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80 HISTORIE OF THE REIGNE OF a.d. 1566.
fhall not be fuffred to breath much air, before he fhall be made a cloake
to rebelHon; by which his mother fliall firll be banillied, and then perfe-
cuted to death ! His baptifme was deferred untill September ; in which
interim was hatched much mifcheefe and deftruftion, and the Queen was
traduced as a6lor of all. Some things, poflible, might be trew, but that
the Queen was adlor of all thofe horrid cruelties and blood, it was not
to be beleved ; nor is it fitt to give trufl to Buchannan, in his relation of
the a6lions of this Queen, whoe was knowen to have written from fpleene
againfl her, whom he makes to a6l things paft all modeflie or moral
honeflie.
The birth of this yong Prince put the Earle of Murray clear by his
ordor : He muft draw the curtain for a new fcene, and with his confederals
enter in new refolutions. They fuppofe that the birth of this yong fone
may, pofliblie, be an occalion that the King and Queen fhall agrie better
heerafter. So the firft thing they intend is to devyde them by fome
means irrecoverable; which was eafie to doe. They obferved the Earle
Bothwell did much infinuat himfelfe in the Queen's attendance. This
man they refolve to make the groundftone of there mifcheefe. He was
a man high in his owen conceat, proude, vicious, and vainglorious above
meafure ; one who wold attempt any thing out of ambition ! The Queen
did alreddie look upon him with favor, which they have obferved, and
foflered the Queen in this favor; for upon everie occafion they make
him appear to the Queen a man fitt for thefe broken tyms, and to be
imployed in bufines of flate; and when the Queen had once conferred
upon him particular favors, they then acquent the King that the Queen
was more familiar with Bothwell then was fitting ! The King, with thefe
continuall infufions, obferved more narrowlie both her actions and words.
In the mean tyme the Queen was acquented, on the other hand, that her
hufband was jealous, and tooke flri6l notice of her adlions! They leave
it not heer. They infufe ilranger things yet in the King's head. They
defyre him to take heed to himfelfe, for he can not be fure of his lyffe;
for they tell him the Queen hes plotted his death ! Upon the other fyd,
they acquent the Queen with her hufband's jealoufie; which flie foone
perceaved by his carriadge, for he was much more reteared then ufuallie.
fhall not be fuffred to breath much air, before he fhall be made a cloake
to rebelHon; by which his mother fliall firll be banillied, and then perfe-
cuted to death ! His baptifme was deferred untill September ; in which
interim was hatched much mifcheefe and deftruftion, and the Queen was
traduced as a6lor of all. Some things, poflible, might be trew, but that
the Queen was adlor of all thofe horrid cruelties and blood, it was not
to be beleved ; nor is it fitt to give trufl to Buchannan, in his relation of
the a6lions of this Queen, whoe was knowen to have written from fpleene
againfl her, whom he makes to a6l things paft all modeflie or moral
honeflie.
The birth of this yong Prince put the Earle of Murray clear by his
ordor : He muft draw the curtain for a new fcene, and with his confederals
enter in new refolutions. They fuppofe that the birth of this yong fone
may, pofliblie, be an occalion that the King and Queen fhall agrie better
heerafter. So the firft thing they intend is to devyde them by fome
means irrecoverable; which was eafie to doe. They obferved the Earle
Bothwell did much infinuat himfelfe in the Queen's attendance. This
man they refolve to make the groundftone of there mifcheefe. He was
a man high in his owen conceat, proude, vicious, and vainglorious above
meafure ; one who wold attempt any thing out of ambition ! The Queen
did alreddie look upon him with favor, which they have obferved, and
foflered the Queen in this favor; for upon everie occafion they make
him appear to the Queen a man fitt for thefe broken tyms, and to be
imployed in bufines of flate; and when the Queen had once conferred
upon him particular favors, they then acquent the King that the Queen
was more familiar with Bothwell then was fitting ! The King, with thefe
continuall infufions, obferved more narrowlie both her actions and words.
In the mean tyme the Queen was acquented, on the other hand, that her
hufband was jealous, and tooke flri6l notice of her adlions! They leave
it not heer. They infufe ilranger things yet in the King's head. They
defyre him to take heed to himfelfe, for he can not be fure of his lyffe;
for they tell him the Queen hes plotted his death ! Upon the other fyd,
they acquent the Queen with her hufband's jealoufie; which flie foone
perceaved by his carriadge, for he was much more reteared then ufuallie.
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| Description | Edited by Robert Pitcairn. Probably collected and the memoirs begun by John, fourth Lord Herries, who figures conspicuously during the most troubled period of the reign of Mary queen of Scots and continued by John, seventh Lord Herries, later Earl of Nithsdale. |
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