Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 3, 1520-1526. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1869.
This free content was digitised by double rekeying. All rights reserved.
'Appendix: Miscellaneous 1484', in Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 3, 1520-1526, ed. Rawdon Brown( London, 1869), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/venice/vol3/p631 [accessed 25 November 2024].
'Appendix: Miscellaneous 1484', in Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 3, 1520-1526. Edited by Rawdon Brown( London, 1869), British History Online, accessed November 25, 2024, https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/venice/vol3/p631.
"Appendix: Miscellaneous 1484". Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 3, 1520-1526. Ed. Rawdon Brown(London, 1869), , British History Online. Web. 25 November 2024. https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/venice/vol3/p631.
Miscellaneous 1484
| 1484. July 30. Archives, Venice, Library. | 1472. Pope Sixtus IV. to Richard III. |
|---|---|
| Has heard of the publication of an edict by his Majesty, for all the Genoese trading in his kingdom to sell their merchandise within one year, on the expiration of which term the unsold goods are to be forfeited entirely. This has much angered and displeased the Pope, nor can he persuade himself that the act proceeds from the King, but rather from the evil persuasions of certain persons, who hope to derive advantage thence to the detriment of his Majesty's honour. It is evident that the object of such an edict is to enable the inhabitants of the kingdom to purchase the said goods at their own price, or to compel the Genoese to lose them from lack of customers. For this the King will be held infamous by all men, as the measure is at variance with civilization, and contrary to the law of nations whose territories are reciprocally frequented by merchants in safety and freedom. For the honour of the King, which he holds very dear, the Pope regrets these things extremely. At this commencement of the King's reign in [accordance with] the first expectation of his virtue (virtutis) and just administration, the Pope would have wished him, in this and other laudable customs, to follow the footsteps of his ancestors, who always treated the Genoese with favour, and allowed them to trade freely, no less for the convenience of the King's subjects, who derived no slight advantage thence, than for that of the Genoese, the Pope's countrymen. (fn. 1) Exhorts the King, therefore, to repeal this edict. | |
| Rome, 30th July 1484, 13th (fn. 2) year. | |
| [Original draft, paper. Latin, 29 lines.] | |