Excerpt from Correspondence of the Emperor Charles V. And His Ambassadors at the Courts of England and France: From the Original Letters in the Imperial Family Archives at Vienna; With a Connecting Narrative and Biographical Notices of the Emperor, and of Some of the Most Distinguished Officers of His Army and Household; Together With the Emperor's Itinerary From The same plea cannot be advanced for that which in order follows the correspondence, characteristic sketches of Charles the Fifth and of some of his distin guished contemporaries. It is not attempted in these brief notices to produce matter altogether new in illustration of characters, whichfamiliar to the English reader. They are nevertheless 'meant to contain some particulars, not so well known as others on record, derived from the same authentic sources as the foregoing letters, and a few throwing light on certain points, enough perhaps to justify What might otherwise be deemed an unnecessary repetition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.