. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . D o wu HDiW mo. ~v;-~ll > ?- ^»<i,<21 9^ ? -^ t 1^ Si ?^J^.-^t^ = ^^f^-o e = t: •;; ••-*« r^ -^.^.^f^ C^? § ^ 9* i^4ii3^; ———J o H ?•Si 2 03 o J < W H sa £o o 5 ^ ?5 O JOHN DIGBY 47 the Elector Palatine, by means of a Spanish aUiance. But when thisventure completely failed, he was sent to Germany to intercede inthe Electors favour (1621). His efforts were for the moment ap-parently successful, but when Frederick was expelled from the UpperPalatinate, Digby urged that an army should be immediately equippedand sent to his r
. Historical portraits ... the lives of Fletcher .. . D o wu HDiW mo. ~v;-~ll > ?- ^»<i,<21 9^ ? -^ t 1^ Si ?^J^.-^t^ = ^^f^-o e = t: •;; ••-*« r^ -^.^.^f^ C^? § ^ 9* i^4ii3^; ———J o H ?•Si 2 03 o J < W H sa £o o 5 ^ ?5 O JOHN DIGBY 47 the Elector Palatine, by means of a Spanish aUiance. But when thisventure completely failed, he was sent to Germany to intercede inthe Electors favour (1621). His efforts were for the moment ap-parently successful, but when Frederick was expelled from the UpperPalatinate, Digby urged that an army should be immediately equippedand sent to his rescue. The quarrel between James and Parliamentfrustrated this scheme, and Digby was accordingly again sent toSpain to revive the marriage-project. He made such good progressthat he was created Earl of Bristol (Sept. 15, 1622). The arrival ofCharles and Buckingham in Madrid took the affair out of his hands,but he offended Charles, and gained Buckinghams undoing enmityby plainly reporting to the King the unpopularity of the latter at theSpanish Co
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