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 vni CONTENTS. PAGE The Peace of Troyes .. .. .. ..176 Conspiracies to Murder Elizabeth. . . . ..177 Defences of England. . ? .". . . . . 178 The Erench Embassy at Bekesbourne . . . . 179 Improved Relations with Spain . . . . . . 181 r^The Succession .. i: ;. : - ; :l .-."' .. 182 Mary Stuart and Lord Robert Dudley .. - -. i 183 The Earl of Bothwell. . . . . . :- v 185 Mary Stuart prefers Darnley. . . . ; . 188 Elizabeth urges Lord Robert ""?(-- .. : i'-u 188 Book of John Hales on the Succession . . i*J. >. 191 Objections to Darnley in Scotland . . . . 193 Guzman de Silva comes to England . . . . 195 Reception of de Silva at the Court . . >". : . 196 A Party at Richmond -;'. . . . . . . 199 The Dudley Marriage . . . . . . 202 Elizabeth at Cambridge . . . . ., 203 Disorders in the Church . . . . 205 Fresh thoughts of the Archduke Charles . . . . 207 Sir James Melville . . . . . . 209 Lord Robert Dudley is created Earl of Leicester . . 213 Delay of Parliament . . . . . . ..215 Mary Stuart's Eriends in England . ."' "" v". 215 Conversation between Eluabeth and de Silva '$*;* 217 The Scotch Succession .. i $$** ; ; 220 Instructions to Bedford and Randolph Kl^^aJ .;; ^ 2 2i State of Feeling in Scotland .. .. '' *!,"* 224 Conference at Berwick . ; . . . . 226 Final Demands of the Scots .. .. ..-229 Reply of Cecil. . . . ., ' . . . . 231 33avid^izzio. . . . . . . . . . 233 Affected Compliance of Mary Stuart ,. v. 234 Proposed Marriage between Elizabeth and the King of France. . . . . . v*:*. . 237 Darnley goes to Scotland. . 'L 'i. . 244