Elizabeth must have foreseen Mary’s execution when releasing the warrant

Evidence

One may doubt that Elizabeth had quite succeeded in hiding from herself the most probable consequence of her giving Davison the signed warrant, that her surprise at the turn of events was quite unfeigned. — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 69

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 69