Lanterna Rally

Author: Sidney Lee

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-23

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 9780483717077

Excerpt from Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 45: Pereira Pockrich From this time Perkins was frequently employed as a diplomatic agent to Denmark, Poland, the emperor, and the Hanseatic League his missions dealt principally with mercantile affairs, in which he gained con siderable experience. In 1591 he was am bassador to Denmark, having his first audience with the king on 4 July, and on 22 Dec. Re ceived an annuity of one hundred marks for his services. He proceeded to Poland in January 1592, and was in Denmark again in the summer. In June and July 1593 he was negotiating with the emperor at Prague; in 1595 he visited Elbing, Liibeck, and other Hanse towns, and spent some time in Poland. He says he was acceptable to the Poles gene rally, and the king tried to induce him to enter his service but the clergy were bitterly hostile, and the pope offered for his life. In 1598 he was again sent to Denmark, returning on 8 Dec.; in 1600 he was employed in negotiating with the Danish emissaries at Emden. His letters from abroad, preserved among the Cotton mss., give a valuable account of the places he visited, especially Poland and the Hanse towns. During the intervals of his missions he acted as principal adviser to the government in its mercantile relations with the Baltic countries; on 3 Jan. 1593 he was on a commission to decide with out appeal all disputes between the English and subjects of the French king in reference to piracies and depredations committed at sea, and on 3 July was on another to inquire into and punish all abettors of pirates. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.