Swiss Confederation

Swiss Confederation

Letter of recommendation on behalf of the Catholic Cantons of Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Lucerne and Zug to the Duke of Sessa, Governor-General of Milan and their de facto ruler in the name of the King of Spain hoping that their envoy Walter Roll, a member of the Privy Council of Uri, will be granted a fair hearing and a friendly reception, in German, 1 page, folio, integral address leaf with papered seal, dis-patch slits.

With contemporary translations into Spanish (two) and Italian, recipient's endorsemen Lucerne, "the Monday before the Ascension", damp staining, mainly to page edges and lightly at crease, 5pp., folio., [26 July] 1563.