e." (History of the Church of England, by G. G. Perry, Canon of
Lincoln, New York, 1879, p. 303.) But a commission appointed by the queen
to look into the matter, after the dean had been excommunicated by the
Archbishop of York, reported that "William Whittingham was ordained in a
better sort than even the archbishop himself." (Historic Origin of the
Bible, by Edwin Cone Bissell, New York, 1873, p. 57.)

[634] "A view of a seditious bull sent into England from Pius Quintus,
Bishop of Rome, 1569," etc. Works of Bishop Jewel, edited by R. W. Jelf,
vii. 263-265.

[635] Despatch of La Mothe Fenelon, Dec. 5, 1568, detailing the
justification of Charles, which he had made in an interview with Queen
Elizabeth, Correspondance diplomatique, i. 28-33.

[636] Yet no one could speak more courageous words than Elizabeth in her
own interests. In December, 1560, she requested the ambassador of Francis
II. "to write to his master frankly what she was about to say, viz., that
she meant to do her best to defend herself: that she was not of such
poverty, nor so void of the obedience of her subjects, but she trusted to
be able to do this. _She came of the race of lions, and therefore could
not sustain the person of a sheep._" Communication with the French
Ambassador, December 13, 1560, State Paper Office.

[637] Despatch of La Mothe Fenelon, Dec. 21, 1568, Corresp. dipl., i. 55,
56.

[638] "Qu'elle n'avoit rien en si grand horreur, en ce monde, que de voir
ung corps s'esmouvoir contre sa teste, et qu'elle n'avoit garde de
s'adjoindre a ung tel monstre." Ibid., i. 60.

[639] Ibid., i. 36-130.

[640] Mem. de Castelnau, liv. vii., c. 2; Agrippa d'Aubigne, liv. v., c.
10 (i. 283); De Thou, iv. (liv. xliv.) 160. La Mothe Fenelon's despatch of
January 24, 1569 (Corr. dipl. i. 153, 154), states the assistance at 6
cannon and furniture, 300 barrels of powder, 4,000 balls, and L7,000.

[641] Despatch to La Mothe Fenelon, March 8, 1569, and "Articles presantez
a la royne d'Angleterre par le Sr de la Mothe, etc," Corresp. diplom., i.
224, 237-241.

[642] "Considerant luy-mesmes et toute la flotte des marchands estre en
leur pouvoir, il trouva necessaire pour luy de condescendre en partie a
leurs demandes, _combien quv ce fut contre sa volonte_." Coppie du
messaige qui a este declaire par la Majeste de la Royne et son conseil,
par parolle de bouche, a l'amb. du Roy de France, par Jehan Somer, clerc
du signet de sa Majeste le IIIe jour de mar