The History of Mary I, Queen of England / as found in the public records, despatches of ambassadors, in original private letters, and other contemporary documents

by J. M. Stone

[349] Papiers d’Etat du Cardinal de Granvelle, vol. iv., p. 74.

[350] Belgian Transcripts, vol. i., pp. 284-86, Record Office.

[351] Ambassades, vol. i., p. 232.

[352] Papiers d’Etat du Cardinal de Granvelle, p. 100. He goes on to describe Elizabeth as “un esprit plein d’incantation,” etc.

[353] “Elle jura que jamais elle n’avait senti aiguillon de ce que l’on appelle amour ... et qu’elle n’avait jamais pensé à mariage sinon depuis que a plu à Dieu la promouvoir à la couronne, et que celui qu’elle fera sera contre sa propre affection pour le respect de la chose publique” (Papiers d’Etat du Cardinal de Granvelle, p. 98).

[354] Ambassades, vol. ii., p. 144.

[355] Papiers d’Etat, p. 105.

[356] Wriothesley, Chronicle, vol. ii., p. 103. For Stow’s graphic account of the royal procession see Appendix D.

[357] Belgian Archives, Record Office Transcripts, vol. i., p. 436. Also Griffet. But Griffet is mistaken in thinking that Elizabeth referred to a crown she was carrying in her hands, as if it had been the Queen’s.

[358] History of England, vol. vi., p. 109.