A short history of England . Mary Queen of Scots (amedal by the Italianengraver Primavera) 1 The relationship of Mary and Elizabeth is shown by the followingtable. Henry VII. 14S5-1509 Henry VIII, 1509-1547 Edward VI1547-1553 Mary Elizabeth1558-1603 Marearet James V of Scotland IMary Queen of Scotsborn 1542, died 1587 THE REIGN OF ELIZABETH 341 her inferior in self-control. Her long residence at the Frenchcourt had given her all the love of scheming for which that courtwas famous. She knew how to seem artless and confiding evenwhen she was really working out some deep-laid plan. She habit-uall
A short history of England . Mary Queen of Scots (amedal by the Italianengraver Primavera) 1 The relationship of Mary and Elizabeth is shown by the followingtable. Henry VII. 14S5-1509 Henry VIII, 1509-1547 Edward VI1547-1553 Mary Elizabeth1558-1603 Marearet James V of Scotland IMary Queen of Scotsborn 1542, died 1587 THE REIGN OF ELIZABETH 341 her inferior in self-control. Her long residence at the Frenchcourt had given her all the love of scheming for which that courtwas famous. She knew how to seem artless and confiding evenwhen she was really working out some deep-laid plan. She habit-ually used her charm as a woman to further political intrigues,and in her private life and amusements was frequently plotting tocarry out political objects which she wanted to reach perhaps farin the future. The greatest difference between her and Elizabeth ^ - - f JP- mil v^^f^yi,. The Palace of Holyrood, near Edinburgh was that the latter in her personal plans and feelings always retainedher sense of responsibility and love for her own people and forEngland, and made her final decision according to their interests,while Mary sought more purely private ends and ambitions. Her husband was king of France only a year and a half. Whenhe died, Mary, finding herself ill at ease in France and urged tocome home by her subjects, determined to return to her Scottishdominions. She asked Elizabeths permission to pass throughEngland, but as she was unwilling to agree to a treaty definitelygiving up her claim to the English throne, permission was refused. 342 A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND She then sailed directly for Scotland and in 1561 landed in herown kingdom and took up her residence in the ancient palace ofHolyrood in Edinburgh. 305. The Reformation in Scotland. — Mary found Scotlandalready far more radically Protestant than England. In Scotlandthe Reformation had been a
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