He would wield the whole power of England.

He would hold the balance of Europe.

Great kings and commonwealths would bid against each other for his favour, and exhaust their treasuries in the vain hope of satiating his avarice.

The presumption was, therefore, that, if he had the English crown in his hands, he would put in on the head of the Princess.

What evidence there was to confirm this presumption is not known; but it is certain that something took place which convinced some of the most devoted friends of the exiled family that he was meditating a second perfidy, surpassing even the feat which he had performed at Salisbury.