ON THE LAWS OF ELIZABETH'S REIGN RESPECTING THE
ROMAN CATHOLICS
Change of Religion on the Queen's Accession—Acts of Supremacy
and Uniformity—Restraint of Roman Catholic Worship in the first
Years of Elizabeth—Statute of 1562—Speech of Lord Montague
against it—This Act not fully enforced—Application of the Emperor
in behalf of the English Catholics—Persecution of this Body in the
ensuing Period—Uncertain Succession of the Crown between the
Families of Scotland and Suffolk—The Queen's Unwillingness to
decide this, or to marry—Imprisonment of Lady Catherine Grey—
Mary Queen of Scotland—Combination in her Favour—Bull of Pius
V.—Statutes for the Queen's Security—Catholics more rigorously
treated—Refugees in the Netherlands—Their Hostility to the
Government—Fresh Laws against the Catholic Worship—
Execution of Campion and others—Defence of the Queen by
Burleigh—Increased Severity of the Government—Mary—Plot in
her Favour—Her Execution—Remarks upon it—Continued
Persecution of Roman Catholics—General Observations