The calm, then, immediately succeeding the mission of Buckhurst was a deceitful one, but it seemed very promising.

The best feelings were avowed and perhaps entertained.

The States professed great devotion to her Majesty and friendly regard for the governor.

They distinctly declared that the arrangements by which Maurice and Hohenlo had been placed in their new positions were purely provisional ones, subject to modifications on the arrival of the Earl.

"All things are reduced to a quiet calm," said Buckhurst, "ready to receive my Lord of Leicester and his authority, whenever he cometh." The quarrel of Hohenlo with Sir Edward Norris had been, by the exertions of Buckhurst, amicably arranged: the Count became an intimate friend of Sir John, "to the gladding of all such as wished well to, the country;" but he nourished a deadly hatred to the Earl.