Series 1 > Papal negotiations with Mary Queen of Scots during her reign in Scotland, 1561-1567

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with the bailies of that place was so bold as to proclaim in the queen’s
name, though without her knowledge, by criers at the city cross
roads, that your priests and the papists—thus abusively did they style
those excellent men—should depart from the city within the space of
twenty-four hours, and that all offenders were to be punished by
branding on the cheek. When word of this was brought to the queen by
some honest persons, she was so angry, that she summoned before her
without delay the provost, the originator of this audacious measure,
and bailies. Having reprimanded them all very severely, she ordered
them to be at once cast into prison. The Prior [? of St. Andrews]
prevailed upon the queen so far that they were not thrown into
prison. But he could not prevent the provost and bailies having to
resign their posts. So far I hear of no one having taken their places.
The Sieur de Morette and Sieur de Foix have gone to Edinburgh.
De Foix is a member [? of the Parliament] of Paris, and a kinsman of
the Queen of Navarre. He was imprisoned under Ring Henry with
many others.
Ep. 23, fol. 57 b. Jacobo Beaton, Archiep. Glasgoen.
Imperfect. Gives an account of the bold proceedings of the heretics
in Paris up to 27 December 1561.
[Cetera desunt.-]
No. 2
THE CARDINAL OF LORRAINE TO THE REGENT MARY
OF GUISE. Paris, 18 August 1556.
Paris, Miniature des Affaires Etrangferes, Mimoires et Docvments, Angleterre,
vol. xv. fol. 16. Contemporary Register.
Du xixme dudicte mois d’aoust.
Madame,—Le secretaire, qui est a la Royne votre fille, arriva
ung peu auparavant les couches de la Royne,1 ou le Roy estoit si
empesche et toute la compaignee pour le doubte que ung chaud [?]
saison de sa sante, que cela donna excuse a ceulx qui n’ont pas
envye que Ion vous face bien tost responce. Depuis vinrent les
1 Catherine was delivered of twins on June the 24th, at Fontainebleau.
Jehanne died immediately, Vittoria two days before this letter was written.—
L. Paris, Negotiations (1841), p. 894.
Who ‘ madame sa soeur ’ may be is not clear. Catherine was an only child,
and the sisters of the ‘ madame ’ addressed were either dead or in the cloister.
‘Sisters’ are mentioned again in the next letter. Perhaps sisters-in-law are
meant. See Anselme, Histoire Gintalogique, ed. 1727, vol. iii. p. 485.