12 MEMOIRS OF THE DUKE OF SAIOT-SIHOK

throwing Scotland into despair. This conduct much augmented
her authority in England, attached all hearts to her, and took
away all desire of stirring again by taking away all hope of
success. Thus failed a project so well and so secretly con-
ducted until the end, which was pitiable; and with this project
failed that of the Low Countries, which was no longer
thought of.

The allies uttered loud cries against this attempt on the part
of a power they believed at its last gasp, and which, while
pretending to seek peace, thought of nothing less than the
invasion of Great Britain. The effect of our failure was to
bind closer, and to irritate more and more this formidable
alliance.