mission of England at any moment,
late or early, when England might be pleased to offer it, and could
well afford to wait. Julius was wiser than his legate. Pole was not
recalled, but exhorted to patience, and a letter or message from Rome
cooled Mary's anxieties. Meanwhile the marriage was to be expedited
with as much speed as possible; the longer the agitation continued,
the greater the danger; while the winter was unfavourable to
revolutionary movements, and armed resistance to the prince's landing
would be unlikely so long as the season prevented large bodies of men
from keeping the field.[187]

[Footnote 187: Renard dwelt much on this point as a
reason for haste.]

The emperor, therefore, in the beginning of December, sent over the
draft of a marriage treaty; and if the security that the articles
would be observed had equalled the form in which they were conceived,
the English might have afforded to lay aside their alarms. Charles
seemed to have anticipated almost every {p.082} point on which the
insular jealousy would be sensitive. The Prince of Spain should bear
the title of King of England so long, but so long only as the queen
should be alive; and the queen should retain the disposal of all
affairs in the realm, and the administration of the revenues. The
queen, in return, should share Philip's titles, present and
prospective, with the large settlement of L60,000 a year upon her for
her life. Don Carlos, the prince's child by his first wife, would, if
he lived, inherit Spain, Sicily, the Italian provinces, and the
Indies. But Burgundy and the Low Countries should be settled on the
offspring of the English marriage, and be annexed to the English
crown; and this prospect, splendid in itself, was made more
magnificent by the possibility that Don Carlos might die. Under all
contingencies, the laws and liberties of the several countries should
be held inviolate and inviolable.

In such a treaty the emperor conferred everything, and in return
received nothing; and yet, to gain the alliance, a negotiation already
commenced for the hand of the Infanta of Portugal was relinquished.
The liberality of the proposals was suspicious, but they were
submitted to the council, who, unable to refuse to consider them, were
obliged to admit that they were reasonable. Five additional clauses
were added, however, to which it was insisted that Philip should swear
before the contract should be