Excerpt from letter of intelligence, dated April 22/May 2 (New Style), 1656

Source:

A Collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe, Esq;, volume 4, page 721, published by Thomas Birch, 1742; original at Indiana University

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The letter excerpt:

... Stetin, May 2, 1656. [N. S.]

... A secretary of queen Catharine [sic] of Sweden, who is arrived here, has related for some days at table here in the inn, that the said queen, having enough of Italy, and finding the said nation contrary to her temper and quite otherwise than she expected, viz. false and deceitful, was resolved to retire out of that climate, and favour the French interest instead of that of Spain, and to take up her residence there for a while: however as I have heard formerly, and not long ago, they think she won't be too welcome there. ...

With modernised spelling:

... Stettin, May 2, 1656. [N. S.]

... A secretary of queen Katharine [sic] of Sweden, who is arrived here, has related for some days at table here in the inn that the said Queen, having enough of Italy and finding the said nation contrary to her temper and quite otherwise than she expected, viz. false and deceitful, was resolved to retire out of that climate and favour the French interest instead of that of Spain and to take up her residence there for a while; however, as I have heard formerly, and not long ago, they think she won't be too welcome there. ...

French translation (my own):

... Stettin, 2 mai 1656. [N. S.]

... Un secrétaire de la reine Catherine [sic] de Suède, arrivée ici, raconte depuis quelques jours, à table, ici, à l'auberge, que ladite reine, lassée de l'Italie et trouvant ladite nation contraire à son tempérament et tout autre qu'elle ne l'espérait, c'est-à-dire fausse et trompeuse, a décidé de se retirer de ce climat et de favoriser les intérêts français plutôt que ceux de l'Espagne, et d'y résider quelque temps; cependant, comme je l'ai entendu dire il n'y a pas longtemps, on pense qu'elle n'y sera pas très bien accueillie. ...

Swedish translation (my own):

... Stettin, den 2 maj 1656. [Nya stilen.]

... En sekreterare till drottning Katarina [sic] av Sverige, som har anlänt hit, har under några dagar vid bordet här på värdshuset berättat att nämnda drottning, som fått nog av Italien och funnit nämnda nation emot hennes temperament och helt annorlunda än hon förväntat sig, det vill säga falsk och bedräglig, var besluten att dra sig tillbaka från det klimatet och gynna de franska intressena istället för Spaniens och att bosätta sig där ett tag; emellertid, som jag har hört tidigare, och för inte så länge sedan, tror de att hon inte kommer att vara särskilt välkommen där. ...

Above: Kristina.

Note: Stettin is the German name for the town of Szczecin in what is now the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland.