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A.n. loOfi. MARIE QUEEN OF SCOTS. 81
Tlipfo iiiiiiiuatit)iis tare there affe6lions afunder; and the Queen, the
higheft mynded of the two, gave greatefl expreffion of her difpleafure.
In the mean tyme, Bothwell was much at court, and in the Queen's com-
panie; and it was certain that (he ufed him with more famiharitie than
ftood with her dignitie. Several! inflances are given of her publick mif-
regard to her hufband, and too much refpedl to Botliwell. One wherof
was, that the Queen was on her jorney, in perfone, to Jedburgh to exe-
cute juftice there, upon the Borders. The Earle Bothwell, being either
Warden or Leutenarft, went into Liddifdaill to take theeves, and was
unhappilie hurt by a fliott of a pilloll from one of thefe that were per-
fewed, and was carried into the caftle of Hermitadge. So foone as the
Queen gote notice, being at Borthwick Caftle, flie prefentlie tooke hors
and went to Melros, from thence to Jedburgh, and fo to Hermitadge;
and after flie had given ordor for his tranfport to Jedburgh, flie returned
to Jedburgh herfelf, where flie fell dangerouflie fick. Heer (they fay)
the King came to vifitt her, and was not well lookt upon by the Queen.
Wherupon he reteared again to Stirlin. When the Queen recovered flie
went to Kelfo, and Bothwell in her companie; from thence to Colding-
hame and back to Cragmiller, where the King repeared to her again,
and was again commanded to return to Stirlin. From thence he went
to Glafgow to vifitt his father, and by the way was taken with a grievous
ficknes, which kept him long in danger of his lyffe. The Queen's un-
friends gave out that he was poyfend, for his hair fell off, and fome other
fymptoms that were obferved. Yet at length he recovered, but not until!
after his fone was baptized.
Now approached the feventeenth day of December, apoynted for tlie
baptifme of the Prince; unto which came ambaflador from France, the
Count de Brittain; from Elifabeth Queen of England, the Earle of Bed-
ford; and the Duke of Savoy fent Mounfieur Lacroke, but he came a
httle too fliort. He was baptized in the Chappell Royall of Stirlin, with
all the Catholick ceremonies, by John Hammiltoune Archbifliop of S'.
Androes, and was called James Charles, or Charles James. All folem-
nities being ended, the Ambafladors were difpatched, and the Queen
went to Edinburgh, and carried her yong fone alongft with her.
Tlipfo iiiiiiiuatit)iis tare there affe6lions afunder; and the Queen, the
higheft mynded of the two, gave greatefl expreffion of her difpleafure.
In the mean tyme, Bothwell was much at court, and in the Queen's com-
panie; and it was certain that (he ufed him with more famiharitie than
ftood with her dignitie. Several! inflances are given of her publick mif-
regard to her hufband, and too much refpedl to Botliwell. One wherof
was, that the Queen was on her jorney, in perfone, to Jedburgh to exe-
cute juftice there, upon the Borders. The Earle Bothwell, being either
Warden or Leutenarft, went into Liddifdaill to take theeves, and was
unhappilie hurt by a fliott of a pilloll from one of thefe that were per-
fewed, and was carried into the caftle of Hermitadge. So foone as the
Queen gote notice, being at Borthwick Caftle, flie prefentlie tooke hors
and went to Melros, from thence to Jedburgh, and fo to Hermitadge;
and after flie had given ordor for his tranfport to Jedburgh, flie returned
to Jedburgh herfelf, where flie fell dangerouflie fick. Heer (they fay)
the King came to vifitt her, and was not well lookt upon by the Queen.
Wherupon he reteared again to Stirlin. When the Queen recovered flie
went to Kelfo, and Bothwell in her companie; from thence to Colding-
hame and back to Cragmiller, where the King repeared to her again,
and was again commanded to return to Stirlin. From thence he went
to Glafgow to vifitt his father, and by the way was taken with a grievous
ficknes, which kept him long in danger of his lyffe. The Queen's un-
friends gave out that he was poyfend, for his hair fell off, and fome other
fymptoms that were obferved. Yet at length he recovered, but not until!
after his fone was baptized.
Now approached the feventeenth day of December, apoynted for tlie
baptifme of the Prince; unto which came ambaflador from France, the
Count de Brittain; from Elifabeth Queen of England, the Earle of Bed-
ford; and the Duke of Savoy fent Mounfieur Lacroke, but he came a
httle too fliort. He was baptized in the Chappell Royall of Stirlin, with
all the Catholick ceremonies, by John Hammiltoune Archbifliop of S'.
Androes, and was called James Charles, or Charles James. All folem-
nities being ended, the Ambafladors were difpatched, and the Queen
went to Edinburgh, and carried her yong fone alongft with her.
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