The life of Mary Queen of Scots, 1; drawn from the state papers with six subsidiary memoirs George Chalmers

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1818 Excerpt: ...he being appointed, while her highness was under the shameful thraldom of Bothwell; and he being now unfit, when the Queen is at liberty, under the secret council1. Three days after, Morton, Athol, Sir James Balfour, Richardson, the treasurer, and Preston of Craigmillar, ordered Servis de Conde, the Queen"s valet de chambre, to deliver Acheson, the Queen"s coiner, the Queen"s plate, amounting to 74 marks, to be coined, " for " forthsetting her highnesses service"1." We thus may see, that the bondage of Bothwell was lighter than thin air, when compared with the plunder, and oppression, of the secret council, with Morton, her husband"s murderer, for its head g Knox, 410; Spotiswoode, 208-9; Keith, 573-4-5. Keith, 576. " Keith, 379; Knox, 410; Spotiswoode, 208. k Maitland"s Edin. 29. 1 Keith, 410-11, on the 7th of July. m Keith"s Pref. ix. Vol. i. i i At length, arrived, at Edinburgh, on the 12th of July, Throkmorton, Elizabeth"s envoy. He had public instructions, from Elizabeth, who was not much gratified with the principles, and practices, of the secret council, who avowed, as the true motive of the insurrection to be, for freeing the Queen, from Bothwell"s bondage; yet, the moment, that she had freed herself, by leaving Both well, those secret counsellors, sent Elizabeth"s good cousin, secretly, to prison. Throkmorton had private instructions, from Cecil, wTio did not approve of this melting mood of his mistress". Throkmorton slept, on the 11th of July, at Fast castle, within the Scotish border, where he was met, by Maitland, the forger, Lord Home, the insurgent, and Sir James Melvill, the insidious instrument of the perfidious council. We may easily suppose, that the confidential conversation, which ensued, would blazon Morton"s mo... Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге The life of Mary Queen of Scots, 1; drawn from the state papers with six subsidiary memoirs (George Chalmers)