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Chap. XVIII. QUEEN ELIZABETH’S EMBASSY.
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on the way.* Dantzay cites “ precedents,” but without
success.
On the 19th of August “ the king, very royally
prepared, received the habits with his own hands, and, with
great contentment, accepted and wore the garterand
moreover promises to forward to England the document
of the oath, with “ many loving and affectionate speeches
to Her Majesty and all of the order.” What more could
be expected ? Then they fired cannon, and there was
a royal feast, and very beautiful fireworks. Orders are
given to present the poor of the town of Windsor with
ninety gold dollars in the king’s name, according to
custom. This largesse is refused by the ambassador—
the Roman Emperor and the king of France having
omitted to give it at the ceremony of their
installation.
On the following day Lord Willoughby dines with
His Majesty, and after dinner the king declares
himself a true friend to the English queen and a severe
enemy to her foes, and expresses a wish that Her
Majesty would give to his son (later Christian IV.) one
of her royal blood in marriage.
Of this demand we hear no more, though what alliance
could have been more advantageous to English interests
than a marriage between the families of the two greatest
Protestant monarchs of Europe ? and where could a fitter
spouse have been found for the youthful Christian (born
1577) than the daughter of the Earl of Lennox, the fair
* Lord Willoughby was perfectly right not to let Queen Elizabeth’s
letter out of his own hands, for Dantzay writes to Catherine de Medicis
“ that he suspects the Queen of England of desiring to strengthen the
Protestant alliance,” and adds he “ will leave no stone unturned to
discover what she is after.”’
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