Queen's popularity. Re-establishment of the protestant religion. A parliament. Peace with France. Disgust between the queen and Mary queen of Scots. Affairs of Scotland. - Reformation in Scotland. Civil wars in Scotland. Interposal of the queen in the affairs of Scotland. Settlement of Scotland. French affairs. Arrival of Mary in Scotland. Bigotry of the Scotch reformers. Wife government of Elizabeth.
so divided as the English, it could scarcely CHA P. be expected, that the death of one sovereign, and XXXIX. the accession of another, who was generally believed to have embraced opposite principles to those which prevail- 1558. ed, could be the object of universal fatisfaction: Yet Queen's so much were men displeased with the present con- popularity. duct of affairs, and such apprehensions were entertained of futurity, that the people, overlooking their theological difputes, expressed a general and unfeigned joy that the scepter had passed into the hand of Elizabeth. That princesshad discovered great prudence in her conduct during the reign of her sister; and as men were sensible of the imminent danger, to which she was every moment exposed, compassion towards her situation, and concern for her safety, had rendered her, to an uncommon degree, VOL. V.