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 xii CONTENTS. CHAPTER LVI. THE RIDOLFI CONSPIRACY PAGE Unwillingness of Elizabeth to encounter a Parliament 421 The Succession to the Crown. . . . ..422 Prospects of Mary Stuart. . . . . . 423 Necessity that Parliament must meet. . . . 424 Catholic Conspiracy to seize Elizabeth's Person. . 425 Defeated through the Cowardice of the Duke of Norfolk. . . . . . . . . . 427 Beginning of the Session. . . . . . 428 Temper of the Lower House. . . . . . 429 Collision between the Queen and the Commons. . 430 Puritan Legislation. . . . . . . . 432 The Thirty-nine Articles. . . . . . 433 Marriage of the Clergy. . . . . . . . 435 JBill for Attendance at the Communion. . . . 436 Bill for the Protection of the Queen. . . . 438 Act of Attainder against the Northern Insurgents. . 441 A Subsidy. . . . . . . . . . 442 The Parliament ends. . . . . . . . 443 Ridolfi at Brussels. . . . . . . . 444 Letter of Alva to Philip. . . . . . . . 446 Elizabeth to be killed or captured. . . . 449 Ridolfi sends home a favourable Report. . ..451 His Messenger, Charles Baily, is taken at Dover. . 452 Lord Cobham and the Bishop of Ross. . . . 453 Cecil and his Instruments. . . . . . 454 Charles Baily in the Marshalsea. . . . . . 457 Intercepted Correspondence. . . . . . 458 Baily is racked. . . . . . . . 460 Confession of Baily. . . . . . . . 462 Examination of the Bishop of Ross. . 4.65 Execution of Dr Story. . . . . . . . 467