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CONTENTS. xiii PAGE Relations between England and France . . . . 469 The Anjou Marriage . . . . . . . . 470 Religious Difficulties . . . . . . . . 471 Insincerity of Elizabeth . . . . . . . . 473 Leicester once more . . . . . . . . 474 The Negotiation drops . . . . . . . . 476 Advice of Cecil . . . . . . . . 477 Count Louis at Paris . . . . . . . . 480 Proposed League between France and England against Spain . . . . . . . . . . 481 Mutual Distrust at the two Courts. . . . . . 482 The Privateers . . . . . . . . . . 485 Slave Market at Dover . . . . . . . . 485 Mission of Sir Henry Cobham to Madrid . . . . 487 The Duke of Feria . . . . . . . . 489 Cold Reception of Cobham . . . . . . 493 Ridolfi arrives at the Spanish Court . . . . 497 Political Assassination . . . . . . . . 49& Meeting of the Spanish Council . . . . . . 499 The Nuncio . . . . . . . . . . 500 Resolution to procure the Murder of Elizabeth . . 502 Chapin Vitelli offers to kill her . . . . 53 Orders sent to Alva to prepare to invade England . . 505 Slowness of the Spanish Movements . . . . 506 Sir John Hawkins pretends to be a Traitor . . . . 508 He offers to desert to Spain with part of the English Fleet . . . . . . . . . 5 10 He deceives the Queen of Scots . . . . 5 1 2 He deceives Philip and learns the intended Invasion . . 517 Letter of Hawkins to Cecil . . . . 5 l % Political Treachery . . . . . - 5 2 State of Scotland . . . . 5 2 4 Catherine de Medici refuses Assistance to Mary Stuart's Friends .. .. 5 2 5 Maitland works upon Elizabeth . . . . 5 26