Original Unpublished Papers Illustrative Of The Life Of Sir Peter Paul Rubens As An Artist And A Diplomatist PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 edition. Excerpt: ...and approved, resident in Antwerp, and the witnesses under-written, appeared in person, the Sieur Pietro Paulo Rubens, knight, Seigneur de Steene, and Secretary of the Privy Council of his said Majesty, residing in the said city of Antwerp, known to me the notary; and both of his frank and free will made, created, constituted, and commissioned by this, his attorney, general and special, to wit, Lionel Wake the younger, residing at London, in England; giving to him full power, authority, and absolute command, for, in the name, and on the part of the said Sieur, the constituent, to ask, recover, and receive the three thousand pounds sterling, which his Royal Majesty of England has been required to order by his privy seal, at his exchequer or treasury, to pay, or satisfy to the said constituent, in recompense of the paintings, made by his hand, for the soffet or ceiling of the Royal Hall of Whitehall. On its receipt, to give, 'M This translation is copied from the one printed in the Appendix to Carpenter's " Life of Van Dyck," p. 171-3. pass, and avow such acknowledgments, or acts, as may be necessary, and generally and specially, in the things above stated, and those dependent upon them to do, say, procure, and take charge of, as the said Sieur, the constituent, could himself do and say, if he were there present in person. Promising, in good faith, to have and to hold as good, firm, and agreeable always, all, that by his said constituted attorney shall be done, said, procured, or had charge of, without ever going or coming to the contrary in any manner, under the obligation of his person and goods; Which was thus done and passed at Antwerp, at the counter of me, the notary, adjoining the Exchange of the Merchants, in...