The courtships of Queen Elizabeth; a history of the various negotiations for her marriage . h otherprivate conditions very profitable for England,which the King- defers making known until hiscoming to her. It is evident that Eric was toomuch in earnest to suit Elizabeth, and she had tobehave rudely enough to him on several occasionsto prevent his ardour from causing is more than probable that she deceived Ceciland the rest of advisers as to her matrimonialintentions as completely as she did the suitorsthemselves, and that she never meant to marry—except perhaps on two occasion
The courtships of Queen Elizabeth; a history of the various negotiations for her marriage . h otherprivate conditions very profitable for England,which the King- defers making known until hiscoming to her. It is evident that Eric was toomuch in earnest to suit Elizabeth, and she had tobehave rudely enough to him on several occasionsto prevent his ardour from causing is more than probable that she deceived Ceciland the rest of advisers as to her matrimonialintentions as completely as she did the suitorsthemselves, and that she never meant to marry—except perhaps on two occasions, which will bespecified, when circumstances or her feelings nearlydrove her to the irrevocable step. Her own motiveswere less complicated than those of her advisers,and the lifelong playing off of PVance againstSpain, of which her matrimonial negotiations werea part, was obviously only possible whilst she keptsingle ; whereas party, religious, and personalaffinities all operated on the minds of her courtiersand ministers, and. to a certain extent, separatedtheir interests from
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