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 1569-] ENGLISH PARTIES. to maintain reassured her about her danger from France. The western gentlemen, when they were forbidden to cruise any longer under the Huguenot flag, petitioned in a body for leave to serve in France under the Admiral, and Lord Huntingdon asked permission to sell his estate and join the Huguenot army with 10,000 men. 1 The national enmity against France was at all times blown easily into flame, and whatever might be the feelings of the Queen and the nobles, the English Commons in this period of growing Puritanism identified themselves heart and soul with their struggling brothers. ' The war party/ La Mothe was forced to confess, ' had more life and energy in them than their opponents.' 2 Although there might be differences about religion in England, all parties united in their desire to recover Calais. The Catholics believed that if England and France were at war, Philip would be compelled to strike in upon. Elizabeth's side. The Spanish quarrel would be made up, and the Catholic King would recover the natural influence of an active ally. 3O,ooo/. were sent over to the Admiral, and La Mothe believed that it had been supplied by the Treasury. Elizabeth, when he complained, replied, that if it was so, her coffers must be like the widow's cruise, for no money was missing from them. He discovered that it had been raised by subscription in the western counties among 1 ' El Conde de Huntingdon fue a pedir licencia a la Reyna para ven- der su estado y hacer diez mill hom- bres y juntarse con el Almirante.' - Don Guerau to Philip: JLTSS. Si- 2 ' Us onttrop plus de vivacite et d'entreprinse que les aultres.' La Mothe an Roy, June 21 : Dep&ches, vol. i.