1578.] THE ALENCON MARRIAGE. 449 Blois, and the flight of Don John to Namr,r, she re- ceived and acknowledged with gratitude a warning which Morton addressed to her. 1 When the crusade against heretics became active, when the Catholic powers appeared to make no distinction between herself and them, she became willing to claim his assistance. She admitted 'that greater care should be had for a combination between the princes of the religion.' 2 She let Burghley advise her ' to stablish the King's estate in quietness, to spare no reasonable charges, to assure Scotland to herself, and to prevent the practices of France and Spain.' 3 But emotions of this kind died away with the report of Philip's courtesies to Sir John Smith in Spain. The Queen of Scots believed that Elizabeth allowed Morton ten thousand pounds a year. 4 She allowed him nothing, and she allowed nothing to those other noblemen, whom the Regent, though he was himself passed over, had so often recommended to her care. The French were more liberal, and their liberality produced its effect. Contri- butions collected in France and Italy were freely poured into Scotland by the Duke of Guise and the Archbishop of Glasgow, and at the end of the year 1577, the Queen's party which had been broken up at the fall of the Castle, with others who preferred full to empty purses, formed themselves into a confederacy to overthrow the Regent 1 Elizabeth to the Earl of Mor- MSS. Ihid. 1577. ton, February 26, 1577 : JfSS. Scotland. Ibid. 4 Mary Stuart to the Archbishop of Glasgow, November 5, 1577: LABANOFF, vol. iv. 3 Notes in Burghley's hand : j VOL. x. 29
