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LETTERS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH AND PHILIP II. OF SPAIN

By A. M.

Perhaps some of your readers may be able to inform me whether any of the following letters between Queen Elizabeth and Philip II. of Spain, extracted from the archives of Simancas, have yet appeared in print:— 1. Queen Elizabeth to Philip II., January 9, 1562-3. 2. Answer, April 2, 1563. 3. Philip II.'s reply to the English ambassador in the case of Bishop Cuadra, April, 1563. 4. Charges made in England against the Bishop of Aquila, Philip's ambassador, and the answers. 5. Queen Elizabeth to Philip II., January 18, 1569. 6. Philip to Elizabeth, May 9, 1569. 7. Elizabeth to Philip, March 20, 15…

Topics: Royal Correspondence, Diplomatic Relations, 16th Century European Politics

Locations: Simancas, London