tural to
her, and of that generosity which the present interesting conjuncture
had called forth. She empowered him to declare[*] in her name to Mary,
that the late conduct of that princess, so enormous, and in every
respect so unjustifiable, had given her the highest offence; and though
she felt the movements of pity towards her, she had once determined
never to interpose in her affairs, either by advice or assistance,
but to abandon her entirely, as a person whose condition was totally
desperate, and honor irretrievable.

* The reality of this letter appears somewhat disputable;
chiefly because Murray and his associates never mentioned it
in their accusation of her before Queen Elizabeth's
commissioners.

That she was well assured that other foreign princes, Mary's near
relations, had embraced the same resolution; but, for her part, the late
events had touched her heart with more tender sympathy, and had made
her adopt measures more favorable to the liberty and interests of the
unhappy queen: that she was determined not to see her oppressed by her
rebellious subjects, but would employ all her good offices, and even her
power, to redeem her from captivity, and place her in such a condition
as would at once be compatible with her dignity and the safety of her
subjects: that she conjured her to lay aside all thoughts of revenge,
except against the murderers of her husband; and as she herself was
his near relation, she was better entitled than the subjects of Mary to
interpose her authority on that head; and she therefore besought that
princess, if she had any regard to her own honor and safety, not to
oppose so just and reasonable a demand: that after those two points
were provided for, her own liberty and the punishment of her husband's
assassins, the safety of her infant son was next to be considered; and
there seemed no expedient more proper for that purpose, than sending him
to be educated in England: and that, besides the security which would
attend his removal from a scene of faction and convulsions, there were
many other beneficial consequences, which it was easy to foresee as the
result of his education in that country.[*]

* Keith, p. 411, 412, etc

The remonstrances which Throgmorton was instructed to make to the
associated lords, were entirely conformable to these sentiments which
Elizabeth entertained in Mary's favor. She empowered him to tell them,
that whatever blame she might t