confluence of such English _qui potius alicujus
praeclari facinoris quam artis bonae famam quaerunt_;
and they be so entreated there as it cannot be
otherwise conjectured but that they practise with
France: insomuch I have heard credible intelligence
that the said Carew used this persuasion, of late,
to his companions: Are not we, said he, allianced
with Normandy; yea! what ancient house is either
there or in France, but we claim by them and they
by us? why should we not rather embrace their love
than submit ourselves to the servitude of
Spain?"--_Calais MSS._

April 17, Dr. Wotton writes in cypher from Paris to
the queen: "Yesterday, an Italian brought a letter
to my lodging, and delivered it to a servant of
mine, and went his way, so that I know not what he
is. The effect of his letter is, that for because
he taketh it to be the part of every good Christian
man to further your godly purpose and Catholic
doings, he hath thought good to advertise me that
those fugitives of England say to their friends
here that they have intelligence of great
importance in England with some of the chiefest on
the realm, which shall appear on the arrival of the
Prince of Spain. Within few days they go to
Normandy to embark themselves there, so strong,
that, if they do not let the Prince of Spain to
land, as they will attempt to do, yet they will not
fail, by the help of them that have intelligence
with them, to let him come to London."--_French
MSS._ bundle xi.]

{p.121} The queen indignantly demanded explanations of Noailles, and,
through her ambassador at Paris, she required the French government to
seize "her traitors," and deliver them to her. Noailles, alarmed,
perhaps, for his own security, suggested that it might be well to
conceal Carew, and to affect to make an attempt to arrest him. But
Henry, at once more sagacious and more bold, replied to the ambas