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 1584.] EXPULSION OF MENDOZA. 453 prosecute further the conspiracy at Paris, Sir Walter Mildmay would resume his place on the commission, and an arrangement should be concluded with her with- out further delay. If the Queen of Scots said that the Lords, by their late rebellion, had placed themselves be- yond the pale of forgiveness, Beale was instructed to tell her that the Lords had many friends in England, that they had meant no ill, and that if she refused, ' in- convenience would grow,' and such an offer would never be made to her again. Her transactions with the Duke of Guise for the invasion of England had been discover- ed, and a harder course would be taken with her. 1 Wade had left her tender and compliant. When Beale arrived, the mood had changed. Her son was now absolute; her enemies were dispersed, the Queen of England dismayed. She understood now the cause of the late advances to her and was proportionately re- sentful. Guise, she fondly thought, would soon be over, and there was no occasion for her to humiliate herself. She stood upon ' very proud terms ; ' she re- fused to promise to control the diplomacy of her re- presentatives abroad. If she was to interfere for the pardon of the Lords, she said it should be when she was free and not otherwise. She required ampler conditions than those which she had accepted in the past ; above all, she required to be allowed, if she wished it, to leave England. She said that Sir Walter Mildmay, if he came to Sheffield, must bring powers to conclude tho 1 Elizabeth to Secretary Beale, May 4 14: MSS. MAKY QCEES Of SCOTS.