The Courtships of Queen Elizabeth / A history of the various negotiations for her marriage

by Martin A. S. Hume

[124] Hatfield Papers, part 2.

[125] Mendoza to Philip, April 6, 1581. Spanish Calendar, vol. iii.

[126] Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. Fonds francais, 3308. La Ferrière.

[127] Spanish Calendar (Elizabeth).

[128] Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. Fonds francais, 3308. La Ferrière.

[129] Mendoza to Philip, May 4, 1581. Spanish Calendar (Elizabeth).

[130] Probably the important letter misdated 1580 in the Hatfield Papers (MSS. Com., part 2, p. 358) wherein the Queen urges Alençon to obtain a distinct pledge of aid from his brother against the Spanish power in the Netherlands. The main object of her policy was, of course, to bring about a complete rupture between France and Spain, which would have ruined the Guises, raised the Huguenots, weakened Spain, and have rendered England secure on all sides.

[131] Hatfield Papers, part 2.

[132] Spanish Calendar. Mendoza to the King, 2nd and 5th of June, 1581.

[133] Hatfield Papers, part 2, pp. 360, 362, 483.