Note 500 — Chapter XX
Henry Vizetelly translation
The following is the only document which establishes the fact that Matthioly received payment from the Spaniards and Venetians. It will be remarked that the information given by D’Estrades reached him very indirectly:—
“I must not omit to inform your Majesty that Father Ranzoni (a spy) has told Juliani (a spy) that his father had assured him that the Spaniards had given 4,000 pistoles [1,600l.] to Mattioli[C] as a reward for having discovered to them the whole of the Casale business, and for having pointed out M. d’Asfeld to them, and that he had also received money from the Venetians for the same reason.”—Unpublished despatch from the Abbé d’Estrades to Louis XIV., March 16, 1680:—Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, section Savoy, 70.
[C] The variation in the spelling of this name in the different despatches is followed exactly.—Trans.