. Two English queens and Philip. mself, undeterred by Philips flattering attempts atdiversion, became the central pivot of the intrigue,abetted by Beton, Tassis, and the Jesuits, who werestill curiously blind to the real trend of affairs. Anew French ambassador. La Mothe, was sent to re-monstrate with Ruthven and the Scottish Protestantsfor keeping their King in durance, and to warnElizabeth not to interfere in Scotland ; and with himwent young de Maineville on a separate mission fromGuise to the Scottish Catholics, for the purpose ofreviving the plot for landing a foreign force in Scot-land.

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. Two English queens and Philip. mself, undeterred by Philips flattering attempts atdiversion, became the central pivot of the intrigue,abetted by Beton, Tassis, and the Jesuits, who werestill curiously blind to the real trend of affairs. Anew French ambassador. La Mothe, was sent to re-monstrate with Ruthven and the Scottish Protestantsfor keeping their King in durance, and to warnElizabeth not to interfere in Scotland ; and with himwent young de Maineville on a separate mission fromGuise to the Scottish Catholics, for the purpose ofreviving the plot for landing a foreign force in Scot-land. Beton and Tassis were, of course, parties tothe arrangement, much to the annoyance of Mary andMendoza, who thus saw all their carefully plannedschemes thrown into confusion. James in Scotland,as usual, lied to everybody, and the Scottish Catholicparty was disunited, so that Guises agent, de Maine-ville, promptly saw that any present attempt to invadeScotland in Marys interest would end in failure, andGuise changed all his

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