Note 696 — Chapter XVI
Reading edition
Ven. Cal., vol. vi., pt. iii., 1285. “She (the Queen) was moved to send two gentlemen to that lady, to let her know that as it had pleased the Lord God to end her days, she was content that she (Elizabeth) as her sister should become Queen, and prayed her to maintain the kingdom and the Catholic religion, in words replete with much affection, to which she sent a most gracious reply.”