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 1566.] THE MURDER OF DARNLEY. 427 to fail, the pale shadow of Lady Dudley was called up honour of a prince to match with a prince. 2. ' When she shall receive mes- sages from kings, her husband shall have of himself by birth and coun- tenances to receive them. 3 'Whatsoever he shall bring to the realm he shall spend it here in the realm. 4. ' He shall have no regard to any person but to please the Queen. 5. 'He shall have no opportunity nor occasion to tempt him to seek the crown after the Queen, because he is a stranger, and hath no friends in the realm to assist him. 6. 'By marriage with him the Queen shall have the friendship of riage of him, either in riches, esti- mation, or power. 2. ' It will be thought that the slanderous speeches of the Queen with the JEarl have been true. 3. ' He shall study nothing but to enhance his own particular friends to wealth, to office, to lands, and to offend others 7 Sir H. Sidney. Leighton. 7 Earl Warwick. Christmas. Sir James Crofts. Middleton. Henry Dudley. Middlemore. John Dudley. Colshill. Foster. Wiseman. Sir F. Jobson. Killigrew. Appleyard. Molyneux. t Horsey. 4. ' He is infamed by the death of his wife. 5. ' He is far in debt. 6. ' He is like to prove unkind, or jealous of the Queen's Majesty. King Philip, which is necessary, con- sidering the likelihood of falling out with France. 7. ' No Prince of England ever remained without good amity of the House of Burgundy, and no prince ever had less alliance than the Queen of England hath, nor any prince ever had more cause to have friendship and power to assist her estate. 8. ' The French King will keep Calais against his pact. 9. ' The Queen of Scots pretendeth title to the crown of England, and so did never foreign prince since the Conquest. 10. ' The Pope also, and all his parties, are watching adversaries to this crown.' Bun/hley Papers, vol. i. p. 444.