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that he maid thame victouris of thair ennemyes: For evin as God suffered none of those whome he called frome Egypt to perishe in the Red Sea, how fearfull that ever the danger appeared ; so suffered he none of us to be oppressed, nor yit to be takkin from this lyeff, till that mo Pharaoes then one war drowned, and we set at fredome, without all dangear of our ennemyes; to lett boyth us and our posteritie understand, that suche as follow the conducting of God can not perishe, albeit that thei walked in the verray schaddo of death.
But frome whence (allace) cumeth this miserable dispersioun of Goddis people within this Realme, this day, Anno 1566, in Maij?1_ And what is the cause that now the just is compelled to keap silence? good men ar banished, murtheraris, and such as ar knowin unworthie of the commoun societie, (yf just lawis THE AUS war put in deu executioun,) bear the hoill regiment and tRvpisus swynge within this Realme?
We answere, Becaus that sudeae dandlie the most parte of us declyned from the puritie of %4%?.,,
Goddis word, and began to follow the warld; and so agane to orGmreins schaik handis with the Devill, and with idolatrie, as in this upto rro-.
Fourte Booke we will hear.
EVANGELL For whill that Papistis war so confounded, that none within the Realme durst more avow the hearing or saying of Messe, then the theavis of Lyddesdaill durst avow thair stowth in presence of ane upryght judge, thair war Protestants found, that eschamed not at tables, and other open places, to ask, " Why may nott the Queyn have hir awin® Messe, and the forme of hir Religioun ? What cane that hurte us or our Religioun?" And residing in Kyle, in continuing his History, this may serve to explain, although not to justify, the very strong language which he frequently uses in mentioning Queen Mary, and the license of the courtiers.
1 This "dispersioun of Goddis people," refers to what occurred shortly after the murder of David Riccio, when besides the persons who were implicated in that outrage, many others, like Knox himself, who had rendered themselves obnoxious to the Queen, were obliged to fly from Edinburgh for safety.
As Knox was employed at this time, while 2 MS. L4, adds to this marginal note, the words, "and did it not,"
3 MS. G. omits " awin."
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Boox IV. from these two, "Why" and "What," at lenthe sprange out this affirmative, "The Quenis Messe and hir Preastis will we manteine: this hand and this rapper sall feght in thair defence, ete."
The inconvenientis war schawin, both by tongue and pen ; but the advertissaris war judged to be men of unquyet spreatis.
Thair credytt was defaced at the handis of suche as befoir war not eschamed to have used thair counsall, in materis of greattar importance then to have resisted the Messe.
But then, my Lord, my Maister, may nott be thus used: he hes that honour to be the Quenis brother; and thairfoir we will that all men shall understand that he man tender her as his sister; and whosoever will counsall him to displease her, or the least that apperteanes unto hir, shall not find him thair freind; yea, thei ar worthy to be hanged that wald so counsall him, ete.
These and the lyke reassonis took suche deape roote in flesche and bloode, that the trewth of God was almost foryett ; and from this fontaine (to wit, that flesche and blood was, and yitt allace, is preferred to God, and to his messengeris rebucking vice and vanitie) hath all our miserie proceeded.
For as befoir, so even yitt, althought the Ministeris be sett to beg, THE CoRRUPTIOUN THAT ENTERED IN
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COURTE.
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OF THE COURTE,
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REASSONIS.
the Guard and the Men of war maun be served.
Though the blood of the Ministeris be spylt, it is the Quenis servand that did it.
Althought Messes be multipleyed in all quarteris of the Realme, who can stop the Quenis subjectis to lyve of the Quenis religioun.
Althought innocent men be empreasoned, it is the Quenis pleasur: sche is offended at such men.
Althought under pretence of justice innocentis be crewellie murthered ; the Lordis shall weape, but the Quenis mynd must be satisfeid.
Nobillis of the Realme, Baronis and Counsallouris ar banished, thair eschaittis disponed, and thair lyves maist injustlie persewed.
The Quene hes lost hir trusty servand Davy: he was dear unto hir; and thairfoir, for hir honouris sake, sche maun schaw rigour to revenge his death.
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And yit farther, albeit that some know that sche hes plainlie purposed to wrak the religioun within this Realme ; that to that Romane Antichrist sche hath maid hir promeise; and that from him sche hath tackin money to uphold his pompe within this Realme ; yit will thai lett the people understand, that the Quene will establisse religioun, and provide all thingis ordourlie, yf scho war anes delivered.
Yf such dealings, which ar commoun amangis our ProtestTHIS WAS WRITTEN WHEN THE SHPOUND RANK OF
THE LORDIS
'WAS
BANISSHED.!
antis, be nott to prefer flesche and blood to God, to his treuth, to justice, to religioun, and unto the libertie of this oppressed
Realme, let the warld judge.
The plagues have bein, and in some part ar present, that war befoir threatned; the rest ayproaches:
And yitt who from the heart cryis, "I have offended ; the Lord knows: in Thee onlie is the trust of the oppressed ; for vaine is the help of man."
But now return we to our HisTorie.
Tue nyntene day? of August, the year of God J™ V° threscoir ane yearis, betwix sevin and aught houris befoir noon, arryved Marie QuENe oF ScorTLanp, then widow, with two galayis furth of France.?
In'4 hir cumpany, (besydis hir gentilwemen, called the Maries,)° war hir thre uncles, the Duck
1The Glasgow MS. of Book Fourth, as stated in the preface, vol. i. p. xxxiii. formed originally a separate volume, and was written apparently some years earlier than the first three Books.
It contains marginal notes, so nearly verbatim with the MS. 1566, as to leave 4In MSS. M, and L 4, instead of the next five lines, there is substituted this sentence, which is also copied by Caldervwood, (vol. ii. p. 142,) "Shee brought with her als faire jewells, pretious stones and pearles as wer to be found in Europe.
Her tapestrie, and other stuff wer brought to Leith, in October.
The verie face," &c. little doubt of its having been copied from it, probably about the year 1580.
But to the above marginal note, after 6 Celebrated in Scotish Song: see "' The Queen's Marie," in Sir W. Scott's Border
Minstrelsy. One of the verses in this ballad of Mary Hamilton, thus names them:
" banisshed," there is added: " Anno 1566, after Davie's slauchter."
2In MSS. A, M, and L 4, " The twentie day."
Yestreen the Queen had four Maries, 3 The Queen arrived in Leith harbour on Tuesday the 19th August 1561, and landed on the following day.
The night she'll hae but three ; There was Marie Seaton, and Marie Beaton, And Marie Carmichael, and me.
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D'Omall,® the Grand Priour,7 and the Marques D'Elbuf§ Thare accumpanyed hir also,? D'Anweill, son to the Constable of France, with other gentilmen of inferiour conditioun, beThe verray face of heavin, the sydis servandis and officiaris.1° black velvet to 14 dames, damosels, and maidens, " to be thair secund dule;" to the extent of £144, 18s., and £112, 16s.
8d.
Also, on the 18th, £4, 10s. for gray mantill claith, to be a gown, lined with green, for hir Grace's Fule; and on the 28th, £23, for " quhite tafiteis of the cord," and "red tafiteis of the foure threidis," to the Lady Seitoun.
Bishop Lesley in describing the persons who accompanied the young Princess in her voyage to France in 1548, (see vol. i. p. 219,) says, " Of the quhilkis thair was four in speciall, of whome everie one of thame buir the samin name of Marie, being of four syndre honourable houses, to wyt, Flemyng, Levingstoun, Setoun, and Beatoun of Creich ; quho remanit all foure with the Quene in France, during her residens thair, and returned agane in Scotland with her Majestie, in the yeir of our Lorde J™ V° lxj yeiris."
(History, p. 209.) And in his account of the Queen's arrival in Scotland in 1561, he repeats that she was attended " with many ladies and gentillwemen, speciallie the four maidis of honour quha passit with hir Hienes in France, of hir awin aige, the name everie ane of Marie, as is before mentioned." (Ib. p.297.) Buchanan, in his verses, The Pomp of the Gods at the Marriage of Queen Mary, 29th July 1565, speaks of her jive Maries.
When she arrived in this country she was still in her first dule or mourning dress.
But on the 11th November some change was made in the dresses of her pages and maidens; and one of the entries in the Treasurer's Accounts on that day, is as follows :—" Item, be the Quenis Grace precept, to Jacques de Soulis, talliour to hir Grace, to gif the Madynnis efter following, viz. to —— Flemyng, Betoun, Sunpartew, —— Levingstoun, Seitoun, Wardlaw, to by thair secund dule, ilk ane of the said five, ix lib., and to the said Wardlaw, x lib. vij s.— Summa, £55, 7s."
There was also furnished black stannyng for clokis, and 6 Claude de Lorraine, Duke d'Aumale, third son of Claude Duke de Guise, was born in 1526.
He was in the army, and gave proofs of his courage. He was killed at the siege of Rochelle, by a cannon ball, 14th March 1578.
7 Francis de Lorraine, seventh son of Claude Duke de Guise, was a Knight of Malta, Grand Prior, and General of the French galleys or war vessels.
He distinguished himself in the wars with the Turks in 1557; and died from the effects of his exertions at the battle of Dreux, 6th March 1568, aged 29.
8 René de Lorraine, Marquis d'Elbeuf, was the youngest son of Claude Duke de Guise, and was born in 1536.
He became successor to his brother Francis in 1568, as General of the French galleys; but he died in 1566, aged 80.
® Henry second son of Anne Duke de Montmorency, and Constable of France, is known in history as the Seigneur de Damville.
He was born in 1534, and upon the death of his elder brother in 1579, he succeeded to the Dukedom, and survived till1614.
(Anselme, Histoire Genealogique, vol. iii. p. 605.) 10 In the Queen's retinue, among other persons of note, was Peter de Bourdeille, known by the name of the Sieur de Brantome, of which he was Abbot.
He was attached to the Court as one of the
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time of hir arryvall, did manifestlie speak what confort was razqvenis cuntrey with hir, to wit, sorow, dolour, va iw brought unto this darknes, and all impietie; for in the memorie of man, that day of the year, was never seyn a more dolorous face of the heavin, then was at hir arryvall, which two days after did so contineu ; for besides the surfett weat,2 and corruptioun of the air, the myst was so thick and so dark, that skairse mycht any man espy ane other the lenth of two pair of buttis.
The sun was not seyn to schyne two dayis befoir, nor two dayis after. most pairt war blynd.
That foir-warning gave God unto us; but allace, the At the sound of the cannonis whiche the galayis schot, the multitude being advertissed, happie was he and sche that first myght have the presence of the Quene.
The Protestantis war not the slowest, and thairintill thai war not to be blamed.?
Becaus the Palace of Halyrudhous was not throughlie put in ordour, (for hir cuming was more suddane* than many looked for,) sche remaned in Leyth till towardis the evenyng, and then repaired thitther.
In the way betwixt Leith and the ™=avems
FIRST GRACE
Abbay, met hir the rebellis of the craftis, (of whom we spak !%»is?¥™ OF RELIbefoir,5) to wit, those that had violated the authoritie of the %°™™ gentlemen of the bed-chamber to Charles IX., and Henry III. of France.
He owes his distinction to his posthumous Memoirs, which serve at least sufficiently to illustrate the licentious and corrupt state of manners of the time.
In his Vies des Dames Jilustres, there is ablie receaved be the Erle of Argyle, the Lord Areskin, Lord James, and other Noblemen, and the Citizens of Edinburgh.
Becaus," &c.
4 The Queen's arrival was earlier than was expected.
On the 7th of August, the Treasurer had paid mesa Discours on Mary Queen of Scots, who, he says, on the day of her nuptials with Francis, " paroistre cent fois plus sengers passing " with clois writings" of the Lords of Secret Counsall to the Nobility and Magistratis, and others, "to be in Edinburgh with thair honorable cumpaneis to the Quenis grace enteres furth of France, ayane the last day of August."
Jt has been seen that she landed on the 20th of that month." belle qu'une Deesse du Ciel."
He died in July 1614, at the age of 87.
1 In MS. G, "The Quenis arryval from France."
, 2 In MS. G, " surfece weitt."
MS. L 4, follows that of 1566, in " surfett."
5 See pages 155-159.
8 Instead of this sentence, in MSS. M, and L 4, we find, " Shee wes honnor-
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Magistratis, and had besieged the Provost.
But, because sche was sufficientlie instructed, that all thai did was done in dispite of the religioun, thai war easilie apardoned.
Fyres of joy war sett furth all nyght, and a cumpany. of the most honest, with instrumentis of musick, and with musitians, geve thair salutationis at hir chalmer wyndo.2
The melody, (as sche alledged,) lyked hir weill; and sche willed the same to be contineued some nightis after.
With great diligence? the Lordis repared unto hir from all quarters.
And so was nothing understand*: but myrth and quyetness till the nixt Sunday, which was the xxiiij of August, when preparatioun began to be maid for that idoll the Messe to be said in the Chapell; which perced the hartis of all.
The godlie> began to bolden; and men began openlie to speak, " Shall that idoll be suffered agane to tack place within this
Realm?
It shall not."
The Lord Lyndesay, (then but Maister,)§ with the gentilmen of Fyiff, and otheris, plainlie cryed in the close, " The idolater Preast should dye the death," according to Goddis law.
One that caryed in the candell was
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FIRST MESSK. evill effrayed ; but then began flesche and blood to schaw the chantez et si mal accordez, que rien plus.
He! quelle musique! et quel repos pour sa nuit !""
1In MS. G, " of most honest men."
MSS. A, and L 4, "the most honest."
2 Brantome in his account of the Queen's arrival, takes notice of the thick fog (grand broiiillard) which prevailed, so that they could not see from one end of the vessel to the other.
His account of the serenading of the pious minstrels, is very unlike that of the 3 Jn MS. G, these words are added to the previous sentence.
MS. L 4, follows that of 1566.
* In MS. G, " understude."
5In MS. G, " which perceaved, the hearts of all the godlie."
In MS. M, " The hearts of the godly being pierced with that grosse abhomination, began text.
His words are,—" Le soir, ainsi qu'elle se vouloit coucher, estant logée en-bas en ]'Abbaye de l''Islebourg, qui est certes un beau bastiment, to bowden and swell."
In MS. L 4, " pierced all the heartis of the godlie, that they began to bowden and swell." et ne tient rien du Pays, vindrent sous la fenestre cing ou six cent marauds de la ville, luy donner aubade de meschants violons et petits rebecs, dont
® Patrick, eldest son of Lord Lindesay, was styled Master of Lindesay, during his father's life.
As already noticed, he succeeded to the title in il n'y en a faute en ce pays-la; et se mirent 4 chanter Pseaumes, tant mal 1563.
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self.
Thair durst no Papist, neathir yitt any that cam out of aie France whisper.
But the Lord James! (the man whom all the godlye did most reverence) took upoun him to keap the Chapell door.
His best excuse was, that he wald stop all Scotishe men to enter in to the Messe.
But it was, and is sufficientlie known, that the door was keapt, that nane should have entress to truble the Preast ; who, after the Messe, was committed to the protectioun of Lord Johne of Coldinghame,? and So%Y°Y.
Lord Robert of Halyrudehouse,? who then war boyth Protes- ?™"** tantis, and had communicat at the Table of the Lord.
Betwix thame two was the Preast convoyed to his chalmer.
And so the godlie departed with great greaf of heart, and at after noon repaired to the Abbay in great companeis, and gave plane significatioun, that thai could not abyd that the land which God by his power had purged from idolatrie, should in thair eyes be polluted agane.
Which understand, thair began complaint upoun complaint.
The old dountybowris, and otheris that long had served in the Court, and hes no remissioun of synnes, but by virtew of the Messe, cryed,
"Thai wald to France without delay: thai could not live without the Messe."
The same affirmed the Quenis Uncles.
And wold to God that that menzie, togitther with the Messe, had tacken good nyght at this Realme for ever; for so had eae BND 1p
Scotland bene rydd of ane unprofitable burthen of devouring **4¥¥strangearis, and of the maledictioun of God that hes stricken, and yitt will strike for idolatrie.
The Counsall assembled, disputatioun was had of the nixt remeadye.
Polytick headis war send unto the Gentilmen, 1 Lord James Stewart, Prior of St.
3 Lord Robert Stewart, also a natural Andrews. son of King James the Fifth, by Kuphe2Lord Jonn Stewart, a natural son mia Elphinstone, daughter of Lord Elof James the Fifth, had the Priory of phinstone.
He had a grant of the AbColdingham conferred on him in his bacy of Holyrood in 1539, when only youth.
He has previously been menseven years of age.
Sce vol. i. p. 458, tioned (supra, page 88) as having and a subsequent note in the present joined the Reformers. volume.
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Boox IV. with these and the lyke persuasionis, " Why, allace, will ye THE PERSUASIOUN OF THE COUR.
TEOURIS, chase our Soverane from us?
Sche will incontinent return to hir galayes ; and what then shall all Realmes say of us?
May we nott suffer hir a lytill whill?
We doubt not but sche shall leave it.
Yf we war not assured that sche myght be wonne, we should be als greate ennemyes to hir Masse, as ye should be.
Hir Uncles will depart, and then sall we reull all at our plesour.
Wold not we be as sorry to hurt the Religioun as any of you wald be ?"
With these and the lyke persuasionis, (we say,) was the fervencie of the Bretheren quenched; and ane Act! was framed: the tennour whairof followeth :—
Apup Eprnsureu, xxv° Aueustr Anno &c. LxI°.
ForRSAMEKLE as the Quenis Majestie hes understand the great inconvenientis that may come, through the divisioun presentlie standing in this Realme, for the difference in materis of Religioun, that hir Majestie is most desirous to see [it] pacifeit be ane good ordour, to the honour of God, and tranquillitie of hir Realme, and meanes to tack the same be advyse of hir
Estaitis, sa soon as convenientlie may be ; and that hir Majesties godlie resolutioun thairin may be greatlie hyndered, in case any tumult or seditioun be raised amanges the lieges, yf any suddane? alteratioun or novatioun be preassed [at] or attempted, befoir that the ordour may be establissed:
Thairfoir, for eschewing of the saidis inconvenientis, hir Majestie ordanes letteris? to be direct to charge all and sindrie hir leiges, be oppin proclamatioun at the Mercat Croce of Edinburgh, and otheris places neidfull, that thai, and everie ane of thame, conteane thame selffis in quyetnesse, keap peace and civile
1 This Act is not contained in the 2 MS. G, omits " suddane." existing volumes of the Privy Council 3 It appears that such Letters of ProRecords.—In MS. M, the Act itself is clamation were accordingly issued on omitted, but its purport is briefly the 29th of August.
(Treasurer's Acstated. counts. )
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societie amongis thame selffis: And in the meanetyme, while the Estaittis of this Realme may be assembled, and that hir
Majestie have tackin ane finall ordour be thair advyse and publict consent, quhilk hir Majestie hopes shalbe to the contentment of the haill, That nane of thame tack upoun hand, privatlie or openlie, to mack alteratioun or innovatioun of the staite of Religioun, or attempt any thing against the form quhilk hir Majestie fand publictlie and universallie standing at hir Majesties arryvell in this hir Realme, under the pane of death: With certificatioun, that yf any subject of the Realme, shall cum in the contrarie heirof, he shalbe estemed and _holden a seditious persone and raiser of tumult, and the said paine salbe execut upoun him with all rigour, to the example of otheris.
Attour, hir Majestie, be the advise of the Lordis of hir Secreit Counsall, commandis and charges all hir leiges, that nane of thame tack upoun hand to molest or truble any of hir domesticall servandis, or personis whatsumever, come furth of France, in hir Gracis cumpany at this tyme, in wourd, deed, or countenance, for any caus whatsumever, eather within hir Palace or without, or mack ony derisioun! or invasioun upoun any of thame, under whatsumever cullour or pretence, under the said paine of death: Albeit hir Majestie be sufficientlie persuaded, that hir good and loving subjectis wold do the same, for the reverence thai bear to hir persone and authoritie, notwithstanding that na sick commandiment war publisshed.
This Act and Proclamatioun, penned and put in form by such as befoir professed Christ Jesus, (for in the Counsall then had Papistis neathir power nor -vote,) it was publictlie proclaimed at the Mercat Croce of Edinburgh, upoun Mononday foirsaid.
No man reclamed, nor maid repugnance to it, except the Erle of Arrane onlie;? who, in open audience of the 1 In MS. G, " divisioun."
" The Erle of Arran's protestation 2MS. L 4, has this marginal note, against this proclamation."
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Heraldis and people protested, " That he dissasented that any protectioun or defence should be maid to the Quenis domestickis, or to any that came from France, to offend Goddis
Majestie, and to violat the lawis of the Realme, more then to any other subject: for Goddis law had pronunced death against the idolater, and the lawis of the realme had appoynted punishment for sayaris and heararis of Masse; quhilkis, (said he,) I here protest, be universallie observed, and that none be exempted, unto such tyme as a law, als publictlie maid, and als consonant to the law of God, have disannulled the formar."
And thairupoun he took documentis, as the tenour of this his Protestatioun doeth witnesse :—
In sa far as be this Proclamatioun it is understand to the Kirk of God, and memberis thairof, that the Quenis Grace is mynded, that the treu religioun and wyrschipping ellis estab-. lissed procead fordwart, that it may daly increase, unto the Parliament, that ordour then may be tane for extirpatioun of all idolatrie within this Realme: We rander maist hartlie thankis to the Lord our God for hir Gracis good mynd, earnestlie praying that it may be encreassed in hir Hienes, to the. honour and glorie of His name, and weill of his Kirk within this Realme.
And as tueching the molestatioun of hir Hienes servandis, we suppose that nane dare be sa bald as anes to move thair fyngar at thame, in doing of thair lefull busines ; and as for us, we have learned at oure maister Christis school,
"to keap peace with all men ;" and thairfoir for our part, we will promeis that obedience unto hir Majestie (as is our dewitie) that nane of hir servandis salbe molested, trubled, or anes tueched, be the Kirk,.or any member thairof, in doing thair lefull affairis.
But, sen that God hes said, "The idolater shall die the death ;" we Protest solempnedlie, in presence of God, and in the earis of the haill people that hearis this Proclamatioun, and specialie in presence of you Lyoun Herald, and of
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the rest of your collegues, &c., makaris of this Proclamatioun, that yf any of hir servandis shall commit idolatrie, specialic say Messe, participat thairwith, or tack the defence thairof,
(quhilkis we war leyth should be in hir Grace cumpany,) in that caise, that this Proclamatioun be nott extended to thame in that behalf, nor be not a salfgard or gyrth to thame in that behalf, na mair nor give thai committ slauchter or murther, seing the ane is mekle mair abhominable and odiouse in the syght of God, then is the other:
But that it may be laughtfull to inflict upoun thame the painis conteyned in Goddis word aganis idolateris, whairever thai may be apprehended, but favour.
And this oure Protestatioun we desyre you to notifie unto hir, and gif hir the copie heirof, least hir Hienes should suspect ane uproar, gif we should all come and present the same.
At Edinburgh, the day and year foirsaid.
This baldnes did somewhat exasperat the Quene, and such as favoured hir in that poynt.
As the Lordis, callit! of the Congregatioun, repared unto the Town, at the first cuming thai schew thame selves wonderouslie offended, that the Messe
"was permitted ; so that everie man as he cam accused thame that war befoir him: but after that thai had remaned a certane space, thai war as quyet as war the formare.
Which thing perceaved, a zealous and godlie man, Robert Campbell of KingROBERY
CAMPBKLI.
TO THER LOR)
VCHILTRIF,
zeancleucht, said unto the Lord Vchiltrie, " My Lord, now ye are come, and almost the last of all the rest; and I perceave, by your anger, that the fyre-edge is nott of you yit; but I fear, that after that the holy watter of the Courte be sprinckled upoun you, that ye sall become als temperat? as the rest: For I have bene here now fyve dayis, and at the first I hard everie man say, ' Let us hang the Preast ' but after that thai had bené twyse or thrise in the Abbay, all that fervency was past.
J 1Tn MSS. G, A, andL 4, "then call- " The fervencie of professors cooled." ed."
The latter has this marginal note, * In MS. G, " als temperat here."
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Boox IV. think thair be some inchantment whareby men ar bewitched."
And in verray deed so it came to pass: for the Quenis flatterTHF QVENTS Ing wordis, upoun the ane pairte, ever still crying, " Conscience, firsn —sconscience: it is a sore thing to constreane the conscience ;" and the subtile persuasionis of hir suppostis (we mean evin of such as sometymes war judged most fervent with us) upoun the other parte, blynded all men, and putt thame in this opinioun, sche wilbe content to hear the preaching; and so no doubt but sche may be wone.
And thus of all it wes concluded, to suffer hir for a tyme. nee eee ihe nixt Sounday, Johnne Knox, inveighing against idolatrie,
JOUNKR KNOX
i E JounnKNOX schew what terrible plagues God had tacken upoun Realmes surestxé and Nationis for the same; and added, " That one Messe (thair vyese, war no mo suffered at the first) was more fearful to him then gif ten thousand armed enemyes war landed in any pairte of the Realme, of purpose to suppress the hoill religioun.
For (said he) in our God thair is strenth to resist and confound multitudis, yf we unfeanedlie depend upoun him; whairof heirtofoir we haif had experience ; but when we joyne handis with idolatrie, it is no doubt but that both Godis amicable presence and confortable defence leaveth us, and what shall: then become of us?
Allace, I fear that experience shall teach mm cour us, to the greaf of many."
At these wordis, the guydaris of of the Court mocked, and plainlie spak, " That such fear was no poynt of thair fayth: it was besyd his text, and was a verray untymelie admonitioun."
But we heard this same Johnne Knox, in the audience of the same men, recyte the same wordis agane in the myddest of trubles; and in the audience of many ask God mercy, that he was nott more vehement and upryght in the suppressing of that idoll in the begynning.
" For, (said he,) albeit that I spack that which offended some, (which this day thai see and feall to be treu,) yit
1MS. L 4, instead of this marginal the toleration of the Quenis Messe." note, has " Mr. Knox findeth fault with
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did I not [that] which I myght have done ; for God had not onlie gevin unto me knowledge, and toung to maik the impietie of that idoll knowin unto this Realme, but he had gevin unto me credyte with many, who wold have put in executioun Goddis judgmentis, yf I wold onlie have consented thairto:
But so 70RX¥ Nox cairfull was I! of that commoun tranquillitie, and so loth was *°"™
I to have offended those of whom I had conceaved a good opinioun, that in secreat conference with earnest and zealous men, I travaled rather to mitigat, yea, to slokin, that fervencye that God had kyndled in otheris, than to animat or encorage thame to put thair handis to the Lordis work: Whairintill I unfeanedlie acknowledge my selff to have done most wickedlie ; and from the bottom of my hart, askis of my God grace and pardon, for that I did not what in me lay to have suppressed that idoll in the begining."
These and other wordis did many hear him speak in publict place, in the moneth of December, the year of God J™ V° and threscoir fyve yearis, when such as at the Quenis arryvell onlie manteyned the Masse, war exyled the Realme, summoned upoun treassone, and decreit of forfaltour intended against thame.
But to return from whence we have digressed.
Whetther it was by counsall of otheris, or of the Quenis awin desyre, we knaw not; but the Quene spack with Johne
Knox, and had long ressoning with him, none being present except the Lord James: (two gentilwemen stood? in the other end of the house.) The summe of thair reassoning was this. pirassox.
The Quene accused him, that he had raysed a part of hir sub: tix quevy. jectis against hir Mother, and against hir self: That. he had oe > writtin a book against hir just authoritie,
(sche ment the treatise against the Regiment of Wemen?) which sche had, and should caus the most learned in Europe to wryte against it: That he was the caus of great seditioun and great slauchter
1 MS. G, adds here, " quoth he."
8 Sce this vol. i. page 28.
2 Jn MSS. G, and L4, "two gentilmen."
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Boox IV. in England ; and that it was said to hir, that all which he did was by necromancye, &c.
To the whiche the said Johne answered, " Madam, it may please your Majestie patientlie to hear my sempill ansures.
And first, (said he,) yf to teach the treuth of God in synceritie, yf to rebuke idolatrie, and to will a people to wyrschip God according to his word, be to raise subjectis against thair
Princes, then can not I be excused ; for it hes pleased God of his merey to mack me ane (amongis many) to disclose unto this Realme the vanitie of the Papisticall religioun, and the deceat, pryde, and tyranny of that Romane Antichrist.
Bot, Madam, yf the treu knowledge of God, and his rycht wirschipping be the cheaf causses, that must move men from thair heart to obey thair just Princes, (as it is most certane that thai ar,) whairin can I be reprehended?
I think, and am surelie persuaded, that your Grace have had, and presentlie have, als unfeaned obedience, of such as profess Jesus Christ within this
Realme, as ever your Father, or other progenitouris had of those that war called Bischoppis.
And tueching that booke, which seameth so highlie to offend your Majestie, it is most certane that I wrait it, and am content that ali the learned of the world judge of it.
I hear that ane Englishe man hath writtin against it,) but I have not redd him.
Yf he have sufficientlie improved my ressones, and establissed his contrarie propositioun, with als evident testimonyes as I have done myne, I shall nott be obstinat, but shall confess my errour and ignorance.
Bot to this hour I have thocht, and yit thinkis my self allone to be more able to sustene the thingis affirmed in that my wark, than any ten in Europe salbe able to confute it."
" Ye think then, (quod sche,) that I have no just authoritie ?"
" Pleise your Majestie, (said he,) that learned men in all aiges 1 John Aylmer : see this vol. page 26, note 8.
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have had thair judgmentis free, and most commonlie disagreing frome the commoun judgment of the warld; suche also have thei publisshed, boyth with pen and toung, and yit notwithstanding thei thame selves have lived in the commoun societie with otheris, and have borne patientlie with the errours and imperfectionis whiche thei could not amend.
Plato, the philosopher, wrote his Bookis of the Commounwealth, in the whiche he dampneth many thingis that then war manteaned in the world, and required many thingis to have bene reformed; and yitt, notwithstanding he lived evin under suche policies, as then war universallie receaved, without farther trubling of any estait.
Evin so, Madam, am I content to do, in uprightness of heart, and with a testimonye of a good conscience.
I have communicat my judgment to the world:
Yf the Realme fyndis no inconvenience frome the regiment of a woman, that whiche thei approve shall I not farther disallow, then within my awin breast, but salbe alse weall content to lyve under your Grace, as Paull was to lyve under Nero; and my hope is, that so long as that ye defyle not your handis with the blood of the sanctis of God, that neather 'I nor that Booke shall eather hurt you or your authoritie: for in verray deed, Madame, that Book was written most especialie against that wicked Jesabell of England." } "But (said sche) ye speak of women in generall."
" Most treu it is, Madame, (said the other,) and yit it appeareth to me that wisdome should persuade your Grace, never to raise truble for that, whiche to this day hath not trubled your Majestie, neather in persone nor yit in authoritie.
For of lait yearis, many thingis, whiche befoir war haldin stable, have bene called in doubt; yea thei have bene plainlie impugned.
But yit, Madame, (said he,) Iam assured that neather Protestant nor Papist shalbe abill to prove, that any suche questioun was at any time moved in publict or in secreat.
Now, 1 That is, Mary, Queen of England.
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Madam, (said he,) yf I had intended to have trubled your estaite, becaus ye ar a woman, I myght have chosen a tyme more convenient for that purpose, then I can do now, when your awin presence is within the Realme.
" But now, Madam, schortlie to ansuer to the other two accusationis.
I hartlie praise my God, throwgh Jesus Christ, that Sathan the ennemye of mankynd, and the wicked of the world, have no other crymes to lay to my charge, then suche as the verray world it self knoweth to be most fals and vane.
For in England I wes resident onlie the space of fyve yearis.1
The places war Berwick, whair I abode two yearis; so long in the New Castell ; and a year in London.
Now, Madam, yf in any of these places, during the tyme that I wes thair, any man salbe able to prove, that thair wes eather battell, seditioun, or mutinie, I shall confesse that I my selff was the malefactour, and the scheddar of the bloode.
I eschame not, Madam, farther to affirme, that God so blissed my waik laubouris, that in Berwick (whair commonlie befoir thair used to be slauchter, be ressone of quarrellis that used to aryse amongis soldartis)'thair was as great quyetnes, all the tyme that I remaned thair, as thair is this day in Edinburgh.2—
And whare the sclander me of magick, nycromancie, or of any other arte forbidden of God, I have witnesses, (besydis my awin conscience,) all? congregationis that ever heard me, what I spake both against suche artis, and against those that use suche impietie.
But, seing the wicked of the world said, That my Maister, the Lord Jesus, was possessed with Beelzebub, I man
1 Knox's residence in England extended from the period of his release from the French galleys till the death of Edward the Sixth, (1549-1553 :) see so hardelye upon her harte, that he made her weepe, as well you know ther be of that sexe that will do that as well for anger as for grecf, &.
. The brute [report] that he hathe tawlked with the Quene maketh the Papistis dowte what wyll become of the worlde."
(Wright's Queen Elizabeth, vol. i. p. 72.) vol. i. pp. XV. Xvi.
2 Knox's interview took place on a Tuesday, the 26th of August. Randolph alludes to it in a letter to Cecil, dated
7th September.
. Mr. Knox spoke upon Tuesday with the Quene. " He knocked 3 In MS. G, " all the."
