never made such a match as that.” He asked how many children her mother and father had brought into the world and whether they were lads or lasses. “Three lasses,” she answered (Knox had two sons by his first wife). “God be thanked,” he cried, raising his hands for joy. “For had they been three lads, I would have had no peace in my three kingdoms.” The king told her that if she would persuade her husband to submit to his authority over the church, he would let Welch go free. Elizabeth must have learned