[162]. This English fleet was mainly instrumental in gaining for the Flemings a great victory over the French under Termes in July 1558.
[163]. MSS., ‘Simancas Estado,’ 811.
[164]. MSS., ‘Simancas Estado,’ 811.
[165]. This account of Mary’s last hours is from the Life of Jane Dormer, Duchess of Feria, by her confessor and secretary, Father Clifford.
[166]. A curious account of the splendid festival, which celebrated at the same time the signature of the peace with England and Isabel’s baptism, is given by the Spanish ambassador. (Spanish Calendar, vol. viii., edited by Martin Hume.)
[167]. The Bishop of Limoges, writing to Cardinal Lorraine soon after the betrothal (8th August 1559), says: ‘Never was a prince so delighted with any creature as he (i.e., Philip) is with the Catholic Queen, his wife. It is impossible to put his joy in a letter.’—L. Paris, ‘Negociations sous François II.‘
[168]. Miss Freer’s ‘Elizabeth de Valois,’ quoted from Godefroi.
[169]. ‘Documentos Ineditos,’ vol. iii. Philip to Francis II. from Valladolid.
[170]. Bibliothèque Nationale, ‘Fonds François,’ No. 7237, where there is a considerable collection of the poems of both mother and daughter unprinted. Miss Frere quotes some of Catharine’s lines to Isabel, but not the above.
[171]. ‘Documentos Ineditos,’ vol. iii.