tnote 4: Nous avons veu par vos lectres
l'advertissement qu'avez donne soubz main a Madame
la princesse nostre cousine, affin qu'elle ne se
laisse forcompter par ceulx qui luy persuadent
qu'elle se haste de se declairer pour royne, que
nous a semble tres bien pour les raisons et
considerations touschez en vosdictes lectres.--The
Emperor to the Ambassadors: Ibid. pp. 24, 25.]

[Footnote 5: Ne se pouvoient faire grand fondement
sur la faveur et affection que aulcuns particuliers
et le peuple peuvent porter a nostredicte cousine,
ne fust que y en y eust plus grant nombre ou des
principaulx, n'estant cela souffisant pour
contreminer la negociation si fondee et de si
longue main que le dict duc de Northumberland a
empris avec l'assistance que doubtez de
France.--Ibid. pp. 25, 26.]

[Footnote 6: Baoardo.]

In London, during Friday and Saturday, the death of Edward was known
and unknown. Every one talked of it as certain. Yet the Duke of
Northumberland still spoke of him as living, and public business was
carried on in his name. On the 8th of July the mayor and aldermen were
sent for to Greenwich to sign the letters patent. From them the truth
could not be concealed, but they were sworn to secrecy before they
were allowed to leave the palace. The conspirators desired to have
Mary under safe custody in the Tower before the mystery was published
to the world, and another difficulty was not yet got over.

The novelty of a female sovereign, and the supposed constitutional
objection to it, were points in favour of the alteration which
Northumberland was unwilling to relinquish. The "device" had been
changed in favour of Lady Jane; but Lady Jane was not to reign alone:
Northumberland intended to hold {p.004} the reins tight-grasped in
his own hands, to keep the power in his own family, and to urge the
sex of Mary as among the prominent occasions of her incapacity.[7]
England was still to have a king, and that king was to be Guilford
Dudley.

[Footnote 7: In the explanation given on the
following Tuesday to the Emperor's ambassadors,
Madame Marie was said