_Lord Howard of Effingham_ (Vol. iii., p. 185.).--There is some proof that
he was a Protestant in the letter of instructions to him from King James
(_Biog. Brit._, p. 2679.):
"Only we forewarn you, that in the performance of that ceremony, which
is likely to be done in the King's (of Spain) chapel, you have especial
care that it be not done in the forenoon, in the time of mass, to the
scandal of _our_ religion; but rather in the afternoon, at what time
their service is more free from note of superstition."
May Lord Effingham have changed his religion between the Armada and his
mission to Spain?