It seemed that she must have received a hint from Walsingham on the subject.
"I shall provide," she said, "for the maintenance of the reformed worship." De Dieu--"The enemy will never concede it." The Queen.--"I think differently." De Dieu.--"There is no place within his dominions where he has permitted the exercise of the pure religion.

He has never done so." The Queen.--"He conceded it in the pacification of Ghent." De Dieu.--"But he did not keep his agreement.

Don John had concluded with the States, but said he was not held to his promise, in case he should repent; and the King wrote afterwards to our States, and said that he was no longer bound to his pledge." The Queen.--"That is quite another thing." De Dieu.--"He has very often broken his faith." The Queen.--"He shall no longer be allowed to do so.

If he does not keep his word, that is my affair, not yours.

It is my business to find the remedy.