Index of Gardiner's History of England

Massini, De (Nuncio at Madrid),

• urges Olivares to support the transference of the Electorate,
• is said to oppose Charles's marriage with the Infanta,
• throws difficulties in the way of the marriage,
• proposes the cession of a fortress to the English Catholics,
• receives coldly a proposal of Olivares for the deposit of the Palatinate in the hands of the Infanta Isabella,
• refuses to proceed with the Infanta's marriage without a dispensation,
• informs Olivares of the conditions on which the dispensation has been granted,
• receives the dispensation from Rome,
• refuses to give the dispensation on Charles's terms,
• refuses to give the dispensation on Charles's terms,