ail CONTENTS. PAGB Plots with Lady Shrewsbury . . . . 399 Her Grandchild, Lady Arabella Stuart . . 400 Elizabeth will not see Treason . . . . . . 401 Her Letter to Lord Shrewsbury . . . . . . 402 Her correspondence with Eegent Morton . . . . 406 Her treatment of Bishops . . . . . . 410 Archbishops Parker and Grindal . . . . . . 411 The Spanish Troops evacuate Holland . . . . 412 Don John intends to break the Treaty . . . . 414 Fluctuations in Elizabeth's Policy. . . . . . 415 Severities to Recusants . . . . . . . . 417 League with the States . . . . . . . . 420 Story of Oxenham, the Rover . . . . ..421 Erancis Drake sails from Plymouth . . . . 424 Don John defeats the States' Army at Gemblours . . 426 Their indignation at Elizabeth's want of Faith . . 426 CHAPTER LXI. THE ALENCON MARRIAGE. Assassination of Escobedo . . . . . . 428 Don Bernardino Mendoza sent to England . . . . 429 First Interview with Elizabeth . . . . . . 432 She receives Count de Retz . . . . . . 436 Alemjon offers to assist the States . . . . . . 437 Sir James Crofts bribed by Philip . . . . . . 439 Elizabeth repudiates the Bonds which she had given to the States . . . . . . . . . .' 441 Distress of her Ministers . . . . . . 442 The Regent Morton . . . . . . . . 446 Resigns Regency . . . . . . ..451 Duke of Guise proposes to invade Scotland . . . . 452 Mission of the Abbot of Dunfermline to Elizabeth . . 454
