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 1572.] THE DUKE OF NORFOLK. 61 and, looking back over the whole transaction, she could not feel her obligations to be great. She had been told that shortly before the Earl of Murray's death the Queen of England had proposed to replace her in his hands with what intentions she left her good sister to settle with God. As to the expense of her main- tenance, she had not the slightest desire to eat the Queen of England's bread. *' The Queen of England might be relieved of it at any moment by restoring her to the crown which she had assisted her subjects to take from her. The Queen of England complained that she had attempted to bring strangers into Scotland. She was Queen of that country, and if she had accepted the assistance of neighbouring princes to put down rebels who had themselves been assisted by strangers against their Sovereign, the Queen of England had nothing to complain of. The Duke of Norfolk had been recommended to her as a husband by some of the Queen of England's own ministers. It was hard to expect her to know that it was against the Queen of England's wishes. Her Majesty said that in other countries she would have been treated less leniently. She did not see very well how this could be. She had come into England on the Queen's invitation ; she had been held a close prisoner ever since ; and her subjects had been allowed to scatter libels over Europe against her. She supposed now that the Queen of England was advised to put her to death. She did not expect the Queen of England would venture on such a step; but fear of death should not make her do what otherwise she