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 326 REIGN OF ELIZABETH. [CH. 54. or some one like him. Could this be arranged other securities might be dispensed with ; if not, it was necessary to tie her hands. The French Government promised to be contented with anything provided she was still recognized as Queen. Elizabeth fell back upon the terms which had been sketched by Maitland. Eng- land, Scotland, the people, and their Sovereigns should be united in ' a perfect amity ; ' without prejudice to her future claims the Queen of Scots should abandon definitely her present pretences to the crown of Eng- land ; and she should swear, in the presence of the assembled English and Scotch nobility, never more to trouble the peace of that realm. She should make no league with foreign Powers to England's prejudice, introduce no foreign troops, and form no marriage with- out Elizabeth's consent, especially none with the Duke of Anjou. The religion established in Scotland should not be changed ; Dumbarton Castle should be held by an English garrison ; the Prince should be brought to England to be educated. To obviate any future a ob- jection that she was consenting under compulsion, the Queen of Scots should, ' by an instrument to be devised in due form of law, declare herself at liberty,' and f confirm the articles collectively and separately under the Great Seal of Scotland.' Should she violate her engagements in any part, ' she should be in mere justice adjudged, deputed, and taken as a person, by her own consent, deprived of any title, challenge, or claim to the eventual English succession/ and 'the Queen of England should have liberty in the same cause to pro-