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| |Associated persons=Angelos Vergikios; Elizabeth I of England | | |Associated persons=Angelos Vergikios; Elizabeth I of England |
| |Literature=Burnett 2020 | | |Literature=Burnett 2020; Burnett 2020b, p. 47 |
| |Numismatic keyword=Roman; price | | |Numismatic keyword=Roman; price |
| |CorrespondenceLanguage=English | | |CorrespondenceLanguage=English |
| |Grand document=Throckmorton, Nicholas | | |Grand document=Throckmorton, Nicholas<br> |
| A William Cecil | | A William Cecil<br> |
| -Lettre du 30 août 1561 (de Paris) : | | -Lettre du 30 août 1561 (de Paris) : |
| 10 There hath ben with me Vergetius that was lately in England and hath
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| told me that her Highnesse showed herself to him very desyrous to have
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| Antiquityes. And that thereupon, since his coming over, he hath founde
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| out a man that hath and will sell the xij Empourers, very antique
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| in aere Corinthio which he saith being in that metall, declaring
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| 15 sufficiently their antiquitie. And affirmeth that no Prince of
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| Chrisedome do hath to show them all in that sorte whch be of
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| the compass [added: and thicknesse] of half a Jacobs Daller. He maketh such a great
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| mater of the excellence and exquisitie of them, together with their
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| estimation, that I ////// for nothing their vertue. But refere the same (?),
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| 20 and the Q Maties determynation thereof, to a lettr (?) whch the said
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| Vergetius wroteth now to you. The price of them, he saith,
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| is A thousand crownes Sterlg.
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| 32 Vergetius writeth to her Queenes Mate, and to you. his lettrs are enclosed (?)
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| | There hath ben with me Vergetius that was lately in England and hath <br> |
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| | told me that her Highnesse showed herself to him very desyrous to have<br> |
| 5 And thus I humbly take my leave of you. From Paris
| | Antiquityes. And that thereupon, since his coming over, he hath founde<br> |
| the xxxth of August 1561. | | out a man that hath and will sell the xij Empourers, very antique <br> |
| | in aere Corinthio which he saith being in that metall, declaring<br> |
| | sufficiently their antiquitie. And affirmeth that no Prince of<br> |
| | Chrisedome do hath to show them all in that sorte whch be of<br> |
| | the compass [added: and thicknesse] of half a Jacobs Daller. He maketh such a great<br> |
| | mater of the excellence and exquisitie of them, together with their<br> |
| | estimation, that I ////// for nothing their vertue. But refere the same (?),<br> |
| | and the Q Maties determynation thereof, to a lettr (?) whch the said <br> |
| | Vergetius wroteth now to you. The price of them, he saith, <br> |
| | is A thousand crownes Sterlg.<br> |
| | …<br> |
| | Vergetius writeth to her Queenes Mate, and to you. his lettrs are enclosed (?) |
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| Yours aff to comand | | f.107v<br> |
| N Throckmorton | | …<br> |
| | And thus I humbly take my leave of you.<br> |
| | From Paris<br> |
| | the xxxth of August 1561.<br> |
| | Yours aff to comand<br> |
| | N Throckmorton<br> |
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| To the right honorable Sir William | | To the right honorable Sir William<br> |
| Cecill knight the Queenes mate | | Cecill knight the Queenes mate <br> |
| principall Secretary. | | principall Secretary.<br> |
| (Kew, The National Archives, SP 70/29, f.107 ; voir Burnett 2020). | | (Kew, The National Archives, SP 70/29, f.107 ; voir Burnett 2020). |
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