Note 269 — CCLVII.—To the Protector Somerset.[269]
Reading edition
On the back, in the hand writing of Calvin: "To Monsieur the Protector of England.—Sent."
This letter was addressed to the Earl of Somerset after his first disgrace.—(See the letter of the 22d October 1548, and the Note p. 275.) Set at liberty, the 6th February 1550, by the favour of the king his nephew, he resumed his place in the Privy Council, but losing the title and dignity of Protector. The letter of Calvin is without any doubt of February or March 1550.