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accused afterward alleged allowed ambassador Anderson answer anxious appear Argyle authority Bishop Bishop of Ross Bothwell's Buchanan captivity Carberry Hill castle cause Chalmers commissioners confession consent court crown Dalgleish Darnley's death declared desire Douglas Dunbar Earl Bothwell Earl of Bothwell Earl of Huntly Earl of Lennox Earl of Morton Earl of Murray Edinburgh Elizabeth enemies England evidence favour force forgery France French friends Glasgow Goodall guilt hand Herries Holyrood honour Huntly husband immediately imprisonment innocence Keith king Kirk-of-Field knew Lady Laing Lennox letters Loch Leven Lord Bothwell lords Maitland majesty marriage Mary Mary's Melville ment murder of Darnley Murray's never nobility nobles occasion parliament party person possession prince prison privy council Queen of Scots realm refused regent Robertson says Scotland Scottish sent servants Sir James soon sovereign Stirling subjects supposed suspicion taken thing tion took trial truth Whittaker whole wished writings written
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Sida 215 - ... agreeable woman rather than an illustrious queen. The vivacity of her spirit, not sufficiently tempered with sound judgment, and the warmth of her heart, which was not at all times under the restraint of discretion, betrayed her both into errors and into crimes. To say that she was always unfortunate...
Sida 122 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says, he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see, that on the Lupercal, I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse.
Sida 252 - Bothwell for her husband, but avoweth constantly that she will live and die with him, and saith that if it were put to her choice to relinquish her crown and kingdom or the Lord Bothwell, she would leave her kingdom and dignity to go as a simple damsel with him, and that she will never consent that he shall fare worse or have more harm than herself.
Sida 15 - Argyle held the infant at the font, and the archbishop baptized him by the name of Charles James, James Charles, Prince and Steward of Scotland, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Lord of the Isles, and Baron of Renfrew; and these names and tion.
Sida 161 - Upon this occasion, she entered into a pretty disputable comparison between carving, painting, and working with the needle, affirming painting, in her own opinion, for the most commendable quality.
Sida 160 - Scottish speech, and a searching wit, clouded with mildness. Fame might move some to relieve her, and glory joined to gain might stir others to adventure much for her sake ; then joy is a lively infective sense and carrieth many persuasions to the heart which ruleth all the rest.
Sida 233 - How shamefully the queen, our sovereign, was led captive, and by fear, force, and (as by many conjectures may be well suspected) other extraordinary and more unlawful means, compelled...
Sida 223 - It was on the 20th of June, 1567, that Dalgleish was seized with the box and writings. The official account given by Buchanan is, " That in the castle of Edinburgh there was left by the. Earl Bothwell, before his flying away, and was sent for by one George Dalgleish, his servant, who was taken by the Earl of Morton, a small gilt coffer, not fully a foot long, being garnished in sundry places with the Roman letter F, under a king's crown, wherein were certain letters and writings well known, and by...
Sida 17 - The Queen behaved herself admirably well all the time of the baptism, and showed so much earnestness to entertain all the goodly company in the best manner, that this made her forget, in a good measure, her former ailments. But I am of the mind...
Sida 269 - ... there are divers in Scotland, both men and women, that can counterfeit my hand-writing, and write the like manner of writing which I use, as well as myself, and principally such as are in company with themselves.