Prince Henry's Barriers 25


Archivio Mediceo del Principato, Firenze,
Filza 4189

Preparations for Prince Henry 's Barriers , in a dispatch sent home by Tuscan agent Ottaviano Lotti , on 14 [i.e. 4] Jan. 1610. Occupying pp. 1-3 of a single folded sheet (extract on p.2), it is part of a parchment bound collection of letters running from 26th March 1609-16 March 1612. It occupies pp. 1-3 and is written in a folded sheet of paper.



Alla barriera, che mantiene fra due giorni il Serenissimo Principe, sono invitati per vedere, i Signori Ambasciato ri Spagna, et Venezia, et non ci essendo hora ne lí Ambasciator di francia, ne quel di Fiandra, mancano le contese di precedenza.

Translation
The ambassadors of Spain and Venice have been invited to the barriers, which the prince will hold in two days’ time. There is no quarrel about precedence as neither the French nor the Flemish ambassador is here at present.

Bibliography
Orrell (1977-78), 165