The Great Lord Burghley: A Study in Elizabethan Statecraft |
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¹ Spanish affairs afterwards agents Alba Alençon alliance Archduke assured Bacon Bishop Bishop of Ross Burghley's Catharine Catharine de Medici cause Cecil House Condé Council Councillors court crown danger Darnley Davison Drake Dudley Duke Earl Elizabeth embassy Emperor enemies England English Catholics envoy Essex extenso favour Feria Flanders force foreign France French Ambassador friends Guaras Guises Guzman hand Hatfield Papers hath Hatton Henry House House of Burgundy Huguenots King of Spain knew Lady Leicester Leicester's letter London Lord Burghley Lord Treasurer Majesty marriage marry Mary Stuart Mary's matter Mendoza minister Murray negotiations Netherlands Norfolk Northumberland Orange Parliament party peace Philip plot Pope Prince Protestant Protestantism Puritan Queen of Scots Ralegh religion religious replied says Scotland Scottish Secretary seen sent ships side Sir William Spaniards Spanish Calendar Spanish State Papers Spes Sussex Throgmorton tion told treaty Walsingham whilst William Cecil writes wrote
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