[447] Lodge, vol. ii.
[448] Spanish State Papers, Elizabeth.
[449] Hatfield Papers, part ii.
[450] Hatfield Papers, part ii.
[451] Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris: Fonds français, 3308.
[452] In addition to the letter of the Queen, there is another document signed by the Ambassadors and by the English Council, saying that the terms shall not be considered binding upon the Queen, unless within six weeks she and Alençon report in writing to the King of France that they have arranged certain personal questions to their mutual satisfaction. Both documents are printed in extenso in Digges.
[453] Spanish Calendar, Elizabeth.
[454] The real reason for the Queen’s ostentatious slighting of Mendoza at the time was to draw the King of France on, and make him believe that she was willing to break with Spain.
[455] Walsingham to the Queen: “fearing lest when he should be embarqued your Majesty would slip the collar” (Walsingham Papers). See also Walsingham’s letters to Burghley, in the same.
[456] Burghley to Walsingham; in extenso in Digges.