Malherbe, François de (ca. 1556-1628)
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Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, M-5.1
Paper · 4 pp. · 20 x 30.5 cm · Paris · 21 January 1628
François de Malherbe, Letter to his cousin François de Malherbe, signed autograph
While Cardinal Richelieu was besieging La Rochelle by land and by sea from September 1627 on, the poet François de Malherbe, who was very close to the government, reported on the royal council's decisions and orientation in order to appease the concerns of his Norman cousin. In Malherbe's opinion, there is no cause for concern: the King of England is no more than a second-rate monarch, militarily not on a par with France and not able to support the Huguenots of La Rochelle. As to the threat posed by the Reformed, Malherbe judges them to be near the end: "la Huguenoterie court fortune par toute l'Europe d'estre voisine de sa fin."
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