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 1583.] EXPULSION OF MENDOZA. 373 to Bowes, ' as we are irresolute here.' 1 Sir Walter Mildmay, who had been with Beale at Sheffield, was ordered to prepare to accompany Lord Hunsdon to the Scotch Court, 2 while Bowes, on the same day, was bidden renew for the twentieth time the as often broken pro- mises, look out the noblemen affected to the English crown, and promise them help in arms and money if they would again combine. 3 Frightened off this course by fear of France, Eliza- beth directed the ambassador to remonstrate sharply with the King. In a second letter she bade him 'not re- proach, but rather expostulate.' Next she resolved to do nothing, expecting ' that the King would do what was right of his own mind.' 4 Finally, after a violent scene with Walsingham, she insisted that he should go to Scotland himself, and either by persuasion or by any means that he could find, undo the effects of her own neglect of his advice. Walsingham said ' that he would most willingly have used his travail therein if the Queen did embrace and go through with things as effectively as she should do.' 5 As it was he received his order ' with as ill a will as ever he undertook any service in his life.' He 'feared he could do little good/ He ' would most willingly have avoided the journey if he could have done it without her Majesty's extreme dis- pleasure,' and not choosing to be the means of tempting 1 Walsingham to Bowes, July 22 August I : MSS. Scotland. - Walsingham to Bowes. July 10 -20: MSS. Ibid s Ibid. 27 August 6 : MSS. Scotland. 5 Walsiugham to Bowes, July 27 August 6 : MSS. Ibid.
 * Walsingham to Bowes, July