The girlhood of Queen Elizabeth, a narrative in contemporary letters . the great need of his counsel concerningthe mode to be observed by the Queen-Dauphine, hisniece, who by the death of the Queen of Englandclaims the legitimate succession to her crown, as thetrue heir, and nearer than any other of that blood, shebeing the daughter of a son of Henry the Eighthseldest daughter [sister], whereas the Queen latelyproclaimed, although the daughter of the said KingHenry, yet being considered illegitimate, is conse-quently deemed incapable of succeeding to the Robertet was sent to th
The girlhood of Queen Elizabeth, a narrative in contemporary letters . the great need of his counsel concerningthe mode to be observed by the Queen-Dauphine, hisniece, who by the death of the Queen of Englandclaims the legitimate succession to her crown, as thetrue heir, and nearer than any other of that blood, shebeing the daughter of a son of Henry the Eighthseldest daughter [sister], whereas the Queen latelyproclaimed, although the daughter of the said KingHenry, yet being considered illegitimate, is conse-quently deemed incapable of succeeding to the Robertet was sent to the site of the confer-ence not only to meet the Cardinal but to confer withthe Constable and Marshal St. Andre, to have theopinion of all of them together about what he (Robertet)will have to do on crossing over to England, whitherhe seems to have been appointed to make for thepresent the due protests, in the name of the aforesaidQueen-Dauphine. It is necessary now to turn to the critical position of affairsat the Peace Conference—the first grave question which had. ;. („Mary SruART as Daimiiimc ok Fkanck. (From a lirnithtt; att)iluttit to /?rniiciis Clouct.) CALAIS AND THE PEACE CONFERENCE 261 to be settled by the new Queen. Henry and Philip wereready to patch up their quarrel, both having their coffersempty and their hands full of other troubles with the growthof heresy in their own dominions ; but the English, in thenegotiations before Marys death, had insisted on the restitu-tion of Calais before they would sign any declaration ofpeace. Philip, to whom it was important that Calais shouldbe given back to England—so long at least as Englandremained under his influence—had written to the EnglishCommissioners on October 30 to the effect that he wouldagree to nothing on his side unless France satisfied Englandon this crucial point. France, however, remained obdurate,and matters were at this pass when the English Commis-sioners, ignorant of Queen Marys death, sent
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