X  No.  437.  §  Nos.  438,  439,  440,  446.
PJBEFACE.  XI

"  King  of  Sweden."*  Possibly  it  was  by  his  representations
that  Eric  shortly  afterwards  renewed  his  professions  of  love,
which  he  addressed  with  increased  warmth  to  the  object  of
his  affection8.t

6.  The  correspondence  between  England  and  Germany  Affiunof  G«r-
is  at  this  period  without  much  significance.  It  was  con-
ducted chiefly  through  Dr.  Mundt,  whose  letters  are  models
of  compression  and  comprehension  ;  valuable,  business-like,
but  uninteresting.  They  relate  chiefly  to  the  measures
adopted  by  the  Queen  for  thwarting  the  attempts  made  by
the  Duke  of  Guise  to  obtain  troops  from  Germany.  {  M.
D'Oysel,  who  had  been  sent  from  France  to  the  Count
Palatine  to  interest  him  on  behalf  of  Charles  the  Ninth,
received  an  answer  which  showed  him  how  groundless  were
his  hopes  of  aid  from  that  quarter,  a  document  to  which  so
much  importance  was  attributed  that  it  was  forthwith
printed  for  wider  circulation.§  The  mission  of  D*Andelot
in  favour  of  the  Huguenots  was  more  successfiil;  he
received  a  considerable  sum  of  money  for  Cond6,  and  took
back  with  him  into  France  a  large  body  of  horsemen  and
musketeers,  who  did  good  service  at  the  battle  of  Dreux.||
Shortly  afterwards,  Henry  KnoUes  was  sent  along  with
Mundt  upon  a  special  message  to  the  Protestant  Princes  of
the  Empire,  who  entered  warmly  into  her  views  upon  the
subject,  and  promised  her  their  co-operation  in  the  common
quarrel.^  From  Bohemia  we  have  a  detailed  account  of
the  magnificent  coronation  of  King  Maximilian  at  Prague,
which  began  at  half-past  five  on  the  morning  of  Simday,
21    September,  and  lasted  until  dinner  time;  that  of  the


*  No.  470,  t  No.  948.  J  Nos.  11,  74,  244,

§  Nos.  414,  416.  II  Nos.  503,  561.
