x253 " !hall be difcontented, and call the " Alteration a Cloaked `'apiflry, or a " Mingle -mangle. Thefe were not imaginary Dangers ; the Queen was really expofed to them all. And as thefe D iiculties arofe on the Proteflant Side, fo there were great Temptations to continue `Popery. The avoiding fo much Trouble and Hazard, muff have had great Weight with a Woman of lets Piety and Refo- lution than Queen Elizabeth. We find early Intereft, much Sollicitation, and great Offers, were made on the Popifh Side ; Men of Power and Influence at home, the moll confiderable Foreign St Type's Ann. Princes, and even the Pope himfelf interpofed in this important Caufe. There was one Offer of fo much Confe- Ibid. pp cog. amn quence, that had the Queen's Heart C Eaimz b po, 4Ao. n, been at all Popifh, the muff have paid great Regard to it. This was to con- firm Queen Elizabeth's Title to the Crown, and by this Means fecure her againff all Diffurbance from her Sub- jets ; to overthrow the Claim of fo formidable a Rival as the Queen of Scots, and fix her in the quiet and in- difputable Poffetlion of the Throne. No Body imagines Queen Elizabeth -wanted Underflanding to difcern the Importance of this Offer ; but the had too
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