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patientlie bear, albeit that I, wretched synnar, be injustlie accused of those, that never delyted in the veritie."
"But yit, (said sche) ye have taught the peeple to receave ™® vrais ane other Religioun, than thair Princes can allow: And how 0"¥¢
TIOUN. can that doctrin be of God, seing, that God commandis subjectis to obey thair Princes ?"
" Madam, (said he,) as rycht Religioun tooke nather origitayswera nall strenth 1 nor authoritie frome worldly Princes, but frome the Eternall God allone, so are not subjectis bound to frame thair Religioun according to the appetites of thair Princes.
For oft it is, that Princes ar the most ignorant of all otheris in Goddis treu Religioun, as we may reid in the historyes alse weill befoir the death of Christ Jesus, as efter.
Yf all the sead of Abraham should have bene of the Religioun of Pharao, whome to thei war lang subjectis, I pray you, Madam, what
Religioun should thair have bene in the world?
Or, yf all men in the dayis of the Apostles should have bene of the Religioun of the Romane Emperouris, what Religioun should thair have bene upoun the face of the earth?
Daniell and his fellowis war subjectis to Nabuchadonozzar, and unto Darius, and yitt, Madam, thei wold nott be of thair Religioun, neather of the one or of the other: for the thre Children said, "We maik it known unto thee, O King, that we will not worschip thy goddis." And Daniell did pray publictlie unto his God against the expressed commandiment of the King.
And so, Madam, ye may perceave, that subjectis ar not bound to the Religioun of thair Princes, albeit thei ar commanded to geve thame obedience."
" Yea, (quod sche,) but nane of thai men raised the sweard TSU EELED against thair Princes." aos "Yit, Madam, (quod he,) ye cane not deny but that they tayswxr) resisted: for these that obey nott the commandimentis that ar ce. ies gevin, in some sort resist.
1 MS. G, omits this word, "strenth."
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" But yit, (said sche,) thei resisted not by the sweard ?"
QUESTIOUN,
[ANSWER.]
" God, (said he,) Madam, had not gevin unto thame the power and the meanes."
"Think ye, (quod sche,) that subjectis having power may resist thair Princes ?"
" Yf thair Princes exceed thair boundis, (quod he,) Madam, and do against that whairfoir they should be obeyed, it is no doubt but thei may be resisted, evin by power.
For thair is neather greattar honour, nor greattar obedience to be gevin to kings or princes, then God hes commanded to be gevin unto
QUESTIOUN
TO ANSWER THE FORMAR. father and mother:
But so it is, Madam, that the father may be stricken with a phrensye, in the which he wold slay his awin childrene.
Now, Madame, yf the children aryese, joyne thame selfis togetther, apprehend the father, tack the sweard or other weaponis frome him, and finallie bind his handis, and keape him in preasone, till that his phrenesy be over past; think ye, Madam, that the children do any wrang?
Or, think ye, Madam, that God wilbe offended with thame that have stayed thair father to committ wickedness?
It is even so, (said he,) Madam, with Princes that wold murther the children of God that are subject unto thame.
Thair blynd zeall is no thing BLYND ZEALL WHAT. but a verray mad phrenesie ; and thairfoir, to tack the sweard frome thame, to bynd thair handis, and to cast thame selfis in
WHEN THIS
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TEN, THAIR
WES NO APPEARANCE OF MARIE'S PMPRBEA-
SONMENT.1
preasone, till that thei be brought to a more sober mynd, is no disobedience against princes, but just obedience, becaus that it agereith with the will of God."
At these wordis, the Quene stood as it war amased, more then the quarter of ane hour.
Hir countenance altered, so that Lord James begane to entreat her, and to demand, " What hes offended you, Madam ?"
| At lenth, scho said, " Weall then I perceave that my sub- } This marginal note in MS. 1566, the imprisonment of Queen Mary in occurs in one of the re-written sets or Lochlevin Castle, in June 1567, from quires, and is in the same hand with whence she made her escape on the 2d the text.
The reference is evidently to May 1568.
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jectis shall obey you,! and not me ; and shall do what thei list, ae eae and nott what I command: and so man I be subject to thame, 8!" and nott thei to me."
" God forbid, (answered he,) that ever I tack upoun me to command any to obey me, or yitt to set subjectis at libertie to do what pleaseth thame.
Bot my travell is, that boyth princes and subjectis obey God.
And think not, (said he,) Madam, that wrong is done unto you, when ye ar willed to be subject unto God: for it is he that subjects people under princes, and causses obedience to be gevin unto thame; yea, God craves of Kingis That thei be as it war foster-fatheris to his Churche, and commands Quenis to be nurisses unto his people.
And this subjectioun, Madam, unto God, and unto his trubled Churche, is the greatest dignitie that flesche can get upoun the face of the earth, for it shall cary thame to everlasting glorie."
" Yea, (quod sche,) but ye are not the Kirk that I will us nureiss.
I will defend the Kirk of Rome, for, I think, it is the treu Kirk of God."
" Your will, (quod he,) Madam, is no reassone; neather doeth your thoght maik that Romane harlot to be the treu and immaculat spous of Jesus Christ.
And wonder nott, Madam, that I call Rome a harlott ; for that Churche is altogidder polluted with all kynd of spirituall fornicatioun, alsweall in doctrine asin maneris.
Yea, Madam, I offer myselff farther to _ prove, that the Churche of the Jewes that crucifyed Christ Jesus, was not so far degenerated frome the ordinances and statutis which God gave be Moses and Aharon unto his people, when that thei manifestlie denyed the Sone of God,? as that the Churche of Rome is declyned, and more than five hundreth year hath declyned frome the puritie of that Religioun, whiche the Apostles taught and planted."
" My conscience, (said sche,) is nott so."
1 Namely, John Knox.
2 In MS. G, these words are transposed.
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" Conscience, Madam, (said he,) requyres knowlege; and I fear that rycht knowlege ye have none."
" But, (said sche,) I have bayth heard and red."
" So, (said he,) Madam, did the Jewes that crucifyed Christ
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Jesus, read both the Law and the Prophetis, and heard the same interprete after thair maner.
Have ye heard, (said he,) any teache, but such as the Pope and his Cardinalles have allowed ?
And ye may be assured, that suche will speak nothing to offend thair awin estaite."
" Ye interprete the Scripturis (said she,) in one maner, and ANSWRE. thei interprete in ane other ; Whome shall I beleve?, And who shalbe judge ?"
" Ye shall beleve (said he,) God, that planelie speaketh in his word: and farther then the word teaches you, ye neather shall beleve the ane or the other.
The word of God is plane in the self; and yf thair appear any obscuritie in one place, the Holy Ghost, whiche is never contrariouse to him self, explanes the same more clearlie in other places: so that thair can remane no doubt, but unto suche as obstinatlie remane ignorant.
And now, (said he,) Madam, to tack ane of the cheaf pointis, whiche this day is in contraversie betwix the Papistis and us: for example, the Papistis allege, and boldly have affirmed,
That the Messe is the ordinance of God, and the institutioun of Jesus Christ, and a sacrifice for the synnes of the quyck and MESSE. the dead.
We deny bothe the one and the other, and affirme, that the Messe, as it is now used, is nothing but the inventioun of man; and, thairfoir, is an abominatioun befoir God, and no sacrifice that ever God commanded.
Now, Madam, who shall judge betwix us two thus contending?
It is no reassone that eather of the parteis be farther beleved, then thei are able to prove by insuspect witnessing:
Let thame lay down the book of God, and by the plane wordis thairof prove their affirmatives, and we shall geve unto thame the pley granted.
But so long as thei ar bold to affirme, and yit do prove nothing, we
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man say, that albeit all the warld beleved thame, yit beleve thei not God, but receaves the lyes of men for the treuth of God.
What oure maister Jesus Christ did, we know by his Evyangelistis: what the preast doeth at his Messe, the warld seeth.
Now, doeth nott the word of God planelie assure us, that Christ Jesus neather said, nor yit commanded Messe to be said at his Last Suppar, seing that no suche thing as thair
Messe is maid mentioun of within the whole Scripturis ?"
" Ye ar oure sair for me, (said the Quene,) but and yf thai war here that I have heard, thai wold ansuer you."
" Madam, (quod the other,) wold to God that the learnedest Papist in Europe, and he that ye wold best beleve, war present with your Grace to sustene the argument; and that ye wald patientlie abyd to hear the mater reassoned to the end; for then I doubt not, Madam, but that ye should hear the vanitie of the Papisticall religioun, and how small! ground it hath within the wourd of God."
" Weall (said sche) ye may perchance gett that sonner than ye beleve."
" Assuredlie, (said the other) yf ever I gett that in my lyeff, I gett it sonnar than I beleif; for the ignorant Papistis can not patientlie reassoun, and the learned and crafty Papist will never come in your audience, Madam, to have the ground of thair religioun searched out ; for thai know that thai ar never able to sustene ane argument, except fyre and sweard, and thair awin lawis be judges."
" So say ye, (quod the Quene,) but I cane beleve that."
" It hes bene so to this day,? (quod he,) for how oft have the Papistis in this and other realmes bein required to come to conference, and yitt could it never be obteaned, unless that thame selfis war admitted for judges.
And thairfoir, Madam, 1 Tn MS. G, " how little." more correctly thus:—"<So say ye,"
2JIn MS. G, these words are added said the Quene, " Bot (said he) I can to the preceding sentence.
In MS.L4, _ believe that it has not been this day," the words are arranged, and perhaps &e.
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I must yitt say agane, that thai dar never dispute, but whare thame selfis are both judge and partye. And whensoever that ye shall let me see the contrarye, I shall grant my selff to have bene deceaved in that poynt."
And with this the Quene was called upon to dennar, for it was after-noon.
At departing, Johnne Knox said unto hir, "I pray God, Madam, that ye may be als blessed within the Commoun-wealth of Scotland, yf it be the pleasur of God, as ever Debora was in the Commoun-wealth of Israell."
Of this long Conference, whairof we onlie tueich a part, war diverse opinionis.
The Papistis grudged, and feared that which thai neided not.
The godlye, thinking at least that sche wold have heard the preaching, rejoised ; but thai war alluterly deceaved, for sche continewed in her Messing; and dispised and quyetlie mocked all exhortationis. sounpxxox Johne Knox his awin judgement, being be some of his! famiue oe liaris demanded, What he thought of the Quene? " Yf thair ar an .~p be not in hir (said he) a proud mynd, a crafty witt, and ane
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indurat hearte against God and his treuth, my judgment faileth me."
When the hoill Nobilitie war convened, the Lordis of Privey 'Counsall war chosen,? who war appointed,? the Duke his Grace, the Erles of Huntley, Ergyle, Atholl, Mortoun, Glencarne, Merschell, Bothwell:
Lordis Erskin, &, Lord James, &c.
Of these war a certane appointed to wait upoun [the] Court by course ; but that ordour continewed not lang.
Duck D'Omell4 returned with the galayes to France.
The 1Tn MS. G, " his awn."
See an extract from the Register, in 2In MS. L 4, "those that war apKeith's History, (new edit. vol. ii. p. pointed, war."
78.
3 The meeting of the Privy Council, * Claude, Duke d'Aumale, (see note 6, referred to, was held in the Palace of page 268.) On Sunday, the last of Holyrood, on the 6th of September 1561.
August, he was present at the banquet
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Quene entered in hir progresses, and in the moneth of September traveled from Edinburgh to Lynlythqu,
Striveling, Sanct Johnestoun, Dondie, Sanctandrois;5 which all partis sche polluted with hir idolatrie.
Fyre followed hir verray commounlie in that jorney.
The townis propyned hir liberallie, and thairof war the Frenche enriched.
In the begyning of October,® sche returned to Edinburgh, and at the day appointed sche was receaved in the Castell.
Great preparationis war maid for hir enteress in the town.
In ferses, in masking, and in other prodigalities, faine wold fooles 1. (50) crounis of the sone, quhilk hir Grace deliverit to Mons'. Marquess, to gif three Frenche men that passit with the Grande Priour and Mons". Danweill—Summa, £333, 6s. 8d."
Thcere was also paid to James Mosman, goldsmith, for making these chains, £29, given by the Town of Edinburgh to the Queen and the French princes; and on the following day, "the said Monssieur Domell [d'Aumale] depairtit with the twa gallionis, quhilk brocht the Quenis Grace hame, to France."
(Diurnal of Occurrents, p. 67.) The Queen, on the 24th of August, had granted precepts for the following sums, £37, 10s. to be paid "to John Terrie, maister of ane schip ;" 100 crounis of the sun "to six pilots, of the twa galeris ;" £66, 13s. 4d. to "Monsieur Tynnance, to be distributit amangis the officiaris of the twa galeris;" and 200 crounis of the sun, or £266, 13s. 4d. to Monsieur Tynnance, for his own use.
(Treasurer's Accounts.) 10s., and 20s. in drink-silver to his servants.
5 Preparatory to the Queen's progress, her Master Stabler, on the 6th September, purchased 10 horses or haikneys.
She was accompanied by two of her Uncles, Monsieur Damville, and a number of ladies.
She set out from Holyrood Palace on horseback, after dinner, on the 11th of that month, and remained at Linlithgow Palace that night, and the following day; on the 18th she rode to Stirling Castle, and was there on Sunday the 14th; on the 15th she passed through Alloa to Kincardine, or, aS some authorities state, to Leslie Castle in Fife; on the 17th she came to Perth; on the 19th to Dundee; crossed the Tay to St. Andrews, on the 20th; afew days afterwards she proceeded to Falkland Palace; and returned to Holyrood on Monday the 29th of September 1561. (Chalmers's Queen Mary, 2d edit. vol. i. pp. 82-86 ; Diurnal of Occurrents, p. 69.) It may be added, that the Grand Prior, the Sieur Damville, and most of . their attendants, returned by land, intending to visit the English Court. They were accompanied to Berwick by several of the Scottish Nobility; the Queen having addressed letters " to some Lords and others to convoy the Grande Priour and Mons'. Damweile of Edinburgh to Berwick," on the 8th and 9th of October.
About the same time, the Treasurer " deliverit to the Quenis Grace ane chene of gold contenand J° 1.
(150) crounis of the sone, and twa chenis of gold, ilk ane of tham contenand 6 See next page, note 1.
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Whatsoever myght sett furth hir glory, that sche heard, and glaidlye beheld.
The keyes war delivered unto hir by a pretty boy, descending as it war from a cloud.
The verses of hir awin praise sche heard, and smyled.
But when the Bible was presented, and the praise thairof declared, sche began to frown: for schame sche could not refuise it!
But she did no better, for immediatelie sche gave it to the most pestilent Papist within the Realme, to wit, to ArEdinburgh since that day had reaped as thoure Erskyn.2
1 From the preceding note it will be seen that Queen Mary returned from her progress on the 29th of September ; and that Knox has mistaken the date of her first entry into Edinburgh.
It was on Tuesday the 2d September. A minute and interesting notice of it occurs in the Diurnal of Occurrents, p. 67, but the passage is too long for quotation.
She rode through the town to the Castle, where she dined at 12 o'clock; and then returning, various pageants were represented in different parts of the town, as she proceeded, convoyed by the nobility and chief inhabitants, dressed in velvet gowns and bonnets, carrying a pall of fine purple velvet, with fringes of gold and silk.
Upon reaching the Palace of Holyrood, she received a propyne, vengeance of God upon idolatrie, ther war burnt Coron, Dathan, and Abiram, in the tyme of thair sacrifice.
Thei war mynded to have had a priest (that is, the representation of a priest) burned at the altar, at theelevation.
'The Erle of Huntlye stayed that pagent, but hath playde manye as wicked as that since he came hyther."
(Wright's Queen Elizabeth, vol. i. p. 73.) The expenses attending the " Banquet" on the 31st August, and the " Triumph," on the 2d September, cost the inhabitants of Edinburgh the sum of 4000 merks, which it was resolved should be levied by a general stent or assessment.
2 Arthur Erskine was Captain of the Queen's guard.
He was present at supper in Queen Mary's apartment the night of Riccio's murder.
And having escaped from her temporary confinement in Holyrood, on the night of the or gift of a cupboard, " quhilk was double our-gilt; the price thairof was 2000 merks."
Randolph, in his letter to Cecil, on the 7th September, also mentions that part of the pageant to which Knox alludes.
He says, " Upon Tuesday last the Queen made her entry.
She dyned in the Castle.
The fyrst syghte she sawe after she cam oute of the Castle, was a boye of six yeres of age, that cam, as it were, from heaven oute of a rounde globe, that presented unto hir a Bible and Psalter, and the keys of the gates, and spake unto her llth of March 1566, she " came to the place where Arthur Ersken, the captayn of her garde kept the horses, and so rode her waye behinde Arthur Erskin untill she cam to Seton.
There she took a horse to herself, and rode to Dunbarre," &.
(Wright's Queen Elizabeth, vol.i. p. 231.) In April 1562, the Treasurer paid "be the Quenis Grace speciall command, to Arthur Erskin to by him ane hors, £40 :" and on the 2d of June 1565, in like manner there was paid "to Arthur Erskin ane of the the verses which I send you.
There, for the terrible sygnifications of the
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thai sew.
Thai gave hir some taist of thair prodigalitie; and becaus the liquor was sweet, sche hes licked of that buist oftar than twyse since.® All men know what we mean: the BAYOU"
Quene can not lack, and the subjectis have.
Sikh.
In Edinburgh it hath bene ane auncient and laudable custom, that the Provest, Baillies, and Counsall, after thair electioun, which useth to be at Michaelmess, caused publictlie proclame* the Statutes and Ordinances of the town.
And thairfoir Archibald Dowglas, Provest ; Edwarde Hope, Adame Fowllartoun, [Mr. James Watsone, and David Somer,5] Baillies, caused proclame, according to the formar Statutes of the town, that no adulterar, [no fornicatour,] no noted drunkard, no mess-mongare, no obstinate Papistis that corrupted the people, such as preastis, freiris, and otheris of that sorte, should be found within the toun within fourty-aught houris thairafter, under the paines conteaned in the statutes.
Which maisteris of hir Graces Curie to by him ane horse, xx crownis."
In December 1564, he is styled " Arthur Erskine of Blackgrange, brother-german to John Lord Erskine."
(Register of Signatures.) He was probably the ancestor of the Erskines of Scotscraig in Fife, who flourished in the following century. larton, Baillies, in 1560-1561 ; and that on the 24th March 1560-1, proclamation was made of the Act 1560, against Priests, Adulterars, &c.
At the next election in September 1561, Douglas was re-elected Provost, with David Forster, Robert Kar, Alexander Home, and Allan Dikesoun, as Baillics.
On the 2d October, the above proclamation was ordered to be made on the following day ; and on the 5th, the Queen sent a macer enjoining the Town Council to deprive
3 In MS. A, the marginal note is thus inserted in the text, '' ance or twice since this was Balfoures rule."
4 Keith has accused Knox of misstating this fact.
Had he examined the Countheir new Magistrates, and to appoint others in their room.
A new election accordingly took place on the 8th of October, as detailed at considerable length by Maitland, (Hist. of Edinburgh, p21.) cil Records more carefully, he would have found direct evidence of the practice of proclaiming the Statutes enacted by the Council, to which Knox alludes, on the 8th November 1555.
Knox's account of the change of the Magistracy of Edinburgh is quite correct, although it has also been called in question.
Upon examining the Council Records, 5 In MS. 1566, and also in MSS. G and A, a blank space is left for these names ; in MS. L 4, " &c." is supplied; and this marginal note added, " The Provost, Baillies, of Edinburgh changed at the Quenes command." it appears that Archibald Douglas was Provost; and Mr.
James Watson, David Somer, Edward Hope, and Adam Foul- , VOL. II.
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Book IV. blawin in the Quenis earis, thair began pryde and maliciousnes to schaw the self; for without farther cognitioun of the caus, was the Provest and Baillies charged to ward in the Castell ; and immediatlie was commandiment gevin, that other
Provest and Baillies should be elected. tar quenis Some ganestood for a while the new electioun, alledgeing,
FIRST
PRYDE that the Provest and Baillies whom thai had chosen, and to
AFTER HIR
ARRYVALL. whom thai had gevin thair oath, had committed no offence whairfoir that justlie thai aught to be depryved.
But whill charge was doubled upoun charge, and no man was found to oppone thame selffis to iniquitie,2 Jesabellis letter and wicked will is obeyed as a law.
And so was Mr. Thomas Mackalzeane chosen" for the other.
The man, no doubt, was boyth discreat and sufficient for that charge ;? but the depositioun of the other was against all law.
God be mercyfull to some of our owen; for thai war not all blameless that hir wicked will was so far obeyed.
A contrair proclamatioun was publictlie maid, that the toun ruzquents Should be patent unto all the Quenis lieges; and so murthehaars, raris, adulteraris, theavis, hooris, drunkardis, idolateris, and all malefactouris, gatt protectioun under the Quenis wyngis, under that cullour, becaus thai war of hir religioun.
And so gatt the Devill fredome agane, whair that befoir he durst nott have bene sene in the day lyght upoun the commoun streatis.
" Lord deliver us from that bondage."
1See note 2, p. 289, respecting the 5In MS. G, "Mr. Thomas M'Cally chosen Provost."—Mr. Thomas M'Calthe 7th October 1561, writes :-—" At this verry instant ar the Provost of Edinburgh and Baillies thairof, command to ward in thare Tolboght, be reason of thair proclamatioun against Papists and hoormongeris.
The whole blame lyeth upon the necke of the two fornamed," election.
In a letter to Cecill, Knox, on zean of Cliftonhall, was educated at St.
Andrews, being a fellow-student with George Buchanan, in St. Salvator's College in 1525.
He was admitted Adyocate in 1549, and became Assessour of the Town of Edinburgh; and was chosen Provost in 1558, as well as on the above occasion.
He was appointed a Lord of Session, 20th October 1570; and died 5th June 1581. viz, Lord James Stewart and Lethington.
2In MS. G, "to oppone himself to impietie."
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The Devill finding his rainzeis lowse, ran fordwarte in his
THE DEVILI.
GETTING ENTRESS WITH HIS FYNGAR, WILL SCHOOT
FURTH! HIS
HOLL ARME.
course ; and the Quene took upoun hir grettar boldness than sche and Baalles bleatting preastis? durst have attempted befoir.
For upoun Allhallow day? thai blended up thair Messe with all myscheivous solempnitie.
The ministeris thairat offended, in plane and publict place, declared the inconvenientis that thairupoun should ensew.
The Nobilitie war sufficientlie admonished of thair dewiteis.
But affectioun caused men to call that in doubt, whairin schort befoir thai seamed to be most resolute, to wit, "Whitther that subjectis mycht put to thair hand to suppresse the idolatrie of thair Prince?"
And upoun this questioun conveined in the house of Mr. James4 Mackgill, the Lord James, the Erle of Mortoun, the Erle Merschell, Secretarie Lethingtoun, the Justice Cleark,5 and Cleark of Registre ; who all reassoned for the parte of the Quene, affrmyng, "That the subjectis mycht not lauchfullie tack hir
Messe frome hir.'"
In the contrair judgement war the principall Ministeris, Mr.
Johne Row,' Maister George Hay,' Maister Robert Hammyltoun,? and Johne Knox.
The reassonis of 1 In MS. G, " will schut in."
2In MS. G, " Baalim's bleating preests." to 1566, when he was deprived for his being concerned in Riccio's murder.
He was restored in December 1567, and continued till 1577.
He died in 1579.
® Hallowmass, or All Saints, the 1st of November.
7 At the first nomination of ministers in July 1560, Row was appointed to Perth.
He died 16th October 1580.
4In MS. 1566, one of the transcribed quires ends here with the catch-word, "of Mr. James," the last page being blank.
8 Mr. George Hay, Commissioner of the diocese of Aberdeen and Banff.
5 Sir John Bellenden of Auchinoule, held the office of Justice Clerk for nearly thirty years.
He was appointed successor to his father, 25th June 1547, and the office was again filled in November 1578, by Sir Lewis Bellenden, although then in " his less age,"" which Lord Hailes conceives to mean that he was not then twenty-five.
Sir John died 6th October 1576.
(Register of Confirmed Testaments.) =~ ®Mr. Robert Hamilton, minister of St. Andrews, and formerly one of the Masters or Regents, was advanced in 1574 to be Provost of St. Mary's College.
When the new erection of the College was agreed upon, Hamilton was superseded; and in May 1580 he was ordered to account for his intromissions.
In October following, he was denounced as rebel.
(Treasurer's Accounts.) He died 16th April 1581.
(Wodrow Miscellany, vol. i. p. 283.) 6 Mr. James Makgill of Nether Rankeillor, was Clerk Register from 1554
THE HISTORY OF
Boox IV. boyth partyes we will omitt, becaus thai wilbe explaned after, whair the same questioun, and otheris concernyng the Obedience dew unto Princes, war long reassoned in open assemblie.
The conclusioun of that first reassonyng was, " That the questioun should be formed, and letteris direct to Geneva for the resolutioun of that Churche,' whairin Johne Knox offered his laubouris.
But Secretarie Lethingtoun, (alledging that thair stood mekle in the informatioun,) said, that he should wryte.
But that was onlie to dryve tyme, as the treuth declaired the self.
The Quenis partye urged, "That the Quene should have hir religioun free in hir awin chapell, to do, sche and hir houshold, what thei list." The Ministeris boyth affirmed and voted the contrair, adding, "That hir libertie should be! thair thraldome or it was long.'
But neathir could reassone nor threatnyng move the affectionis? of such as war creipping
'in credite.
And so did the vottis of the Lordis prevail against the Ministeris.
For the punishement of thift and of reaf, which had encreassed upoun the Borders, and in the Sowth, from the Quenis arryvall, was the Lord James maid Lievtenent.?
Some suspected that suche honour and charge proceaded frome the same heart and counsall that Saull maid David capitane against the Philisteanis.
But God assisted him, and bowed the heartis of men boyth to fear and obey him. Yea, the Lord
Bothwell him self at that tyme assisted him (but he had remissioun for Lyddisdaill.).
Scharpe executioun was maid in Jedburgh,' for twenty-aught of ane clan, and others war hanged
1Jn MS. G, " should be to."
Quenis arryvall, was sent hither to repress them.
Some suspected," &c.
2 In MS. G, " move the hearts."
3 In MS. G, " appointed Lieutenant."
In MS. L 4, the whole structure of this sentence is thus changed:
'" Whill the Court wes myndefull of nothing bot pleasures and prodigallitie, the Border[er]s brack lowse, and vexed the countrie adjacent with rapine, thift, and murther;
4 On the 18th October 1561, the Privy Council resolved that a Justice Court should be held at Jedburgh, by Lord James Stewart on the 15th of November; and in the Register, on the 12th of that month, is preserved a copy of Instructions to be used by him.
See Keith's History, vol. ii. pp. 104-107.
Lord James, Lievtennant since the
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at that Justice Courte.
Brybes, buddis, nor solisitatioun saved not the gilty, yf he myght be apprehended; and thairfoir
God prospered him in that his integritie.
That same tyme the said Lord James spack the Lord Gray of England at Kelso, for good reull to be keapt upoun boyth the Bordouris, and agreed in all thingis.
Befoir his returnyng,! the Queyn upoun a nycht took a fray
THE QUENIS
FIRST FRAY
IN HALY-
RUDHOUSE,
in hir bedd, as yf horse men had bein in the close, and the Palace had bene enclosed about.
Whitther it proceaded of hir awin womanlie fantasye, or yf men pat hir in fear,? for displeasur of the Erle of Arrane, and for other purposes, as for the erecting of the garde, we know not.
But the fear was so great, that the toun was called to the watch.
Lordis Robert of Halyrudhous,? and Johne of Coldinghame'+ keapt the 2 This paragraph is very different in MSS. M and L 4, being thus amplified, in the style of David Buchanan's interpolations :—'' When Lord James was absent, the Quene tooke greater libertie, for shee wes not content with the sevecary the Quene to his Castell fourtene myles from thence.
This invention had some likliehood becaus of the immoderate love he bare unto hir, and of her affection estranged from him; both which war not unknowin to the people.
The fray was so great that the Toune of Edinburgh wes called to watch.
Robert Lord Halyrudhous, and John Lord Coldingham keeped watch by course; skouts wer sent furth, and sentrinells, and wer commanded under the pane of death to keep their stations.
They feared wher ther was no feare.
After the souldiers had skoured the fields all night, they shew themselfs before the Palace gates, some offendit at them, and others jesting at the sport.
Bot the authors of this invention, howbeit they knew the vulgar people did not beleve them, yit being secure that no man wold controle them regarded not man's secreit judgement."—Calderwood has copied this passage very closely. (Hist. vol ii. p. 158.) ritie of the present Government, nor the floorishing of Religion, so that sometymes speiches would eschape her which bewrayed her disposition and inclination to tyrannie.
Wheras Kings wont before to commit thamselfs to the trust of the Nobilitie, shee purposed to have a guard of hyred souldiours, bot could find no pretext, saving onlie the custome of forraigne Kings, and the shaw of magnificence.
Shee consulted with hir bastard brother John, an ambitious man, bot not so grave and austere as Lord James.
He resolved to obey hir in all things, and therfor wes the more deare to hir, being desirous to confound all things.
She consulteth with him how to get a companie of hyred souldiers about her.
Ther was a tumult or sturr famed as though the Erle of Aryane had enclosed the Palace of Halyrudchous round about, and by force wold
2 In MS. G, " in fear of it."
3 & 4 Two natural brothers of the Queen: see page 271, notes 2 and 3.
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Boox IV. watche by course.
Scouttis war send furth, and centenallis war commanded under the pane of death to keap thair stationis.
And yitt thai feared whair thair was no fear: neathir yit could ever any appeirance or suspitioun of suche thingis be tryed.
Schort after the returnying of the Lord James, thair cam from the Quene of England, Sir Petir Mewtess,! with commissioun to requyre the ratificatioun of the Peace made at Leyth.
His ansuer was2 evin such as we have heard befoir, that sche behoved to advise, and then sche should send ansuer.
In presence of hir Counsall, sche keapt hir self [very] grave, (for under the dule wead, sche could play the hypocryte in full perfectioun ;) but how soon that ever hir Frenche fillockis, fydlaris, and otheris of that band, gatt the howse allone, thair mycht be sean skipping not verry cumlie for honest wemen.
Hir commoun talk was in secreat, sche saw nothing in Scotland but gravitie, which repugned alltogetther to hir nature, for sche was brocht up in joyusitie; so termed sche hir dansing, and other thingis thairto belonging.
The Generall Assemblie of the Churche® approched, holdin in December' after the Quenis arryvall; in the which began the reullaris of the Courte to draw tham selfis apart from the societie of thair brethren, and began to sturr and grudge that any thing should be consulted upoun, without thair advises.
1Sir Peter Mewtas was sent by Queen Inglis Ambassadour, ane chene of gold Elizabeth to Scotland, chiefly to evade discussion respecting the Succession to the throne, although ostensibly to request that the Treaty of Edinburgh, in July 1560, should be ratified.
See in Keith's History, vol. ii. pp. 182-136, the letters that passed between Queen Mary and Elizabeth, after Mewtas's return in October 1561.
On the 19th of that month, is this entry in the Treasurer's Accounts: "Item, be the Quenis Grace speciale command to Sir Peter Mutus, of iij*° crownis of the sone, iiij® lib."
(£400.) 2In MS. G, " Her answer was."
3 In MS. G, here and elsewhere, " Kirk ;" in the MS. 1566, except in the later portions, it is usually " Church."
*The Third meeting of the General Assembly was held in December 1561; but no notice of the proceedings is recorded in the Book of the Kirk, except the Supplication to the Queen, which will be found at page 816.
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Maister Johne Wode,! who befoir had schawin him self verray fervent in the caus of God, and fordward in giveing of his counsall in all doubtfull materis, planelie refused ever to assist the Assemblie agane, whairof many did wonder.
The Cour-
DIVISIOUN
BUTWIX THE
LORDIS AND
THE MINIS-
TERIS, teouris drew unto thame some of the Lordis, and wold nott convene with thair brethren, as befoir thai war accustomed, but keapt thame in the Abbay.
The principall Commissionaris of the Churches,? the Superintendentis, and some Ministeris, past unto thame, whair thai war convened in the Abbottis ludging within Halyrudhouse.
Boyth the partyis began to oppin thair greaf.
The Lordis complayned that the Ministeris drew the gentilmen into secreat, and held counsallis without thair knowledge.
The Ministeris denyed that thai had done any thing in secreat, or otherwyse than the Commoun Ordour commanded thame'; and accused the Lordis (the flatteraris of the Quene we mean) that thai keapt not the Conventioun with thair brethren, considdering that thai know styles him "a great ringleader."
In September 1568, the Treasurer furnished Mr. John Wood fyne black velvet, and black satin, for a dress. The Regent, it
1 Mr John Wood, son of Andrew Wood of Largo, was educated for the church, and took his degree of Master of Arts in St. Leonard's College, St. Andrews, in 1536.
He has been styled Vicar of Largo; and is said to have accompanied the Prior of St. Andrews to France in 1548.
He joined the Reformers, and at the first General Assembly in December 1560, his name occurs among those at is well known, was assassinated in January 1570, and Bishop Lesley in his Negotiations says, ' That within a few days after his man Mr.
John Wood, was killed in Fife, by the Laird of Rires."
