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AN APOLOGIE, 1598
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pally in the sence and feelings of his fathers wounds : insomuch
that although he did knowe that all the principall authors and
actors of that abhomination were all gone, and the most part
by most miserable and shamfull death, yett his iust indigna¬
tion did extende so farre, that he caused arraigne the Earle of The Regent
Morton, late Regent and Gouernor of his kingdom, and at
that present the most potent subiect of his whole countrie, put
him to a tryall, found him only guiltie of foreknoweledge; and
therefore notwthstanding of great instance and deprecation
prouing by manie reasons, that he was so farre from consenting
to that horrible treason that he would assuredly haue reuealed
the same, if it had not bene his owne present and vnauoydable
death—pretending also manie good merits of the common¬
wealth, during his authoritie—His Maties iust indignation I say
did extend so farre, that he made cut of his Heade in presence
of all his frends, kinred, and dependants, to the eternall terror
of the posteritie, and to teach all men how dangerous it was to
be accessorie to a kings death. Those are the actions from
wch M. C. would deduce arguments of the K. of Scotlands dis-
honor, specially to disproue his Yalor and persuade the K. of
Spayne that he hath no regard of his honor, feeling of his
iniuries, nor feare of his person, wch indeed may be iustly
retorted, and as the impyous arrowes of pernicious enuye,
purged from the poyson of odious malice, violently shotte backe
again against his most malicious Momus, saying most truly
that the K. of Scotland amongst the middest of malicious
factions fostered and suborned about him by his ennemies,
hath so behaued himself, and so wisely taken the opportunities
of tymes, that by his owne wisdome he hath vsed such modera¬
tion in administration of merci and iustice vnto his subiects by
continuall clemencie to the humble and perpetuall rigoure to
the proude, that he doth truly meritt the name and honor of a
wise, mercifull, iust, and Yalyant Prince.
This honest man, M. C., in the end of his discourse, to close
all vp wth a Placebo, doth much commend Mr Doleman his Doleman’s
booke of the succession to the crowne of England,1 saying that succession 6
1 * A Conference about the next Succession to the Crowne of InglandJ and
divided into two Partes. Published by R. Doleman. Imprinted at N. with
license, I594.’ The author was Father Robert Parsons, who borrowed the name