He sent orders to Fenelon, his ambassador in England, to ask an audience, and to give Elizabeth this account of the late transaction.

That minister, a man of probity, abhorred the treachery and cruelty of his court, and even scrupled not to declare that he was now ashamed to bear the name of Frenchman;[**] yet he was obliged to obey his orders, and make use of the apology which had been prescribed to him.

He met with that reception from all the courtiers which he knew the conduct of his master had so well merited.
Nothing could be more awful and affecting than the solemnity of his audience.

A melancholy sorrow sat on every face: silence, as in the dead of night, reigned through all the chambers of the royal apartment: the courtiers and ladies, clad in deep mourning, were ranged on each side, and allowed him to pass without affording him one salute or favorable look, till he was admitted to the queen herself.[***] * Davila, lib.

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** Digges, p.