Note 379 — Chapter XI
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Nevertheless, Froude has no authority for the assertion, in support of which he has interpolated words into Renard’s despatch of the 17th December 1553, to the effect that the Queen was bent on Elizabeth’s death (vol. vi., p. 129). No such words occur in the letter to which he refers (Record Office Transcripts, vol. i., p. 853) or in any other.