REIGN OF ELIZABETH. [CH. 57. Schwegenhem was informed however that this objection would no longer be maintained ; the privateers should be obliged to withdraw ; and her Majesty trusted that the Duke of Alva would recognize the good faith with which she was acting. English noblemen, English priests, and others engaged in levying war against their native country, were notoriously entertained and as- sisted in the dominions of the King of Spain ; the Queen expected that the King would follow her example, and in return for the expulsion of the Prince of Orange's fleet, would send these persons about their business. >' '"{**' Deep treachery on both sides lay concealed beneath these hollow courtesies ; yet both Elizabeth and Alva desired to leave a loophole for reconciliation in case of a rupture with France. The outstanding differences were not settled ; the captured money was not restored ; but a temporary commercial treaty was drawn up, to last for two years, and trade between England and the Low Countries was reopened by proclamation on the 3oth of April. The secret conspiracies meanwhile were not relaxed on either side. The refugees still remained at Louvain, as busily employed as ever, and Alva continued to aim through Scotland at Elizabeth's unguarded side ; while the private meaning of the expulsion of de la Mark ticidis quibusdam a Domino Schwe- genhem propositis, February 22 : MSS. Flanders.
- Sum of the answer made to M.
Schwegenhem attending for the King Catholic, February 22.' Burghley's hand : MSS. Spain. The words in the text are Burghley's own.
