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Court on the subject of Mary--In 1569-- the marriage was proposed between the Duke of Norfolk and Mary Queen of Scots--The Roman Catholicks concidering it as an event favourable to themselves (under the pretence of restoring Mary to her liberty) were accused of promoting it with the view of placeing her on the Throne of England. Elizabeth thought it imprudent to suffer such a formidable confideracy to gather strength--By her oders the Duke of Norfolk was arrested and committed to the Tower, under the custody of Sir Henry Nevil--Elizabeth hesitated above four months before she signed the warrant for the execution of Norfolk in 1572 he died with calmness and constancy; and though he denied any disloyal intentions against the Queen, he acknowledged the justice of his sentence The Earl of Northumberland, who had been delivered up by the regent of Scotland, was executed about the same time--In 1577--Sir Francis Drake was the first Englishman who sailed round the World--for Magellan whose ship executed the same adventure died in the passage, Elizabeth
