Note 1153 — Chapter III
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Christie's Life of Ashley Cooper, ii, 293, note. Perhaps it is not sufficiently considered by Mr. Christie that Sidney regarded France as a possible ally for the overthrow of monarchy in England. Cp. Hallam, ii, 460-61. His position was not that of an ordinary Parliamentary bribe-taker. See Ludlow's Memoirs, iii, 165, et seq. And the English Government had sought to have him assassinated.