Note 507 — Chapter XIII
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De Noailles told the Cardinal of Lorraine that the Queen of England caused incessant prayers and processions to be made for obtaining peace; and he declared that he believed her to be sincere, though he attributed less good intentions to the Emperor (Ambassades, iv., p. 336). One of Cardinal Pole’s letters in St. Mark’s Library at Venice, dated 20th April 1555, says that “last evening the Queen sent for him [de Noailles] to show him the despatch she was writing to her ambassador in France, charging him to tell the French King how much she rejoiced at his being so well disposed towards the peace, and that she also had performed every good office in favour of it with the Emperor”. A peace conference was about to take place at Ardres, to which Mary had pledged herself to send six commissioners.