Excerpt from The Poems of Sir Thomas Wiat, Vol. 2: Introduction, Commentary, AppendixesFortune favoured him in the early years of his diplomatic career by Opening out opportunities which brought him into direct contact with the leaders of Europe. Visiting France with Cheney, he was chosen to carry, and deliver personally, messages from Henry VIII to the French King. He could speak French with ease, and had as much wit to mark and remember everything as any young man in Europe. At Home with Russell the following year, he was chosen to carry the letters to the Venetian Council on account of a slight accident to the ambassador which prevented him from performing the duty.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.