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445 - Catherine de’ Medici. L.S., Melun, 4 April 1562, to Jean de …
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Catherine de’ Medici. L.S., Melun, 4 April 1562, to Jean de Senarpont, the King’s Lieutenant-General in the government of Picardy; countersigned by Jacques Bourdin; 1 folio page, addressed. The start of the First War of Religion. ‘You will see from this dispatch the troubles in which we find ourselves, which are indeed a source of the greatest regret and distress I have ever known. And since times of peace often give a neighbour cause to do what might not have been even thought of before, so that during such troubles we may not be taken by surprise, the King, my son ’ [Charles IX] is sending him a dispatch and urging him to do whatever is necessary ‘for the security of the strongholds on his Picardy frontier, so that we may remain at peace, making it clear to him in this matter, as you have always done in all other matters that have arisen concerning his service, that you recognise no one but him, and that there is nothing in this world that would cause you to lose or diminish in any way the loyalty you owe him and the service he expects of you’...
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