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Realm, being reported to the nobility and states, was
to us right comfortable : And altho the burden quhilk '
is laid on my shoulders is weighty and dangerous, yet
could I not refuse it, in respect of his preservation, that
is so dear to me : Whereunto I am the more encouraged,
and the less fear all perils, by reason of her Majestys
gracious advice given." ^ This is only one of many
proofs which might be given, of these feelings in the
Regent Lennox, and his Countess ; and perhaps it
would be difficult to find a device by which they
could have been more significantly expressed than
that here adopted : The lesser emblems, the Moon
opposite the Sun, and the little bird sitting on the
Laurel branch, placed behind the recumbent figure,
and looking directly to the Sun and the Phoenix, seem
indicative of the same idea, instructing the young King
that the Queen of England must be to him what the
Sun is to the Moon, and the Phoenix to the birds, the
' Quhilk, which.
" MS. letter ia Her Majesty's State Paper Office. Scottish Cor-
respondence, 20 July, 1570. Regent Lennox to Lord Burghley.
Realm, being reported to the nobility and states, was
to us right comfortable : And altho the burden quhilk '
is laid on my shoulders is weighty and dangerous, yet
could I not refuse it, in respect of his preservation, that
is so dear to me : Whereunto I am the more encouraged,
and the less fear all perils, by reason of her Majestys
gracious advice given." ^ This is only one of many
proofs which might be given, of these feelings in the
Regent Lennox, and his Countess ; and perhaps it
would be difficult to find a device by which they
could have been more significantly expressed than
that here adopted : The lesser emblems, the Moon
opposite the Sun, and the little bird sitting on the
Laurel branch, placed behind the recumbent figure,
and looking directly to the Sun and the Phoenix, seem
indicative of the same idea, instructing the young King
that the Queen of England must be to him what the
Sun is to the Moon, and the Phoenix to the birds, the
' Quhilk, which.
" MS. letter ia Her Majesty's State Paper Office. Scottish Cor-
respondence, 20 July, 1570. Regent Lennox to Lord Burghley.
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| Histories of Scottish families > Historical notes on the Lennox or Darnley jewel, the property of the Queen > (37) Page 21 |
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| Description | London : William Nicol, Shakspeare Press, 1843. "The following Notes ... written by Patrick Fraser Tytler, Esq., in obedience to the order of the Queen, are printed by Her Majesty's Command"--Preface. "'A golden heart, set with jewels, ... made by order of Lady Margaret Douglas mother of Henry Lord Darnley in memory of her husband Mathew Stewart Earl of Lennox and Regent of Scotland ... '"--Page 2. Chromolithographic plate drawn by H. Shaw. |
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| Shelfmark | H.35.c.32 |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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