[142]. These were all councillors in the interest and pay of the Emperor, and were pledged in any case to favour the match.
[143]. Record Office. Record Commission Transcripts, Brussels, vol. i.
[144]. Chronicle of Queen Jane and Queen Mary. Camden Society.
[145]. Chronicle of Queen Jane and Queen Mary. Camden Society.
[146]. On the 21st January 1554 the Emperor wrote to Philip sending him the treaty for ratification, and asked him to send powers for the formal betrothal, since the English insist that when, by the blessing of God, the marriage takes place you shall take an oath to respect the laws and privileges of England: ‘but the Queen confidently assures us that secretly everything shall be done to our liking, and we believe this.’ MSS. Simancas. Estado, 808.
[147]. ‘The Coming of Philip the Prudent’ in ‘The Year after the Armada,’ by Martin Hume.
[148]. Renard to the Emperor, 27th March 1554. Record Commission Transcripts, also printed by Tytler.
[149]. Full details of Philip’s voyage and arrival in England will be found in ‘The Coming of Philip the Prudent’ in ‘The Year after the Armada,’ by Martin Hume.
[150]. Renard to the Emperor, 9th June 1554, Brussels Transcripts, Record Office.
[151]. ‘The Coming of Philip the Prudent,’ in ‘The Year After the Armada,’ by Martin Hume. Philip himself brought 600 Andalusian jennets to improve the English breed of horses.