Cassell's History of England, Vol. 2 (of 8) From the Wars of the Roses to the Great Rebellion
CHAPTER XII.
REIGN OF ELIZABETH.
Accession of Elizabeth--Sir William Cecil--The Coronation--Opening of Parliament--Ecclesiastical Legislation--Consecration of Parker--Elizabeth and Philip--Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis--Affairs in Scotland--The First Covenant--Attitude of Mary of Guise--Riot at Perth--Outbreak of Hostilities--The Lords of the Congregation apply to England--Elizabeth hesitates--Siege of Leith--Treaty of Edinburgh--Return of Mary to Scotland--Murray's Influence over her--Beginning of the Religious Wars in France--Elizabeth sends Help to the Huguenots--Peace of Amboise--English Disaster at Havre--Peace with France--The Earl of Leicester--Project of his Marriage with Mary--Lord Darnley--Murder of Rizzio--Birth of Mary's Son--Murder of Darnley--Mary and Bothwell--Carberry Hill--Mary in Lochleven--Abdicates in favour of her Infant Son--Mary's Escape from Lochleven--Defeated at Langside--Her Escape into England 246