[312] Ibid. 1558-59, p. 365, Cecil to Croft, July 8th, 1559.
[313] Ibid. 1559-60, p. 79.
[314] Ibid. p. 352.
[315] Cf. his pathetic letter offering to resign. Ibid. p. 186 n.
[316] The Duke of Châtellerault (Earl of Arran) was next in succession after Mary and her offspring; cf. a curious note on him and his doings, ibid. p. 24 n. For the Treaty, cf. Calendar of State Papers relating to Scotland and Mary Queen of Scots, i. 403, and The Works of John Knox, etc. ii. 45 ff.
[317] Calendar of State Papers, Foreign Series, of the Reign of Elizabeth, 1560-61, pp. 172-78.
[318] The Works of John Knox, etc. vi. 309, 313, 314.
[319] “Matters of religion to be passed over in silence” (Calendar of State Papers, etc. p. 178).
[320] The Works of John Knox, etc. i. 344.
[321] Ibid. i. 382.