334 REIGN OF ELIZABETH. [CH. 54. Holy See, and for the sake of a crown perhaps he will do anything good or bad. He has been cool about the marriage lately, but it seems that he will take it up again, especially as he expects to be shortly restored fully to liberty. Your Majesty will instruct me how to act. The release of the Queen of Scots and her mar- riage in a good quarter will bring with it the restor- ation of religion and the consequent settlement of the Low Countries. I hold myself, as your Majesty com- mands, at the disposition of the Duke of Alva. The Bishop of Ross tells me that if his mistress may depend on assistance from us, she will remain where she is ; if not, she will agree to the treaty.' l Don Guerau to Philip, October 15 and October 25 : HfSS. Simanws.
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