The cause of this murder is nowhere stated, but it took place on the 15th of April, by Arthur Forbes of Reres, (in the parish of Kilconquhar,) assisted by St. Andrews who were considered qualified for " ministring and teaching."
He was nominated an Extraordinary Lord of Session, by the title of Tullidavie, 9th December 1562, but was deprived in 1565; and although restored he retained only a temporary possession of his seat on the Bench. When his patron the Earl of Murray was appointed
Regent, Wood became his Secretary, and was employed in the proceedings against Queen Mary, at York, in 1568, his son Arthur, and Henry Forrest ; for which the latter were denounced rebels, 6th February 1572-8.
(Pitcairn's Criminal Trials, vol. i. p. 40.) From the Treasurer's Accounts we learn that on the 23d September 1570, " the Laird of Reres was at the horne, (that is, denounced as rebel,) for the slauchter of umquhile Maister Johne Wood."
2 In MS. G, " of the Kirk," as related by Sir James Melville, who
THE HISTORY OF
Book IV: the Ordour, and that the same was appointed by thair awin advises, as the Buke of Discipline, subscrivit with the most part of thair awin handis, wold witness.
Some began to deny that ever thai knew such a thing as the Buke of Discipline ; and called also in doubt, whitther it was expedient that such
Conventionis should be or not; for glaidlye wold the Quene and hir Secreat Counsall have had all assemblies of the godly discharged.
The reassonyng was scharp and quick on eather part.!1_ The Quenis factioun alledged, that it was suspitious to Princes that subjectis should assemble thame selffis and keape conventionis without thair knowledge.
It was ansuered, That without knowledge of the Prince, the Churche did nothing.
For the Prince perfytlie understood, that within this Realme thair was a Reformed Churche, and that thai had thair ordouris and appointed tymes of conventioun; and so without knowledge of the Prince thai did nothing. " Yea," said Lethingtoun, "the Quene knew and knowest it weill yneuch; but the questioun is, Whetther that the Quene allowis such Conventionis?"
It was 'ansuered, " Yf the libertie of the Churche should stand? upoun the Quenis allowance or dyssallowance, we are assured not onlie to lack assemblies, but also to lack the publict preaching of the Evangell."
That affirmative was mocked, and the contrarie affirmed.
" Weill, (said the other,) tyme will try the treuth ; but to my formar wordis, this will I add, tack from us the fredome of Assemblies, and tack from us the Evangell ; for without Assemblies, how shall good ordour and unitie in doctrine be keapt?
It is not to be supposed, that all Ministeris shalbe so perfyte, but that thai shall nead admonitioun, alsweill concernyng maneris as doctrin, as it may be that some be so styff necked that thai will not admitt the admonitioun of the simple ; as also it may be that falt may be found with Ministeris without just offence committed: and yit yf ordour be
1 In MS. G, " on eyther syde."
2 In MS. G, " stude or sould stand."
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not tacken boyth with the compleaner and the personis compleaned upoun, it can not be avoided, but that many grevouse offenses shall aryse.
For remeady whairof, of necessitie it is, that Generall Assemblies maun be, in the which the judgement and the gravitie of many may concur, to correct or to represse the folyes or errouris of a few."
Heirunto consented the most parte, alsweill of the Nobilitie as of the Baronis, and willed the reassonaris for the parte of the Quene to will hir
Grace, yf that sche stood in any suspitioun of any thing that was to be entreated in thair Assemblies, that it wold please hir Grace to send such as sche wold appoint to hear whatsoever was proponed or reassoned.
Heirafter was the Buke of Discipline proponed, and desyred
LEDINGTON
to have been ratified by the Quenys Majestie.
That was scriparronxp
BYM TO THE
ed at, and the questioun was demanded, " How many of those 300x oF Pp
q >
DISCIPLENE,
that had subscrived that Buke wald be subject unto it?"
It was answered, "All the godly."
" Will the Duck?" said Lethingtoun.
"Yf he will nott," answered the Lord Ochiltrie,! " I wold that he war scrapped out, not only of that book, but also out of our nomber and cumpany:
For to what purpoise shall laubouris be tane to putt the Kirk in ordour, and to what end shall men subscrive, and then never mean to keap wourd of that quhilk thei promeisse ?" Lethingtoun answered, "Many subscrived thair in fide parentum, as the barnes ar baptized."
One, to wit Johne Knox,? answered, " Albeit ye think that scoiff propir, yit as it is most untreu, so is it most improper.
That Buke was red in publict audience, and by the space of diverse dayis the headis thairof war reasoned, as all that hear sit know weill yneuche, and ye your self can nott deny; so that no man was required to subscrive that whiche he understood not." "Stand content, (said one,) that Buke will nott be
1 See page 260, note 19. added in the margin, apparently in 2 The words, "to wit, Johne Knox,"
Knox's own hand.
In MS. L 4, it is interlined in the MS. 1566, are likewise ' Maister Knox answered."
THE HISTORY OF
Boox IV. obteaned."
" Let God (said the other) requyre the lack which this poore Commoun-wealth shall have of the thingis thairin conteaned, from the handis of such as stope the same."
The Baronis perceaving that the Buke of Discipline was refused, presented unto the Counsall certane articles, requiring
Idolatrie. to be suppressed, thair Churches to be planted with treu Ministeris, and some certane Provisioun to be maid for thame, according to equitie and conscience; for unto that tyme, the most parte of the Ministeris had lyved upoun the benevolence of men.
For many held into thair awin handis1! the fructis that the Bischoppis and otheris of that sect had befoir abused; and so some parte was bestowed upoun the Ministeris.
But then the Bischoppis began to grypp agane to that which most injustlie thei called thair awin; for the Erle of Arrane was discharged of Sanctandrois and Dunfermeling, whairwith befoir, be verteu of a factorie, he had intromitted : and so war many otheris. And thairfoir the Barones requyred, that ordour mycht be tacken for thair Ministeris, or ellis thei wold no moir obey the Bischoppis, neather yitt suffer any thing to be lifted up to thair use after the Quenis arryvall, then that thei did befoir; for thei verrelie supposed that the Quenys Majestie wold keapt promeisse maid unto thame; whiche was, nott to alter thair religioun, whiche could nott remane without Ministeris, and Ministeris could nott lyve without provisioun: and thairfoir thei heartlie? desyred the Counsall to provid some convenient ordour in that head.
That somewhat moved the Quenys flatteraris ; for the rode of impietie was not then strenthened in hyr and thair handis.
And so began thei to practise how thei should pleise the Queyn, and yit seam somewhat to satisfie the faythfull; and so devised thei, that the Church men should have intromissioun with the Two parte of thair benefices, and that the 1 So in MS.
L4.
MS. G, has " For * In MS. G, " most hartely." many had into thair hands."
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Third parte! should be lifted up by suche men as thairto should be appointed, for suche uses, as in these subsequent
Actis? ar more fullie expressed.
Arup Epinspureu, xxiv Decempris, ANNO LxJ°.
[SEDERUNT.
Jacobus Dux de ChattelJacobus Commendatarius St. larault, Andree et Pittenweme, Georgius Comes de Huntlie, Archibaldus Ergadie Comes, Willelmus Marescalle Comes, Joannes Atholie Comes, Willelmus Comes de Joannes Dns. Erskin, Mag™ Robertus Richardsoun Thesaurarius, Mag" Ja* Makgill de Nether Rankelour Clericus Registri, Joannes Ballenden de AuchMont-. ross, Jacobus Comes de Mortoun, noule miles Clericus JustiAlexander Comes de Glenciarie, Willelmus Maitland de Lethcarne, ingtoun junior Secretarius.
Presentibus etiam Dominis subscriptis ratione Conventionis, viz.
Joanne Comite de Sutherland, Georgio Comite de Cathenes, Andrea Comite de Rothes, Joanne Domino de Menteith,
Joanne Domino Glammis, Hugone Domino Somervell, Roberto Domino Boyd, Joanne Domino Flemyng, Georgio Domino
Seytoun, Joanne Domino Innermeth, Alexandro Domino Hume, Davide Domino Drummond, Andrea Domino Stewart de Vchiltre, Jacobo
Domino Sancti Joannis, Joanne Magistro de Maxwell, et Jacobo Dowglass de Drumlanrig, milites.] 3
1 In MS. L 4, "that the Third parte sould be lifted up for the sustentatioun of Ministry and the Quenis use, as is expressed in the Acts which we will set down in their owne place."
Thirds of Benefices, have been collated with the Register of Privy Council, which has furnished the Sederunts of the meetings, and some slight corrections.
In Knox, the first Act is dated the 20th instead of the 22d December 1561.
2 The following Acts relating to the proposed arrangements for supporting the Ministry, by appropriating the 3 See page 809, notes 1 and 2.
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Book IY.
The samyn day, forsamekle as the Quenis Majestie, be the advise of the Lordis of hir Secreit Counsall, foirseand the eminent truble quhilk appeirandlie was to aryse amangis the lieges of hir realme for materis of Religioun; to evaid the samyn, and to stay all inconvenientis that may follow thairupoun,! intercommonit with ane parte of the Clergie and Estait
Ecclesiasticall ; with whome then reasonyng being had, it was thocht good and expedient be hir Hienes, that ane generall
Conventioun should be appointed the xv. day of December instant, whairto the rest of that Estaite mycht have repaired, and be the advyse of the haill, ane reassonable overtoure maid and ordour taken for staying of the appearand truble, and quyetting of the haill countrey: Quhilk Conventioun being be hir Majestie appointed, and syndrie dayis of Counsale keaped, and the said Kceclesiasticall Estaite ofttymes required, that the said ordour mycht be taken and overtoure maid for staying of truble and quyetting of the countrey; last of all, in presence of the Quenis Majestie, and Lordis of Counsale foirsaid, and otheris of the Nobilitie of this Realme, compeired Johne
Archbischopp of Sanctandrois, Robert Bischopp of Dunkelden, Patrik Bischopp of Murray, and Henrie Bischopp of Ross,? and for thame selfis respective offered to the Quenis Grace, to be content of Three partis of the rentis of thair benefices, and the Ferd parte thairof to be employed® as hir Grace thocht expedient.
And becaus the certantie thairof was not knawin, nor yitt what sowmes of money wald sufficientlie susteane the Ministrie and Ministeris of Goddis worde within this Realme, nor yit how mekle was necessar to supporte the Quenis Majestie abone hir awin rentis for the commoun effairis of the ray, and Henry Sinclair, Bishop of Ross.
1 In Knox, the words are, "to stay the samyn, and to evit all incommodities that mycht thereupon ensew."
3 In MS. 1566, it is, "to be content of the Two parts of the rentis of thair 2 The names of these Prelates were John Hamilton, Archbishop of St. Andrews, Robert Creichton, Bishop of Dunkeld, Patrick Hepburn, Bishop of Murbenefices, and the Fourt part," &c.
In MS. G, " and the Third part to be employed."
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countrey:
Thairfoir, it is concludit, decernit, and determinat be the Quenis Grace and Lordis of Counsale foirsaid, and utheris of the Nobilitie present, that gif the Ferd parte! of the fructes of the haill Benefices ecclesiasticall within this Realme may be sufficient to susteane the Ministerie throw the haill
Realme, and supporte the Quenis Majestie to interteany and sett fordwarte the commoun effaires of the countrey, failzeing thairof, the Third parte of the saidis fructis, or mair, quhill it be found sufficient to the effect foirsaid, to be tacken up yearlie in tyme cuming, quhill ane generalle ordour be taken thairin ; samekle thairof to be employed to the Quenis Majestie for entertenying and setting fordwarte of the commoun effaires of the countrey, and samekle thairof unto the Ministeris and sustentatioun of the Ministerie, as may reassonablie susteane the samin, at the sycht and discretioun of the Quenis Majestie and Counsale foirsaid: and the excrescens and superplus to be assigned unto the auld Possessouris.
And to that effect that the rentis and yearlie availl of the haill benefices within this
Realme may be clearlie knawin to the Quenis Majestie and Counsale foirsaid, It is statute and ordanit, that the haill
Rentallis of all benefices within this Realme be produced befoir hir Grace and Lordis foirsaidis, at the tymes underwritten ;
That is to say, of the Benefices on this syde of the Month,? the xxiiij day of Januar nixttocum, and beyond the Month, the tenth of Februar next thairefter.
And ordanis letteris to be rendered " on this side of the Water,"
1The words, "the Ferd parte," here, and also a few lines above, were altered in the MS. 1566, to "the Thryde parte," but again corrected in the margin to the original words.
MSS. G, and L 4, have " the Fourt parte." or, " beyond the Water," a rather vague description.
The pass or road referred to led from Fettercairn (in Kincardineshire) to Banchory, on the north side of the Dee (in Aberdeenshire;) but here it may be considered to denote the mountain range itself, usually called the Grampian Mountains, which extend across the Island from Aberdeenshire in the north-east to the west coast in Argyleshire.
2 This name, The Mounth or Mount, was long applied to designate the mountain pass in the Highlands, in reaching the North of Scotland.
In David Buchanan's editions of Knox's History, where the word occurs it is
THE HISTORY OF
Boox IV. direct to officiaris of the Quenis schirreffis in that parte to pass, charge, and requyre, all and syndrie Archbischoppis, Bischoppis,
Abbottis, Commendatouris, and Priouris of this Realme, on this syd of the Mounth personallie, gif thai can be apprehended, and failzeing thairof, at the saidis Archbischoppis,
Bischoppis, Abbottis, Commendatouris, and Priouris dwellingplaces, cathedrall kirkis, or abbayis; and all Deanis, Subdeanis, Archdeanis, Chantouris, Subchanteris, Provestis, Personis, Vicaris, and other beneficit men whatsomever, thair Chalmerlanis and Factouris, personallie or at thair dwellingplaces, or at thair paroche kirkis, quhair thai suld remane, to exhibit and produce befoir the Quenis Majestie and Lordis foirsaidis, the said xxiiij day of Januar nixttocum, the just and treu Rentalle of the availle and rentis of thair Benefices to the effect foirsaid ; and to charge the Prelattis and utheris beneficit men on the yond syd of the Mounth in maner respective foirsaid, to [exhibite and'] produce the just and treu
Rentale of thair Benefices befoir the Quenis Majestie and Lordis foirsaidis the said tent day of Februar nixttocum, to the effect abone rehersit, With certificatioun to thame that failzeis, the Quenis grace and Counsale will proceid heirin as accordis:
And sicklyk to charge the haill Superintendentis, Ministeris, Eldaris, and Deaconis of the principall townes and schyres of this Realme, to give in befoir the Quenis Grace and Lordis of Counsale foirsaidis, the said xxiiij day of Januar nixttocum, ane formall and sufficient roll and memoriall, what may be sufficient and reasonable to susteane the Ministerie and hale
Ministeris of this Realme, that hir Majestie and Lordis of Counsale foirsaidis may tak ordour thairintill as accordis: And farther, that the Quenis Majestie and Lordis of Counsale foirsaidis may ryplie and digestlie wey and considder what necessarie supporte is required to be taken yearlie of the fructis of the saidis Benefices by hir Grace's awin yearlie rent, to enter- ? The words enclosed within brackets are omitted in the Register.
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teany and sett fordwart the commoun effaires of this Realme, agane the said xxiiij day of Januare nixttocum, that then it may be proceided in the said mater, all parties be satisfied, and the haill countrey and lieges thairof sett in quyetnesse.
[The samyn day,! forsamekle as the wechtie and debateable caussis standand amangis the lieges of this Realme, quhilk micht gif occasioun of brek thairof, and inquicting of the hale estait of the samyn, for eschewing thairof the Quenis Majestie appointit ane Conventioun of the Nobilitie and Clergie of hir
Gracis Realme foirsaid, to compeir the xv day of December instant: quhilk being haldin, and divers tymes continewit, comperit, Johne Archbischop of Sanctandrois, Robert Bischop of Dunkeld, Patrik Bischop of Murray, and Henrie Bischop of Ross,? and offerit as efter followis, That is to say, that thai being restorit to thair Benefices and privilegis, and-ansuerit thairof, offeris to the Quenis Majestie for the space of ane zeir, the Ferd part of the rentis of thair Benefices, to be employit as hir Grace thinkis expedient: And this thai offerit, and na forder. | Arup Lyniytuew, 24 Januari, Anno &c. Lxs°.3
Forsamekle as the Quenis Majestie, be the advise of the Lordis of hir Secreat Counsall, directit hir Letteris commanding all and sindrie
Archbischoppis, Bischoppis, Abbottis, [-Commendatouris,] Priouris, Deanis, Archdeanis, [Subdeanis,
Chantouris, Subchantouris,*] Personis, Vicaris, and5 all utheris beneficit men, thair factouris, fermoraris, and takkismen, to compeir befoir hir Hienes and Lordis foirsaidis, at Edinburgh,
1 Namely, the 22d December 1561.
3 There is no Sederunt of this date This portion is not contained in Knox: given in the Register. ro it is here inserted, as it serves to con4 The words enclosed within brackets nect the preceding Act with those that are omitted in the Register. follow.
5 In MS. G, the words after " Ab2 See page 300, note 2. bottis," are omitted, and " &c." added.
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Boox IV. or whair it shall happin thame to be for the tyme, sa many as dwellis upoun this syde of the Month, the xxiiij day of Januar instant ; and thame that dwellis beyond the Month, the tent day of Februar nixttocum ; that the just availl of thair Benefices may be knawin, sua that thairafter hir Grace mycht tack ordour for the susteanyng of the Ministeris, of the Pure,! and publict busynes of the Realme:
And becaus the Quenis Majestie is presentlie occupyed in other effairis, and may: nocht attend hir self upoun the ressait of the saidis Rentallis, Thairfoir hir Hienes hes gevin and granted, and be thir presentis gevis and grantis, full power and commissioun to Maister
James Makgill of Rankeillour Neather Clerk of Registre, Schir Johne Bellenden of Achinowle knycht Justice Clerk, Thesaurar,
Secretare, Advocat, and Laird of Pittarrow,? To call befoir thame within the burgh of Edinburgh, All and sindrie Prelattis and Beneficit men, quha are charged be vertew of the saidis letteris, and now being in Edinburgh, or that heirafter shall happin to repair thairto, thair factouris and fermoraris, and thar inquyre of thame the Rentallis of thair benefices, and resave the samyn fra thame, to the effect foirsaid:
And siclyke that the saidis Commissionaris caus warne all Superintendentis, [Ministeris,?] Eldaris, and Deaconis, to geve unto thame the names of the haill Ministeris of this Realme, that the just calculatioun being considdered and maid be the saidis Commissionaris, of the availl of the saidis Benefices, thai may reporte the samyn to the Quenis Majestie, that hir Hienes may tak ordour thairin; according to the [just*] tennour of the first Ordinance maid thairupon.
1 Tn Knox it is, " the Ministerie of the tary; Mr.
John Spens of Condie, Queen's Kirk."
Advocate, and Sir John Wishart of Pit2 These officials, who are not named, _tarrow, Comptroller. were Mr. Robert Richardson, Prior of 8 Omitted in the Register.
St. Mary's Isle, Treasurer; William * Omitted in the Register.
Maitland, Younger of Lethington, Secre-
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Arup Eprnspureu, xis° Fepruariy, Anno &c. Lxs°.
[SepERUN?.
Georgius Comes de Huntlie, | Alexander Comes de Glencarne, Archibaldus Comes Ergadie, | Jacobus Comes de Mortoun, Jacobus Comes de Mar, Joannes: Dns. Erskin, Willelmus Marescalli Comes, Jo. Ballenden de Auchnowle Joannes Atholie Comes, miles Clericus Justiciarie. | Tue quhilk day, forsamekle as be Statute and Ordinance maid be the Quenis Majestie and Lordis of Secreit Counsale, and her Hienes letteris direct thairupoun, All and sindrie Archbischoppis, [Bischoppis,]! Abbottis, Commendatouris, Priouris, Archdeanis, Deanis, Subdeanis, Chantouris,
Subchantouris, Provestis, Personis, Vicaris, and utheris beneficit men of this Realme, war charged to exhibite and produce the Rentallis of thair benefices befoir hir Majestie and Lordis foirsaids, in maner following: That is to say, the saidis Beneficit men, [dwelling] on this syde of the Month, the xxiiij day of Januar last bypast, and on the uther syd of the Month, the tent of Februar instant, to that effect that ordour mycht be takin thairin conforme to the said Ordinance; with certificatioun to thame, and thai failzeit, the Quenis Majestie and Counsale [foirsaid] wald tak ordour thairin, as the samyn Ordinance beiris: Notwithstanding the quhilk, and that the Quenis Majestie and Counsale, and utheris appointed be hir for resaving of the saidis Rentalles, hes continewallie, sen the said xxiiij day of Januare, awaitted upoun the resaving thairof; yit ane verray small nomber of thame hes produced the said Rentalles, contepmnand thairthrow nocht onlie hir
Grace's Ordinance and Proclamatioun foirsaid, but als hir self and hir authoritie, like as thal war princes and nocht sub1 The words enclosed within brackets the names after " Abbots," as in the arc not in the Register; andin MS.@, preceding Act, are omitted.
VOL. II.
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Boox IV. jectis, expresse aganis reassone, equitie, and justice: For remeid quhairof, the Quenis Majestie ordanis, be advise of the Lordis of hir Secreit Counsale, that Factouris and Chalmerlanis be appointed to intromett, gaddir, uplift, and receave to our Soverane Ladeis use, all and sindrie mailles, fermes, teyndis, rentis, proventis, emolumentis, canis, proffeittis, and dewities of whatsumevir Benefices, whairof the Rentallis ar nocht produced, conforme to the said Ordinance: And gif ony
Rentalle ellis produced bearis not the just availl, but is fraudefullie maid, to intromett and uptak samekle of the frutis and proffeittis of the saidis benefices as ar omitted furth of the saidis Rentalle; and the ingevaris of the Rentalles, and possessouris of the benefices thairof, shall never haif actioun to craif, clame, or ressaif fra the tennantis and possessouris, farther nor is contained in the saidis Rentallis ellis produced be thame: and the saids tennandis and possessouris shall na wyis be haldin to pay ony mair for thair rowmes to the possessouris of the saidis benefices and ingevaris of the saidis Rentalles, nor is conteyned in the samyn rentallis ellis produced, as said is: And that the saidis Factouris and Chalmerlanis to be appointed be the Quenis Majestie, shall have sufficient power to intromett and uptak the fructis and proffeittis foirsaidis, siclyke as gif speciall letteris of Factorie and Chalmerlanrie wer granted to thame thairupoun.
And ordanis the Lordis of Sessioun to direct furth letteris at the said Factouris and Chalmerlanis instance, owther horning or poinding, as shalbe thocht expedient, for causing of thame to be ansuered of the fructis of the saidis benefices, to be furthcumand to the Quenis Majesties behuif, whill forther ordour be tacken thairintill.
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Arup Epinsurau, xv" Fesruarw, Anno &c. Lxv'.
[SEDERUNT.
Georgius Comes de Huntlie, Joannes Atholie Comes, Archibaldus Ergadie Comes, § Jacobus Comes de Mortoun, Jacobus Comes de Mar, Willelmus Marescalli Comes. ] Tne quhilk day, forsamekle as the Quenis Majestic, be the advise of the Lordis of hir Secreit Counsale, and otheris diverse of the Nobilitie had of befoir, upoun the xxij day of December last bypast, ordanit, that gif the Fourt parte of the fructis and rentis of all the Benefices within this Realme war nocht sufficient for the support of hir Majestie, and other particulare charges underwrittin, necessar to be borne for the tranquillitie! of the country; then the Thrid of the saidis fructis, mair or less, should be takin up, to the effectis foirsaidis: And attour ordanit letteris to be direct, chargeing all and sindrie beneficit men, on this syd of the Month, to produce thair Rentallis upoun the xxiiij day of Januar last bypast; and the tent day of Februar instant, was prefixt be the saidis letteris, for inbringing of all rentallis of the benefices beyond the Month; with certificatioun, that quha produced nott the saidis Rentallis? at the dayis foirsaidis respective, the Quenis Majestie and hir Counsale wald provide remeid:
<According to the quhilk certificatioun, hir Hienes, with avyse of hir Counsale foirsaid, hes ordanit, that thai quha hes nocht produced thair rentallis, haill and full intromissioun shalbe had of thair fructis, be thame whom hir Majestie shall direct thairto; and quha hes nocht gevin in thair just Rentallis, quhatsumever part omitted in thair saidis rentallis shalbe intromettit with in lyke maner: And further, having consulted ryplie and diligentlie avysit upoun the commoun effairis and 1Jn MS. G, " for the weill."
2In MS. G, " that they quha hes not produced thair Rentales."
THE HISTORY OF
Boox IV. necessities concernyng the Quenis Majestie, and charges to be borne, for the commoun weill of the Realme, and sustentatioun of the Preachearis and Readaris, conforme to the said Ordinance maid thairupoun of befoir, hes fundin and declaired the haill Thrid partis of all Benefices within this Realme, of the quhilkis the rentallis ar produced, to be taken up be the person or personis to be nominat be hir Majestic, and to begyn upoun this last crope of the year of God J™ V°, and threscoir ane yearis, the samyn to be employed to the effect foirsaid : togitther with the haill fructis of the benefices whairof the Rentallis ar nocht produced ; and alsua of samekle as is omitted in the rentallis produced: And that ordour be directit be the Quenis Majestie, to the Lordis of Sessioun, that the auld
Possessouris may be ansuered of the remanent fructis of the saidis benefices ; providing that the Thrid part foirsaid be full and haill takin up, be the personis to be deput to the uptaking thairof: And this ordoure to continew and stand, ay and whill further ordouris be takin be the Quenis Majestie, with advyse of hir Estaitis.
Mairover hir Hienes, be the advyse of hir Counsale foirsaid, hes statut and ordanit that all annuellis, mailles, and dewities within free Burrowis, or utheris townis of this Realme, alsweill pertenyng to Chapellanreis,
Prebendarijs, as to Freiris, togitther with the rentis of the Freiris landis, quhairever thai be, setting and disponing thairupoun, be intrometted with, and takin up be sik as hir Grace shall depute thairto; for employing of the same be hir Hienes, to Hospitaliteis, Scholes, and utheris godlie uses, as shall seme best to hir Hienes, be the advise of hir Counsale: And knawing, that nathing is mair commodious for the said Hospitalitic, nor the places of Freiris as [ar] yitt standand undemolissed ; as als to the intertenyng of Scholes, Colleges, and utheris uses foirsaidis, Ordanis the Provest and Baillies of Abirdene,
Elgin in Murray, Innerness, Glasgow, and utheris Burrowis of this Realme, quhair the samyn ar nocht demolished, to in-
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terteny and uphald the saidis Freiris places standand in the saidis Townis, upoun the commoun gudis thairof, and to use the samyn to the Commoun-weall and service of the saidis
Townis, ay and quhill the Quenis Majestie be farther advysed, and tack finall ordour in sik thingis, nochtwithstanding [of] ony other gift, titill, or interesse, gevin to quhatsumever personis of the saidis places, with thair yardis, orchardis, and pertinentis, be our Soverane Lady as of befoir.
The names of the Nobilitie and Lordis that war present at the maiking of the foirsaidis Actis! heirefter followis :-—
James Duk of Chattelarault, George Erle Huntlye, Archibald Erle Ergyle, James Commendator of Sanct androis and Pettinweme, Johne Lord Erskyne, Johne Ballendyne of Auchnowll knyght Justice Clerk, The Thesaurar, The Cleark of Registre, and The Secretar.?
Williame Erle Merschell, Johne Erle Atholl, Williame Erle Montrose, James Erle Mortoun, Alex'. Erle of Glencarne, After the first Act,? the Erle of Huntley said, jestinglie,
" Good day, my Lordis of the Twa parte."
1Jt will be seen at page 299, that this list corresponds with the Scderunt of the Privy Council on the 22d December 1561.
Montrose, James Erle Mortoun, Alexander Erle of Glencarne, James Commendatar of Sanctandrois, Johne Lord
Erskin, the Thesaurar, the Cleark of Registre, Justice Cleark, Sccreatarie, and Comptrollar."
2In MS. 1566, the above list is repeated in the following paragraph, the transcriber having overlooked its being inserted in the previous page of the MS,
The only difference is the addition of the Comptroller's name.
The paragraph is also repeated in MS. A; but it is omitted in MS. G.
83 It may here be added, that the Register of the Privy Council contains another long minute of a mecting held at Edinburgh, on the last of February 1561-2, relating to the Thirds of Bene- "The Lordis of Secreat Counsall that war present at votting and maiking of these foirsaid Actis, war James Duck of fices.
The Sedcrunt at this mecting:
George Earl of Huntley, James Earl of Mortoun, Archibald Earl of Argyle.
Chattcllarault, Gcorge Erle of Huntley, Archibald Erle of Ergyle, William Erle Merchell, John Erle Atholl, William Erle
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Boox IV.
The hoill Rentallis being gathered, the sowme of the Thrid, according to thair awin calculatioun, was found to extend to :
; :
: fe The Ministeris, evin in the begynnyng, in publict Sermonis opponed thame selves to suche corruptioun, for thei foirsaw the purpose of the Devill, and clearlie understood the butt whairat the Quene and hir flatteraris schot ; and so in the souxrxnox stoolle of Edinburgh, Johne Knox said, " Weill, yf the end of sinstor nin this ordour, pretended to be tacken for sustentatioun of the Ministeris, be happy, my judgement failleth me; for I am assured that the Spreit of God is nott the auctor of it; for, first,
I see Twa partis freely gevin to the Devill, and the Thrid maun be devided betwix God and the Devill: Weill, bear witnes to me, that this day I say it, or it be long the Devill shall have
Three partis of the Thrid; and judge you then, what Goddis portioun shalbe."
This was ane unsaverie saying in the earis of many.
Some eschamed nott to affirme, " The Ministeris being susteaned, the Quene will nott gett at the yearis end to by hir a pair of new schoes."
And this was Secreatarie Lethingtoun.
Thair war appointed to modifie the Ministeris stipendis,5 the Erles Ergyle, Murray, and Mortoun, Lethingtoun, the Justice Cleark, and Cleark of Registrie.
The Laird of Pittarro was appointed to pay the Ministeris stipendis, according to thair modificatioun.
Who wold have thought, that when rrr as Joseph reulled Egypt, that his brethren should have travailled for vittallis, and have returned with empty seckis unto thair families?
Men wold rather have thought that Pharao's pose, William Earl Mareschal, and James _ liverance of the Lords of Session, dated
Earl of Mar.
' after the 1st of March."
The Council directed Letters of Pro4 In all the copies of Knox, the sum clamation to be issued, ordaining the is left blank. fruits of benefices to remain undc5 Among the Public Records, there livered to the old possessors, or their are several volumes of Accounts of the collectors, " unto the tyme thai be Collectors General cf the Thirds of Becharged of new be letters past be de_ nefices, commencing in the year 1561.
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treasure, and garnallis should have bene diminished, or that the houshold of Jacob should stand in danger to sterve for hungar.
But so busy and circumspect war the Modificatouris, (becaus it was a new office, the terme must also be new,) that the Ministeris should nott be ower wantoun, that ane hundreth markis was sufficient to a singill man, being a commoun minister.
Thre hundreth markis was the hiest that was appointed to any, except unto the Superintendentis, and unto a few otheris.
Schortlie, whitther it was the nygartnesse of thair awin heartis, or the cayre that thei had to enryche the Quene, we know nott ; but the poor Ministeris, Readaris, and Exhortaris cryed out to the heavin, (as thair complaintis in all
Assemblies do witnesse,) that neather war thei able to lyve upoun the stipendis appointed, neather could thei gett payment of that small thing that was appointed.
So fayne wold the Comptrollare have played the goode vallett,! and have satisfyed the Quene, or ellis his awin proffeitt in everie point, that he gatt this dicton and proverbe, " The good Laird of ANF PRoVIERBE.
Pittarro" was ane earnest professor of Christ; but the mekle Devill receave the Comptrollar, for he and his Collectouris ar become gready fectouris." 3
To put ane end to this unpleasing mater: when the Brethren compleaned of thair povertie, it was disdanfullie ansuered of some, "Thair ar many Lordis have not so much to spend."
When men did reassone that the vocatioun of Ministeris craved Murray of Tullibardine, in 1563-4. Upon occasion of the marriage of Lord James, Earl of Murray, (sce notes to page 314,) Wishart was one of ten gentlemen who had the honour of Knighthood conferred.
He was advanced to be an Extraordinary Lord of Session, 19th November 1567, and accompanied the Regent Murray to York in the following year.
He died 25th September 1576.
1In MS. L 8, this word is left blank.
2 John Wishart, Laird of Pittarrow in Forfarshire, son of Sir James Wishart, Justice Clerk, was an early and active supporter of the Reformation.
At the Parliament in August 1560, he was one of the number selected for the government of the State; and some time after Queen Mary's arrival in Scotland, he was appointed Comptroller, in which 3 In MS. G, " gredie Fectours." office he was succeeded by Sir William
THE HISTORY OF
Boox IV. of thame bookis, quyetnesse, studye, and travell, to edifye the Kirk of Jesus Christ, when that many Lairdis war waitting upoun thair worldly busyness ; and thairfoir, that the stipendis of Ministeris, who had none other industrye, but to lyve upoun that which was appointed, aught nott to be modifyed according to the lyvingis of! commoun men, who mycht, and -did daily augment thair rentis by some other industrie.
