Spottiswoode Society > History of the affairs of the Church and State of Scotland from the beginning of the reformation to the year 1568 > Volume 2

528 THE HISTORY OF THE AFFAIRS [1566-7.
email murthour, I sail thairfor maist humelie beseik zour
Majestie, for the luif of God, ye honors of zour Majestic and
zour Eealme, and weill and quyetnes of ye same, that it will
pleis zour Majestie furthwyth, not onhe to apprehend, and put
in suir keiping, the personis namit in the said tikatts, bot als
with diligence to assemble zour Majestie's Nobilitie, and
than, be oppin proclamatioun, to admoneis and requyir ye
writtars of ye said tikattis to compeir, according to ye effect
thairof. At quhilk tyme, gif yai do not, zour Majestie may,
be ye advyse of zour Nobilitie and Oounsall, releif and put
to libertie ye personis in tikatts foirsaid ; sa sail zour
Majestie do ane honorable and godlie act in bi-inging ye
mater to sic ane narrow point, as ather ye mater sail appeir
plainlie befoir zour Majestie, to the pvnisment of yame quha
lies bene ye actors of yis cruall deid, pr alls ye said tikatts
to be found vane of yame self, and ye personis quhilks ar
sklanderit to be exonerit and put to libertie at zour Majestie's
plessur. Sa committis zour Majestie to the protectioun of
Almichtie God, qua preserve zou in helth and maist happie
reigne. Of Houstoun the xxvi day of Februar."
A Letter from Queen Mary to the Earl of Lennox ^
" Eight trast cousing and counsalour, we greit zou weill.
We haue ressauit zour lettre, and be the same persauis that
ze haue thair lie mistaken our lait lettre sent zou with zour
servand, upoun the xxiiii of Februar, in that point, that we
suld remit the triall of the odious act committit to the tyme
of a Parlement ; we menit not that, bot rather walde wyshe
to God that it mycht be suddanlie and without delay tryit,
for ay the sounair the bettir, and the gretair confort for ws ;
zit becaus zour advyse was, that we suld convent our haill
Nobilitie for that purpos, we anserit zou, that we had
alreddie proclamit a Parlement, at the quhilk thai wald
convene, and befoir the quhilk we jugeit it suld not be able
to get thame togidder, sen thai wald think dowble con-
venyng hevy to thame ; and sua, in mention making of a
Parlament, we menit not that this triall wes a Parlament
mater, nor that it wes requisit quhill then to differ it, bot
that then the Nobilitie wald be best convenit. And quhair
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