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The Works of Niccolò Machiavelli

The Historical, Political, and Diplomatic Writings of Niccolò Machiavelli, vol. 4: Diplomatic Missions 1506-1527

MISSIONS. (CONTINUED.)
MISSION TO THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY.
LETTER I.
Nicholas Machiavelli (Machiavelli, Nicholas)
25 December, 1507 Maximilian I. Guelders (Guelders, Maximilian I.)

LETTER I.

Magnificent Signori, etc.: —

I wrote to your Lordships from Gabella on the 22d instant, and to-day, being the 25th, I am at Geneva, and shall leave to-morrow for Constanz, which is seven days’ journey from here, according to what I am told by Piero da Fossan, who is engaged here in commerce with Florence, and has advised me as to the route, which I shall follow, and recommend myself to your Lordships.

Servitor
Niccolo Machiavelli.
25 December, 1507.