When suche reassonis war laid befoir thame, thei gat none other ansuer, but "The Quene can spair no greattar soumes."
Oft was it cryed into thair earis, "O happy servandis of the Devill, and miserable servandis of Jesus Christ; yf that after this lyef thair war nott hell and heavin."
For to the servandis of the devill, to your dum dogges and horned bischoppis, to one of those idill bellies (I say) ten thousand was nott yneuch; but to the servandis of Christ that painefullie preache his evangell, a thousand pound; how can that be susteancd ?
One day, in reassoning of this mater, the Secretar burst out in a pece of his cholere, and said, "The Ministeris have this much payed unto thame by year, and who yitt ever bad the Queyn ' grand-mercies' for it? Was thair ever a Minister that gave thankis to God for hir Majesties liberalitie towards thame?'
One smyled and ansucred, " Assuredlye, I think, that such as receave any thing gratis of the Quene, are unthankfull yf thei acknowledge it not, boyth in heart and mouth.
But whitther that the Ministeris be of that rank or not, I greatlie doubt.
Gratis, I am assured, thei receave nothing ; and whitther thai receave any thing at all fra the Quene, wyese men may reassone.
I am assured that neather Thrid nor Twa part ever apperteaned to any of hir predecessouris within this Realme these thousand yearis bypast, neather yitt hes the Quene bettir title to that whiche sche usurpes, be it geving to otheris, or in tacken to hir self, then
1 In MS. G, " the living of uther.'—MS. L 4, corresponds with the text.
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suche as crucifyed Christ Jesus had to devide his garmentis amonges thame.
And yf the treuth may be spoken, sche hes nott so good titill as thai had ; for such spoyle use to be the reward of such men: And in that point these soldiouris war more gentle than the Quene and hir flatteraris, for thai parted not the garmentis of our Maister till that he him self was hung upoun the croce; but sche and her flatteraris do part the spoyle, whill as poore Christ is yet preaching amangis you.
But the wisdome of our God tackis tryall of us by this meane, knowing weall yneuch what sche and hir factioun hes purposed to do. Lett the Papistis, who have the Twa partis, some that have thair Thriddis free, and some that have gotten Abbacics and few landis, thank the Quene, and syng, Placebo Domine.
The poore preachearis will not yit flatter, for feading of thair bellye."
These wordis war judged proud and intollerable, and engendered no small displeasur to the speakar.
This we put in memorie, that the posteriteis to cum may know that God ones maid his treuth to triumph ; but becaus that some of oure selfis delyted more in darknes than in lyght,!
God hath restreaned our fredome, and putt the hoill body in bondage.
Yea, the greatest flatteraris have not eschaiped so free as thai supposed; yea, the latter plagues appear yit to be worse than the first.
" Be mercyfull to us, O Lord, and entreat us nott according to our deservingis ; but look thou to the equitie of the cause which thou hast put into our handis, and suffer not iniquitie to oppresse thy treuth, for Thy awin nameis saik, O Lord."
In this meantyme, to wit, in Februar, the year of God J™ 1 Randolph in his letter to Cecil, 7th guised and apparelled, the one half like
December 1561, furnishes a remarkable «women, the other like strangers, in instance of profanity at this time.
Restrange masking garments.
The Marferring to the Marquis d' Elbeuf, he quis that day did very well; but the says, " We fell in talk of the pastimes women, whose part the Lord Robert did that were the Sunday before, where the sustain, won the ring.
The Queen herLord Robert, the Lord John, and others _ self beheld it, and as many others as rang at the ring, six against six, dislisted."
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Book IV.
V° threscoir ane,! was Lord James first maid Erle of Marr,? and then maryed upoun Agnes Keyth, dowghter to the Erle
Merschell.
The marriage was publict in the Church of Edinburgh.
In the marriage thai boyth gat ane admonitioun to behave thame selves moderatlie in all thingis ; " For, (said the mareace preachear* to him,) unto this day the Kirk of God hath reov Marz.® ceaved confort by you, and by your laubouris ; in the which, yf heirafter ye shalbe found fayntar then that ye war befoir, it wilbe said that your Wyeff hath changed your nature."
The greatness of the bancquett, and the vanitie used thairat, offended many godly.
Thair began the masking, which from year to year hath continewed since.
Maister Randolph, agent for the Quene of England, was then, and sometyme after, in no small conceat with our Quene; for his Maistres saik, she drank ® to Earl of Marischel, was celebrated on the 8th of February 1561-2, in the Church of St. Giles, Edinburgh, " with sik solemnitie as the lyk hes not bene sein befoir; the haill Nobilitie of this Realme being thair present, and convoyit thame doun to the Abbay of Halyrudhous, quhair the banket wes maid, and the Quenis Grace thairat."
(Diurnal of Occurrents, p. 70.) The same authority mentions the rejoicings on that occa1That is, 1561-2.
The EHarldom of Murray was first taken from the Earl of Huntly, and granted to Lord James Stewart, by a charter, dated 30th January 1561-2.
On the 7th of February following, the Earldom of Mar being conferred on him,,he publicly assumed this title, until it was restored, per modum justicie, to John Lord Erskine.
Lord James then resumed the title by which he is chiefly known to posterity as the Earl of Murray. sion, and that the Queen conferred the honour of Knighthood on Wishart of Pittarrow, Lermonth of Dairsy, Kirkaldy of Grange, Stewart of Traquair, Murray of Balvaird, and five others.
2 In MS. G, " first maid Erle of Murray."
In MS. L 4, the commencement of this paragraph is thus amplified :— " The Quene this winter preceding made Lord James Erle of Marr, as some thought to conciliat his good will, quhom she had found in absence offendit.
At this time he married also Agnes Keith, daughter to the Erle Marchell.
Soone _#That is, John Knox, 5 In MS. G, " Erle of Murray."
S« At this notable marriage, (says Randolph to Cecil,) one thing there was which I must testify with my own hand, which is, that upon Shrove Tuesday, at night, sitting among the Lords at supper, in sight of the Queen, and placed for that purpose, she drank unto the Queen's
Majesty (Elizabeth,) and sent me the cup of gold, which weighed cighteen or twenty efter the Exledome of Murray was bestowed upon him instead of the Erledome of Mar.
Lord Erskin had an old right to the Erldome of Marr."
3 The marriage of Lord James Stewart with Agnes Keith, daughter of William
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him [in] a coupe of gold, which he possessed with greattar joy, for the favour of the gevar, then of the gift and valew thairof ; and yit it was honourable.
The thingis that then war in handilling betwix the two Quenes, whairof Lethingtoun, Secreatarie Cycill, and Maister
Randolph, war ministeris, war of great weight, as we will after hear.
This wynter, the Erle Bothwell, the Markques Delabuf, and Lord Johne of Coldingham, played the ryote in Edinburgh, mysordoured the hoill toune,' brack Cuthbart Ramsayis8 yettis and durris, sought his house for his good-dowghter Alisone
Craik: And this was done in dispyte of the Erle of Arrane, whose hoore the said Alison was suspected to have been.
The horrour of this fact, and the raritie of it, heyghlie commoved all godlie heartis.?
The Assemblie, and also the Nobilitie, for the most parte war in the toun; and so thei concluded to crave justice, as that thei did, as by this subsequent Supplicatioun doeth appear.
® Jt would appear that a Gencral Assembly or Convention was sitting at Edinburgh, towards the end of December 1561, when this occurrence took place; and it was resolved to present the Supplication to the Queen : ounces," (Letter, 12th February 1561-2, quoted by Mr. Tytler, vol. vi. p. 258.) 7 Randolph, in a letter to Cecil, dated 27th December 1561, has given a somewhat similar account of this riot or " disorder which was of late in this town."
The letter is printed in Keith's History, vol. ii. p. 128.
"The whilk day, tuiching the slander takin be the horrible fact and impietie committed within this burgh under silence of night, be Marques Dalbuiff and his colleagues, in breaking up of Cuthbert Ramsay his zets and doores, and searching and seiking his dochterin-law to oppresse her, as appeirit; it is thought good be the haill Kirk, that a Supplicatioun be made and given in 8 Jn June 1571, Cuthbert Ramsay was elected one of the Magistrates of Kdinburgh.
He joined the Queen's adherents in defending the Castle, under Sir William Kirkaldy of Grange, in 1578 ; and on the 8d of June, when the Castle was surrendered, Ramsay was one of the prisoners who were conducted by the English forces to Leith; but he appears to have escaped the ignominious to the Quenis Majestic, in name of the Professors of the Evangell, and the personis before nominat present the samein, to seik the answer thairof."
(Booke of the Universal Kirk, vol. i. p. 11.) fate awarded by Queen Elizabeth to the gallant chief, and his brother Mr. James
Kirkcaldy, who were hanged for treason on the 3d of August 1578.
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Boox IY.
To tHE QuEyNis Masgstiz AND HIR SECREAT AND GREAT CounsatL, Hir Gracr's FAYTHFULL
AND OBEDIENT
SUB-~ JECTIS,
THE PROFESSOURIS
OF CHRIST JESUS HIS HOLY
EVANGELL, WISHES THE SPREIT OF RYGHTEOUSE JUDGEMENT.
The feare of God conceaved of his holy worde, the naturall and unfeaned luif we bear unto your Grace, the dewtie whiche we aw to the quyetness of our countrie, and the terrible threatnyngis which our God pronounces against everie Realme and Citie in the quhilk horrible crymes ar openlie committed, and then be the committars obstinatlie defended, compell us, a great parte of your subjectis, humblie to crave of your Grace upryght and trew judgement aganis sick personis as have done what in thame lyes, to kendle Goddis wrayth against this hoill Realme.
The impictie be thame committed is so haynous and so horrible, that as it is ane fact most vyle and rair to be heard of within this Realme, and principallie within the bowells of this
Citic, so should we think oure selfis gyltie in the same, gif negligentlie, or yitt for warldlie feare we pass it ower with silence:
And thairfoir your Grace may nott think that we requyre ony thing (whill that we crave open malefactouris condignelie to be punished) but that quhilk God hes commanded us to crave, and hes also commanded your Grace to geve to everie ane of your subjectis; for be this lynk hes God knytt togitther the prince and the people, that as he commandis honour, feare, and obedience to be gevin to the poweris established by him, so does he in expressed wordis command and declair what the prince aweth unto the subjectis, to witt, that as he is the Minister of God, bearing his sweard for vengeance to be tackyn on evill doaris, and for the defence of peceable and quyett men, so aucht he to draw the same without all parcialitie so oft as in Goddis name he is requyred thairto: Seing so it is, (Madam,) that this cryme so recentlie committed, and that in the eyes of your hoill Realme now presentlie assembled,
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is so haynous, for who heirtofore have heard within the bowellis of Edinburgh, yettis and durris under silence of nycht burst up, housses ryped, (and that with hostilitie,) seaking a woman as appeared to oppresse hyr; seing we say that this cryme is so haynouse, that all godlie men fear nott onlye Goddis soir displeasur to fall upoun you and your hoill Realme, but also that sick hbertie brede contempt, and in the end seditioun, yf remeady in tyme be not provided,! quhilk in our judgement is impossible, yf sevir punishement be nott executed for the eryme committed:
Thairfoir, we maist humblye beseik your Grace, that all affectioun sett asyd,? ye declair your self so uprycht in this caise, that ye may geve evident demonstratioun to all your subjectis, that the fear of God, joyned with the luif
~ of the commoun tranquillitie, have principall seat and dominioun in your Grace hearte.
This farther, Madam, of conscience we speik, that as your Grace in Goddis name does crave of us obedience, (whilk to render in all thingis lauchfull we ar most willing,) so in the same name do we, the hoill Professouris of Christis Evangell within this your Grace Realme, crave of you and of your Counsall scharpe punishement of this cryme ; and for performance thairof, that without all delay the principall actouris of this most haynous cryme, and the persewaris of this pretended vilanye, may be called befoir the Cheaf Justice of this Realme, to suffer an assise, and to be punished according to the lawes of the same: And your Grace's answer maist humilie we beseik.
This Supplicatioun was presented by diverse gentilmen.
The flatteraris of the Courte at the first stormed, and asked, " Who durst avow it?"
To whom the Maister, now Lord Lyndesay answered, " A thousand gentilmen within Edinburgh."
Otheris were eschamed to appone thame selfis thair1In the Book of the Kirk, " gudlic 2JIn the Book of the Kirk, " laid provydit." asyde."
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Boox IV. to in publict ; but thei suborned the Quene to geve a gentill answer unto such tyme as the Conventioun was dissolved. And so sche did; for sche lacks no craft, boyth to cloik and to manteane impietie (and hurdome in especiall.)
Sche alledged, " That hir Uncle was a strangear, and he had a young cumpany ; but sche should putt suche ordour unto him, and unto all otheris, that heareafter thei should have no occasioun to compleane."
And so deluded sche the just petitioun of hir subjectis; and no wounder, for how shall sche punische in otheris that vice, which in France is free without punishement, and which Kingis and Cardinallis use most commonlie, as the mask and dansing of Orleance can witness, whairin
THE MASK OF
ORLEANCE.
virgenis and menis wyeffis war maid as commoun to King Harie and Charles, the Cardinallis, unto thair Courte and pages, as commoun harlottis of the bordell ar unto thair compainzeonis.
The maner was thus:
At the entrie of King Harie of France, in the towne of Orleance, the matrones, virgenis, and menis wyiffis, war commanded to present thame selfis in the Kingis palice at nycht, to daunse: and thei obeyed; for commounlie the Frenche natioun is not hard to be entreated to vanitie.
After fidling and flyngyng, and when the Cardinall of Lorane! had espyed his pray, he said to the King, " Sire, la prumere est vostre, et faut pour le temps, tres-bon Catholique."
He died 24th December 1574, aged 49.
1 The Cardinal Charles de Lorraine, Archbishop and Duke of Rheims, was the second son of Claude Duke de Guise.
He was born 17th February 1524.
He obtained the See of Rheims in 1588, and was consecrated in 1545, when twentyone years of age.
We need not refer to Protestant writers for his character, or to the work entitled the Legend of his ~ In addition to note 4, page 267, it may be noticed that Calderwood says, when the Queen was preparing to return to Scotland, "In the meanetyme, Charles Cardinal of Lorraine, counselled her to leave beside him her apparell and household stuffe, till it was seene what
Life, as it is admitted that to avarice and inordinate pride, he joined cruelty, want of faith, and licentiousness.
Brantome admits that the Cardinal was no ornament to the Church, when he says, was the successe of her voyage.
She being acquainted with his nature, answered, she could not see wherefore she should be more carefull of her stuffe and apparell nor of her owne persone."
(Ilist. vol. ii. p. 181.) " qui, quoique mauvais Chrétien, etait,
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que ye suis} le second."
That is to say, " Sire, the first choise is youris, and I man be the secound."
And so the King gat the preeminence, that he had his first electioun.
Bot becaus Cardinallis ar companeonis to Kingis, the Cardinall of Lorane had the nixt:
And thairafter the torches war putt out, and everie man commanded to provid for him self the best he myght.
What cry was thair of husbandis for thair wyeffis; of wyiffis, for thair husbandis; of auncient matronis, for thair dochteris; and of virgenis for thair freindis; or for some honest man to defend thair pudicitie, Orleance will remember mo kingis dayis then one.
This horrible vilanay, a fruct of the Cardinall of Lorane's religioun, we shortlie tueche, to lett all the world understand, what subjectis may looke of suche magistratis; for such pastyme to thame is but joyousitie, whairin our Queyn was brocht up.2 We call hir nott a hoore, (albeit hir deame heard more then we will wrytt,) but sche was brought up in the company of the vine, wyldast hooremongaris, (yea, of such as no more regarded ¥pucation. incest, then honest men regard the company of thair lauchfull wyeffis ;) in the company of such men, (we say,) was our
Queyn brought up.
What sche was and is, her self best knowis, and God, (we doubt nott,) will farther declair.
But punishement of that enormitie and fearfull attemptat (197 BM we could gett none: but more and more thei presumed to do 1, 1567 violence, and frequented nyghtlie masking.
Some, as Robeyn Craige's house, becaus his dowghter was fair, delyted thairin:
1 In MS. G, "que je soy." been chosen for the young Scotish Prin2 Henry the second of France success to have received her education. ceeded to the throne in 1547, and died 3 This marginal note does not occur in in 1559.
This incident is not recorded MS. G, and seems to have been added in in the Histories of the time, but may be
MS. 1566, subsequently to the transcripreferred to the later period of his reign. _ tion of this portion of the.text.
It conAs noticed in a previous note (page 269,) —_ tains an evident allusion to the Queen's the extreme profligacy that prevailed at imprisonment after her surrender at the Court of France is but too manifestly
Carberry Hill in Puy 1567: see vol. i. exhibited in the pages of Brantome: a p. 218, note 4. more unfortunate place could not have
THE HISTORY OF
Book IV. otheris lamented, and began to bear the mater verray heavelie.
At lenth the Lord Duck his freindis assembled upoun a nycht upoun the calsey.1_ The Abbott of Kylwyning,? (who then was joyned to the Churche, and so, as we understand, yitt abydeth,) was the principall man at the begyning.
To him repaired many faythfull; and amangis otheris cam Andro Stewart, Lord Ochiltree, a man rather borne to maik peace, then to brag upoun the calsey, and demanded the querrall; and being
THE HAMinformed of the formar cnormitie said, " Nay, sick impietie shall nott be sufferred so long as God shall assist us.
The victorye that God in his mercy hath gevin us, we will by his grace manteane."
And so he commanded his sone, Andro Stewart, then Maister,? and his servandis to putt thame selfis in ordour, and to bring furth thair spearis and long weaponis ; and so did otheris.
The word cam to the Erle Bothwell and his, that the Hammyltonis war upoun the gaitt.4
Vowes war maid, " That the Hammyltonis should be doung, not onlie out of the towne, but also out of the countrey."
Lord Johne of Coldinghame® had maryed the said Erle Bothwellis sister, (a MYLTONIS AGANIST BOTHWELL AND THE
MARQUESS.
Ochiltree: see page 260, note 19.
His eldest son Andrew died in the year 1578, having predeceased his father, Master of Ochiltree, here mentioned.
1 On the 19th of December 1561, (Diurnal of Occurrents, p. 70.) 2 Gawin Hamilton, Abbot of Kilwinning, was the fourth son of James Hamilton of Raploch.
In 1521, James the eldest son on his marriage with the heiress of Stenhouse, resigned the fee of the lands of Raploch, and upon the death of the next two brothers, Gavin succeeded to the property in 1559.
He had been educated for the Church; and obtained the Deanery of Glasgow, which he exchanged in 1550 for the Abbacy of Kilwinning.
In 1555, he was raised to the bench.
He was a steady adherent of Queen Mary, and distinguished him- * Tn MS. G, "upoun the streat."
5 Lord John Stewart, Prior of Coldingham, an illegitimate son of James the Fifth, by Elizabeth, daughter of John Lord
Carmichael.
His sister became the first wife of Archibald fifth Earl of Argyle.
Randolph in a letter to Cecil, 24th October 1561, mentioning the leading persons at Court, says, " The Lord John of Coldingham hath not least favour with his leaping and dancing: he is like to marry the Lord Bothwell's sister."
His marriage with Jean only daughter self in several skirmishes; but was mortally wounded, and died at Leith, on 16th June 1571. of Patrick third Earl of Bothwell, was solemnized at Seton, in presence of Queen
Mary : see following note..- 8 Andrew, second Lord Stewart of
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sufficient woman for such a man;)—allia drew the Lord Roberte ;1 and so they joyned boyth with the said Erle Bothwell.
But the stoutness of the Marquess Le Beuf, (D'Elbuf 2 thei call him,) is most to be commended ; for in his chalmer, within the Abbay, he starte to ane halbart, and ten men war skarse able to hald him; but as hap was, the inner yett of the Abbay keapt him that nycht; and the danger was betwix the Croce and the Salt Trone ;? and so he was a large quarter of myle from the schote and sklenting of boltis.
The Maister of Maxwell, gave declaratioun' to the Erle Bothwell, "That yf he steired furth of his lodgeing, he, and all that wold assist him, should resist him in the face ;' whose wordis did somwhat beat doon that blast.
The Erles of Huntley and Morray, being in the Abbay whair the Marques was, cam with thair cumpanyes, send fra the Quene to stay that tumult, as that thei did; for Bothwell and his war commanded, under pane of treassone, to keap thair lodgeingis.5
1 Lord Robert Stewart, see page 271.
Randolph in the letter referred to in the previous note, says, " The Lord Robert consumeth with love for the Earl of Cassillis sister."
This was Lady Jane Kennedy, eldest daughter of Gilbert third Earl of Cassilis.
In another ruary 1561-2 :—" Upoun the penult day of Februar, the zeir of God 1561 zeiris,
[the] Marques departit furth of Halyrudhous fra the Quenis Grace to Fraunce."
(Diurnal of Occurrents, p.
71.) But in June 1562, there was paid, "be the Quenis Graces speciale command to Mons" Marques at his departing furth of this realme to France, as his acquittance, &. £500."
(Treasurer's Accounts.) letter, 27th December 1561, he says,— " The Lord Robert was married on Sunday was eight days to the Earl of Cassillis sister; and my Lord John upon Sunday next to the Earl of Both8 Betwixt the Cross and the SaltTrone; that is, in the High Street, near the present Trone Church, where the Trone or beam for weighing merchanwell's sister: I mean not here, in the Court, but where the women are in their friends' houses."
According to this intimation, the marriages took place on the 14th and 28th of December respectively. dize formerly stood.
4 In MS. G, 'The Maister of Maxwell, (thairafter maid Lord Herrics,) gave declaration, &c.:" see vol. i. p.
319.
2 René de Lorraine, Marquis d'Elbeuf : see note 8, page 268. He had a natural son born in Scotland, " de Marguerite Chrestien, demoisselle Ecossoise."
According to one authority, d'Elbeuf remained in Scotland till the end of Feb5 Randolph says, that the day after the tumult, both the Duke and Bothwell were sent for to the Court, the former being " convoyed with all the Prox
VOL. II.
THE HISTORY OF
Boox IV.
It was whispered of many, that the Erle of Murray's displeasur was as much sought as any haitterant that the Hammyltonis bayr against the Erle Bothwell, or yitt he aganist thame.
And in verray deed, eather had the Duck verray fals servandis, or ellis by Huntley and the Hammyltonis, the Erle of Murray his death was ofter conspyred than ones: the suspitioun whairof burst furth so far, that upoun a day the said Erle, being upoun horse to have come to the sermon, was charged by one of the Duckis awin servandis to returne and abyd with the Queyn. The bruyt thairof spred over all. What ground it had we cane nott say; but schorte thairafter the Duck and some of the Lordis convened at Glasgow; thair conclusioun was nott knowen.
The Erle of Arrane came to Edinburgh, whair the Erle Bothwell lay.
The Quene and the Court war departed to Fyff, and remaned sometimes in Sanctandrois and sometimes in Falkland.®
The Erle Bothwell, by the meanes of James Barroun,' burges, for his second wife Helen Leslie, " gudwyf of Kynnarde," by whom he left several daughters.
(Register of Conf. testants that were in this town; the other with the Papists.
It was concluded, that for avoiding of cumber, the Earl Bothwell should leave the toun Test.) This lady, who survived him, appears to have married again, first to Mr. James Kirkaldy, brother of Sir William Kirkaldy of Grange, by whom she had a son and a daughter; and after his death in 1578, (see page 315, note 2,) to Mr. James Beaton.
There was granted to Patrick Halket of Petferren, the escheit of 18 scoir pundis auchtand to vmquhile James Barroun, burgess of Edinburgh and to Helen Lestill the 8th of January."
According to the Diurnal of Occurrents, (p. 70,) the Ear] of Bothwell, on the 21st December, " depairtit with his freindis furth of Edinburgh, at the Quenis command."
®° From about the end of March till the beginning of May 1562.
7 Knox has previously mentioned Barron, (vol. i. p. 268); and in 1556, (ib. p.
246,) he gives an account of the death of lic his spous.
Now spousit in marriage with Maister James Kirkcaldy, brother-german to Sir William Kirkcaldy of Grange knycht,—-the said Mr.
James hir spouse, " being denounced rebell, &c., penult September 1571."
(Register of Signaturcs, vol. iii. fol. 102.) In the confirmation of her own Testament, mention is made of her two childhis first wife, Elizabeth Adamson.
Baron for several years filled the office of one of the magistrates of Edinburgh, and was returned as one of the Commissioners to the General Assembly, from 1660 till the year of his death, which took place in September 1569.
His will was made at Kynnaird in Fyfe, 21st September 1569, having married
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and then merchant of Edinburgh, desyred to speak with Johne Knox secreatlie; which the said Johne glaidlie granted,
- and spack him upoun a nycht, first in the said James's lodgeTHE FRA BOTHWELL His COMMONYNG WwytH JOHNE KNOX. ing, and thairafter in his awin study.
The summe of all thair communication and conference was:—The said Earle lamented his formare inordinate lyef, and especiallie that he was provocked by the entysmentis of the Quene Regent to do that which he sore reapented, alsweall against the Laird of Ormestoun,8 whose blood was spilt, albeit not in his defalt: But his cheaf dolour was, that he had misbehaved him self against the Erle of Arrane, whose favouris he was most willing to redeame, yf possible it war that sa he mycht; and desyred the said Johne to geve him his best counsall, " For (said he) yf I mycht have my Lord of Arrane's favouris, I wald await upoun the Court with a page and few servandis, to spair my expensis, whare now I am compelled to keap, for my awin saifty, a number of wicked and unprofitable men, to the utter destructioun of my living that is left."
To the which the said Johne ansuered, " My Lord, wold to God that in me war counsall or judgement that mycht conforte and releave you.
For albeit that to this hour it hath nott chaunsed me to speik with your Lordship face to face, yit have I borne a good mynd to your house; and have bene sorry at my heart of the trubles that I have heard you to be involved in.
For, my Lord, my? grandfather, goodsher, and father, have served your Lordshipis predecessoris, and some of thame have died under thair standartis ; and this is a part ren by her second husband; and she is _ Divinity, John and Robert Baron, were described as now spousit to Mr.
James Beaton, parson of Old Roxburgh.
She died in June 1577.
(Register of Confirmed Testaments.) In 1580, George Baroun paid a composition, as son and heir of Helen Leslie of Kynnaird.
Sir Robert Sibbald, among the eminent men cadets of the Lairds of Kinnaird, in this shire, of that name."
John Cockburn of Ormiston : vol. i. pp. 142, 455. see ® This allusion of Knox to his own family is interesting, as it furnishes the only information that can be relied upon respecting his ancestors. of Fife, says, "The learned Doctors of
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Boox IV. of the obligatioun of our Scotishe kyndnes: but this is not the cheaf.
But as God hes maid me his publict messinger of glaid tydings, so is my will earnest that all men may embrase it, which perfytlie thei can not, so long as that thair remaneth in thame rancour, malice, or envy.
I am verray sorry that ye have gevin occasioun unto men to be offended with you; but I am more sory that ye have offended the Majestie of God, who by such meanes oft punishes the other sinnes of man.
And thairfoir my counsall is, that ye begyn at God, with whom yf ye will enter in perfyte reconciliatioun, I doubt not but he shall bow the heartis of men to forget all offenses.
And as for me, yf ye will continue in godlynes, your Lordship shall command me als boldlie as any that serves your Lordship."
The said Lord desyred him that he wold tempt! the Erle of Arrane's mynd, yf he wold be content to accept him in his favouris, which he promessed todo; and so earnestlie travaled in that mater, that it was ones brought to such an end as all the faythfull praysed God for that aggrement.
The greatest stay stood upoun the satisfactioun of the Laird of Ormestoun, who, besyde his formare hurte, as is before declared, was evin in that same tyme of the commonyng, persewed be the said
Lord? Bothwell, his sone Maister Alexander Cockburne® tacken by him, and caryed with him to Borthwick; but gentillye yneuch send back agane.
That new truble so greatlie displeased Johne Knox, that he almost geve ower farther travalling for amytie.
But yit, upoun the excuse of the said Erle, and upoun the declaratioun of his mynd, he re-entered in laubouris, and so brought it to pass, that the Laird of Ormestoun referred his satisfactioun in all thingis to the judgmentis of the Erles of Arrane and 1In MS. G, " wold attempt." veying the message from the Queen, 2 In MS. G, " the said Erle." which led to the communing there de- * He was the eldest son of John Cocktailed.
He died in 1564: and in early burn of Ormiston.
In the following life he had been a pupil of Knox: see prge 831, Knox mentions him as convol.i. p. 185, note 3.
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Murray, whom to the said Erle Bothwell submitted him self in that head, and thairupoun delyvered his hand wryt.
And so was convoyed by certane of his friends to the loodgeing of the Kirk-of-Feild, whair the Erle of Arrane was with his friendis, and the said Johne Knox with him,! to bear witnesse and testificatioun of the end of the aggrement.
As the said Erle RconcmtaBothwell entered at the chalmer dore,.and wold have done .wix73® those honouris that freyndis had appointed, (Maister Gavin Anp sri
Hammyltoun? and the Laird of Rikchartoun,3 war the cheafzro " freindis that communed,) the said Erle of Arrane gentillye passed unto him, embrased him, and said, " Yf the hearttis be uprycht, few ceremonyes may serve and content me."
The said Johne Knox, in audience of thame boyth, ard of thair freindis, said, " Now, my Lordis, God hath brought you to gitther be the laubouris of semple men, in respect of such as wold have travailled thairin.. I know my laubouris ar alreaddy tacken in ane evill parte; but becaus I have the testimonye of a good conscience befoir my God, that whatsoever
I have done, I have done it in his fear, for the proffeit of you boith, for the hurt of none, and for the tranquillitie of this
Realme: seing (I say) that* my conscience beareth witnesse to me, what I have sought and continewallie seak, I the more patientlie bear the mysreporttis and wrangouse judgementis of men.
And now I leave you in peace, and desyres you that ar the freindis to study that amitie may increase, all formar offenses being forgett."
The freindis on eather partie embrased other, and the two Erles departed to ane wyndo, and talked by thame selfis familiarlie a reasonable space.
And thairafter the Erle Boithwell departed for that nycht; and But see note to vol. i. p. 876.
In 1574 he was succeeded by his brother of the same name, and probably the issue of a second marriage.
(House of Drummond, p. 292.) 1 See page 327, note 2.
2TIn MSS. G, and L 4, " Mr. Gawin Hammyltoun, Abbot of Kilwynning."
3 Henry Drummond of Riccarton succeeded his father, who is mentioned as slain at the sicge of Leith in 1560.
4 In MS. G, "Seeing therefore that."
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Boox IV. upoun the nixt day in the mornyng returned, with some of his honest freinds, and came to the sermoun with the Erle foirsaid ; whairat many rejoised.
But God had ane other work to wyrk then the eyes of men could espy.
The Thurisday nixt! they dyned togetther; and thairafter thesaid Erle Boithwell and Maister Gawane Hammyltoun raid to my Lord Duckis Grace; who then was in Kynneill.
What communicatioun was betwix thame, it is not certanelie knowne, but by the reporte which the said Erle of Arrane maid to the Quenys Grace, and unto the Erle of Murray, by his wryttingis.
For upoun Fryday, the ferd day after thair reconciliatioun, the sermon being ended, the said Erle of Arrane cam to the house of the said Johne Knox, and brought with him Maister Richart Strang? and Alexander Guthre,? to whom he opened the greaf of his mynd befoir that Johne Knox was called ; for he was occupyed, (as commounlie he useth to be after his sermonis,) in directing of writtingis.
Whiche ended, the said Erle called the thre togetther, and said, " I am treasonablie betrayed ;' and with these wordis began to weape.
Johne Knox demanded, " My Lord, who hes betrayed yow ?"
" Ane Judas, or other (said he); but I know it is but my lyef that is sought: I regard it not."
The other said, " My Lord, I understand not such dark maner of speaking: yf I shall geve you any ansuer, ye maun speik moir plane."
" Weill, (said he,) I tack you three to witnesse that I oppen this unto you, and I will wryt it unto the Quene: Ane act of treassone is laid to my charge; the Erle Bothwell hes schawin to me in counsall, that he shall tack the Quene, and put hir in my handis in the Castell of Dumbertane; and that he shall slay the Erle of Murray, Lethingtoun, and otheris that now mysgyde
1 The 26th March, 1562. ed in 1567, "to defend and pursue all ? Mr. Richard Strang was an Adyoactions pertaining to the Kirk." cate.
His name occurs in the proceed- § Alexander Guthrie held for many ings of the General Assembly as one of years the office of Town Clerk of the the three Procurators who were appoint_- City of Edinburgh.
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hir: and so shall I and he reull all.
But I know that this is devised to accuse me of treassone; for I know that he will inform the Quene of it: But I tack you to witnes, that I oppen it hear unto you; and I will pas incontinent, and wryte to the Quenis Majestie, and unto my brother the Erle of Murray."
Johne Knox demanded, " Did ye consent, my Lord, to any part of that treassone?"
He ansuered, "Nay."
