Historical notes on the Lennox or Darnley jewel, the property of the Queen

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with his finger to the httle crown' d shield, with a face
in it, (an emblem of the young King) as if he were
saying, " If the Babe is well, all is well." These we
know were nearly liis last words, uttered when he was
fainting from loss of blood, and Archbishop Spottis-
wood, who gives the story, adds, that when informed
that his wound was mortal, he called the nobles to
his bed side, and in a few feeble words recommended
the infant King to Almighty God, and their care, in-
treating them to defend his crown, and assuring them
of victory.'
The crown'd Warrior seizing a female figure by the
hair, is another part of the same group, and may indicate
the temporary triumph of the Scottish Queen's party,
over the fortunes of the Countess of Lennox, and the
young King. This party, whose object it was to
restore Queen Mary to the throne, which she had been
' Spottiswood Hist, of the Church of Scotland, p. 257. " He
was," says this historian, " for manly courage and other virtues as
well of body as mind inferior to none of his time." He was buried in
the Chapel of the Castle of Stirling.