[ [99]MS. Français, 15,993.
[ [100]The Queen's Grand Almoner, Du Perron, was the intermediary in this matter. Windbank's name is not mentioned in Du Perron's letters, but there is little doubt he is intended. Aff. Etran. Ang., t. 46.
[ [101]Aff. Etran. Ang., t. 46]
[ [102]Sir Robert Ayton
[ [103]William Habington.
CHAPTER IV
THE QUEEN OF THE CATHOLICS
They knew not That what I motioned was of God; I knew From intimate impulse and therefore urged The Marriage on, that by occasions hence, I might begin Israel's deliverance, The work to which I was divinely called. John Milton
Among all the activities of Queen Henrietta Maria's life none deserves more careful study than those connected with her work for her co-religionists in England.