" Then, (said he,) in my judgement, his wordis, albeit thei war spoken, can never be treassone unto you; for the performance of the fact dependis upoun your will, whairto ye say ye have disassented ; and so shall that purpose evanise and dye by the self, onless that ye waiken it; for it is not to be supposed that he will accuse you of that which he him self [hes] devised, and whairto ye wold not consent."
'"O, (said he,) ye understand not what craft is used against me:
It is treassone to conceall treassone."
" My Lord, (said he,) treasson maun importe consent and determinatioun, quhilk! I hear upoun neather of your partis.
And thairfoir, my Lord, in my judgement it shalbe more suyre and moir honorable to you to depend upoun your [awin] innocencye, and to abyde the injust accusatioun of ane other, (yf any follow thairof, as I think thair shall not,) then ye to accuise, (especiallie after so lait reconciliatioun,) and have none other witnesses but your awin affirmatioun."
" JT know, (said he,) that he will offer the combatt unto me ; but that wold not be suffered in France; but I will do that which I have purposed."
And so he departed, and took with him to his loodgeing the saidis Alexander Guthery and Mr.
Richart Strang ; from whense was dyted and written a letter to the Quenis Majestie, according to the formar purpose, which letter was direct with all diligence to the Quenis Majestie, who then was in Falkland.
The Erle him self raid after to Kynneill, to his father, the 1Jn MS. G, " of the quhilks."
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Duckis Grace!
How he was entreated, we have but the commoun bruyte ; but from thense he wrait ane other letter with his awin hand, in sypher, to the Erle of Murray, compleanyng upoun his rigorous handelling and entreatment by his awin father, and by his freindis; and affirmed farther, that he feared his lyef, in case that he gat not suddane reskew.
But thairupoun he remaned not, but brack the chalmer whairin he was put, and with great pain past to Striveling, and from thense he was convoyed to the Hallyardis,? whair he was keapt till that the Erle of Murray cam unto him, and convoyed him to the Quene, then beand in Falkland, who then was sufficientlie instructed of the hoill mater ; and upoun suspitioun conceaved, had caused apprehend Maister Gawan Hammyltoun and the Erle Bothwell foirsaid; who knowing nothing of the formar advertismentis, cam to Falkland,® which augmented the formar suspitioun.
But yit the letteris of Johne Knox maid all thingis to be used more circumspectlie; for he* did planelie foirwarne the Erle of Murray, that he espyed the Erle of Arrane to be stricken with phrenesy, and thairfoir willed not oure great credytt to be gevin unto his wordis and inventionis.
And as 1" Upon the 25th day of March 1562, my Lordis of Arrane, quha was eldest sone toJames Duke of Chattellarault, and Bothwill, wer aggreit be Johne Knox minister, and thairefter raid and spak with the Duke."
(Diurnal of Occurrents, p. 71.) '" And upoun the 29th day of March, my Lord of Arrane come furth of the Palice of Kynneill, in ane franysy, in the nycht, atane heich wyndo, and past to the Quenis Grace at lalkland, and sayd to her that my Lord
Duke his fader, and my Lord Bothwill, and Gawin Commendatare of Kilwynin 1710, speaks of " Hallyairds, the residence of a gentleman of the name of Skeen: a great building, surrounded with gardens, large enclosures and planting: having large meadows to the west, and a loch fertile of fish to the east."
(Hist. of Fife, edit. 1710, App. p-3.) At the time referred to by Knox, it belonged to Sir William Kirkaldy of Grange: see vol. i. p. 90.
* "Upon the last day of March (1562,) my Lord Bothwill and the Commendatare of Kilwynning wer commandit in ward, in the Palice of Falkland."
Diurnal, p. 71.) ning, had conspirit aganis the Quenis Grace and Lord James."
(Ib. p. 71.) 4 It is a peculiarity in Knox's chief amanuensis, always to write "he" as CNS"
2 Wallyards, in the parish of Auchertule in Fifeshire.
Sir Robert Sibbald,
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he advertised, so it cam to pass; for within few dayis his seaknes increased; he devised of wonderouse signes that he saw in the heavin; he alledged that he was bewitched; he wold have bene in the Quenis bed, and affirmed that he was hir husband ; and fynallie, he behaved him self in all thingis so foolishelie, that his phrenesy could not be hyd.
And yit war the saidis Erle Bothwell and Abbott! of Kylwynning keapt in the Castell of Sanctandrois, and conventit2 befoir the Counsall, with the said Earl of Arrane, who ever stoode ferme, that the Erle Boithwell proponed to him suche thingis as he advertissed the Quenis Grace of ; but styflie denyed that his
Father, the said Abbote, or freindis, knew any thing thairof, eathir yit that thei intended any violence against him; but alledged, that he was enchanted so to think and wryte.
Whairat the Quene, heghlie offended, committed him to preasone, with the other two, first in the Castell of Sanctandrois, and thairafter caused thame to be convoyed to the Castell of Edinburgh. James Stewarte of Cardonall,? called Capitane
James, was evill bruited [of], for the rigorous entreatment that he schew to the said Erle in his seaknes, being appointed keeper unto him.
To consult upoun these accusationis, the hoill Counsalle was assembled at Sanctandrois, the 18 day of Aprile, in the year of God J™ V°, and threscoir twa yearis ;* in which it was con1In MS. G, " Mr. Gawin, Abbot," tane of the Quenis gard," with 24 horse- &e. men, convoyed Arrane, Bothwell, and the Abbot of Kilwinning from St. Andrews to Edinburgh.
(Diurnal of Occurrents, p72.) 2 In MSS. G, and L 4, "' conveened."
8 James Stewart of Cardonald, about two miles from Paisley, in the county of Renfrew.
In a letter dated 7th September 1561, Randolph says, ''James Steward's admission to be Captain of the garde, stayett upon the Lord of Lidington's retorne, to certifye whether he be sworne Englishman."
(Wright's Queen Elizabcth, vol. i. p. 74.) On the 4th May 1562, " Capitane Stewart, capi4 In the Acts of the Privy Council, there is no minute of any meeting held on the 18th of April 1562.
But the records of that time are not very entire.
In the Diurnal of Occurrents it is stated, that a Convention was appointed to be held at St. Andrews, on the 15th of that month, " for taking tryell of the matter
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cluded, that, in consideratioun of the formar suspitioun, the Duck his Grace should render to the Quene the Castell of Dumbartane,® the custodie whairof was granted unto him by appointment, till that lauchfull successioun should be sein of the Quenis body: But will prevailled against reassone and promisses, and so was the said Castell delivered to Capitane
Anstrudour, as having power fra the Quene and Counsall to receave it.6
Thingis ordoured in Fyfe, the Quene returned to Edinburgh,' and then began dansing to grow hote; for hir freindis began to triumph in France.
The certantie heirof came to the earis of Johne Knox, for thair war some that schew to him, from tyme to tyme, the estait of thingis; and amangis otheris, he was assured, that the Queyne had daunced excessivelie till after mydnycht, becaus that sche had receaved letteris that persecutioun was begun agane in France, and that hir Uncles war above written, and thair compeirit certane Lordis to the samyne;'' and that, on the 18th of April, " My Lord Duke raid to the Quenis Grace in Sanctandrois, quhairintill he purgit himself of the conspiracie foirsaid in hir presens." p177,) says, " Thus I have related this part of the Historie, as Knox hath sett it down in the Fourth Booke of his Historie.
Mr. Buchanan, his relation, is somewhat different.
He writeth," &c.
Instead of quoting this passage, the reader may be referred to Buchanan's own work, in which he ascribes a plot 5 « Upon the xxvij day of April (1562) the Castell of Dumbartane wes deliverit be my Lord Duke toCapitane Anstruther, to murther the Earl of Murray, as haying been devised by the Earl of Bothwell, upon finding that he would not join Bothwell in his first design against in the name and behalf of the Quenis Grace."
(Diurnal of Occurrents, p. 72.) Captain Robert Anstruther, in the previous year, had the command of the forthe Hamiltons.
7 Queen Mary returned from her journey and residence in Fife, to Edinburgh, early in May.
Knox probably confounded this absence from Edinburgh, with the Queen's more protracted progress in the North in Autumn,
(see page 331,) which may account for his mistaking the precise time of his second communing with the Queen, which actually took place in December: see next page, note 2. tified island of Inchkeith, in the Frith of Forth, with" 40 hagbutteris, remanand within the said Inche," (Treasurer's Accounts.)
6 At the end of this paragraph, the transcriber of MS. L 4, has added, "Thus farr Mr. Knox in the Fourth Booke of his Historie.
Let the Reader compare this relation with Buchanan's, and follow his own judgement."
In like manner Calderwood (Hist. vol. ii.
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begyning to steir thair taill,! and to truble the hoill Realme of France.
Upoun occasioun of this text, "And now underpas. stand, O ye kingis, and be learned, ye that judge the earth," he began to taxt the ignorance, the vanitie, and the dyspyte of princes against all virtue, and against all those in whom haitterent of vice and love of vertew appeired.2
The reporte heirof maid unto the Quene, the said Johne Knox was send for.
Mr. Alexander Cockburne,? who befoir had bene his scolare, and then was very familiare with him, was the messinger, who geve him some knowledge both of the report and of the reportairis.s The Quene was in hir bedchalmer, and with hir, besydis the Ladyes and the commoun servandis, war the Lord James, the Erle of Mortoun, Secreatarie Lethingtoun, and some of the garde that had maid the report.
He was called and accused, as ane that had irreve- ™* SECOUND rentlie spoken of the Quene, and that travailled to bring hir in So™™0»-
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haitterent and contempt of the people, and that he had ymin exceaded the boundis of his text: And upoun these three °""*" headis, maid the Quene hir self a long harangue or orisoun ;4 whairto the said Johne ansuered as followis :—
" Madame, this is often tymes the just recompense which God geveth to the stubburne of the world, that becaus thei will nott hear God speaking to the conforte of the penitent, and for amendment of the wicked, thai are oft compelled to hear the fals report of otheris to thair greatter displeasur.
I doubt not but that it cam to the earis of proud Herode, 1In MS. G, " taills." one or the other, yet did they so depart
2 Randolph, in a letter to Cecil, dated as no offense or slander did rise there16th December 1562, says, " upon on."
We thus learn, that Knox's serSunday last he (Knox) inveighed sore mon was delivered on the 13th, and against the Queenis dancing, and little that the interview occurred on the 15th exercise of herself in vertue and godli- | December. ness.
The report hereof being brought 3 In MS. L 4, " Patrick Cockburne." unto her ears, yesterday she sent for him.
Sce page 324, note 3.
She talked long time with him: little * In MS. G, " oratioun." liking there was between them, of the
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Boox IV. that our Maister Christ Jesus called him a fox; but thai told him not how odiouse a thing it was befoir God to murther ane innocent, as he had laitlie done befoir, causing to behead Johne the Baptiste, to reward the dansing of a harlottis doughtter.
Madam, yf the reportaris of my wordis had bene honest men, thai wold have reaported my wordis, and the circumstances of the same.
But becaus thai wold have credyte in Courte, and lacking vertew worthy thairof, thai mon haif somewhat to pleise your Majestie, yf it war but flatterye and lyes.
But such pleasour (yf any your Grace tack in suche personis) will turn to your everlasting displeasour.
For, Madam, yf your awin earis had heard the hoill mater that I entreated ; yf thair be into you any sparckle of the Spreit of God, yea, of honestie or wisdome, ye could not justlie have bene offended with any thing that I spack.
And becaus that ye have heard thair report, please your Grace to hear my self reherse the same, so neyr as memory will serve."
(It was evin upoun the nixt day after that the sermon was maid.) '" My text, (said he,) Madam, was this, ' And now, O kings, understand ; be learned, ye judges of the earth.'
After, Madam, (said he,) that I had declaired the dignitie of kingis and reullaris, the honour whairinto God hes placed thame, the obedience that is dew unto thame, being Goddis lievtennentis, I demanded this questioun,—But, O allace! what compte shall the most part of princes maik befoir that Supreme Judge, whose throne and authoritie so manifestlie and schamefullie thai abuse?
That the complaynt of Salomon is this day most trew, to wit, 'That violence and oppressioun do occupy the throne of God here in this earth: for whill that murtheraris, blood-thrystie men, oppressouris, and malefactouris dar be bold to present thame selfis befoir kingis and princes, and the poor sanctis of God are banisshed and exyled, what shall we say, But that the devill hath tacken possessioun in the throne of God, which aught to be fearfull to
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all wicked doiris, and a refuge to the innocent oppressed.
And how can it otherwyse be? For princes will not understand; thai will nott be learned as God commandis thame.
But Goddis law thei dispyse, His statutis and holy ordinances thei will not understand ; for in fidling and flynging thei ar more exercised then in reading or hearing of Goddis most blessed word ; and fidlaris and flatteraris (which commonlie corrupt the youth) are more pretious in thair eyes then men of wisdome and gravitie, who by holsome admonitioun mycht beat doun into thame some part of that vanitie and pryde whairintill all are borne, but in princes tack [deepe] roote and strenth by wicked educatioun.
And of dansing, Madam, I said, that albeit in Scripturis I fand no praise of it, and in prophane wryttaris, that it is termed the jesture rather of those that ar mad and in phrenesye then of sober men; yitt do I not utterlie dampne it, provyding that two vices be avoided: the formare, That the principall vocatioun of those that use that exercise be not neglected for the pleasur of dansing ;
Secoundly, That they daunse not, as the Philisteanis thair fatheris, for the pleasur that thai tack in the displeasur of Goddis people.
For yf any of boyth thai do, as thai shall receave the reward of dansaris, and that willbe drynk in hell, onless thai spedilie repent, so shall God turn thair myrth in suddane sorow: for God will not alwayes afflict his people, neither yitt will he alwayes wynk at the tyranny of tyrantis.
Yf any man, Madam, (said he,) will say that I spack more, let him presentlie accuse me; for I think I have nott only tueiched the somme, but the verry wordis as I spack them."
Many that stood by bair witnesse with him, that he had recyted the verray wordis that publictlie he spack.
The Queyn looked about to some of the reaportaris, and said, " Your wourdis ar scharpe yneuch as ye have spocken thame ; but yitt thei war tald to me in ane uther maner.
I know (said sche) that my Uncles and ye ar nott of ane religioun, and
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Boox IV. thairfoir I can nott blame you albeit you have no good opinioun of thame.
But yf ye hear any thing of my self that myslyikis you, come to my self and tell me, and I shall hear you."
"Madam," quod he, "I am assured that your Uncles ar enemyes to God, and unto his Sone Jesus Christ ; and that for manteanance of thair awin pompe and worldlie glorie, that thei spair not to spill the bloode of many innocents; and thairfoir I am assured that thair interpryses shall have no better successe then otheris haif had that befoir thame have done that thei do now.
But as to your awin personage, Madam, I wold be glade to do all that I could to your Graces contentment, provided that I exceed nott the boundis of my vocatioun.
I am called, Madam, to ane publict functioun within the Kirk of God, and am appointed by God to rebuk the synnes and vices of all.
I am not appointed to come to everie man in particular to schaw him his offense ; for that laubour war infinite.
Yf your Grace please to frequent the publict sermonis, then doubt I nott but that ye shall fullie understand boyth what I like and myslike, als weall in your Majestie as in all otheris.
Or yf your Grace will assigne unto me a certane day and hour when it will please you to hear the forme and substance of doctrin whiche is proponed in publict to the Churches of this Realme, I will most gladlie await upoun your Grace's pleasur, tyme, and place.
But to waitt! upoun your chalmerdoore, or ellis whair, and then to have no farther libertie but to whisper my mynd in your Grace's eare, or to tell to you what otheris think and speak of you, neather will my conscience nor the vocatioun whairto God hath called me suffer it.
For albeit at your Grace's commandiment I am heare now, yitt can not I tell what other men shall judge of me, that at this tyme of day am absent from my book and wayting upoun the Courte."
" You will not alwayis," said sche, " be at your book," and so turned hir back.
And the said Johne Knox departed with a 1 In MS. G, " to cum to waitt."
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reasonable meary countenance ; whairat some Papistis offended said, " He is not effrayed."
Which heard of him, he answered, "Why should the pleasing face of a gentill woman effray me?
I have looked in the faces of many angrie men, and yit have nott bene effrayed above measure."
And so left he the Quene and the Courte for that tyme.
In this meanetyme, the negotiatioun and credytte! was great betwix the Quene of England and our Soverane: letteris, curreouris, and postis ran verray frequent.?
Great bruyt thair was of the interview and meating of the two Quenes at York, and some preparatioun was maid thairfoir in boyth the Realmes.
But that failed upoun the parte of England, and that be occasioun of the trubles moved in France, (as was alledged,) which caused the Quene and hir Counsall attend upoun the Sowth partes? of England, for avoyding of inconvenientis.
That symmer, thair cam ane Ambassadour from the King of Swaden, requyring marriage of our Soverane to his Maister the King.* His intertenment was honorable ; but his petitioun lyked our Quene nothing; for such a man was too base for hir estait ; for had nott sche beyn great Queyn of France? Fye warres betwix England and France, the Quene came from St. Andrews to Edinburgh, at what tyme she committed the Earl of Arran to ward in the Castell of Edinburgh."
Calderwood has copied these words verbatim.
(History, vol. ii. p. 182.) 1 In MS. G, " and credytte," are omitted.
2 Various letters written by Queen Mary to Queen Elizabeth at this time are contained in the Prince A. Labanoff's collection : "Lettres, Instructions et Mémoires de Marie Stuart, Reine d Ecosse," &c.
Londres, (Paris) 1844, 7 vols. 8vo.
See also Keith's History.
4 The Swedish Ambassador, " Herr Peter Groif," arrived in Leith on the 24th April, where he remained till the 9th of May, when the Qucen came from 3 In MSS. M and L 4, the words after " Sowth partes" are omitted, and the following sentence interpolated. "Duke Fife.
In Edinburgh "he logeit in Mr.
Harie Lawder's lodgeing, quhairto he was convoyit honorabill," and departed on the 1st of June, " with his answer, and imbarkit that nycht at ten houris D'Awmall had opened up the English Ambassaders letters, who was then lying at Court, as wes reported; and by his procurement an English schip quhairin another Ambassador did fair, wes spoiled.
There being appearance of at nicht, and obtanit ane fair wynd."
(Diurnal of Occurrents, pp. 72, 73.)
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Book IV. of Swaden!
What is it?
But happy was the man that of suche a one was forsaken.
And yitt sche refuised nott one far inferiour to a vertouse King.!
The Erle of Levenax and his wyff2 war committed to the Towre of London for trafiquin with Papistis.
The young Lard of Barr? was a travaler in that busines, and was apprehended with some letteris, which war the cause of his and thair truble.
The Erle of Murray maid a privey raid to Hawick upoun HAWICK RALDE, the fayre-day thairof, and apprehended fyftie theaftis ; © of which nomber war sevintene drowned ;4 otheris war executed in Jedburght.
The principallis war brought to Edinburgh, and thair suffered, according to thair merittis, upoun the Burrow
Mure.
The Quene was nothing content of the prosperitie and gude successe that God gave to the Erle of Murray in all
* The disturbed state of the Borders called for this summary act of justice.
According to Randolph's letter, dated 7th July 1562, there were eighty-three persons apprehended at Hawick, " of the which twenty were acquitted by the assize; the rest condemned; of the which 1 The King of Sweden referred to was Eric XIV., who was born in the year 1533.
He was educated in the Protestant faith, and succeeded to the throne on the death of his father Gustavus Vasa, 29th September 1560.
He was unfortunate in his projected alliances, and also in the latter part of his career, having been forced to abdicate in 1568 ; and he died of poison in 1578.
. twenty-two were presently drowned there, for lack of trees and halters; six hanged at Edinburgh, yesterday being Monday," &c. (Chalmers' Queen Mary, 2 Matthew, fourth Earl of Lennox, succeeded his father in 1526.
He married Lady Margaret Douglas, the daughter of Archibald Earl of Angus, by his wife, Margaret Queen of Scotland, widow of James the Fourth, and vol. iii. p. 860; Tytler's Hist. vol. vi. p259.
But Chalmers dates this letter 7th June; Tytler, the 8th July.) 5 The Borough or Common Muir, about a mile to the south of Edinburgh, was of great extent, stretching from the Pleasance westward to beyond Merchiston Castle. 'The place where the old wooden gallows stood for the execution sister of Henry the Eighth.
Their son Henry Lord Darnley, who married Queen Mary of Scots, was born in 1545.
The Earl of Lennox was elected Regent of Scotland 11th July 1570, but was slain 4th September 1571.
The Countof criminals, according to Maitland, was "on the west, side of the Dalkeith road, where it is left by the way to Musselburgh."
The position was afterwards changed: see his History of Edinburgh, p176, chap. 177, respecting the Borough
Muir. ess of Lennox died 9th March 1577, in the 62d year of her age.
8 John Lockhart, son of John Lockhart of Barrin Ayrshire. He was served heir of his father, 10th May 1575.
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his interprysses, for sche hated his uprycht dealling, and the image of God which evidently did appear into him; but at that tyme sche could not weall have beyn served without him.
The Assemblye of the Kyrk at Mydsymmer, the [29th] of Junij,! anno 1562, approached, in the which war many notable headis entreated concernying good ordour to be keapt in the Churche ; for the Papistis and the idolatrie of the Queyn began to truble the formar good ordouris.
Some ministeris, suche SOHAREE as Maister Johne Scharpe," had left thair charges, and entered PREACHING into other vocationis more profitable for the belly; against 27,20 ™* whom war actis maid, althought to this day thei have nott anno 1566 bene putt in executioun. eg The tennour of the Supplicatioun redd in oppen audience, and approved by the hoill Assemblye to be presented to the Quenis Majestie, was this :— 1In MS. 1566, "the 24;" in MS.
L 4, "the penult of Junij;" in MS. M, "the penult of Julie." The General Assembly met at Edinburgh on the penult or 29th of June 1562.
See the Booke of the Universall Kirk of Scotland, vol. i. p18.
It should no doubt be, in " Mr.
Henry Lawder's lugeing," instead of "Mr. Hendrie Lands house," (ib. p. 14,) where the Assembly was held. ments, as he had done before times, charged him to re-enter to the ministry, the place where he should minister being reserved to farther deliberation."
And on the 4th July, " It was concludit that Mr. John Scharp should re-enter in the ministric, and to serve in the kirk whilk the Superintendent of Lothian should appoint; and if he refused, that the censures of the Kirk be execute against him."
Scharp, however, according to the above marginal note, became an Advocate, and long practised at the bar with great suc2 Mr. Jobn Scharp was educated in St. Leonard's. College, having taken his Bachelor's degree in 1555; and he became a licentiate or Master of Arts in 1557.
At the Refor-' mation he appears to have occasionally exercised: himself, in the: office of the ministry, without being appointed to any particular church.. The want 'of efficient preachers to supply the vacant charges rendered the General Assembly more anxious to secure the services of qualified persons. On the 2d July 1562, the Assembly " finding him able to preach the word and minister the sacraSt. Andrews,
cess.
Mr. John Scharp, Advocate, had ' a charter of the lands of Houston, in the shires of Edinburgh and Linlithgow, 25th March 1576.
His name occurs in an Act of Parliament, in July 1604, as"
** Maister John Scharp of Houston, Lawer."
(Acta Parl. Scot. vol. iii. p.
264.) He was one of five persons connected with Scotland who were knighted by King James at, Whitehall, on the 17th December 1604.
Y VOL. II.
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To tHE Qurenis Masestrz, anp Hir Most HonoraBiE Privey CounsaLL, THE SUPERINTENDENTIS AND MINIs-
TERIS OF THE EVANGELL OF JESUS CHRIST WITHIN THIS
REALME, TOGETHER WITH THE COMMISSIONARIS OF THE
HOILL CuuRCHES,! pEsSYRE GRACE AND PEACE FROM GoD
THE FatHEeR oF ouR Lorp JzEsus CHRIST, WITH THE
SPREIT OF RYCHTEOUSE JUDGEMENT.
Havine in mynd that: fearfull sentence, pronunced by the Eternall God against the watchemen that see the sweard of Goddis punishement approche, and do not in plane wordis foirwarne the people, yea, the Princes and Reularis, that thei may repent, we can not but signify unto your Hienes, and unto your Counsall, that the estait of this Realme is sic for this present, that onless redress and remeady be schortlie provided, that Goddis hand can not long spayr in his anger, to stryck the head and the taill; the inobedient Prince and synfull people: For as God is unchangeable and trew, so must he punische in these our dayis, the grevouse synnes that befoir we read he hes punished in all aiges, after that he hes long called for reapentance, and none is schawin.
And that your Grace and Counsall may understand what be the thingis we desyre to be reformed, we will begyn at that quhilk we assuredlie know to be the fontane and spring of all other evillis that now abound in this Realme, to wit, That idoll and bastard service of God, the Messe; the fontane, we call it, of all impietie, not only becaus that many tack boldnes to syn be reassone of the opinioun which thei have conceaved of that idoll, to wit, That by the vertew of it, thei get remissioun of thair synnes; but also becaus that under the cullour of the Messe, are hoores, adulteraris, drunkardis, blasphemaris of God, of His holy Word and Sacramentis, and such other manifest malefactouris, manteaned and defended: for lett any Messe1 In the Booke of the Kirk, " of the haill Kirk."
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sayare, or earnest manteanar thairof be deprehended in any of i :
"+4 THIS! the foirnamed. crymes, no executioun can be had, for all is bis tee '
Bre C xs :
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done in haiterent of his religioun ; and so are wicked men per- {VES %% mitted to live wickedlie, clocked and defended by that odious Favoun" idoll.
But supposing that the Messe war occasioun of no such" evillis, yit in the self it is so odiouse in Goddis presence, that we can not cease with all instance to desyre the removing of the same, alsweall frome your self as from all otheris within this Realme, tacking heavin and earth, yea, and your awin conscience to record, that the obstinat manteanance of that idoll shall in the end be to you destructioun of saule and body.
Yf your Majestie demand, why that now we ar more earnest then we have bein heirtofoir; We ansuer, (our formar silence no wiese excused,) becaus we fynd us frustrat of our hope and expectatioun ; quhilk was, that in processe of tyme, your Grace's heart should have bein mollifyed, so far as that ye wold have heard the publict doctrin taught within this Realme ; by the quhilk, our farther hope was, that Goddis Holy Spreit should so have moved your hearte, that ye should have suffered your religioun (quhilk befoir God is nothing but abominatioun and vanitie) to have been tryed by the trew tueich-stone, the writtin word of God; and that your Grace fynding it to have no ground nor fundatioun in the same, should have gevin that glorie unto God, that ye wold have preferred his treuth unto your awin preconceaved vane opinioun, of what antiquitie that ever it hes bene.
Whairof we in a parte now discoraged2 cane no longer keape silence, onless we wold mack our selfis criminall befoir God of your blood, perisheing in your awin iniquitie; for we plainlie admonishe you of the dangearis to come.
The Secound that we requyre, is punishement of horrible vices, sic as ar adultery, fornicatioun, open hurdome, blasphemye,
1JIn MS. G, " These cause;" MS. L 2In MS. G, "discharged." IntheBook 4, " This causethe." of the Kirk, and MS.L 4, "disappointed."
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GRUDGEING
OF THE
NOBILITIE
ONE AGAINST OTHER, this Realme, for lack of punishement, do evin now so abound, that syne is reputed to be no syne.
And thairfoir, as that we see the present signes of Goddis wrath now manifestlie appear, so do we foirwarne, that he will stryck, or it be long, yf his law without punishement be permitted thus manifestlie to be contempned.
Yf any object, that punishementis can nott be commanded to be executed without a Parliament ; We answer that the eternall God in his Parliament has pronounced death to be the punishement for adulterye and for blasphemye ; whose actis.yf ye putt not to exécutioun, (seing that Kingis ar but his lieutennentis, having no power to geve lyefe, whair he commandis death,) as that he will reputt you, and all otheris that foster vice, patronis of impietie, so will he nott faill to punishe you for neglecting of his judgementis.
Our Third requeast concerneth the Poore, who be of thre sortis: the poore lauboraris of the ground; the poore desolat beggaris, orphelyns, wedoes, and strangaris; and the poore ministeris of Christ Jesus his holie evangell, quhilk ar all so crewallie entreated by this last pretended Ordour tacken for sustentatioun of Ministeris, that thair latter miserie far surmonteth the formar.
For now the poore lauboraris of the ground ar so oppressed by the creualtie of those that pay thair
Thrid, that they for the most parte advance upoun the poore, whatsoever they pay to the Quene, or to any other.
As for the verray indigent and poore, to whome God commandis a sustentatioun to be provided of the Teyndis, they ar so dyspised, that it is a wonder that the sone geveth heat and lycht to the earth, whair Godis name is so frequentlie called upoun, and no mercy (according to his commandiment) schawin to his creaturis.
And also for the Ministeris, thair lyvingis ar so appointed, that the most parte shall lyve but a beggaris lyef.
And all cumeth of that impietie, that the idill bellies of Christis ennemyes mon be fedd in thair formare delicacie.
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We dar nott conceall frome your Grace and Honouris our conscience, quhilk is this, That neather by the law of God, neather yitt by any just law of man, is any thing dew unto thame, who now most creuellie do exact of the poore and riche the Two partes of thair Benefices, as they call thame: And thairfoir we most humblie requyre, that some other Ordour may be tacken with thame, nor that thei be sett up agane to impyre above the people of God, eathir yitt above any subject within this Realme.
For we fear that sic usurpatioun to thair formar estaite be neather in the end_ pleasing to thame selfis, nor profitable to thame that wold place thame in that tyrannye.
Yf any think that 4 competent lyving is to be assigned to thame, we repugne not, provided that the Lauboraris of the ground be nott oppressed, the Poore be nott utterlie neglected, and the Ministeris of the word so scharplie entreated as now thay ar.
And, finallie, that those idill bellies, who by law can crave nothing, shall confesse that thei receave thair sustentatioun, nott of debt, but as of benevolence.
Our humble requeast' is thairfoir, that some suddane ordour may be tacken, that the poore Lauboraris may fynd some releaf, and that in everie parochine some portioun of the' Teyndis may be assigned to the sustentatioun of the Poore within the same; and lykwise that some publict releaf may be provided for the Poore within Broughtis; that collectouris may be appointed to gatther, and that scharpe comptis may be tacken, alsweall of thair receat as of thair deliverance.
The farther consideratioun to be had to our Ministeris, we in some parte remitt to your Wisdomes, and-unto thair particular complayntis.
Oure Fourt petitioun is for the mansses, yardis, and gleibes, justlie apperteanyng to the Ministeris, without the quhilkis it is unpossible unto thame quyetly to serve thair chargeis ; and thairfoir we desyre ordour to be tacken thairinto without delay.
Oure: Fyft concerneth the inobedience of certane wicked
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Boox IV. personis, who not onlie truble, and have trubled Ministeris in thair functioun, but also disobey the Superintendentis in thair visitatioun ; whairof we humblye crave remeady ; which we do not so much for any fear that we and our Ministeris have of the Papistis, but for the love that we bear to the commoun tranquillitie.
For this we can not hyd from: your Majestie and Counsall, that yf the Papistis think to triumphe whair thai may, and to do what thai list, whair thair is not a partie able to resist thame, that some will think, that the godlie mon begyn whair thai left, who heirtofoir have borne. all thingis patientlie, in hope that Lawes should have brydilled the wicked; whairof yf thai be frustrat, (albeit that nothing be more odiouse 'to thame then tumultis and domesticall discord,) yit will men attempt the uttermost, befoir that in thair awin eyes thai behold that House of God demolisshed, quhilk with travaill and danger God hath within this Realme erected by thame.
Last, We desyre that sick as have receaved remissioun of thair Thriddis be compelled to susteane the Ministerie within thair boundis, or ellis we foirwarne your Grace and Counsall, that we fear that the people shall reteane the hoill in-thair handis, unto sic tyme as thair ministery be sufficientlie provided.
' We farther desyre the kirkis to be repared according to ane Act set furth by the Lordis of Secreat Counsall, befoir your Majesties arryvall in this countrey: That Judges be appointed to hear the causes of divorsement ; for the Kirk can no longare sustean that burthen, especiallye becaus thair is no punishement for the offendars:
That sayeris and heararis of Messe, prophanaris of the Sacramentis, such as have entered in [to] benefices by the Papis bulles, and such otheris transgressouris of the Law maid at your Grace's arryvall within this
Realme, may be seveirlie punished; for ellis men will think that thair is no,treuth ment in macking of sick Lawis..
Farther, We most humblye desyre of your Grace and Honorable Counsall, a resolut ansuer to everie ane: of the headis
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foirwritten, that the same being knawin, we may somewhat satisfie such as be grevouslie ioffended at: manifest iniquitie now manteaned, at oppressioun under pretext of Law done against the poor, and at the rebelliouse disobedience of many wicked :personis against Godis word and holy ordinance.
God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, so.reull your heartis, and direct your Grace and Counsallis judgementis by the dyttament and illuminatioun of his Holy Spreit, that ye may ansuer so as that your consciences may. be absolved in the presence of that rychteous Judge, the. Lord Jesus; and then we doubt nott but ye your selfis shall fynd felicitie, and: this poor Realme, that long hes bene oppressed by wicked men, shall enjoy tranquillitie and rest, with the treu knowledge of God.
