grand Signor.
Ambassadors to. See Crowe, Roe,
Wyche.
English Consul in. See Markham,
John.
trade in, 290.
Turks, envy of the, 281 n.
¦ malice of the, 2S8 a.
Turner, Dawsoa, 227 a., 223 a., 229 n.
235.
Turns, Duke of. See Doria, Don Carlos.
Tuscany, Grand Duke of. See Francis I.
Grand Duchess of. See Jane.
Tyrol, the 354 n.
U.
Unicorn, The, 279 n., 333.
Universities. See Cambridge, Douai, Ley
den, Louvaine, Oxford.
United Provinces, The, 64, 68, 71, 74—76,
78, 80, 86, 90, 91, 96, 129, 156, 174,
176, 201.
Ambassador from, to England.
See Joachimi, Sir Albert.
• Assembly of the towas of, 172.
University Gallery, Oxford, 214 a.
Utrecht, 12, 13, 67, 84 a, 89, 92, 290 a,
291 a., 293 a., 294, 295.
letters dated from, 293 a.
V.
Valance, M., 163.
Valavissor, Sig., 153.
Valdolid, Francis de, 316.
Valladolid, 139 n.
Van Aelst, Peter, 20 a.
Vaa Balen, Heary, 3 a, 23 a.
Van Cowenbergh, A., 203.
Van Dalen, M., 3 n.
Van Dyck, Antonio, 23 a., 26, 54, 63 a.,
65 a., 310 a., 322 a., 353.
— — presents to, 169 n.
¦ visited by Lord Carlisle, 119.
Vaa Egrnont, Justu3, 63 n.
Vanak, JoaD, 355.
Van Gheele, Jehan, 203.
Van Haeght, Tobias, 2.
Vaa Hoeck, Jaa, 63 n.
Van Huffel, M., 219.
Van Man der, 23 a
Van Mol, Peter, 63 n.
Vaa Needen, M., 297.
Vaa Noort, Adam, 2, 3, 213 n.
Van Parys, The Canon, Jacques, 65 n.,
232 a.
Vaa Schoonhove, Melchior, 203.
Vansomer, Paul, 855. '
Vaa Veen, John, 3 n.
Othon, 2, 3, 26.S, 292, 293,
362.
¦ Eniblemata Horatiana of, 292.
Van de Weyer, His Excellency Monsieur
Sylvain, the Belgian minister, 2 a.
Vandea Wouwer, John, 113, 117, 180, 181,
361.
Vanderdoort, Abraham, 349, 350.
Vander Horst, Nicholas, 63 a.
Vandernote, Madame, 307.
Vane, Sir Henry, Ambassador to the Queen
of Bohemia, 1625; to Holland, 1629—
1631; to Sweden, 1631—1633; also
Secretary of State, 1640 ; 131, 154 n.,
295, 346.
letter from, 1630, 154.
letters to, 1629, 293.
X630, 155.
1640, 71 a.
Vasari, Georgio, 52 n.
Veudeliuo, Signior, 151, 152.
Venice, 3, 4, 9, 52, X03, 1X8 a, 133 a, 157,
268, 274,299,301, 302, 309, 31 X— 3X3,
323, 328, 334, 337, 338, 339.
Doge of, 323.
Ambassador from, 89, US a.
Ambassadors to. See Garleton,
Fielding, Rowlandsori, Wake, Wotton.
college of, 298, 324-
letters dated from, 279 a, 296,
297, 29S, 320, 322 a., 323, 324, 326,
327, 330, 332—336, 338, 339.
seaatorof, murdered,323.
Venius, Otto. See Van Veen, Othon.
Venus, 153, 319.
• — — and Cupid in ivory, 66 n.
and Satyr in metal, 66 a.
Vere, Geoffrey, 10 a.
Sir Francis, soa of, Governor of the
Brill, 10 a., 342.
Sir Horace, brother- of the preceding,
afterwards successively Governor of
the Brill, Baron Vere, and Master of
the Ordnaace, 10 a., 173 n.
-¦ John, 16th Earl of Oxford, uacle to
Sirs Francis and Horace, 10 n.
Verhulst, Peter, 216, 223, 228.
Veronese, Paul, 3, 65 a., 273—275.
Vienna, 65 a., 182 a, 207, 208, 296 n.
Ambassadors to. See Digby,
Taylor.
Vieu Ville, Marquis de, Ambassador from
Spain, 136, 162—164, 182.
Villaviciosa, 129, 130.
Vincent II. de Gonzaga, Duke of Mantna,
3, 4, 326—328.
Vinci, Leoaardo da, 65 a., 269, 294.
Virginal, a, 208—210 n.
Vos, Simon de, 63 a.
390
INDEX.
Vosberghen, Josias de, Ambassador from
Denmark, 112, 113, 115, 116, 172, 180.
commission to treat with
Spaia, 115.
letter to, 1628, 112.
Vossius, Dr. Isaac, 159 a.
Vranckz, Sebastian, 3, 17, 21, 23 n.
Vroora, Henry Cornelius, 13.
W.
