Friday, May 30, 2025

Excerpt from anonymously written letter to Antoine de Bordeaux, the French ambassador to England, dated July 21/31 (New Style), 1656

Source:

A Collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe, Esq;, volume 5, page 232, published by Fletcher Gyles, 1742
The letter excerpt:

Paris, 31 July, 1656. [N. S.]
... Mons. de Guise hath order to receive the queen at Lyon.

With modernised spelling:

Paris, 31 July, 1656. [New Style.]
... Monsieur de Guise hath order to receive the Queen at Lyon.

French translation (my own):

Paris, le 31 juillet 1656. [Style nouveau.]
... Monsieur de Guise a ordre de recevoir la reine à Lyon.

Swedish translation (my own):

Paris, den 31 juli 1656. [Nya stilen.]
... Monsieur de Guise har order att ta emot drottningen i Lyon.


Above: Kristina.


Above: Henri II, Duke de Guise.

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