ded; but the admiral informing her that the
discontents ran very high among the seamen, and that it was not safe
for Philip to intrust himself in their hands, she gave orders to dismiss
them.[***] She then dreaded lest the French fleet, being masters of the
sea, might intercept her husband; and every rumor of danger, every blast
of wind, threw her into panics and convulsions. Her health, and even her
understanding, were visibly hurt by this extreme impatience; and she
was struck with a new apprehension lest her person, impaired by time and
blasted by sickness, should prove disagreeable to her future consort.
Her glass discovered to her how haggard she was become; and when she
remarked the decay of her beauty, she knew not whether she ought more to
desire or apprehend the arrival of Philip.[****]

* Strype, vol. iii. p. 125.

** Depeches de Noailles, vol. iii. p. 248.

*** Depeches de Noailles, vol. iii. p. 220.

**** Depeches de Noailles, vol. iii. p. 222, 252, 253.

At last came the moment so impatiently expected; and news was brought
the queen of Philip's arrival at Southampton.[*] A few days after
they were married in Westminster; and having made a pompous entry into
London, where Philip displayed his wealth with great ostentation, she
carried him to Windsor, the palace in which they afterwards resided. The
prince's behavior was ill calculated to remove the prejudices which the
English nation had entertained against him. He was distant and
reserved in his address; took no notice of the salutes even of the most
considerable noblemen; and so intrenched himself in form and ceremony
that he was in a manner inaccessible:[**] but this circumstance rendered
him the more acceptable to the queen, who desired to have no company but
her husband's, and who was impatient when she met with any interruption
to her fondness. The shortest absence gave her vexation; and, when he
showed civilities to any other woman, she could not conceal her jealousy
and resentment.

Mary soon found that Philip's ruling passion was ambition, and that the
only method of gratifying him and securing his affections was to render
him master of England. The interest and liberty of her people were
considerations of small moment in comparison of her obtaining this
favorite point. She summoned a new parliament, in hopes of finding them
entirely compliant; and, that she might acquire the greater authority
over them, she imitated the pr