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 466 REIGN OF ELIZABETH. [CH. 66 moment, perhaps the worst that she had ever known in all her miserable life. He had gratified her revenge, for in doing so he gratified himself. In all else he threatened to be the most dangerous obstacle which had yet risen in her path. The only hold that she possessed upon him was through his fears. He was craven at heart, he dreaded her malediction, 1 and he knew that she would not spare him. 1 ' II est fort craintive de la malediction de Dieu et de vostre Majeste.' M. Fontenay a la Reyne d'Escosse, 5 15 Aout: MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.