Couriers and fleets in flux as treaties loom
Paris reports from Milan of frequent courier movement between Turin and Vienna and rumors a treaty between the King of Sicily and the Emperor nears. Genoa notes a 200 sail convoy after a Barcelona departure. Constantinople dispatches say a fleet awaits sailing and a Venetian clash is planned. all ministers hurried to the Grand Seignior at Adrianople except France, awaiting a courier’s return.