Page:History of England (Froude) Vol 7.djvu/50

 REIGN OF ELIZABETH. [CH. 41. of the city something may happen to me. The council themselves tell me that if I am detected in any con- spiracy my privilege as ambassador shall not save me. They wish to goad me on to violence that they may have matter to lay before the Queen against me.' l Believing or pretending to believe that de Quadra, notwithstanding his denial, was really implicated in the affair of the Poles, Cecil overshot his mark. Chaloner was instructed to demand the Bishop's recall ; and meanwhile he was allowed still to reside in Durham Place, but with restrictions upon his liberty. The water gate was closed, sentinels were posted at the lodge, the house was watched day and night, and every person who went in or out was examined and registered. 2 While this fracas was at its heat, on the i2th of January Parliament opened, and with it the first Convo- cation .of the English Church. The sermon at St Paul's was preached by Day, the Provost of Eton ; that at Westminster by Dr JNowell. The subject of both was the same : the propriety of ' killing the caged wolves ' that is to say, the Catholic bishops in the Tower with the least possible delay. 3 The session then began. The Lord Keeper in the 1 De Quadra to Philip, January IO : 3/6'. tiimancas. DC Quadra to Philip, January 27: /1/6'. Ibid. 3 ' El Martes se abri6 el Parla- mcnto, y lo que se predico tanto en "Westminster en presencia de la Reyna como en San Pablo en el sinodo ecTiCsiastieo fue principal- mente persuadir que se matascn los lobos encerrados; enteudiendo por los obispos presos.' De Quadra to, January 14: MS. Ibid. It is mournful to remember that No- well was the author of the English Church Catechism in its present form. See note at the end of this chapter.