Note 454 — Chapter V
Reading edition
Hist. du Languedoc, V, 211. Philip II was reputed to have spent 350,000 crowns of his wife’s dowry in Germany (C. S. P. For., No. 659, §18, November 14, 1561). Catherine sent a special agent, Rambouillet, into Germany to assist Hotman in discovering information about Spain’s intrigues there (C. S. P. For., No. 713, December, 1561; Mém. de l’Acad. des sc. moral. et polit., CIV [1877], 661). D’Ozances in Spain received special instructions to decipher Philip II’s conduct if possible.