[502] Noailles, v. 191; Venetian Calendar, vi. 1, 211; P. Friedmann, "Les Dépêches de Michieli," 42. [503] Calendar of State Papers, Mary, Foreign, 189. [504] Granvelle, iv. 469. [505] Venetian Calendar, vi. 603. [506] L. Haüsser, i. 630. [507] Venetian Calendar, vi. 197. [508] De Reiffenberg, "Histoire de la Toison d'Or," 451. [509] G. Ribier, "Lettres et Mémoires d'État," ii. 634; T. Juste, 94; Venetian Calendar, vi. 369. [510] Venetian Calendar, vi. 421, 443, 457; T. Juste, 101; Gachard, "Retraite," etc., i. 41. [511] Lanz, iii. 709; Venetian Calendar, vi. 537. [512] Venetian Despatches, 90 (Record Office). [513] Venetian Calendar, vi. 197, 362. [514] Granvelle, iv. 574, 577. [515] _Ibid._, iv. 701. [516] Brantôme, xii. 114. [517] P. Friedmann, 254-267; Noailles, v. 355, 362. [518] Friedmann, 56; Noailles, "Affaires Étrangères: Angleterre," xix. (Bibliothèque Nationale). [519] Venetian Calendar, vi. 863. [520] _Ibid._, vi. 914, 932. [521] Venetian Calendar, vi. 1015, 1080. [522] Kervyn de Lettenhove, "Relations des Pays-Bas avec l'Angleterre," i. 67. [523] Gachard, iv. 25. [524] Machyn, 130-134. [525] Venetian Calendar, vi. 1154; Kervyn de Lettenhove, i. 68. [526] Machyn, 135, 136; Calendar of State Papers, Mary, Foreign, 305, 314. [527] Granvelle, v. 86-113. [528] Venetian Calendar, vi. 1287; Machyn, 147; Gachard, "Retraite," etc., 176. BOOK XII THE PEACE OF CÂTEAU-CAMBRÉSIS 1557-1559 I. The lull that followed the decisive battle of St. Quentin afforded the Duchess of Lorraine a favourable opportunity for resuming her efforts to open negotiations between the contending monarchs. The Constable, after fighting like a lion and receiving a severe wound, had been made prisoner, and was taken to the Castle of Ghent, where Christina and her daughters were staying. The Duchess paid him daily visits, and brought him letters of condolence from her aunt Eleanor, who wrote that she wished she were still in Flanders to nurse her old friend. More than this: Christina obtained leave for his wife to visit him, and even proposed that the prisoner should be allowed to go to France on parole. These good offices gratified the French King, who was very anxious for his favourite's release, and whose behaviour towards the Duchess now underwent a marked change.[529]