These thingis redd in publict Assemblie,! as said is, war approved of all, (and some wissed that moir scharpness had bene used, becaus that the tyme so craved,) but the monzeoris of the Court, and Secreatarie Lethingtoun abuf otheris, could not abyd such hard speiking ; " For who ever saw it writtin (said he) to a Prince, That God wold stryck the héad and 'the taill :
That yf Papistis did what thei list, men wold begyn whair thei left."
But abuf all otheris that was most offensyve, that the Quene was accused, as that sche wold raise up Papists and.
Papistrie agane. To put that in the people's head was no less then. treassone; for oathes durst be maid? that sche never. ment-such thing.
To whom it was ansured, " That. the Prophete Esaias used such maner of speiking; and it was no doubt
ESAT. but he was weill acquented in the Court; for it was supposed he was of the Kingis stock.
But howsoever it was, his wordis: mack manifest, that he spack to the Court. and Courteouris, to Judges, Ladies, Princes, and Preastis: And yit, (sayes he,)
"The Lord shall cut away the head and the taill," &.
" And ANSUERE TO LETHINGTON.
1 At the 6th Sess., 4th July.
2 In MS. G, " wer maid."
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Boox IV. so," said the first wryttar, "I fynd that such phrase was ones used befoirus.
And yf this offend you, that we say, ' Men maun begyn whair thei left, in case that Papistis do as thei do; we wold desyre you to teache us, not so much how we shall speak, but rather what we shall do, when our Ministeris ar strycken, our Superintendentis disobeyed, and a plane rebellioun decread against all good ordour."
" Complean," said Lethingtoun.
" Whom to?" said the other.
"To the Quenis Majestie," said he.
" How long shall we do so?" quod the whole.
" Till that ye get remeady," said the Justice Cleark:
"geve me thair names, and I shall geve you letteris."
" Yf the shepe," said one, "shall compleane to the wolf, that the wolves and whelpis hes devoured thair lambis, the compleanar may stand in danger; but the offendar, we feare, shall have libertie to hunt after his prey."
"Sie comparisonis," said Lethingtoun, " are verray unsaverie; for I am assured, that the Quene will neather erect, nor yit manteane Papistrie."
" Let your assurance," said ane other, " serve your self, but it can not assure us, for hir manifest proceadings speakis the contrair."
After sick tanting reassonyng of boyth the sydis, the multitude concluded, that the Supplicatioun, as it was conceaved, should be presented, onless that the Secreatarie wold forme one more aggreable to the present necessitie.
He promest to keap the substance of ouris, but he wold use other termes, and ask thingis in a mair gentill maner. he first writtar ansured, "That he served the Kirk at thair commandiment, and was content, that in his dictament should men use the libertie that best pleased thame, provided that he was not compelled to subscryve to the flatterie of such as more regarded the personis of men and wemen, then the simple treuth of God."
And so was this formar Supplicatioun gevin to be reformed as Lethingtounis wisdome thought best.
And in verray deid he framed it so, that when it was delivered by the Superinten-
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dentis of Lotheane and Fyfe, and when that sche had redd somewhat of it, sche said, " Here ar many fair wordis: I can not tell what the heartis ar." And so for our paynted oratorye, we war termed the nixt name to flatteraris and dissemblaris.
But for that Sessioun the Kirk receaved none other ansuer.
Schort after! the conventioun of the Kirk, chansed that unsonyx cor. happy persuyt whilk Johnne Gordoun, Laird of Fynlater,? maid octuny. upoun the Lord Ogilby,? who was evill hurt, and almost yit abydis mutilat.
The occasioun was, for certane landis and rights, quhilkis old Fyndlater had resigned to the said Lord, which he was perseuing, and was in appearance to obteane his purpose.
Whairat the said Johne and his servandis. war offended, and thairfoir maid the said persuyt, upoun a Setterday, at nycht, betwix nyne and ten.
The freindis of the said Lord war eather not with him, or ellis. not weall willing to feght that nycht; for thei took straikis, but geve few that left
1 As mentioned in the previous page 837, Knox has mistaken the time when the General Assembly met, and in this way he probably committed the mistake disinherited his son James Ogilvy of Cardell, settled his estates of Finlater. and Deskford upon John Gordon, who assumed the name of Ogilvie, which was the occasion of the animosity that existed between the two families.
James Ogilvy of Cardell had been in France, and was Master of the Household of Queen Mary. He was now endeavouring of saying, "Schort after," instead of " Short before the Conventioun."
The meetings of the Assembly were from Monday the 29th June, till Saturday the 4th July 1562.
The above conflict took place on Saturday the 27th June.
The Magistrates having apprehended and imprisoned Gordon of Finlater, and ordered two of the Ogilvies to be kept in ward, they sent a messenger to the Queen, who was then in Stirling, to obto recover possession of his father's estates.
The claim between the rival families of Gordon and Ogilvy having at length been referred to arbitration, the estates of Deskford and Finlater, in 1566, were affirmed to James Ogilvy, the ancestor of the Earls of Finlater ; and this award was ratified in Parliament, 19th April 1567. tain her instructions.
The Queen's letter, dated penult of June, is preserved in the Council Register, and is printed by Keith.
(Hist. vol. ii. p. 156.) But Sir John Gordon, as Knox mentions, soon afterwards made his escape to the North.
8 According to most accounts James sixth Lord Ogilvy of Airly was so severely wounded in this conflict, on the 27th June 1562, that his life was considered to be in imminent danger; but he recovered and survived till the year 2 Sir John Gordon was third son of George fourth Earl of Huntley.
Alexander Ogilvy of Ogilvy, in 1545, having 1606.
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The said Johne was tane, and put in the Tolbuyth, whair he remanent certane dayis, and then brack his warde, some judged, at his fatheris commandiment ; for he was macking preparatioun for the Quenis cuming to the North, as we will after hear.
The interview and meating of the two Quenis, delayed till the nixt year, oure Soverane took purpose to visyt the North, and departed from Striveling in the moneth of August.
Whitther thair was any secreat pactioun and confederacye betwix the Papistis in the South, and the Erle of Huntley and his Papistis in the North; or, to speak more planelie, betwix the Quene hir self and Huntley, we can not certanlie say.1
But the suspitionis war wounderous vehement, that thair was no good will borne to the Erle of Murray, nor yit to such as depended upoun him at that tyme.
The History we shall faythfullie declair, and so leave the judgement free to the readaris.
That Johne Gordoun brack his ward, we have already heard, who immediately thairafter reapared to his father George, then
Erle of Huntley ;? and understanding the Quenis cuming, maid graite provisioun in Strabogye, and in other partis, as it war to receave the Quene.
At Aberdene the Quene and Court remaned certane dayis to deliberat upoun the affaires of the countrey ; whair some began to smell, that the Erle of Huntley was under gatthering, as heirefter shalbe declaired.
Whill thingis war so wyrking in the North, the Erle BothBOTHWELL BRAKE WARDE. well brack his ward, and cam furth of the Castell of Edinburgh,
1In MS. G, " certanely affirme."
Chancellor.
He obtained in 1549 a 2 George fourth Earl of Huntley succeeded his grandfather in 1524.
He became a favourite of King James the grant of the Earldom of Murray, but this he was forced to resign in 1559.
The estates and dignities of Mar and Murray haying afterwards been conferred upon Lord James Stewart, this served to encrease those fatal dissensions which ultimately led to the Earl's death, at Corrichie, on the 28th October 1562.
Fifth, with whom he had been educated.
He was admitted a Privy Councillor in 1585, and was constituted LieutenantGeneral of the North in 1540.
In 1546 he succeeded Cardinal Beaton as Lord
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the 28th of August.
Some say that he brack the stancheour of the wyndo ; utheris whispered, 'that he gat easye passage by the yettis.
One thing is certane, to wit, The Quene was litill offended at his eschaiping.
Thair passed with him a servand of the Capitane's, named James Porterfield.
The said Erle schew him self not verray affrayed, for his commoun residence was in Lowthean.
The Bischope of Sanctandrois and Abbot of Crosraguell keapt secreat conventioun that same tyme in Paslay, to whom resorted diverse Papistis; yea, the said
Bischope spack the Duck, unto whom also cam the Lord Gordon from the Erle of Huntley, requyring him "to putt to his handis in the South, as he should do in the North; and so it THE Fats
BISHOPE should not be Knoxis crying nor preaching that. should Jes, stay that purpose."
The Bischope, be he never so close, could not altogether hyd his mynd, but at his awin table said, " The Quene is gone into the North, belyke to seak disobedience : sche may perchance fynd the thing that sche seikis.'
It was constantlie affirmed, that the Erle Bothwell and the said Lord Gordon spack together, but of thair purpoise we heard no mentioun.
That same year, and at that instant tyme, war.appointed (OMy® Commissionaris by the Generall Assemblie to Carryk and Cunighame, Maister George Hay, who, the space of a moneth preached with great fruct in all the churches of Carryk.
To Kyle, and to the partis of Galloway was.appointed Johnne Knox, who besyde the doctrine of the evangell schawen unto the commoun people, foirwarned some of the Nobilitie and Baronis of the dangearis that he feared, and that war appearing schortlie to follow; and exhorted thame to put thame selfis in sic ordour as that thei mycht be able to serve the authoritie, and yit not to suffer the ennemeis of Goddis treuth to have the upper hand.
Whairupoun a great part of the Baronis and Gentilmen of Kyle and Cunynghame and Carrik, professing the treu doctrine of the evangell, assembled at Ayre ;
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Boox IV. and after exhortationis maid, and conference had, subscrivit this Band.
The tennour whairof followis :— We, whais Names are underwrittin, do promesse, in the presence of God, and in the presence of his Sone our Lord Jesus
Christ, that we, and everie ane of us, shall and will manteane and assist the preaching of his holy Evangell, now of his mear mercy, offered unto this Realme; and also will manteane the ministeris of the same against all personis, power, and authoritie, that will oppone the self to the doctrin proponed, and by us receaved.
And farther, with the same solempnitie, we protest and promesse, that everie ane of us shall assist otheris; yea, and the hoill body of the Protestantis within this
Realme, in all lauchfull and just actionis, against all personis ; so that whosoever shall hurt, molest, or truble ony of our body, shalbe reaputed ennemye to the hoill, except that the offendar wilbe content to submit him self to the judgement of the Kirk, now establisshed amangis us.
And this we do, as we desyre to be accepted and favored of the Lord Jesus, and reaccompted worthy of credyte and honestie in the presence of the godlie.
At the Brough of Air, the ferd day of September, the year of God J™ V° threscoir twa zeiris.
Subscrivit by all these with thair handis, as followis :— Mr. Micuarty Watiace, Pro-
GLENCARNE,!
vest of Air,!
Ro. Boyp,5 James Lockart,?
R. Fartrurp,® WitiiaME Montaomery, Marruew CampBeE. of LowJOHNNE CrauFuRD of Wolden, knyght, stoun,?
Atuane Lorp Caytucart, 1 The Provost of Ayr was, no doubt, 4 Alexander fourth Earl of Glencairn.
Wallace of Holmstone, on the south bank 5 Robert fourth Lord Boyd: see page of the river, about a mile from the town.
259, note 7.
2 Probably Sir James Lockhart of Lee.
6 Robert Cunningham, minister of 3 Or Walston, parish of Tarbolton.
Failfurd : see a subsequent note.
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JoHNNE Mure in Wole, Hew Wattace of Carnell, JAMES CHALMER of Gathgirth, Joune CunynGHAME of Capringtoun,
CUNYNGHAMHEID,*
V CHILTRIE,°
GEORGE CRAUFURD of LefHew Monteomery of Hesheilhead, JOHNNE Futrarroun of Dregnoreise, horne, I Wititame CunyGHamMgE, with JoHNnE Mure of Rowallane, Hew Cunyeuame of Wattermy hand, Sxetpoun,!
FarqusHILL,2 stoun, Rospert CUNYGHAME,
AKYNHARVYE,®
Myppitroun,?
Joune Wattace of Cragie, Mr. or Boyp,?
JOHNNE Lockart of Barr, WiiiiaMe CunyGuame of CapJoune Boyp of Narstoun, Rogpert CampBeLL of Kingringtoun younger,
Rozert Ker of Carsland,
RoBEeRT CRAWFURD,
Davip CRAWFURD,
WILLIAME CUNYGHAME,
zeanclewcht, GILBERT Eccrzs, Tuomas CAaYTHOARTE, with my hand, ALLANE CaitHcart of ClaCHARLES CaMPBELL, Burgess of wance,8 Apam Reyp of Barskymming, JoHNNE CarTHcarRt of GibisAir, James DaLRYMPLE of Stayre, Muneo Mvrz,
JAMES REID,
JAMES KenneEDY, Burgessof Air, GrorcE Lockxart, Burgess. zard,9 JoHNE Rerp, with my hand, JOHNE .
.10 thair, 5 In the list this appears as a distinct name, but Robert Cunningham was Laird of Auchinharvy.
1 William Campbell of Skeldon, in the parish of Dalrymple.
2 John Fergushill of Fergushill, in the parish of Kilwinning.
7 The Laird of Middleton was also a Cunningham.
3 Robert Master of Boyd.
He predeceased his father Lord Boyd.
8 Or Clavanes, parish of Dundonald.
® Or Gibb's-yard.
4 Sir William Cunningham of Cunninghamhead.
10 In all the copies of Knox this name 5 Andrew second Lord Stewart of Ochiltrie. is left blank, his transcriber in 1566 apparently being unable to decypher it.
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Rozert Boyp of Pemont,® WixiiaME CAMPBELL of HorsRopert Scuaw, Burgess thair, Jounne Dunsar of Blantyre, clewcht,* Wittiame Carrucart, broRosert CHALMER of Martnem,!
Rosert Hunrar of Huntarsther to the Lord Caithcart, JOHNNE MaAcQuuHIDAILL, Grorce Corry of Kelwod, Wituiame Kennypie of toun, Rosert RaNnKIn,
ARCHIBALD BOYLE,
ALEXANDER NYSBETT,
JAMES LocKaRT, WituraMeE Stewart of Halrig, Hecrour Dunsar of Clousting, JAMES CaMPBELL of Louchley, Apam Carrucart of BardaTernganocht, JoHNNE Kennypre of Kirkmichaell, Tuomas Mack ALEXANDER of Corsclais.® * rocht, GzorGE Ryp of Chapellhouse, Hew Watuact of the Meanfurd, Rosert CampBELt of Cragdow, Awnpro Nrven of Monkredden,
WILLIAME CaITHCART,
Davip CrauFurp of the Kerse, JoHnne Kennypye of Ternganoche, Patrik Kennypie of Daljarocht,?
ALLANE Carrucart of Carlton.
1 Or Martinham, parish of Dalrymple.
* In MS. G, at the end of this list of names is added, " With many uther Gentilmen of worth, and Burgesses."
In MS. L 4, the list is dated, the 3d of September; but the names of the Subscribers of this Bond are only partially given; but adding these words, " with an hundreth more gentlemen," &c. Calderwood also gives a similar abridged list.
(Hist. vol. ii. p. 202.) 2 Or Daljarrock, parish of Colmonell.
8 Or Piedmont.
* Or Horsecleuch, in the parish of Cumnock, a designation assumed by the Campbells of Skerrington, although probably at first by a distinct branch of the family.
5 Or Corseclays, in the parish of Colmonell.
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These thingis done at Ayr, the said Johne passed .to Nethisdaill and Galloway, whair, in conference with the Maister of Maxwell! a man of great judgment and experience, he communicat with him such thingis as he feared; who by his motioun wraytt to the Erle Bothwell, to behave himself as. it became a faythfull subject, and to keape good quyetness in the partis committed to his charge, and so wold his cryme of the breaking of the ward be the more easelie pardoned.
Johne Knox wrait unto the Dukis Grace, and earnestlie exhorted him neather to geve eare to the Bischope? his bastard brother, nor yit to the persuasionis of the Erle of Huntley; for yf he did, he assured him, that he and his House should come to a suddane ruyn.
By such meanis. war the South partis keapte in reassonable quyetness, during the tyme that the trubles war in brewing in the North.
And yit the Bischope and the Abbote of Corsraguell,? did what in thame lay to have rased some truble ; for besydis the fearfull bruytes that thei sparsed abroad, (sometymes that the Quene was tacken; sometymes that the Erle of Murray and all his band war slane; and sometymes that the Quene had gevin her self. unto the Erle of Huntley,—besydis such bruites) the Bischope, to brek the countrey of Kyle, whair quyetness was greatest, rased the Craufurdis against the Readis for the payment of the Bischopis Pasche fynes ; but that was stayed by the laubouris of indifferent men, who favored peace.
The Abbot of Crosraguell requyred disputatioun of Johne DISPUTE:
Knox for mantenance of the Messe, which was granted unto 1 Sir John Maxwell of Terreglis, younger son, intended for the church, he
Warden of the West Marches: see vol. pursued his studies at St. Andrews, and i. p. 819. afterwards at Paris.
He obtained the 2Qiving ear tothe Bishop, that is, John | Abbacy of Crossraguell in Ayrshire, in Hamilton, Archbishop of St. Andrews. the year 1549. -He died on the 22d 3 Quintin Kennedy was thefourthson August 1564.
See notice of his life in of Gilbert second Earl of Cassillis.
Asa the Wodrow Miscellany, vol. i. p. 89.
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Boox IV. him, and whiche held in Mayboll thre dayis.
The Abbot had the advantage that he requyred, to wit, He took upoun him to prove that Melchisedeck offered bread and wyne unto God, which was the ground that the Messe was builded upoun to be a Sacrifice, &c. But in the travaill of thre dayis thair could no prooff be produced for Melchisedeckis oblatioun, as in the same disputatioun (which is to be had in print!) clearlie may appear.
The Papistis constantlie looked for a wolter, and thairfoir thei wold maid some bragg of reassonyng.
The Abbote OROSRAGUELIL OFFERED HIM ANES
TO PREAOH.
farther presented him self to the pulpit, but: the voice of Maister George Hay? so effrayed him, that efter ones he wearyed of that exercise.
After that the Quene was somewhat satisfyed of hunting, and other pastyme,® sche cam to Abirdene, whair the Erle of 3 The following is a brief notice of the Queen's progress in the North of Scotland.
She set out from Edinburgh, on horseback, on the 11th August 1562, dined that day at Calder, and then reached the Palace of Linlithgow.
Next day, after dinner, at Lord Livingstone's, in Callander House, she came to Stirling Castle, where she remained till the 18th.
She proceeded to Aberdeen, where she arrived on the 27th, and remained till the 1st of September.
Haying changed her purpose of visiting the Earl of Huntley, she proceeded, stopping at places not so well prepared for her reception, passed the Spey, and reached Elgin on the 4th.
On the 8th she passed forward to Kinloss Abbey; on the following day to Tarnaway Castle, the chief mansion of the Earldom of Murray, where a Privy Council was held on the 10th of September; and Lord James 1 The Disputation referred to took place-at Maybole in September 1562.
Knox published a detailed account of it, under the title of "The Copie of the Reasonyng which was betwix the Abbot of Crossraguell and Johne Knox, in Maybole, concerning the Masse," &c.
Printed at Edinburgh by Robert Lekprevik, 1563, 4to.
This, of course, will be reprinted in a subsequent volume of his Works.
2Mr. George Hay was first minister of Eddilston, and in or before 1563, was appointed Commissioner of the Diocese of Aberdeen and Banff, and also Minister of Ruthven.
In August 1562, he had been appointed to visit Ayrshire (sce page 847); and Knox's allusion is evidently to Hay's controversy with the Abbot at this time, which was published under this title, " The Confutation of the Abbote of Crosraguells Masse, set furth by Maister George Hay.
Imprinted at Edinburgh, by Robert Lekprewik, 1563," 4to; dedicated " To the Most Noble, Potent, and Godly Lord James, Earle of Murray."
Stewart having resigned the title of Mar, produced his patent, and assumed the title of Murray. Next day the Queen reached Inverness.
On the 15th she set out on her return, stopping at Tar-
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Huntley met hir and his Lady, with no small tryne, remaned in Court, was supposed to have the greatest credyte, departed with the Quene to Buchquhane, met hir again at Rothymay, looking that sche should have passed with him to Strabogye.
But in the jorney certane word cam to hir that Johne Gordoun had brocken promesse in not re-entering in ward; for his father the Erle had promessed that he should enter agane within the Castell of Stryveling, and thair abyd the Quenis pleasur.
- But whetther with his fatheris knowledge and consent, or without the same we know not, but he refused to enter ; which so offended the Quene, that she wold not go to Strabogye, but passed through Straythyla to Innerness, whair the Castell thairof was denyed unto hir.
The Capitane was commanded to keape it, and looked for releaf, for so had Johne of Gordoun promessed ; but being thairof frustrat, the Castell was randered, and the Capitane named Gordoun was executed ; the rest war damned, and the handis of some bound, but eschaiped.
This was the begynning of farther truble; for the Erle of Huntley thairat offended, began to assemble his folkis, and spaired not to speak that he wold be revenged.
But alwayes his Wyef bayre faire countenance to the Quene; and it is verrely supposed, that no other harme then the Quene hir self could easilie have stand content with, was ment unto hir awin persone.
But the hoill malice lay upoun the Erle of Murray, Secreatarie Lethingtoun, and upoun the Lard of PitYitt the Quene begane to be effrayed, and by proclatarro. and other writers assert was the chicf object in inducing the Queen to undertake this journey.
In her return she passed through Dunottar, Montrose, Dundee, Perth, and arrived at Holyrood on the evening of the 21st of November, after more than three months' absence.
See Chalmers's Life of Queen Mary, vol. i. sect. iv. naway and Spynie Castle, recrossed the Spey at Fochabers, and reached Aberdeen on the 22d, where the inhabitants shewed their loyalty on occasion of her public entry.
Here she remained till the 5th of November, during which time the fatal conflict at Corrichie took place, ensuring the triumph of Murray, and the ruin ot Huntley, which Chalmers Z, VOL. II.
THE HISTORY OF
Boor IV. matioun caused warne Stryveling, Fyffe, Anguss, Mearness, and Straytherne, charge all substantiall men to be in Abirdene the fyfth day of October, thair to remane the space of twenty dayis.
In hir returning from Innerness, sche required the Castell of Fynlater, which was lykewise denyed, and so was Auchendowne, which more inflammed the Quein.
The Erle of Huntley was charged to caus deliver the said housses, under pane of treasson.
To schaw some obedience, he caused the keyis of boyth to be presented by his servand, Mr. Thomas
Keyr.
But befoir had the Quene send young Capitane Stewarte, (sone to Capitane James,! who to this day hes neather bein stout, happye, nor trew,) with sex scoir of soldartis, to ly about the said place of Fynlater.
They lodged in Culane, nott far distant from the said place. Upoun a nycht Johne Gordoun cam with a cumpany of horsemen, took the Capitane, slew certane of the soldiouris, and disarmed the rest.
This fact, done (as the Quene alledged) under traist, so inflambed hir, that all hope of reconciliatioun was past ; and so the said Erle of Huntley was charged, under pane of putting of him to the horne, to pre sent him self and the said Johne befoir the Quene and Counsall within sax dayis: whiche charge he disobeyed, and so was so was THE denunced rebell.
Whitther it was law or not, we dispute litill
DUOK, THE
PRLIS thairintill ; but it was a preparative to otheris that after war HRGYLE, MURRAY, .
° murray, served with that same measure.
He was sought at his place Witt az Of Strathbogye, but eschaped.
WITH ALL Pintus The evill encreased, for the Erle assembled his folk out of Serven. all partes of the North.
He martched forward towardis Abirdene, and upoun the twenty-twa day of October, the year of 1562.
God J™ V° threscoir twa yearis, cam to the Loch of Skein.
His army was judged to sevin or aught hundreth men.
The 1 Apparently Capt. Alexander StewStewart for his trew service done and art, son of Capt.
James Stewart of Carto be done, £66, 13s. 4d." donald, who is mentioned at page 329.
2 Being denounced rebels, in August On the 29th October 1562, there was and October 1565.—Some letters in this paid by the Queen's speciale command marginal note, cut away by the binder, ""to Capitane Moffet ensinge to Capitane are supplied from MS. G.
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Quenis army, boyth in nomber and manhead, far surmounted his, and yitt he took no fear; for he was assured of the most parte of thame that war with the Quene, as the ishew did witness.
Within the toune thei stood in great fear ; and thairfoir it was concluded that thei wold assaile the uttermost upoun the feildis.
The Forbesses, Hayes, and Leslyes, took the vantgard, and promessed to feght the said Erle without any other helpe.. Thei passed furth of the toune before ten houris.
Thei putt thame selfis in array, but thei approached not to the enemye till that the Erle of Murray and his cumpanye war come to the feildis, and that was efter two at efter none ; for he was appointed with his cumpanye onlye to have beholden the battell.
But all thingis turned otherwyese then the most parte of men supposed.
The Erle of Huntley was the nycht befoir determined to have retyred him self and his cumpanye; but that mornyng he could not be walkened before it was ten houres, and when he was up on foote his spreitis failed him, (be reassone of his corpolencie,) so that rychtlie a longe tyme he could do nothing.
Some of his freindis, fearing the danger, left him.
When that he looked upoun boyth the cumpanyes, he said, " This great cumpany that approcheth neyest to us will do us no harm, thei ar our freindis.
I only fear yonder small cumpayne that stand upoun the hill-syd, yone ar our enemyes.
But we ar anew for thame, yf God be with us.'
And when he had thus spoken, he fell upoun his knees, and maid his prayer in this forme.
'"O Lord, I have been a bloode thristye man, and by my meanes hes mekle innocent bloode bein spilt; but wilt thou geve me victory this day, and I shall serve thee all the dayis of my lyef.'—Note and observe, good Readar, he confessed that he had bein a blood-thristy man, and that he had bein the cause of the schedding of much innocent bloode: but yitt wold he have had victorye ; and what was that ellis, but to have had power to have schedd, more, and then wold he have satisfied
THE ERLN OF HUNTLEYIS PRAYER.
THE HISTORY OF
Book IV.
God for all togetther.
Wherein is expressed the nature of hypocrytis, whiche neather farther feareth nor loveth God then present danger or proffeitt suadeth.
But to our Historye.
The Leslyes, Hayes, and Forbesses, espying the Erle of Murray and his to be lyghted upoun thair foote, maid fordcorrreny warde against the Erle of Huntley and his, who stoode in CorPana DANK. yechie Burne, (some call it Fara Bank ;)! but or thei approched, ney by the space of the schote of ane arrow, they caist frome thame thair spearis and long weaponis, and fled directlie in oun trrasthe faces of the Erle of Murray and his company.
The danger Pact OF THE espyed, the Lard of Pettarro, a man boyth stout and of a reddy
NORTH. wytt, with the Maister, now Lord Lyndsay, and Tutour of Pettcur,? said, " Let us cast downe spearis to the formest, and lett thame nott come amanges us, for thair is no doubt but that this flying is by treassone."
And so thei did: so that they that fled keapt thame selfis apart frome the few nomber that war marching upoun foote in ordour.
The Erle of Huntley, seing the vantgard flie, said unto his company, " Oure freindis ar honest men, they have keapt promesse: lett us now rencounter the rest."
And so he and his, as suyre of victorye, martched fordwarte.
The Secreatarie, in few wordis, maid a vehement orisoun, and willed everie man to call upoun his God, to remember his deuitie, and nott to fear the multitude; and, in the end, consroretaCluded thus:
"O Lord, thou that reullis the heavin and the
N{E LETH-
ixcroun earth, look upoun us thy servandis, whose bloode this day is
HIS ORISO
Are CORED "THOR unjustlie sought, and to man's judgement is sold and 1 The battle of Corrichie takes its a later period of life he obtained a grant name from the vale or small stream so of the Commendatorship of the Priory called, in the parish of Mid-Mar, about of Pittenweem. As elsewhere mentioned twenty miles west of Aberdeen.
The he died in 1588, aged seventy.
He was hill of Fare is computed to be 17938 feet buried in the church of Dundee, and above the level of the sea. the inscription on his monument, which, 2 This veteran has been several times _I believe, is still preserved, was pubmentioned by Knox: see vol. i. p. 317; lished by Monteith, in his " Theater of vol. ii. pp. 56,63. Itmay beaddedthatat Mortality."
Edinb. 1718, 8vo.
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betrayed: Our refuge is now unto thee and our hope is in thee.
Judge thou, O Lord, this day, betwix us and the Erle of Huntley, and the rest of our ennemyes.
Yf ever we have injustlie sought his or thair destructioun and bloode, lett us fall in the edge of the sweard.
And, O Lord, yf thou knowest our innocencye, manteane thou and preserve us for thy great mercyes saik."
Schort after the speaking of these and the lyke wordis, the formar rankis joyned, for Huntleyis cumpany maid great haist.
They war repulsed by the Maister of Lyndsay, and the cumpanyes of Fyffe and Anguss.
Some of thame that fledd returned, and followed the Erle of Murray, but gave na straykis till that Huntleyis cumpanye geve back.
In the front thair war slane about eighteen or twenty-foure men, and in the fleyeing thair fell ney a hundreth. Thair was tacken a hundreth, and the rest war spaired. The Erle himself was tacken alyve ; his two sons, Johne foirsaid, and Adam Gordoun, war tacken with him.
The, Erle, immediatlie after his tacken, departed this lyiff without any wound, or yitt appearance of any strock, whairof death might have enseued ; and so, becaus it was laitt, he was cassen over-thorte a pair of crealles, and so was caryed
THE RXto Abirdene, and was laid in the Tolbuyth thairof, that the spoxsx OF THE response whiche his wyflis wyttches had gevin mycht be ful: urzx or filled, whay all affirmed (as the most parte say,) that that WYTTOHES. same nycht should he be in the Tolbuyth of Abirdene without any wound upoun his body.
When his-Lady gatt knowledge thairof, sche blamed hir principale witche, called Janet ; but sche stoutlie defended hir self, (as the devill can ever do,) and affirmed that she geve a trew answer, albeit she spack nott all the treuth ; for she knew that he should be thair dead:! but that could nott proffeit my Lady.2
Scho was angrye and 1 In MS. L 4, oll the words after Lord Keith, who with his father William © should be there dead," are omitted. third Earl Marischal, was killed at Flod2 Wlizabeth, eldest daughter of Robert don in 15138.
THE HISTORY OF
Book IV. sorye for a seassone, but the Devill, the Messe, and wyttches have als great credyte of hir this day as thei had sevin yearis ago.
12 JUNTJ,
1566."
The Erle of Murray send message unto the Quene of the mervalouse victorye, and humblie prayed hir to schaw that obedience to God as publictlie to convene with thame, to geve thankis unto God for his notable deliverance.
Sche glowmed boyth at the messenger? and at the requeast, and skarselie wold geve a good worde or blyth countenance to any that sche knew earnest favoraris of the Erle of Murray, whose prosperitie was and yitt is, a verray vennoume to hyr boldened harte, against him for his godlynes and uprycht plainess. Of many dayes she bair no better countenance ; whairby it myght have bene evidentlie espyed, that sche rejosed nott greatlie of the successe of that mater; and albeit sche caused execut Johne Gordoun and diverse otheris, yitt it was the destructioun of otheris that sche sought.
Upoun the morow after the disconfiture, the Lady Forbess, a woman boyth wyese and fearing God, cam amangis many other to vesytt the corps of the said Erle; and seing him ly upoun the cold steanes, having onlye upoun him a doublat of cammoise, a pair of Scottishe gray hoise, and covered with ane
E arrass-work,® she said, " What stabilitie shall we judge to be THE LADY FORBES HI
'WOURDIS,
into this world: thair lyeth he that yesterday in the morneyng was holden the wyesest, the richest, and a man of greatest power that was within Scotland."
And in verray dead sche lyed nott; for, in mannis opinioun, under a prince, thair was not suche a one these thre hundreth yearis in this Realme produced,.
. Bott felicitie and.worldlye wisdome so blynded him, that in the end he perished in thame, as shall all those that dyspyse God, and trust in thame selfis.4
1 In MS. G, this marginal date is in- *In MS. G, in this place there is a serted in the text.
marginal note, "Let utheris that yet 2In MS. 1566, " message." live mark this."
3 In MS. L 4, " an Yrish work."
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Johne Gordoun,! at his death, confessed many horrible thingis, devised by his father, by his brother, and by him self.
Thair war letteris found in the Erles pocket, that disclosed the treassone of the Erle of Sutherland, and of diverse otheris.
Mr. Thomas Keir, who befoir was the hole counsallour to the Erle foirsaid, disclosed whatsoever he understoode myght hurte the Gordones and thair freyndis: and so the treassone planelie disclosed, whiche was, that the Erle of Murray with certane otheris should have bene murthered in Strabogye; the Quene should have bene tane, and keapt at the devotioun of the said
Erle of Huntley.
These thingis (we say) reveilled, the Quene left the North,2 and cam to Dondye, Sanct Johnestoun, Stirveling, and then to Edinburgh.
The Erle of Huntleyis body was caryed about in a boat,t and laid without buriall in the Abbay of Halyrudhouse, till the day of his forfaltour, as after shall be declaired.®
1 See page 345, note 2. hir Grace departing furth of Edinburgh towart the North partis, fra the first day of August, 1562 zeris, to the last day of November in the said zeir, extending to 122 dayis, &c. £100."
