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394 REIGN OF ELIZABETH. [CH. 60. in England and Philip at Madrid were contending with, all their might against the irresistible tendencies of things. Their subjects might quarrel, hate, and insult each other, but hostility, so far as they could prevent it, should not be. Doctor Sanders, who had come to Spain in the hope of inducing the King to invade Ireland, found only indifference and discouragement. He found Philip ' as fearful of war as a child of fire. ' He wrote to his friend Allen, who, like himself, considered that the welfare of Europe ' depended on the stout assailing of England, 5 that 'there was no steady comfort, but from God/ that they must look to the Pope and not the King of Spain. 1 Smith did not remain at Madrid. He returned after three-quarters of a year, loaded with messages of friendliness, and with every demand conceded. The diplomatic relations between the two countries were re- established, as was hoped, upon an enduring basis. The expulsion .of Don Guerau de Espes was passed over as a not unfair retaliation upon Spain for its share in the Bidolfi conspiracy ; and Bernardino de Mendoza, who had already made acquaintance with Elizabeth, was appointed as resident ambassador at the English Court. Those statesmen who saw furthest did not believe that the reconciliation could last. Walsingham and Wai- singham's party felt assured that in the long run the opposing forces which divided Europe would prove too also would not interfere.' The Arch- bishop of Toledo to Cayas, February, I 77 : MSS. Simancas. 1 Sanders to Allen, November 6, 1577 : MSS. Domestic.