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Cardinal Benedetto Accolti, suffering from gout in his left leg, informs Cosimo I on his illness....
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Cardinal Benedetto Accolti writes to Cosimo I after receiving from him a pecurial bird (a wren). The Duke was not convinced it was a "troglodito". Accolti, after a detailed examination and after...
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Cardinal Benedetto Accolti thanks Cosimo I for some grey partridges....
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Pietro Accolti orders velvet and satin cloth to make clothing in Paris, where new clothing is needed frequently. He also reports on the Venetian ambassador's illness, which was interpreted...
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Pietro Accolti reports to Belisario Vinta concerning the carnival entertainments at the royal court in Paris. Of particular note was a spectacle sponsored by César de Bourbon de Vendôme....
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Pietro Accolti sends news about the splendid arrival of the Venetian ambassador, Antonio Foscarini. He also discusses a dispute involving commanders of French galleys at Marseilles....
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Florentine representative Luigi Bevilacqua has left Paris, having been given many gifts and much money by Henri IV and Maria de' Medici by means of Philippe-Emmanuel de Gondi....
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Pietro Accolti writes at length to Belisario Vinta on news from the French court, focusing on captain Luigi Bracci's problems. Accolti reports that Luigi Bracci has arrived unexpectedly in...
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Pietro Accolti reports that Jean Zamet, here referred to as "Zametto", has been in a fight with a certain Monsieur Bidaussans, whom he killed. The quarrel began when Bidaussans insulted Zamet's...
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Pietro Accolti acknowledges the receipt of 7 barrels of verdea wine sent to Camillo Guidi for distribution [presumably as gifts, perhaps on behalf of Don Giovanni de' Medici]. Accolti also...
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