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 1583.] EXPULSION OF MEN DOZA. 389 ation for the common defence of religion, will be dis- missed I doubt with no very good satisfaction, and yet was there never more cause to embrace such a motion .than now.' : Dismissed they were. Slight as was the goodwill with which struggling Protestantism was re- garded by Elizabeth, the Huguenots had earned her special disfavour by turning upon her at the occupation of Havre. She had assisted Alencon when Alencon was their leader, but rather for his sake than for theirs. The King of Navarre, as Segur said, had been one of the supports on which her throne had rested, but she recog- nized her obligations but lightly. She was not con- tented with rejecting his suit. She declined to restore his securities. Acquisitiveness of precious stones was a kind of madness with her. She had already collected (and there is no sign that she had parted with them) the crown jewels of three countries of Scotland, which had been sold by Murray ; of Burgundy, which had been pledged by the States ; of the House of Braganza, which she had manoeuvred out of Don Antonio. The Navarre diamonds were a brilliant addition. The rights of the case cannot be decided, since there is but Segur's statement on one side and the Queen's contradiction on the other. It is only certain that Burghley was in favour of the King of Navarre and against his mistress. 2 Either she credited the King with part of the money 1 Walsingham to Bowes, Sep- tember 25 October 5 : MSS. Scot- land. tenue a vous que la Eeyne n'ait rendue au Roi de Navarre ses ba- ! gues.' Segur to Burghley, October 2 ' J'ai este bicn adverti qu'il n'a I 9 19 : MSS. France.