Elizabeth wanted Mary killed privately rather than executed publicly, hoping a signatory of the Bond of Association would murder her without official warrant.

51:41shorten the life of that queen" in other words, Mary, "do it." And Paulet, to do him credit, and I think this kind of shed light on the question you were asking, why don't they just bump her off? Paulet is appalled, and he replies to the Queen, "God forbid that I should make so foul a shipwreck of my conscience, or leave so great a blot to my poor posterity to shed blood without

52:03law or warrant." >> Yeah. >> Elizabeth is contemptuous. She dismisses Paulet as dainty. And she does not mean it as a compliment. I mean, Elizabeth is >> [laughter] >> is a very a very hard woman. But, you know, Paulet is a hard man, but he you know, his his conscience, his faith doesn't permit him to just go around bumping people off without the due course of law. And I think that that

52:25that that's the explanation for why Puritans and Protestants, they think it has to be done, you know, it has it has to be done with God's approval, basically. >> But, uh, Burghley now has the death warrant, and, um, he This is the weapon he needs, and even though Elizabeth has said, "Don't yet use it," he just thinks, "Come on, let's crack on." And so, he he has a little