2 In MS. L 4, this sentence reads, "These thingis thus reveilled, the Quene returned shortlie efter, leaving the Thesaurer, Mr. James M°Gill, Mr. John
Spence of Condie, and the Laird of Pittarrow in Aberdene, to compone for the eschetes of those who were in the fields with the Erle of Huntlie." Calderwood (Hist. vol. ii. p. 200) copies these words verbatim.
The Treasurer in his Accounts from February 1561-2 to February 1562-3, charges himself with £3542, 6s. 8d., as the composition of various persons in the North for assisting, &c. George Earl of Huntley, "in Campo de Correchie, in mense Oct. ult."
In October £33 was paid to Archibald Earl of Argyle, Lord Justice, and £62 to Sir John Bellenden, Justice Clerk, for the time they remained in Aber3 On the 21st November.
4 The following payments in the Treasurer's Accounts, confirm this notice of the Earl's contemplated forfeiture :—
1562, November, Item to Patrick Hume, for the fraucht of his schip, of Abirdene to Leith,
£10 — for the carriage of ane kist, quhairin wes contenit my Lord of Huntleis bodie, of Leith to Edinburgh, .
4s.
— for bandis for the same, Os:
— to Robert Hendersone, chirurgen, for expensis maid be him upoun spicis, vinagre, acquavitie, pulderis, odouris, and hardis, with sindrie utheris necessaris, and for his laubouris in the handeling of the said Erle of Huntleis bodie that it suld nocht putrefie, as compt gevin in be the said Robert, beris.
£28, 88. 4d. deen.
"Item, to John Johnstoun, Clerk of the Secreit Counsel, for his extraordinar wagis and ane servand, awaiting upoun the Quenis grace and Lordis of hir Secreit Counsel, all the tyme fra
5 See infra, page 380.
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Book 1YThe Duck apprehended the Lord Gordoun! his sone in law, becaus that the Quene had straitlie commanded him so to do, yf he repaired within his boundis.
Befoir he delivered him, the Erle of Murray laubored at the Quenis hand for the saiftye of his lyeff, which hardly was granted ; and so was he delivered within the Castell of Edinburgh, the twenty-aught day of November, whair he remaned till the aught of Februare, when he was put to ane assise, accused, and convict of treassone; but was restored agane, first to the Castell foirsaid, and thairafter
1562. was transported to Dumbar, whair he remaned preasoner till the moneth of August, the year of God J" V° threscoir fyve yearis, as we will after hear.
In this meantyme the trubles war hote in France ; and the intelligence and outward familiaritie betwix the two Quenis
Lethingtoun was direct with large commissioun was great. both to the Quene of England and unto the Guisianes. mariage of our Queyn was in all mannis mouth.
The Some? wold 1 George Lord Gordon was the second son of the Earl of Huntley. He succeeded his elder brother Alexander Lord Gordon, who died in 1553, without issue.
Alexander married Lady Margaret, the second daughter, and George, Lady Anne, the third daughter of the Duke of Chattelherault.
On his father's death at Corrichie, George became fifth Earl of Huntley. But being apprehended, he was convicted of treason on the 8th February
Mary, the first was Don Carlos, Infant of Spain, son of Philip the Second, born in 1545, and died in 1568.
The next was the Archduke Charles, a younger son of the Emperor Ferdinand the First, and brother of Maximilian the Second, born in 1540, and died in 1596.
The third was Lord Robert Dudley, the favourite of Quecn Elizabeth, who created him Earl of Leicester, born in 1532, and died in 1588.
The fourth was James (of the house of Savoy) Duke de Nemours, born in 1531, and died in 1585.
He was reckoned as " lun des plus beaux Princes de son tems, et des plus braves, fut liberal, magnifique, et scavoit des langues."
In 1566, he married Anne d'Este, widow of Francis Duke de Guise.
(Anselme, Hist. Geneal. vol. iii. p. 512.) The last was Henry Lord Darnley, eldest son of Matthew Earl of Lennox, born 1545, and whom she afterwards married, 29th July 1565.
1562-3, his estates forfeited, and he himself sentenced to be executed.
The latter part of the sentence however being delayed, he was sent to Dunbar Castle, where he remained a prisoner until August 1565. He was then restored to favour, and adhered to the Queen's party.
He was advanced to be Lord Chancellor in March 1566, and after several changes of fortune, he died in 1576.
2 Of the five persons here named, who were proposed as husband to Queen
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have Spaine ; some the Emperouris brother ; some Lord Robert Dudlye ; some Duck de Nemours ; and some unhappilie gessed
MENIS JUDGE-
MENTIS OF
THE QUENIS
MARIACH, at the Lord Darnlye.
What Lethingtounis credyte was, we know not; but schorte after thair began much to be talked of the Erle of Levenox, and of his sone, the Lord Darnlye.
It was said that Lethingtoun spack the Lady Margarete Dowglass, and that Robert Melven? receaved ane horse to the Secreatare's use, fra the Erle of Levenox, or from his wyff.
Howsoever it was, Maister Foullare, servand to the said Erle, cam with letteris to the Quenis Grace, by the which, licence was permitted to the Erle of Levenox to cum to Scotland, to travell in his lauchfull busynes.
That same day that the licence was granted, the said Secreatarye said, "This day have
I tacken the deadlie haiterent of all the Hamyltonis within Scotland, and have done unto thame no less displeasur than that I had cutted thair throttis."
The Erle Bothwell, who befoir had brocken ward, fearing apprehensioun, prepared to pas to France; but by storme of weather was dryven into England, whair he was stayed, and was offerred to have bein randered by the Quene of England.
But our Quenis ansuer was, " That he was no rebell, and thairfoir sche requeasted that he should have libertie to pas whair it pleiseth him."? And thairto Lethingtoun helped not a litill; for he travailled to have freindis in everie factioun of the Courte.
And so obteined the said Erle licence to pas to France.
The wynter after the death of the Erle of Huntley, the of France, during the reign of Henry the Second; and was afterwards much employed in public affairs.
He was knighted in 1582, and was raised to the Peerage, by the title of Lord Melville of Monimail, in 1616, having survived 1 See page 335, note 2.
2 Robert Melvin or Melville, the second gon of Sir John Melville of Raith.
In May 1555, " Robert Melville, seryand to the Quenis Grace, received be hir speciale command," the sum of £50; and in September following, £75, as his pension for the Whitsunday term, that year.
He had long resided at the Court till 1621, when he died at the very advanced age of 94.
3In MS. G, " quhair he pleased."
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Courte remaned for the maist part in Edinburgh.
The Preacheouris war wonderous vehement in reprehensioun of all maner of vice, which then began to habound ; and especiallie avarice, oppressioun of the poor, excesse, ryotouse chear, banketting, immoderat dansing, and hurdome, that thairof enseuis.
Whairat the Courteouris began to storme, and began to pyck THE querrallis against the Preachearis, alledging that all thair
PREACHpreaching was turned to raylling.
Whairunto one of thame KOURIS RAILLED uz cour. gave ansuer as followeth: 'It cumis to our earis that we ar called raillaris, whairof albeit we wounder, yitt we ar not esTEOURIS.
THE chamed, seing that the most worthy servandis of God that
PREACHERIS
apmoxr- —_befoir us have travalled in this vocatioun, have so bein styled.
AFTER THE
a vatnor But unto you do I say, that that same God, who from the benuxtiey, gyning has punished the contempt of his word, and hes poured furth his vengeance upoun such proude mockaris, shall not spair you; yea, he shall not spair you befoir the eyis of this same wicked generatioun, for the pleasur whairof ye dispyse uuyrtyE! all holsome admonitionis.
Have ye not sein ane greattar than any of you sitting whair presenthe ye sitt, pyck his naillis, and pull down his bonet ower his eyis, when idolatrie, witchecraft, murther, oppressioun, and such vices war rebuked ?
Was not his commoun talk, When thei knaiffis have railled thair fill, then will thei hald thair peace?
Have ye not heard it affirmed to his awin face, that God should revenge that his blasphemy, evin in the eyis of such as war witnesses to his iniquitie ? Then was the Erle Huntley accused by you, as the manteanar of idolatrie, and only hinderar of all good ordour.
Him hes God punished, evin according to the threatnyngis that his and your earis heard; and by your handis hath God executed his judgementis.
But what amendment in any caise can be.espyed in you?
Idolatrie was never in greattar rest :
1Tn MS. G, " mening of Huntlie." was evidently added in 1571.
'The 2 In MS. 1566, the marginal note at words "then was," refer to the year the top of the next page, judging from 1562-3. The note occurs in MS. G, with the different hand and colour of ink, this addition, "then was (as he is now)."
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vertew and verteouse men war never in more contempt: vice ae was never more bold, nor less feared punishement.
And yitt 7776" who guydis the Quene and Court?
Who but the Protestantis? 1571, O horrible sclanderaris of God, and of his holie evangell. Bettir LETHING. it war unto you plainelie to renunce Christ Jesus, then thus to WAS
TP expone his blessed Evangell to mockage.
Yf God punishe not 42% 1S you, that this same aige shall see and behold your punishement,! the Spreit of rychteous judgement guydis me not."
This vehemence provocked the hatterent, not onlie of the Courteouris, but also of diverse otheris against the speakar ;? for such as be in credyte never lack flatteraris. "Thair breth- #22", ren of the Courte war irreverentlie handilled.
What was that, Moves" but to raise the heartis of the people against thame? Theidid
=~ what thei myght ; such speaking wold cause thame do less."
And this was the frute the Preachearis cea of thair just reprehensionis.
The Generall Assemblie of the Churche,? holden the twentyfyve of December, the year of God 1562, approched, in the which, great complentis war maid, that churches lacked Minis1562. teris ; that Ministeris lacked thair stipendis ; that wicked men war permitted to be School-maisteris, and so to infect the youth; amongis whom one Maister Robert Cumyn, schoolmaister in Aberbrothok, was compleaned upoun by the Laird of Dun,* and sentence was pronunced against him.
It was 1JIn MS. G, is this marginal note, which cannot be attributed to the author:—" The end declared thair words to be trew."
Lethington, it is well known, having adhered to the Queen's party, he remained in the Castle ofEdinburgh during the whole time of the siege by the English troops in 1578, until its surrender, under promise that the Governor and his associates should be favourably treated. But Queen Elizabeth delivered them up to their implacable enemy the Regent Morton; and Lethington was with Kirkaldy of Grange, and the other prisoners, carried to Leith; but whether it was his own act, to save the disgrace of a public execution, or that of others, he died, "not without suspicion of poison," on the 9th June 1578.
2 In MS. G, "the speaker, quhilk was John Knox."
8 In MS. G, " of the Kirk."
* John Erskine of Dun, Superintendent of Angus and Mearns.
Calderwood repeats this notice, and says, that Cumming was accused " for infecting the youth committed to his charge with idolatrie.""
THE HISTORY OF
Book IV. farther compleaned, that idolatrie was erected in diverse partis of the Realme; for redress whairof, some thought best, that new supplicatioun should be presented to the Quenis Grace.
Otheris demanded, what ansuer was receaved of the formar ?
The Superintendent of Lowtheane confessed the deliverance of it, " But," said he, "I receaved no ansuer.'
It was ansuered for the parte of the Quene, (for hir suppostis war ever thair,) "That it was weill knawin to the hoill Realme what trubles had occurred since the last Assemblie ; and thairfoir, that thei should not wounder albeit that the Quene had not ansuered: but betwix that and the Parliament which was appointed in May, thei doubted not but that such ordour should be tacken, as all men should have occasioun to stand content." 'This saTar quenis tisfyed, for that tyme, the hoill assemblie: And this was the
PRAOTISE.
practise of the Quene and of hir Counsall, with fair wordis to dryve tyme, as befoir we have said.
The Assemblie, nochtwithstanding, proceided fordward in establessing of such ordouris, as whairby vice myght be punished, and vertew myght be manteaned. And becaus that thair was a great sclander rissen upoun Paule Meffen,! of whom mentioun is maid in the Secound Booke of this Historie, commissioun and charge was gevin unto Johne Knox, minister of Edinburgh, and unto certane of the eldaris of the Kirk of Edinburgh, to pass to the toune of Jedburgh, whair the said sclander was rased, and to be found thair the thrid of Januar nixt, for the tryall to be tane in the sclander rased, and to hear the articules and complaynt of the said Paule; and after the tryall, to report the treuth to the Sessioun of the Churche of Edinburgh ; to whom, with the assistance of the Superin30th December 1562, to proceed to Jedburgh, and on the 3d of January to take trial of the slander raised against Methven.
At the next General Assem1 Knox has previously mentioned Paul Methven as an active and zealous preacher, (vol. i. p. 300.) The proceedings against him by order of the Assembly, contained in the Book of the Kirk, consist of extracts from Calderwood.
Knox was appointed on the bly, on the 25th June 15638, Knox reported that Methven had been removed from his charge, and excommunicated.
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tendent of Lowthiane, commissioun was gevin to decern thairintill.
The tryall and examinatioun of that cryme was difficill.
The sclander was universall in that toune and countrey.
The servand woman of the said Paule had betwix termes left his house; sche had borne a child; no father to it could she fynd ; but alledged hir self to have bein oppressed late in ane evening.
The said Paule constantlie affirmed him self innocent, and wold have gevin his publict purgatioun ; but becaus that his accusatouris had tacken upoun thame to prove thair accusatioun, that was denyed.
Many witnesses war produced, of whom some deponed so clearlie, that the Commissionaris suspected that thei had bene suborned, and thairfoir thei requyred to have inspectioun of the places, whair some said thei saw, and some said thei heard thame in the verray act of iniquitie.
The syght and consideratioun of the places augmented greatlie the suspitioun.
But one thing was most suspitiouse of all otheris; for the wyiff of the said Paull, ane auncient matron, was absent from him the space of aucht or nyne weakis in Dundye ; which tyme (or at least a great part thairof) thei suspected, and he lay nyghtlie in ane house, without other cumpany than a child of sevin or eight yearis of aige.
The Judges, notwithstanding these suspitionis, haveing a good opinioun of the honestye and godlynes of the man, travalled what thei could (conscience not hurte) to purge him of the sclander.
But God, who wold not that such vilanye should be clocked and conceiled within his Churche, otherwyese had decreed ; for he brought the brother of the gyltie woman to the toune, having no mind of such materis, who being produced 'by the accusatouris, as one that was prevey of the fact, and knew the veritie with all circumstances:
This 2!" ™=
INIQUITIE
witness, (we say,) which could not be suspected, being pro9" PAX" i *1°
WAS CLEAR-
duced, maid the mater so plane and clear, that all suspitioun pinproven was removed; for he it was that convoyed the woman away ; he it was that caused the child to be baptised, alledging it to
THE HISTORY OF
Book IV. be his awin: he it was that caryed frequent message betwix thame, and from Paull caryed money and claythis diverse tymes.
How soon that ever the said Paule saw that man produced, as witnesse, he withdrew himself, and left the toune, by that mean plainlie tacken upon him the cryme; and so the Commissionaris with full informatioun returned to Edinburgh, and notified the fact unto the Churche, who caused publictlie summond the said Paull to hear the sentence pronunced ; who not compearing, in the end, for his odiouse cryme and contumacye, was publictlie excommunicated, and depryved of all functioun within the Churches of Scotland: and so left he the Realme.
For two causes we insert this horrible fact, and the ordour keapt in punishment of the same: formar, To foirwarne such as travaill in that vocatioun, that, according to the admonitioun of the Apostle, " Suche as stand, tack head lest thei fall."
Noman in the begyning of the Evangell was judged more fervent and more upryght, and yit we have heard how far Sathane has prevailled against him.
God grant that we may hear of his reapentance.!
Neather yitt aught his fall any thing to prejudge the authoritie of the doctrin which he taucht ; for the doctrin of God have authoritie of no creature, but has the assurance of God him self, how weak or imperfite that ever the instrumentis be by whom it pleases God to publishe the same.
The treason of Judas, the adulterie of David, and the abnegatioun of Petir, did derogat nothing to the glorie of Christis evangell, nor yit to the doctrin which befoir thei had taught ; but declaired the one to be a reprobat, and the other to be instrumentis in whome mercy must neadis surmount judgement.
The other caus is, That the world may The writer of the Fifth or Suppleceived again into church-fellowship. It mental Book of the present work, notices does not appear that he was permitted Methven's contrition and public repentto resume his ministerial functions. ance; and his earnest desire to be re-
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see what difference thair is betwix light and darknes, betwix the uprychtness of the Churche of God, and the corruptioun that ringes in the synagoge of Sathan, the Papisticall rable ; for how many of that sorte hath bein, and still remane openlie knowin hooremongaris, adulteraris, violataris of virgenis, yea, and committaris of such abhominationis as we will nott name : and yit ar thei called and permitted to be Bischoppis, Archbischoppis,
Cardinallis, and Papis thame selfis.
For what synnes can unable the sworn servandis of Simonye, and of his father the devill?
For bragg what thei. lyst of Christ, of Petir, and of Paule, thair lyves and conversationis bearis witnesse whom to they belong.
But we return to our Historye of thingis done in Courte.
Amongis the monzeonis of the Courte,! thair was one named Monsieur Chattelett,? a Frencheman, that at that tyme passed
2The name of Chastelard, among other varieties by different writers, occurs as Chatelar, Chastellet, Charterlet,
Chatillon.
But we cannot well identify him with a person of nearly the same name who had been attached to the household of the Queen Regent in 1555, as appears from this entry in the Treasurer's Accounts, on the 7th January :—
"Ttem, Given to Franschois Chattillihon, kepar of the Quenis Grace chalmer dur, be ane precept and speciale command at his departing to Fransche—1 lb." (£50.) 1 The following account of Chastelard, in MS. L 4, is introduced with a passage relating to " Danvill, son to Annas Montmorrencie, Constable of France," who had accompanied " the Guises to Scotland ;" but the reference, " as Thuanus sayeth," clearly shews it to -bea subsequent interpolation.
'" When he (Danvill) departed, he left behind him Monsieur Chattellet, nephew to the famous knyght Pierr Tertall, by his daughter.
Whill he is left a brocker between Danvill and the Queen, he laupoured to conquist hir affection to himChastelard arrived in Scotland in 1561, as one of the suite of. M. de Damself, He passcd all others in credit," &c.
See Cald. Hist. vol. ii. p. 211.
It may ville.
He returned with him to France; but in November 1562, he again visited Scotland as the bearer of letters to the Queen.
He remained about the Court until the 12th of February 1562-3, the night when he concealed himself in the Queen's bed-chamber in the Palace of Holyrood.
He followed her to Fife, and two days later, he was discovered, as Knox relates, at Burntisland, and being be added, in reference to this MS. L 4, that it corresponds very closely with the MS. portion of Mr. M'Crie's copy of Vautrollier's edition; and the latter was probably the copy that Calderwood the Historian made use of, as his extracts correspond with it, and the MS. additions resemble the handwriting of his amanuensis.
THE HISTORY OF
Boor IV. all otheris in credytt with the Quene.
In dansing of the Purpose, (so terme thei that danse, in the which man and woman talkis? secreatlie—wyese men wold judge such fassionis more lyke to the bordell than to the comelynes of honest wemen,) in this danse the Quene chosed Chattelett, and Chatcuarretrrt telett took the Quene.
Chattelett had the best dress.
All QurNe. —_ this wynter Chattelett was so familiare in the Quenis cabinett, ayre and laitt, that scarslye could any of the Nobilitie have access unto hir.
The Quene wold ly upoun Chattelettis shoulder, and sometymes prively she wold steall a kyss of his neck.
And all this was honest yneuch ; for it was the gentill entreatment of a stranger.
But the familiaritie was so great, that upoun a nycht, he privelie did convoy him self under the Quenis bed; but being espyed, he was commanded away.
But the bruyte arysing, the Quene called the Erle of Murray, and bursting furth in a womanlie affectioun, charged him, "That as minavENis he loved hir, he should slay Chattelett, and let him never concer™. speak word."
The other, at the first, maid promesse so to do; an but after calling to mynd the judgementis of God pronunced against the scheddaris of innocent bloode, and also that none should dye, without the testimonye of two or thre witnesses, returned and fell upoun his kneis befoir the Quene, and said,
" Madam, I beseak your Grace, cause not me tack the blood of this man upoun me.
Your Grace hes entreated him so familiarlie befoir, that ye have offended all your Nobilitie; and now yf he shalbe secreatlie slane at your awin commandiment, what shall the world Judge of it?
Ishall bring him to the presence of Justice, and let him suffer be law according to his deserving."
" Oh," said the Quene, " ye will never let him speak?"
"I shall do,' said he, "Madam, what in me lyeth to saiff your honour." arrested, he was conveyed and tried at Court-book of Justiciary, from May St. Andrews, where he was executed on 1562 to May 1563, being lost.
(Pitthe 22d February 1562-3.
Noaccountof cairn's Criminal Trials, vol. i. p. 427.) his trial has been preserved, the scroll
>In MS. G, " talketh."
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Poor Chattelett was brocht back from Kinghorne to Sanctandrois, examinat, putt to ane assise, and so beheaded, the twenty-twa day of Februar, the year of God J™ V° threscoir twa.
He begged licence to wryte to Fraunce the cause of his death, which, said he, in his toung, was, " Pour estre trouvé en liew trop suspect ;" that is, " Becaus I was found in a place too
_ much suspect."
At the place of executioun, when he saw that thair was no remeady but death, he maid a godly confessioun, and granted, that his declyning from the treuth of God, and following of vanitie and impietie, was justlie recompensed upoun him.
But in the end he concluded, looking unto the heavenis, with these words, "O cruelle Dame," that is, "Cruell
Maistress."1
What that complaint imported, luvaris may devine.
And so receaved Chattelett the reward of his dansing ; for he lacked his head, that his toung should nott utter the secreattis of our Quene.
" Deliver us, O Lord, from the raige of such inordinat reullaris."
The year of God a thousand fyve hundreth threscoir thre yearis, thair was ane universall dearth in Scotland.
But in the THE PUNISHMENT OF GOD FOR MANTEYNYNG AND FRECTING OF THE MESSE. northland, whair the harvest befoir the Quene had travailled, thair was ane extreame famyn, in the quhilk many dyed in that countrey.
The dearth was great ower all, but the famyn was principallie thair.
The boll of wheat gave sax pound:
DEARTH AND
FAMYN IN
THE NORTH.
the boll of bear, sax markis and ane half: the boll of meill, four markis: thé boll of aittis, fyfty schillingis: ane ox to draw in the pleuch, xx markis: a weddir, thretty schillingis. et propre pour ne point abhorrer la mort; ne s'aydent autrement d'autre 1 Brantome has given a tolerably full account of Chastelard, and says, he was a gentleman of Dauphing, and grandnephew on the mother's side of the celebrated M. de Bayard.
On the day of his execution, he says, when brought livre spirituel, ny de Ministre, ny de Confesseur."?
He then adds that Chastelard turned to the place where he supposed the Queen to be, and cried aloud,— Adieu, the most beautiful and the most cruel Princess of the world."
(Oeuvres, tome ii. p. 357.) Randolph, however, says, "he died with repentance."
(Tytler's Hist. vol. vi. p. 274 ) to the scaffold, he took into his hands the hymns of the French poet Ronsard, '" et, pour son éternelle consolation, se mit 4 lire tout entiérement
Vhymne de la mort, qui est tres-bien fait, QA VOL, II.
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And so all thingis apperteanyng to the sustentatioun of man, in tripill and more exceaded thair accustomed prices.
And so did God, according to the threatnyng of His law, punish the idolatrie of our wicked Quene, and our ingratitud, that suffered hir to defyle the land with that abominatioun agane, that God so potentlie had purged, by the power of his wourd. for the ryotouse feasting, and excessive banquetting, used in Court and countrey, whair soevir that wicked Woman repaired, provocked God to stryck the staff of braid, and to geve his maledictioun upoun the fructis of the earth
But, O allace, who looked, or yit lookis to the very cause of all our calamities.
Lethingtoun was absent, as befoir we have heard, in the Quenis effairis.2
The Papistis, at that Pasche,? anno lxiij?, in
PASCIL ON
EASTHR. diverse partis of the Realme, had erected up that idoll, the Messe; amongis whom the Bisshope of Sanctandrois, the Priour of Whithorne,t with diverse otheris of thair factioun,
1 Bishop Keith animadverts with some severity on Knox's language in thus attributing this dearth and high price of provisions "' as an immediate punishment upon what he calls
' the idolatry of our wicked rulers.'"
(Hist. vol. ii. p193.) He also quotes an Act of Privy Council, 11th February 1562-3, against eating flesh during the season of Lent, because, as the Act bears, " The cattle had suffered much by the tempestuous storms of the winter bypast."' to Queen Elizabeth, and not to the Court of France.
The date, 12th February 1562-3, is confirmed by a letter quoted by Mr. Tytler, vol. vi. p. 275.
3 Easter Sunday, 11th April.
4 Whitehorn or Candida Casa, was a Priory in Wigtonshire, founded in the reign of David the First, by Fergus, Lord of Galloway.
The Commendator here mentioned was Malcolm Fleming, supposed to be a younger son of John second Lord Fleming, who died in 1524.
Dns. Malcolmus Flemyng Vicarius chori Glasg., was incorporated in the University of Glasgow, 29th October 1519.
He was Commendator and Vicar-General of the Diocese of Galloway, in December 1541.
His name as Commendator occurs in February 1545-6, (Chalmers's Caledonia, vol. iii. pp. 439, 419.)
Also, in 1565, (ib. p.482.) He died intestate in the year 1568. John Lord Fleming being "'decernit executor dative."
(Register of Confirmed Testaments.) 2 On the 18th February 1562-3, " Williame Maitland apperand of Lethingtoun, and Secretar to our Soverane Ladie, depairtit furth of Edinburgh to France in ambassatorie, to quhat effect none knowis."
(Diurnal of Occurrents, p.75.) Keith has printed from what he calls "the Shattered MS.," the " Instructions by the Queen of Scots to her Secretary, Mr. William Maitland, younger of Lethingtoun." (Hist. vol. ii. p. 188.) They have reference, however, to his mission
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wold avow it.
Besydis the first proclamatioun, thair had letteris past in the contrair, with certificatioun of death to the contraveanar.
The brethren universallie offended, and espying that the Quene, by hir proclamationis, did but mock thame, determined to put to thair awin handis, and to punishe for example of otheris.
And so some Preastis in the westland war appre- [ae steur. hended, intimatioun maid unto otheris, (as unto the Abbot of {Nos is Crossraguell,? the Parsone of Sanquhair,? and such,) that thei """ "'""" should nether complayne to Quene nor Counsall, but should execute the punishment that God has appointed to idolateris in his law, by such means as thei mycht, whairever thei should be apprehended.
The Quene stormed at sick fredome of speaking, but she could not amend it ; for the Spreit of God, of boldness and-of wisdom, had not then left the most part of such as God had used instrumentis in the begynyng.
Thei war of one mynd to manteane the treuth of God, and to suppresse idolatrie.
Particularties had not divided thame; and thairfoir could not the devill, working in the Quene and Papistis, do then what thei wold; and, thairfoir, she began to invent a new craft.
She send for Johne Knox to come unto hir, whair she lay at JoPs"
Lochleaven.4
She travailled with him earnestlie two houris *082¥ ™™ befoir hir suppar, that he wold be the instrument to perswaid the people, and principallie the gentilmen of the West, not to put handis to punishe any man for the using of 'thame selfis in thair religioun as pleased thame, The other perceaving hir craft, willed hir Grace to punishe malefactouris according to 1This marginal note is omitted in at the College of Glasgow, being incorMS. G.
' porated in 1521. He died 16th January 2 Quintin Kennedy, Abbot of Cross1570-1.
(Register of Confirmed Testaraguell in Ayrshire, (see supra, pp. 351, ments.) :
352.) * This interview is supposed to have 2 Mr. Robert Creichton was Parson of taken place on the 18th April 1568. On Sanquhar, in Dumfries-shire, and Canon _ the 15th of that month the Queen reof Glasgow, in 1549.
He was cducated moved from Lochlevin to Perth.
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Boox 1V. the lawis, and he durst promesse quietness upoun the part of all thame that professed the Lord Jesus within Scotland.
But yf hir Majestie thought to delude the lawis, he said, he feared that some wold lett the Papistis understand, that without punishement, thei should not be suffered so manifestlie to offend Goddis Majestie.
TNG BE- " Will ye," quod sche, "allow that thei shall tack my sweard TWIX THE .
QUENE AND
1N thair hand ag OHNE .
Cee KNOX.
" The Sweard of Justice," quod he, " Madam, is Goddis, and is gevin to Princes and reuallaris for ane end, which, yf thei transgresse, spairing the wicked, and oppressing innocentis, thei that in the fear of God executis judgement, whair God hes commanded, offendis not God, althought Kingis do it not ; neather yitt synne thei that brydillis kingis to stryck innocent men in thair raige.
The examples ar evident; for Samuell feared not to slay Agag, the fat and delicate king of Amalech, whom king Saule had saved.
Neather spaired Helias Jesabellis fals propheittis, and Baallis preastis, albeit that king
Achab was present.
Phyneas was no magistrat, and yit feared he not to stryck Cosby and Zimbrye in the verray act of fylthie fornicatioun.
And so, Madam, your Grace may see that otheris then cheaf magistrattis may lauchfullie punishe, and hes punished, the vice and crymes that God commandis to be punished.
And in this case I wold earnestlie pray your Majestic to tack good advisement, and that your Grace should lett the Papistis understand, that thair attemptatis will not be suffered unpunissed.
For power, be Act of Parliament, is gevin to all judges within thair awin boundis, to searche mesmongaris, or the heareris of the same, and to punishe thame according to the law.
And thairfoir it shalbe profitable to your Majestie, to considder what is the thing your Grace's subjectis lookis to receave of your Majestie, and what it is that ye aught to do unto thame by mutuall contract.
Thei ar bound to obey you, and that not but in God.
Ye ar bound to keape lawis unto
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thame.
Ye crave of thame service: thei crave of you protectioun and defence against wicked doaris.
Now, Madam, yf ye shall deny your dewtie unto thame, (which especialle craves that ye punishe malefactouris) think ye to receave full obedience of thame?
I feare, Madam, ye shall not."
Heirwith, she being somewhat offended, passed to hir suppar.
The said Johne Knox left hir, informed the Erle of Murray of the hoill reassonyng, and so departed of finall purpose to have returned to Edinburgh, without any farther communicatioun with the Quene:
But befoir the sonne, upoun the morne, war two direct (Watt Melven was the one!) to him, commanding him not to departe whill that he spack the Quenis Majestic ; which he did, and met hir at the halking? be-weast Kynross.
Whitther it was the nychttis sleape, or a deape dissimulation lokked in hir breast, that maid hir to forget hir formar anger, wyese men may doubt; but thairof sche never moved word, but began diverse other purposses; such as the offering of a ring to hir by the Lord Ruthven,? " Whome," said she, " I can not love, (for I know him to use enchantment,) and yit is he maid one of my Privy Counsall."
" Whome blamis your Grace," said the other, " thairof?"
" Lethingtoun," said she, " was the haill cause." faltis, wherby we tint his favour.
And uthers that had ay bene in his contrair befoir, cam in and flatterit him in his John Melville of Raith, was in the Queen
Regent's 'service, and at the time of her death reccived £30.
At this time he was in: the Queen's service.
He afterwards became one of the gentlemen of the Earl of Murray's chamber.
His brother, Sir James Melville, in reference to him and Kirkaldy of Grange, says, " Quhilk twa tint him sa schone (soon) as he became Regent, and lykwise my self; for we had bene famyliar with him, and had assisted him in all his troubles; but when he was Regent, wald reprove, admonish, and tell his 1In MS. G, "war two directed, (Walter Melvill was the one.)"—Walter Melville, a younger son of Sir proceedings, and bekkit wery laiche to him, calling him ' Your Grace,' at ilk word, &c."
(Memoirs, Bann. Club, edit. p260.) 2 Hawking appears to have been a favourite pastime of the Queen.
In April 1562, Matthew Ker succeeded James Lindesay as " Maister Falconar."
Jn the same month £20 was paid to two persons, " passand of Edinburgh to Scheitland for halkis."
2 Patrick Lord Ruthven.
His grandson, John second Earl Gowrye, was also accused of dealing in magic.
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" That man is absent," said he, " for this present, Madam ; and thairfoir I will speak nothing in that behalf."
"T understand," said the Quene, "that ye ar appointed to go to Drumfreise, for the electioun of a Superintendent to be establessed in thai countreys."
"Vis," said he, "those quarteris have great nead, and some of the gentilmen so require."
" But I hear,' said she, " that the Bischope of Athenis! wold be Superintendent."
" He is one," said the other, " Madam, that is put in electioun."
" Yf ye knew him," said sche, " als weall as I do, ye wold never promote him to that office, nor yit to any other within your Kirk."
"What he hes bein," said he, " Madam, I neather know, nor yitt will I enquyre; for, in tyme of darkness, what could we do but grop and go wrang evin as darkness caryed us?
But yf he fear not God now, he deceaves many ma then me.
And yitt, (said he,) Madam, I am assured God will not suffer his Churche to be so far deceaved as that ane unworthy man shalbe elected, whair free electioun is, and the Spreit of God is earnestlie called upoun to decyd betwix the two."
