Note 44 — Chapter II
Reading edition
Marillac, ap. Raumer, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, vol. I. p. 32.
See also the characteristic letter of Charles to his sister, the regent of the Netherlands, (December 16, 1550,) full of angry expressions against Ferdinand for his ingratitude and treachery. The scheme, according to Charles's view of it, was calculated for the benefit of both parties,—"ce que convenoit pour establir noz maisons." Lanz, Correspondenz des Kaisers Karl V., (Leipzig, 1846,) B. III. p. 18.