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 1569-! ENGLISH PARTIES. 33 crimson the cheek of the Queen of Scots/ l The Duke of Ohatelherault had come to London to watch the pro- cess. At the end of it she dismissed him with an inti- mation that she intended to support Murray, and she lent Murray himself three thousand pounds at his de- parture for Scotland, to assist him in rallying his friends. She gave him to understand however (and it was this which betrayed him into his correspondence with Norfolk), that she could not undertake the per- petual custody of the Queen of Scots. For the example's sake, she could not recognize the right of subjects to rebel ; and, whatever her faults had been, some arrange- ment would certainly have to be made for his sister's return. The casket letters must not be published. He must consult with his party, and send her up the con- ditions under which the restoration could be ventured. 2 Meanwhile, the inflammatory letters which Mary Stuart had written to the Hamiltons, and a general knowledge of her English intrigues, impressed on Elizabeth the necessity of removing her to some straiter custody. Lady Scrope, as Norfolk's sister, was a dangerous hostess. Knowles was anxious to be relieved of his charge, and Mary Stuart was transferred to Tut- bury, where she was to be for the future under the care of the Earl of Shrewsbury. The temper of the English nobles obliged the Queen to be more than usually cir- cumspect in the choice of the person who was to under- 1 La Mothe Fenelon au Roy, February 10 : Depeches, vol. i. 2 Instructions of such things as VOL. TX. are to be done in Scotland, January 1569 : Cotton. MSS. CALIG. B. 8.