[703] On this subject see La Ferrière, La Normandie à l’étranger, and his article entitled, “La paix de Troyes avec l’Angleterre,” R. Q. H., XXXIII, 36 ff. Much of the article is reprinted from the introduction to Correspondance de Catherine de Médicis, II.
[704] C. S. P. For., No. 443, March 13, 1563, Smith to D’Andelot; cf. 511, the Privy Council to Warwick, March 23, 1563; Forbes, II, 363.
[705] The prince of Eboli and the duke of Alva proposed that Havre-de-Grace be put temporarily into the hands of Philip II, he to mediate between England and France! (St. Sulpice to Charles IX, July 11, 1563, and to Catherine, August 27; L’Ambassade de St. Sulpice, 137, 151.)
[706] C. S. P. For., No. 498, March 22, 1563, Elizabeth to Smith.
[707] Ibid., Ven., No. 319, January 24, 1563.
[708] Charles IX to St. Sulpice, June 20, 1563; L’Ambassade de St. Sulpice, 122, 123.
[709] Ibid., 136.
[710] Neither Coligny nor D’Andelot could be prevailed upon to serve in the war against England, although believing they had been shabbily treated by Elizabeth. The admiral openly refused; D’Andelot feigned illness; Condé alone, of the Huguenot leaders, bore arms against his former ally—“l’honneur de la France couvrait son ingratitude.”—Correspondance de Catherine de Médicis, II, Introd., xii, xiii, xvii; cf. C. S. P. For., Nos. 498, 511, 541, and especially 548, March, 1563. Elizabeth had replied to the envoy sent to her by the prince of Condé to notify her of the peace made by the prince with the King and to treat for the restitution of Havre-de-Grace, that as the envoy had neither power nor commission from the King, she would not negotiate with him, and that nothing must be said about Havre-de-Grace unless the affairs of Calais were first adjusted (C. S. P. Ven., May 18, 1563).
[711] Ibid., For., No. 936, April 17, 1563. Warwick in a letter to Lord Robert Dudley and Cecil of April 23, 1563, estimates the French force around Havre at 10,000 French and 6,000 Swiss (ibid., No. 659; Forbes, II, 398).
[712] C. S. P. For., No. 652, Mundt to Cecil, April 20, 1563, from Strasburg; cf. No. 659, Warwick to the Privy Council on the authority of the Rhinegrave, April 23, 1563; Forbes, II, 398. Nevertheless, the French continued to fortify Metz against the future (C. S. P. For., No. 705, May 4, 1563).