Note 1431 — Chapter XIV

Cf. Elizabeth’s declarations of neutrality to Norris, (C. S. P., For., No. 704, February 23, 1570). Across the Channel the cardinal of Châtillon did all he could to secure the support of the English queen for the Huguenots (ibid., No. 742, the cardinal to Cecil, March 9, 1570; cf. Delaborde, Coligny, III, 185); La Ferrière, Le XVIe siècle et les Valois, 254-56; and a letter of the cardinal to the prince of Orange, April 23, 1570, (Arch. de la maison d’Orange-Nassau, III, 373-77). But it was not from England direct, but from Germany, under the stimulus of English gold, that France looked for assistance to come to the Huguenots (C. S. P. Ven., No. 476, February 26, 1570).