strong in the town found their worship proscribed for the next several months before departing south in March. Elizabeth I on hearing of Elbeuf's appointment as lieutenant in Scotland, decided to act; blockading Leith in February 1560. She further entered alliance with Marie's opponents the Congregation. In May Elbeuf made another attempt, this time alongside the rehabilitated governor of Normandie the Duke of Bouillon. Also in attendance for this second expedition were Aumale and Villebon bailli of Rouen. Admiral Coligny came to Le Havre to offer his assistance in preparations. All was not well however François de Coligny d'Andelot refused to embark his men in the ships being prepared at Marseilles, many others followed his example. In June peace was made with England, negating the need for the expedition, the peace was largely forced on France by lack of funds and the problems with sailors. Ambassador With Lord John, Lord Robert, and others, he performed in a tournament on the sands of Leith in December 1561, probably to celebrate the queen's birthday. There was "running at the ring", with two teams of six men, one team dressed as women, the other as exotic foreigners in strange masquing garments. There was a similar tournament in 1594 at the baptism of Prince Henry at Stirling Castle. According to the chronicle of Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie Elbeuf was impressed by the variety of Scottish produce served at the banquets in February 1562 to celebrate the wedding of the queen's half-brother, Lord James Stewart and Agnes Keith. The feasts included wild venison, poultry, and "all other kind of delicate wild beasts". Soon after the wedding Elbeuf was involved in a disturbance in Edinburgh that started as a kind of masque in the town. He and the Earl of Bothwell and Lord John went to the house where Alison Craik, a merchant's daughter and mistress of the Earl of Arran was lodged. When they were not admitted they broke down the doors. There were complaints to the queen and she issued a reprimand. Bothwell and Lord John ignored this and the next day there was a face-off between their followers and the Hamiltons in the market place. Reign of Charles IX Upon the death of François II, the Guise hold over the government of France was shattered. As a result, a new government was formed for the still minor Charles IX under his mother Catherine