| This criticism of Elizabeth was noted by Elizabeth's early biographers William Camden and John Clapham | For a detailed account of such criticisms and of Elizabeth's "government by illusion", see chapter 8, "The Queen and the People", Haigh, 149—169• Elizabeth's ambassador in was actively misleading her as to the true intentions of the Spanish king, who only tried to buy time for his great assault upon : Parker, 193 |
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| Doran Queen Elizabeth I, 61 |
| , Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 9: 1592—1603 1897 , 562—570 | On Elizabeth's accession, Mary's Guise relatives had pronounced her Queen of England and had the English arms emblazoned with those of Scotland and France on her plate and furniture |
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| Wilson castigates Elizabeth for half-heartedness in the war against | By the terms of the treaty, both English and French troops withdrew from Scotland |
In a letter of 19 July 1599 to Essex, Elizabeth wrote: "For what can be more true if things be rightly examined than that your two month's journey has brought in never a capital rebel against whom it had been worthy to have adventured one thousand men".
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