26. =Death of Mary. 1558.=--The loss of Calais was no real misfortune to England, but it was felt as a deep mortification both by the queen and by her people. The people distrusted Mary too much to support her in the prosecution of the war. They were afraid of making Philip more powerful. Mary, hoping that Heaven might yet be gracious to her, pushed on the persecution, and sent Protestants in large numbers to the stake. Philip had visited her the year before, in order to persuade her to join him against France, and she again fancied herself to be with child. Her husband had once more deserted her, and she now knew that she was suffering--without hope--from dropsy. On November 17 she died, sad and lonely, wondering why all that she had done, as she believed on God's behalf, had been followed by failure on every side--by the desertion of her husband and the hatred of her subjects. Happily for himself, Pole too died two days afterwards.[10] [Footnote 10: The 19th is the date of Machyn's contemporary diary; but other authorities make it the 17th or 18th.] CHAPTER XXVIII THE ELIZABETHAN SETTLEMENT IN CHURCH AND STATE 1558-1570 LEADING DATES Reign of Elizabeth, 1558-1603 Accession of Elizabeth 1558 The Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity 1559 The Treaty of Edinburgh 1560 Mary Stuart lands in Scotland 1561 End of the Council of Trent 1563 Marriage of Mary and Darnley 1565 Murder of Darnley 1567 Escape of Mary into England 1568 The rising in the North 1569 Papal excommunication of Elizabeth 1570