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 460 REIGN OF ELIZABETH. [CH. 66. had promised to hang one or two of them as an ex- ample to the rest/ 'But I fear,' Fontenay continued, 'that your son may constitute himself head of the Church. He is nei- ther Lutheran nor Calvinist, but in many points much nearer to us. He thinks, for instance, that faith is dead without works, that there is no predestination, and so forth. But he holds a false opinion, though it can be turned to the advantage of Catholics that faith in God alone is sufficient to save a man, let him belong to what religion he may. 1 As to the Pope, he abhors him, 2 and will not hear his name mentioned. His mind is filled with a thousand villanies about Popes, and monks, and priests.' 3 This last sentence throws a curious light on James's letter to the ' abhorred ' Pontiff. With the Duke of Guise also he had not been entirely sincere. So far as concerned Lindsay and the Abbot of Dunfermline, his replies were entirely satis- factory. 4 But Fontenay had been instructed also to make arrangements for the coming over of the Duke ; and he found, to his surprise, that while James was most unwilling that the Duke should go to England without his participation, he was not particularly anxious to see August. 1 ' II tient. une faulse opinion, qui toutefois est profitable aux Ca- tholiques. C'est que la seule foy en Dieu suffist pour sauver 1'homme en quelque religion que ce soyt.' 2 ' Quant au Pape, il 1'abhorre extremement. ' 3 Fontenay to the Queen of Scots, August 515: MSS. MAKY QUEEN OF SCOTS. 4 ' Quant aux instructions se- cretes, le Roy me promit ce que ensuit, pour le premier article la mort de Mylord Lindsay ct de 1'Abbe de Dunfermline.' Fontenay to the Queen of Scots, August 5 15 : MSS. MAKY QUEEN OF SCOTS.