{149b} Ibid., i. 397-412. The Proclamation, and two Replies. {149c} My italics. {150} Knox, i. xxvi.; vi. 87. {151a} Knox, i. 392, 393. {151b} Ibid., i. 382. {152a} Knox, ii. 15-38. {152b} Ibid., vi. 56-59. {153} S. P. Scotland, Elizabeth, MS. vol. i. No. 80; cf. Bain, i. 236, 237. Croft to Cecil, Berwick, August 3, 1559. {154a} For. Cal. Eliz., 470. {154b} I assume that he was the preacher at Edinburgh in d'Oysel's letter of June 30-July 2, 1559. Teulet, i. 325. {155} Sadleir to Cecil, September 8, 1559. For. Cal. Eliz., 543, 1558- 1559. The fortification, says Professor Hume Brown, "was a distinct breach of the late agreement" (of July 24), "and they weir not slow to remind her" (the Regent) "of her bad faith." The agreement of July 24 says nothing about fortifying. The ingenious brethren argued that to fortify Leith entailed "oppression of our poor brethren, indwellers of the same." Now the agreement forbade "oppression of any of the Congregation." But the people of Leith had "rendered themselves" to the Regent on July 24, and the breach of treaty, if any, was "constructive." (John Knox, ii. 47; Knox, i. 413, 424-433.) {158a} The evidence as to these proceedings of the brethren is preserved in the French archives, and consists of testimonies given on oath in answer to inquiries made by Francis and Mary in November 1559. {158b} We have dated Lethington's desertion of the Regent about October 25, because Knox says it was a "few days before our first defeat" on the last day in October. M. Teulet dates in the beginning of October a Latin manifesto by the Congregation to all the princes of Christendom. This document is a long arraignment of the Regent's policy; her very concessions as to religion are declared to be tricks, meant to bring the Protestant lords under the letter of the law. The paper may be thought to show the hand of Lethington, not of Knox. But, in point of fact, I incline to think that the real author of this manifesto was Cecil. He sketches it in a letter sent from the English Privy Council in November 15, 1559. This draft was to be used by the rebels in an appeal to Elizabeth. {159} Knox, vi, 89, 90; M'Crie, 143. {160a} Bothwell states the amount at 3000 ecus de soleil. French Archives MS. {160b} Knox, i. 472. {161a} Sadleir to Cecil, Nov. 15, 1559. For. Cal. Eliz., 1559-60, 115. {161b} Labanoff, vii. 283. {163} Knox, vi. 105-107. {164} See Appendix B. {165a} Corp. Ref., xlv. 645 (3118, note I). {165b} Calvinus Sturmio, Corp. Ref., xlvi. 38, 39, March 23, 1560. Sturmius Calvino, ibid., 53-56, April 15. {166a} Bain, i. 389, 390; For. Cal. Eliz., 1559-60, 604. {166b} Knox, ii. 68; cf. the Regent's letter. Bain, i. 389. {167a} The date may be part of an interpolation. {167b} This account is from the French Archives MS., Angleterre, vol. xv. {168} Knox, ii. 72.