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A.D. 1507. MARIE QUEEN OF SCOTS. 85
tyme the King's bare bodie was brought doune by four men, upon a
boord, to the Abbay churchyeard of Halliroodhous, and was prefentlie
buried that fame night.
This bred a terrible fear, at firft, to all men ; but within a little men
recollecSled there fpiritts, and the a6lors and contrp-ers were foone fuf-
pe6led. Wherupon rumors and newes flies quicklie, both to the court of
France and England, that Bothwell was the atlor, and Murray and
Mortoune the contryvers of this horrible maflacre. The Earlo of Mur-
ray tooke much pains, both by letters and meffingers, to clear himfelfe at
the court of England, and laye the cryme upon the Queen. The Queen
of England herfelfe was foone fatiffied, although the court and genera-
litie could hardlie be perfwaded othervvayes.
The Queen tooke tliis miffortune with great forrow, and did fequeflrat
herfelfe many dayes from companie, untill, by perfwafion of her freinds,
ilie went to Seatoune, fome thrie weeks afterward; where Monfieur de
Crock, a French ambaflador, came to her, with whome fhe returned ao-ain
to Edinburgh ; and then there was a fort of examination made upon fome
mean people that lived nearefl the hous where the murther was committed.
Some of tlie King's owen fervants were lykwaves examined; but all to
fmall purpofe, although the flreets were flrowed full of libells and pam-
phlets, that divulged the contryvers and a6lors, with all the circum-
flances.
In the mean tyme, the Queen thought neither herfelfe nor her fone in
faftie. Wherupon the refolved to live in the Caftle herfelfe, and delyver
her fone to the cuftodie of the Earle of Marr, as her friends advyfed her,
there to be kept in the caflle of Stirlin ; for the Earle of Marr was
efteemed a truflie man, whofe predecelTors had oft been trufled with the
tuition of the kings, in there infancie.
Bothwell hes a6led his pairt, and experts now performance from tlie
reft. He defyred the Earles of Murray and Mortoune to keep condition,
and procure the Queen's confent to marrie him ; and this he uro-es with
importunitie, becaufe he evidentlie faw all the wordle [world] laid the
murther upon him, which he could not tell how to clear. This was a
tyme the King's bare bodie was brought doune by four men, upon a
boord, to the Abbay churchyeard of Halliroodhous, and was prefentlie
buried that fame night.
This bred a terrible fear, at firft, to all men ; but within a little men
recollecSled there fpiritts, and the a6lors and contrp-ers were foone fuf-
pe6led. Wherupon rumors and newes flies quicklie, both to the court of
France and England, that Bothwell was the atlor, and Murray and
Mortoune the contryvers of this horrible maflacre. The Earlo of Mur-
ray tooke much pains, both by letters and meffingers, to clear himfelfe at
the court of England, and laye the cryme upon the Queen. The Queen
of England herfelfe was foone fatiffied, although the court and genera-
litie could hardlie be perfwaded othervvayes.
The Queen tooke tliis miffortune with great forrow, and did fequeflrat
herfelfe many dayes from companie, untill, by perfwafion of her freinds,
ilie went to Seatoune, fome thrie weeks afterward; where Monfieur de
Crock, a French ambaflador, came to her, with whome fhe returned ao-ain
to Edinburgh ; and then there was a fort of examination made upon fome
mean people that lived nearefl the hous where the murther was committed.
Some of tlie King's owen fervants were lykwaves examined; but all to
fmall purpofe, although the flreets were flrowed full of libells and pam-
phlets, that divulged the contryvers and a6lors, with all the circum-
flances.
In the mean tyme, the Queen thought neither herfelfe nor her fone in
faftie. Wherupon the refolved to live in the Caftle herfelfe, and delyver
her fone to the cuftodie of the Earle of Marr, as her friends advyfed her,
there to be kept in the caflle of Stirlin ; for the Earle of Marr was
efteemed a truflie man, whofe predecelTors had oft been trufled with the
tuition of the kings, in there infancie.
Bothwell hes a6led his pairt, and experts now performance from tlie
reft. He defyred the Earles of Murray and Mortoune to keep condition,
and procure the Queen's confent to marrie him ; and this he uro-es with
importunitie, becaufe he evidentlie faw all the wordle [world] laid the
murther upon him, which he could not tell how to clear. This was a
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