Monday, May 25, 2020

Excerpt of Minard's letter to Antoine de Bordeaux, the French ambassador to England, dated December 3/13 (New Style), 1656

Source:

A Collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe, Esq;, volume 5, page 678, published by Fletcher Gyles, 1742

https://books.google.com/books?id=aEEqAQAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=state+papers+of+john+thurloe+xlii&source=gbs_navlinks_s

https://www.british-history.ac.uk/thurloe-papers/vol5/pp668-683#h3-0014

The letter excerpt:

Paris, Dec. 13, 1656. [N. S.]
MY LORD,
... The queen Christina intends to winter at Boulogne. ...

French translation (my own):

Paris, le 13 décembre 1656. [Nouveau style]
Monsieur,
... La reine Christine a l'intention de passer l'hiver à Bologne. ...

Swedish translation (my own):

Paris, den 13 december 1656. [Nya stilen.]
Min herre,
... Drottningen Kristina tänker övervintra i Bologna. ...


Above: Kristina.

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