Wacken, Baron de, 106.
AVake, Arthur, 133 a.
Isaac, soa of, Secretary to Sir
Dudley Carletou, at Venice, afterwards
Sir Ieaae, Ambassador to Savoy, 1615
—1618; to Elector Palatine, 1619;
again to Savoy, 1619- 1623 ; to Italy,
Savoy, Switzerland and Venice, 1624
— 1629; to France, 1631—1632, 133a.,
269, 312, 320, 32X, 322, 339.
letters from, 162S, 292, 324.
1629, 126 a., 132 a.,
133, 137.
letters to, 1625, 321, 352.
1627,95 a, 97 a., 103 n.
1628, 118 n., 324,326.
1629, 133, 329, 331.
1630, 9 a., 149 n.
1632, 134 a.
death aad fnaeral of, 134 a.
- — — Anna (Bray), Lady, wife of, 134 n.
Lionel, 21, 23, 35, 36, 43, 44, 184,
197, 20S, 213, 300.
- — letters from, 1017, 22.
1618, 38, 44, 45.
1635, 198, 200, 201.
letters to, 16X8, 42.
1635, 195.
Lionel, son of the preceding, 202,
204, 213.
— — letters from, 1637, 204.
1638, 204.
power of attorney to, 1637, 202.
receipts signed by, 203, 204, 205.
Wales, Prince of. See Charles I. aad II.
Wards, Master of the. See Cottington.
Warwick, Robert, Earl of, 127 a.
Warwickshire, 60 a.
Weckei-lin, . G. R., Secretary to Lord
Dorchester, 207 n.
¦ letter to, 1636, 207.
Wentworth, Sir John, 307.
Thomas, Earl of Strafford,
Lord Lieuteaaat of Ireland, 154 a.,
347.
Wesel, 165.
Westminster, letters dated from, 48, 49,
57, 140, 141, 209, 210, 317.
Westmia3ter, election for, 135 n.
Abbey, 9 a., 303.
Marquis of, 39 a.
Westminster School, 9 n.
Weston, Sir Richard, afterwards succes
sively Lord Weston and Earl of Port
land ; also Ambassador to Brussels and
Germany, 1620 ; Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Lord Treasurer, 56 a.,
143 a, 144, 294, 332, 333, 335, 339.
. letter from, 162S, 329, 332.
letters to, 1630, 336.
163X, 157, 161.
Whitecross Street, 318 n.
Whitehall, 59, 119 n., 130, 147, 274, 35S.
knights made at, 157 n.
lettersdated from, 114, 115, US a,
138, 284, 285, 291, 324, 329, 352.
Paintings for the Banqueting
House, 183— ISO, 191—205.
Wieriux, Jerome, 291 a.
Wight, Isle of, 283 a.
Wildens, John, 39 a, 63 a, 235" a
Willoughby, Lord, 307, 308.
Wiltshire, 49 n.
Winchester, Bishop of. See Andrews,
Lancelot.
Cathedral, statues at, 319.
Windebank, Secretary Sir Francia, 1S4,
194—196, 316.
letters from, 1635, 297.
1638, 209, 210, 295.
¦ letters to. 1634, 1S7.
1635, 185 a., 191,
192,193,197,193,
199,200,201,297.
1637, 298.
1638, 20S, 2X0.
virginal parchased bv, 209, 210.
Wiadsor, 159 a, 344.
Windsor Herald. See Norgate, Edward.
Wiawood, Sir Ralph, Ambassador at tho
Hague, 1603 — 1613 ; Secretary of
State, 1614—1617, 9 a., 272 a., 343,
344.
letter from, 1617, 346.
Witham, co. Somerset, 157 a.
Woking, 133 a.
Wolley, John, Secretary to Trumbull, 44
62.
letter from, 1620, 50.
Wood, Anthony, 231 a.
Joha, 118 n.
Woodburn, Mr., 4 n.
Woodford, co. Essex, 2S0 a.
Woronzow, Count, 4 a.
Wotton, Sir Heary, Ambassador to Venice,
1604—1610; at the Hague, 1614—
1615; again to Venice, 1616—1623,
9 a., 339.
Woawer, Joha Vaaden. See Vanden
Woawer, Joha.
Wyche, Sir Peter, appointed Ambassador to
Spain, 1625 ; Ambassador to Turkey,
1627—1638, 352 n.
INDEX.
391
Wyche, Sir Peter, letter from, 1S29, 352.
1630, 353.
Wynne, Sir Robert, 294 n.
Y.
Yates, Mr., 31 n.
York, 345.
Archbishop of. See Matthew, Toby.
Cathedral, 342 n.
Garden, 66 n.
House, 136.
Youche, Stephen le, 203, 205.
Young, Patrick, ''Keeper of Charles I.'s
Library," 173 n.
Z.
Zaccarello, Giulio Cesare, 328.
Zante, 288, 290.
Z-mtvliet, 106, 107-
Zealand, 172, 191—195, 197, 193, 306 a.,
309..
Zevenberghen, 85, 86, 88— 91.
Zizicum, 282 a.
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