" Weall," says she, "doas ye will, but that man is a dangerouse man," 4
TITE QUENIS
JUDGEMENT
OF THE
BISCHOPE OF
ATUENTS, And thairintill was nott the Quene deceaved; for he had corrupted most part of the gentilmen, not onlie to nominat him, but also to elect him; which perceaved by the said
1Jn MS. G, "the Bishop of Cathenis ;"
(but the marginal note.in that MS. reads correctly "Bishop of Athens.") This error in the printed copies has led Mr.
Tytler and others into the mistake of saying, that the Queen here referred to &e., (see page 259, note 10,) was undoubtedly the person alluded to.
2 In the proceedings of the General Assemblies, held between June 1562 and August 1575, (or less than three months of his death,) Bishop Gordon's name frequently occurs.
Having petitioned the Assembly in June 1562, it was declared, the Assembly " cannot acknow- * the Bishop of Caithness."
The titular Archbishop of Athens, Alexander Gordon, afterwards Bishop of Galloway,
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Johne, Commissionare, delayed the electioun, and left with the -Maister of Maxwell, Mr. Robert Pont, (who was put in electioun with the foirsaid Bischope,) to the end that his doctrin and conversatioun mycht be the better tryed of those that had not knawin him befoir.
And so was the Bischope frustrat of his purpose for that present.
And yit was he, at that tyme, the man that was most familliare with the said Johne, in his house, and at table.
But now to the formar conference.
When the Quene had long talked with Johne Knox, and he being oft willing to tack his leave, she said, " I have one of the greatest materis that have tweiched me since I cam in this Realme, to open unto you, and I maun have your help into it."
And she began to maik a long discourse of hir sister, the Lady Ergyle,? how that sche was not so circumspect ledge him for a Superintendent lawparties; but no separation ensued till fully called for the present, but offered aboutthe year 1564.
She received from unto him their aid and assistance,ifthe her sister, Queen Mary, a pension of Kirks of Galloway shall suit (solicit), £150, in June 1565. She was one of the and the Lords present;" and enjoins party at supper in Holyrood Palace the him to subscribe the Book of Discipline, night of Riccio's murder, 9th March (although he seems actually to have 1666.
Shestood sponsor for Queen Elidone so in 1561: see page 258.) On the ' zabeth at the baptism of James the 29th December 1562, the Assembly noSixth.
In 1567, (15th November,) the minated for that office, "Mr. Alexander Treasurer paid "to Dame Janet StewGordon, entituled Bishop of Galloway, art, Comptis of Ergile," £133, 6s. 8d. and Mr. Robert Pont, minister of DunThe action of Divorce founded upon the kell;" and ordered the inauguration of complaints of both parties, led to a the person elected to take place in the _ lengthened litigation, of which Mr. RidParish Kirk of Dumfries, "on the last dell has furnished a detailed account in Lord's day of April."
'The election, as his most valuable work on Peerage and Knox intimates, did not take place.
Consistorial Law, vol.i. pp.547-551. In But Gordon was continued as Commis1569, the Earl offered to adhere, and to sioner for planting and visiting the receive her in his Castle of Dunoon, but churches of that diocese; although there the Lady now refused.
At length the were frequent complaints made against Earl, on the 23d June 15738, "obtained, him.
(says Mr. Riddell,) a decree of divorce, Lady Jane Stewart, a natural simpliciter, by the Commissaries of Edindaughter of King James the Fifth, and burgh, adjudging her to have 'lost her Elizabeth, daughter of John Lord Cartocher ad donationis propter nuptias.'" michael.
Her marriage with Archibald The Ear] immediately availed himself of fifth Earl of Argyle took place in April this judgment, by forming an alliance 1554, and proved unfortunate for both with Lady Jane Cunningham, daughter
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Bvox LV. in all thingis as that sche wisshed hir to be.
" And yitt," said sche, " my Lord, hir husband, whom I love, entreattis hir not in many thingis so honestlie and so godlie, as I think ye your self wold requyre."
"Madam," said he, "I have been trubled with that mater befoir, and anes I put sick ane end to it, (and that was befoir your Grace's arryvall,) that boith she and hir freindis seamed fullie to stand content: And she hir self promessed befoir hir freinds, that sche should never complain to creature, till that I should first understand the controversie by hir awin mouth, or ellis [by an] assured messinger.
I now have heard nothing of hir part ; and thairfoir I think thair is nothing but concord."
"Weall,"' said the Quene, "it is war then ye beleve.
But do this mekle for my saik, as anes agane to put thame at unitie ; and if sche behave not hir self so as she aught to do, she shall find no favouris of me:
But, in any wyse, (said sche,) let not my Lord know that I have requested you in this mater ; for I wald be verray sorry to offend him in that or any other thing.
And now, (said sche,) as tueching our reassonyng yisternycht, I promess to do as ye requyred; I sall caus summond all offendaris, and ye shall know that I shall minister Justice."
"Tam assured then," said he, "that ye shall please God, and enjoy rest and tranquillitie within your Realme; which to your Majestie is more profitable than all the Papes power can be."
And thus thei departed.
This conference we have inserted to let the world see how deaplie Mariz, QuENE oF ScorLanp, can dissembill; and how that she could cause men to think that she bare no indigna~ of Alexander Earl of Glencairn, in the spous of umquhil Archibald Erle of month of August. Having died withina Argyle." She died in the Canongate, 7th month of his second marriage, 12thSepJ anuary 1586-7, and was interred in tember 1578, (see page 258;) his first the Royal Vault in the Abbey of Holywife soon afterwards raised an action yood House.
Her own settlement beof Reduction of the Divorce, styling came the subject of litigation. (CommisLady Jane Cunningham, as "pretendit sary Court Records, 11th March 1587.)
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tioun for any controversie in religioun, whill that yitt in hir hearte was nothing but vennome and destructioun, as short after did appear.
Johne Knox departed, and prepaired him self for his jorney, appointed to Drumfreise ; and from Glasgow, according to*the Quenis commandiment, he wraitt this Lettir to the Erle of Ergile, the tenour whairof followis :— "The Lord cumith and shall not tarie, &e.
" AFTER commendatioun of my service unto your Lordschipe, yf I had knawin of your Lordshipis suddane departing, the last tyme it chaunsed me to see and speak you, I had opened unto you somewhat of my greaf.
But supposing that your Lordshipe should have remaned still with the Quenis Grace, I delayed at that tyme to utter any part of that which now my conscience compelleth me to do.
Your behaviour toward your wyff is verray. offensive unto many godlie.
Hir complant is grevouse, that ye altogetther withdraw the use of your body from hir.
Yfso be, ye have great nead to look weill to your awin estait ; for albeit that ye within your self felt no more repugnance, than any flesche this day on earth, yitt by promesse, maid befoir God, ar ye debttour unto hir, as reassonablie ye shalbe requyred of hir.
But yf that ye burne on the one syd, (albeit ye do no worse,) and sche in your defalt upoun the other, ye ar not onlie mensworne befoir God, but also doeth what in you lyeth, to kendle against your self his. wraith and havie displeasour.. These wordis ar scharpe, and God is witnesse that in dolour of heart I wraitt thame; but becaus thei ar trew, and pronunced by God himself, I dar not but admonische you, perceaving you, as it war, sleaping in synne.
'The proude stubburnes, whairof your Lordship hath oft compleaned, will not excuise you before God ; for yf ye be not able to convict hir of one cryme, ye aught to beir with other imperfectionis, and that ye wold that she should bear with you, in the
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Boox IV. lyik.
In the bowellis of Christ Jesus, I exhort you, my Lord, to have respect to your awin salvatioun, and not to abuse the lenitie and long suffering of God: for that is a fearfull treasure that ye heap upoun your awin head, whill that he calleth you to reapentance, and you obstinatlie contineu in your awin impietie ; for impietie it is, that ye abstract your confort and cumpany from your lauchfull wyff.
I wrytt nothing in defence of hir mysbehavour towardis your Lordship in any sort ; but I say, yf ye be not able to convict hir of adulterie committed sirice your last reconciliatioun, which was in my presence, that ye can never be excuissed befoir God of this freammed and strange intreatment of your wyff.
And yf by you such impietie be committed, as is bruited, then, befoir God, and unto your awin conscience I say, that everie moment of that fylthie pleasure shall turne to you in a yearis displeasur; yea, it shalbe the occasioun and caus of everlasting dampnatioun, onless spedelie ye reapent: and reapent ye can nott, except that ye desist from that impietie.
Call to mynd, my Lord, ' That the servand knawing the will of his Lord, and doing the contrarie, shalbe plagued with many plagues.'
Syn, my Lord, is sweat in drinkyng, but in digesting more bitter then the gall.
The Eternall move your heart earnestlie to considder, how fearfull a thing it is ever to have God to be
[ane] ennemye.
"Tn the end, I most heartlie pray your Lordship, not to be absent from Edinburgh the nynetene of this instant, for sick causses as I will not wraitt.
This much onlie I foirwarne your Lordship, that it will nott be profitable for the commoun quyetness of this Realme, that the Papistis brag, and that justice be mocked that day.
And thus I cease farther to truble your Lordship, whom God assist.
In haist from Glasgu, the 7. of May 1563.
Your Lordships to command in godlynes.
(Ste subscrobitur.) " JoHNE Knox."
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This bill was not weall accepted of the said Erle; and yitt did he utter no part of his displeasur in publict, but contrairrelie schew him self most familiar with the said Johne.
He keapt the dyett, and sat in judgment him self, whair the Bischope and the rest of the Papistis war accused, as after followis.
The summondis war direct against the Messe-mongaris with expeditioun, and in the streatest form.
The day was appointed the xix of May, a day onlie befoir the Parliament.
Off the Papis knychtis! compeared the Bischop of Sanctandrois,? the Priour of Whitthorne,? the Parsone of Sanquhair,! Williame
Hammyltoun of Camskeyth, Johne Gordoun of Barskeoghe, with otheris diverse.
The Protestantis convened hoill to crave for justice.
The Quene asked counsall of the Bischope of Ross,° and of the old Laird of Lethingtoun,® (for the youngar was absent, and so the Protestantis had the fewar unfreindis,) who affirmed, "That she must see hir lawis keapt, or ellis she wold get no obedience." And so was preparatioun maid for thair accusationis.
The Bischope, and his band of the exempted sorte, maid it nyse to entyre befoir the Erle of Argyle who sat in judgement ;' butt at last he was compelled to entir within the barr.
A meary man, (who now sleapis in the Lord,) 1 On the 15th of February 1562-3, donofBarskeocht.
Most of the persons proclamation had been made for Parliament to assemble on the 20th March. were committed to ward:in Edinburgh, Dumbarton, and other places.
See Pitcairn's Criminal Trials, vol. i. p. *427, and the Diurnal of Occurrents, p. 75.
It was delayed till the 26th of that month : see next page, note 2.
8 See page 370, note 4.
2On the 19th of May 1563, John Archbishop of St. Andrews, and fortyseven others, chiefly persons in holy orders, were tricd before the Court of Justiciary for celebrating Mass, and attempting to restore Popery, at Kirk
Oswald, Maybole, Paisley, and Congalton.
Among the pannels were the persons mentioned by Knox—Malcolm Prior of Whitehorn, Robert Creichton, parson of Sanguhar, William Hamilton, tutor of Cammiskeyth, and Jobn Gor4 See page 371, note 3.
5 Henry Sinclair, Bishop of Ross, and President of the Court of Session.
6 Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington.
This venerable Judge was born in 1496, and survived till 1586.
His attachment to literature has conferred an enduring celebrity on his name.
7 Archibald Earl of Argyle, as hereditary Lord Chief Justice, presided on such occasions.
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Robert Norwell, instead of the Bischoppis croce, bair befoir him a steyll hammer ; whairat the Bischope and his band was
ROBERT
NORWALLIS
FACT. not a lytill offended, becaus the Bischoppis priviledges war nott then currant in Scotland, (which day God grant oure posteritie may see of longar continuance then we possessed it.)
The Bischope and his fellowis, after much ado, and long dryft of tyme, cam in the Quenis will, and war committed to warde, some to one place, some to ane other.
The Lady Erskin,' (a sweatt morsall for the devillis mouth,) gatt the Bischoppis for hir part.
All this was done of a most deape craft, to abuse the simplicitie of the Protestantis, that thei should not prease the Quene with any other thing concernyng materis of religioun at that Parliament, quhilk began within two dayis thairefter.2
Sche obteined of the Protestantis whatsdever sche desyred ; for this was the reassone of many, " We see what the Quene has done; the lyek of this was never heard of within the Realme: we will bear with the Quene; we doubt not a ieormenr DUt all shalbe weill."
Otheris war of a contrarie judgement, neem and foirspak thingis, as after thei cam to pas, to wit, that nothing was meant but deceat; and that the Quene, how soon that ever Parliament was past, should set the Papistis at freedome: and thairfoir willed the Nobilitie not be abused.
But becaus many had thair privat commoditie to be handilled at that Parliament, the commoun cause was the less regarded.
The Erle of Huntley, whose corps had lyn unburyed till 1 Daughter of Sir William Murray of Tullibardine: see page 128, note 2. of the two Earles, Huntley and Sutherland."
In like manner, the Diurnal of Occurrents states, that "Upon the xxvj day of the said moneth of Maij, the Quenis Majestie come to the Tolbuith of Edinburgh, with the Lordis of Parliament, in the maist honourable manner, and past thairin; and efter that she had maid hir proposition and orisoun in Parliament, the Lordis chesit the Lordis of the Articles," &c. (p. 76.) 2 The meeting of Parliament took place on the 26th May 15638.
Randolph, on the 3d June, writes thus to Cecil:
" The Parliament began 26th May, on which day the Queen came to it in her robes, and crowned; the Duke carrying the crown, Argill the scepter, and Murray the sword.
She made in English an oration publiquely there, and was present at the condemnation
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38] that tyme, it was brought to the Tolbuyth:! he was accused, #UNT™#Y his armes rent of, him self, the Erle of Sudderland, and ellevin *427""Baronis and Lairdis, bearing Gordoun to surname, war that day foirfalted.
The Lady Huntley craftely protested, and asked the support of a man of law.
In that Parliament war restored the Laird of Grange in Fyff, Maister Henrie Balnaves,
Johne Lesly, and Alexander Whytlaw.?
Such styncken pryde of wemen as was sein at that Parliatas rrypx : a :
'3 OF WEMEN
ment, was never sein befoir in Scotland.
Thre syndrie dayis 47 744? the Quene raid to the Tolbuyth.
The first day sche maid a MENT. paynted orisoun ;3 and thair mycht have bene hard among hir flatteraris, " Vox Diane ! The voce of a goddess, (for it could SEs not be Det,) and not of a woman!
God save that sweat face!
~ Was thair ever oratour spack so properlie and so sweitlie !"
All thingis myslyking* the Preachearis, thei spack boldlie against the tarejatting of thair taillies, and against the rest of thair vanitie, which thei affirmed should provock Goddis vengeance, not onlie against those foolishe women, but against the hoill Realme ; and especiallie against those that manteaned thame in that odiouse abusing of thingis that mycht have bene better bestowed.
Articles war presented for ordour to be tacken for apperall, and for reformatioun of other enormities ; but all was scripped at. The Earldome of Murray neaded confirmatioun, and many thingis war to be ratified that concerned im ane kist, &c.; and als Alexander Erle of Sutherland was foirfaltit, and the saidis Erlis armes reven and deletit furth of memorie."
(Diurnal of Occur1 According to a barbarous custom, the body of a person deceased, when accused of treason, was brought into Court.
It will be seen from the note at page 359, that Huntley's body, in the view of carrying through his forfeiture, had been brought to Edinburgh in December 1562.
And, " Upoun the xxviij day of the said moneth, [May 1563] the rents, p. 76.) 2The record of this Parliament is lost; and in the printed Acts no mention is made of the forfeitures of Kirkaldy of Grange, Balnavis of Halhill, Lesley of Parkhill, and Whytlaw of NewQuenis Majestie come to the Tolbuith of Edinburgh and Lordis of Parliament, at ane efternone, and foirfaltit George Erle of Huntlie, being in the said Tolbuyth Grange, having been rescinded.
3 In MS. G, " an oration."
4In MS. G, " mislyked."
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Boox IV. way rout. the help of friendis and servandis ; and thairfoir thei myght
ANP THE nott urge the Quene, for yf thei so did, she wald hald no ParWeatty x iament ; and what then should become of thame that had meleee" Ted with the slaughter of the Erle of Huntley?
Lett that Parliament pas ower, and when the Quene asked! any thing of the Nobilitie, as sche most do befoir hir mariage, then should the Religioun be the first thing that should be establessed.
It was answered, That the poetts and paynteris erred nott altogether, that fayned and paynted Occasioun with a bald hynd-head :2 for the first, when it is offered, being lost, is hard to be recovered againe.
The mater fell so hote betwix the Erle of Murray and some otheris of the Courte, and Johne
Knox, that familiarlie after that tyme thei spack .nott tovariance getther more then a year and half; for the said Johne, by his
BETWIX THM eur letter, gave a discharge to the said Erle of all further intromisaoe
N*® sioun or cayr with his effaires.
He maid unto him a discourse of thair first acquaintance ; in what estait he was when that first thei spack togetther in.London ;? how God had promoted him, and that abuf manis judgement; and in the end maid this conclusioun, " But seing that I perceave myself frustrat of my expectatioun, which was, that ye should ever have preferred God to your awin affectioun, and the advancement of his treuth to your singular commoditie, I committ you to your awin wytt, and to the conducting of those who better can please you.
I praise my God, I this day leave you victour of your enemyes, promoted to great honouris, and in credytt and authoritie with your Soverane.
Yf so ye long continew, none within the Realme shalbe more glad than I shalbe: but yf that after this ye shall dekay, (as I fear that ye shall,) then
1 In MS. G, " sall ask." time in London on his way to France, 2 In MS. G, is this marginal note, or upon his return in December fol- " Occasioun painted with a bald hindlowing.
In 1556-7, he subscribed the heid." letter sent to Knox at Geneva, inviting ° This was probably in July 1552, him to retwn to Scotland.
See vol. i.
Lord James haying remained for some p. 267.
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call to mynd by what meanes God exalted you; quhilk was neather by bearing with impietie, neather yitt by manteanyng of pestilent Papistis."
This bill and discharge was so pleasing to the flatteraris of 32 KNOXES the said Erle, that thei triumphed of it, and war glad to have DScHas® gotten thair occasioun ; for some invyed that so great famiwunray. liaritie was betwix the said Erle and Johne Knox. And thairfoir fra the tyme that thei gat ones that occasioun to separat thame, thei ceassed nott to cast oyle in the burnyng flambe, which ceassed nott to burne, till that God by watter of afflictioun, began to slocken it, as we shall after hear.
But least that thei! should alltogetther have bein sein to have foirsaikin God, (as in verray deid boyth God and his Word was far frome the hearttis of the most parte of the Courteouris in that aige, and a fewe excepted,) thei began a newe schift, to wit, to speak of the punishement of adulterye, of witchcraft, and to seik the restitutioun of the glebes and manses to the Ministeris of the Kirk, and of the reparatioun of churches: and thairby thei thought to have pleased the godlye that war hyghtlie offended at thair slackness.
The Act of Oblivioun passed, becaus some of the Lordis had intresse; but the actis against adulterye, and for the mansses and gleibes, war so modifyed, that no law, and such law mycht stand im eodem predicamento ; to speak plaine, no law and such Actis war boyth alyik.
The Actis ar in prynt :? lett wyese men read, and then accuse us, yf without cause we compleane. burgh by Robert Lekprewik, 1566, folio, —an edition of great rarity.
The Acts of 1568, are twenty-five in number, 1 After the words, "least that they," in the margin of MS. 1566, there was added, " Lethingtoun and his Companyons ;" but this note was afterwards deleted. At this Parliament, Lethington was not present.
Two or three slight corrections in the text of the MS. also occur in this place.
" extractit furth of the buikis of Parliament," by Maister James Makgill, Clerk Register.
'They are included in the collected edition of the Acts of 1424 to 1564, which issued from the same press in 1566, and in all the subsequent editions.
2 The Acts of this Parliament were printed in a separate form at Edin-
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In the progresse of this corruptioun, and befoir the Parliament dissolved, Johne Knox, in his sermon befoir the most
JOHNE KNOX HIS SERMON, parte of the Nobilitie, began to enter in a deape discourse of Goddis mercyes which that Realme had felt, and of that ingratitude quhilk he espyed almost in the hoill multitude, which God had marvelouslie delivered from the boundage and tyrannye boyth of body and saule.
"And now, my Lordis," said he, " T praise my God, throught Jesus Christ, that in your awin presence I may powre furth the sorowis of my hearte; yea, your selfis shalbe witnesse, yf that I shall maik any ley in thingis that ar bypast.
From the begyning of Goddis myghty wirking within this Realme, I have bein with you in your most desperat tentationis. Ask your awin consciences, and lett thame answer you befoir God, yf that I, (not I, but Goddis
Spirite by me,) in your greatest extremitie willed you nott ever to depend upoun your God, and in his name promissed unto you victorye and preservatioun from your ennemyes, so that ye wold only depend uponn his protectioun, and preferr his glory to your awin lyves and worldlie commoditie.
In your most extreame dangearis I have bein with you: Sanct Johnestoun, Cowper Mure, and the Craiggis of Edinburgh, ar yitt recent in my heart; yea, that dark and dolorouse nyght whairin all ye, my Lordis, with schame and feare left this toune,! is yitt in my mynd ; and God forbid that ever I forgett it. What was (I say) my exhortatioun unto you, and what is fallen in vane of all that ever God promised unto you by my mouth, ye your selfis yitt lyve to testifie.
Thair is nott one of you against whom was death and destructioun threatned, perished in that danger: And how many of your ennemyes hes God plagued befoir your eyis!
Shall this be the thank1 After the skirmish of Restalrig, (see left thair artailzerie void upon the vol. i. pp. 460-463,) on Monday the 6th calsay lyand, and the Toun [of EdinNovember 1559, "the said dayat evin burgh] desolute."
(Diurnal of Occur in the nycht, the Congregatioun depairtit rents, p. 54.) furth of Edinburgh to Lynlithquo, and
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385) fulness that ye shall render unto your God, to betray his cause, when ye have it in your awin handis to establesh it as ye please? The Quene, say ye, will not agree with us: Ask ye of hir that which by Goddis word ye may justlie requyre, and yf she will not agree with you in God, ye ar not, bound to agree with hir in the Devill: Lett her plainelie understand so far of your myndis, and steall not from your formar stoutness in God, and he shall prosper you in your interpryses.
But I can see nothing but such a reculling frome Christ Jesus, as the man that first and most spedelie flyeth from Christis enseignzie, holdeth him self most happy.
Yea, I hear that some say, That we have nothing of our Religioun establesshed, 1"
? SPEAKAR
neather by Law or Parliament.
Albeit that the malitious ¥48"™™"
1 OF wordis of sick can neather hurte the treuth of God, nor yitt us BRSHATIIG, that thairupoun depend, yitt the speakar for his treasone against God committed, and against this poore Commounwealth, deserves the gallowes.
For oure Religioun being commanded, and so establesshed by God, is accepted within this
Realme in publict Parliament; and yf thei will say that was no Parliament, we man, and will say, and also prove, that that Parliament was also lauchfull as ever any that passed befoir it within this Realme.
Yea, yf the King then lyving? was King, and the Quene now in this Realme be lauchfull Quene, that Parliament can nott be denyed.
«" And now, my Lordis, to putt end to all, I hear of the'
Quenis mariage: Duckis, brethren to Emperouris, and Kingis, stryve all for the best game; but this, my Lordis, will I say,
(note the day, and beare witnesse efter,) whensoever the Nobilitie of Scotland professing the Lord Jesus, consentis that ane infidell (and all Papistis are infidellis) shalbe head to jon\"
KNOX HIS your Soverane, ye do so far as in ye lyeth to banishe Christ youn.
Jesus from this Realme; ye bring Goddis vengeance upoun 1 Mr. John Sinclair, Dean of Restal2 This refers to Queen Mary's first rig, and afterwards Lord President of husband, Francis the Second, who was the Court of Session. styled King of France and Scotland.
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Book IV. the countrey, a plague upoun your self, and perchaunse ye shall do small conforte to your Soverane."
These wordis, and this maner of speaking was judged intollerable.
Papistis and Protestantis war both offended ; yea, his most familiaris disdained him for that speaking.
Placeboes and flatteraris posted to the Courte to geve advertisement that Knox had spockin against the Quenis mariage.
The Proveist of Lyncluden,! Dowglass of Drumlangrik by surname, was the man that geve the charge that the said' Johne should present him self befoir the Quene: quhilk he did sone after dennar.
The Lord Ochiltrie, and diverse of the faythfull, bayr him cumpany to the Abbay ; but none past in to the Quene with him in the cabinet but Johne Erskine of Dune, then
Superintendent of Anguss and Mearnes."
Robert Douglas obtained letters of legitimation, 8th October 1559, being twelve years after his appointment as Provost of Lincluden, 16th September 1547.
(Caledonia, vol. iii. p. 309.) In December 1585, Mr. Robert Douglas still retained his title as Provost of Lincluden, and the fruits of the benefice, when a gift of the Provostrie was ratified by an Act of Parliament in favour of William Douglas, lawful son to Douglas of Drumlanrig.
(Acta Parl. Scot. vol. iii. pp. 415, 436.) About the same time he was appointed Collector General and Treasurer of the New Augmentations: he is so styled in deeds and Parliamentary proceedings between 1587 and 1594.
William Douglas of Lincluden and Grenelaw, " the eldest son and apparent heir of Willian Douglas of Baitford,"' was tried and executed at Edinburgh in September 1610.
(Pitcairn's Criminal Trials, vol. iti. p. 90.) 1In MS. 1566, it was originally written "he Persone of Dundrennan," but this is deleted, and " Proveist of Lyncluden, Douglas of Drumlanrig by name," inserted.
In the MS. the name Lyncluden appears as if written Glyncluden; and this form of the name is retained in the later MSS., adding an additional blunder, by writing, "N.
Douglas of Lanerk by surname, &c."— Lincluden was a Priory or Convent of Black Nuns, situated upon the water of Cluden a few miles above Dumfries; but owing to their scandalous lives, the Priory had been changed by the Ear] of Douglas, in the reign of Robert the Third, into a College or Provostry, (Keith's Catalogue, pp. 459, 470.) According to the peerage writers, Mr.
Robert Douglas, Provost of Lincluden, (from whom the Douglasses of Burford are descended,) was the second son of Sir William Douglas of Drumlanrig, who was killed at Floddon in 1518.
But Chalmers has shown, that he was the natural son of Sir James Douglas of Drumlanrig, who succeeded to the 2 This interview with the Queen must have been at the end of May or beginning of June, as Knox says it was immediately after a sermon he had preached before Parliament was dissolved. estates in 1518, and died in 1578.
Mr.
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The Quene, in a vehement fume, began to cry out, that never Prince was handled as she was.
"I have," said sche, "borne with you in all your rigorouse maner of speaking, bayth against my self and against my Uncles; yea, I have sought
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your favouris by all possible meanes. I offerred unto you preFUME sence and audience whensoever it pleassed you to admonishe eos me; and yitt I can nott be quyte of you.
I avow to God, I shalbe anes revenged."
And with these wordis, skarslie could Marnock,! hir secreat chalmer-boy, gett neapkynes to hold hyr eyes drye for the tearis; and the owling, besydes womanlie weaping, stayed. hir speiche.
The said Johne did patientlie abyde all the first fume, and att opportunitie answered, "Trew it is, Madam, your Grace ansurr. and I have bein att diverse controversies, into the which I never perceaved your Grace to be offended at me.
Butt when it shall please God to deliver you fra that bondage of darknes and errour in the which ye have been nurisshed, for the lack of trew doctrin, your Majestie will fynd the libertie of my toung nothing offensive. Without the preaching place, Madam,
I think few have occasioun to be offendit at me; and thair, Madam, I am nott maister of my self, but man obey Him who commandis me to speik plane, and to flatter no flesche upoun the face of the earth."
" But what have ye to do," said sche, " with my mariage?"
"Yf it pleise your Majestie," said he, "patientlie to hear me, I shall schaw the treuth in plane wordis.
I grant your Grace offered unto me more than ever I requyred ; but my answer was then, as it is now, that God hath not sent me to await upoun the courtes of Princesses, nor upoun the chamberis of Ladyes ; but I am send to preache the Evangell of Jesus Christ,
1 Hyidently the same person with names of persons, in this curious reMarna, whose name occurs among the cord, are very incorrectly written.
A «¢ gentilhomes servans," in the "Menu few copies were printed for private civde la Maison de la Royne, faict par culation, by Thomas Thomson, Esq., in Mons. de Pinguillon," 1562; as the 1818, 4to.
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Boox IV. to such as please to hear it ; and it hath two partes, Repentance and Fayth.
And now, Madam, in preaching reapentance, of necessitie it is that the synnes of men be so noted, that thei may know whairin thei offend ; but so it is, that the most parte of your Nobilitie ar so addicted to your affectionis, that neather God his word, nor yitt thair Commounwealth, ar rychtlie regarded.
And thairfoir it becomes me so to speak, that thei may know thair dewitie."
" What have ye to do," said sche, " with my mariage?
Or what ar ye within this Commounwealth ?"
" A subject borne within the same," said he, "Madam. And albeit I neather be Erle, Lord, nor Barroun within it, yitt hes
God maid me, (how abject that ever I be in your eyes,) a profitable member within the same:
Yea, Madam, to me it apperteanes no lesse to foirwarne of suche thingis as may hurte it, yf I foirsee thame, then it does to any of the Nobilitie; for boyth my vocatioun and conscience craves playness of me. And thairfoir, Madam, to your self I say that whiche I speak in publict place: Whensoever that the Nobilitie of this Realme shall consent that ye be subject to ane unfaythfull husband, thei do as muche as in thame lyeth to renunce Christ, to banishe his treuth from thame, to betray the fredome of this
Realme, and perchance shall in the end do small conforte to your self."
At these wordis, owling was heard, and tearis mycht have bene sein in greattar abundance than the mater requyred.
Johne Erskin of Dun, a man of meak and gentill spreit, stood besyd, and entreated what he could to mitigat hir anger, and gave unto hir many pleasing wordis of hir beautie, of hir excelLETT
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1567. lence, and how that all the Princes of Europe wold be glaid to seak hir favouris.
But all that was to cast oyle in the flaming fyre.
The said Johne stood still, without any alteratioun of countenance for a long seasson, whill that the Quene gave place to hir inordinat passioun; and in the end he said,
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"Madam, in Goddis presence I speak: I never delyted in the weaping of any of Goddis creatures; yea, I can skarslie weill abyd the tearis of my awin boyes whome my awin hand correctis, much less can I rejoise in your Majesties weaping.
But seing that I have offered unto you no just occasioun to be offended, but have spocken the treuth, as my vocatioun craves of me, I man sustean (albeit unwillinglie) your Majesties tearis, rather then I dar hurte my conscience, or betray my
Commounwealth through my silence."
Heirwith was the Quene more offended, and commanded the said Johne to pass furth of the cabinet, and to abyd farther of hir pleasur in the chalmer.
The Laird of Dun taryed, and Lord Johne of Coldinghame cam into the cabinet, and so thei boyth remaned with hyr neyr the space of ane houre..
The said Johne stood in the chalmer, as one whom men had never sein, (so war all effrayed,) except that the Lord Ochiltrie bayre him companye: and thairfoir began he to forge talking of the ladyes who war thair sitting in all thair gorgiouse apparell ; a o - "
JOHNE KNOX
whiche espyed, he mearelie said, " O fayre Ladyes, how pleasJouNe xs ing war this lyeff of youris, yf it should ever abyd, and then tiv Qunws in the end that we myght passe to heavin with all this *?*™* gay gear.
But fye upoun that knave Death, that will come whitther we will or not! And when he hes laid on his areist, the foyll wormes wilbe busye with this flesche, be it never so fayr and so tender; and the seally sowll, I fear, shalbe so feable, that it can neather cary with it gold, garnassing, targatting, pearle, nor pretious stanes."
And by suche meanes procured he the cumpany of women ; and so past the tyme till that the Laird of Dun willed him to departe to his house quhill new advertisement.
The Quene wold have had the ceensement of the Lordis of Articles, yf that such maner of speaking deserved not punishement; but sche was consailled to desist: and so that storm quiettit in appearance, but never in the hearte.
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Schort after the Parliament, Lethington returned frome his negotiatioun in England! and France.
God, in the Februare befoir, had strycken that bloody tyrane the Duke of Gueise,? which somwhat brak the fard of our Quene for a seassone.
But schort after the returnyng of Lethington, pryde and malice begane to schaw thame selfis agane.
Sche sett at libertie the Bischope of Sanctandrois, and the rest of the
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CHOPPE OF
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DROIS SETT
AT LIBERTIE,
Papistes that befoir war put in preasone for violating of the lawis. lLethingtoun, at his returnyng, shew him self nott a litill offended, that any bruit should have rissen of the Quenis mariage with the King of Spane ; for he took upoun him that suche thing never entered in hir hearte: but how trew that was we shall after hear.
The end of all his acquittance and complaynt was to discreditt Johne Knox, who had affirmed, that such ane mariage was boyth proponit, and, upoun the parte of our Quene, by the Cardinall accepted.2
Lethingtoun, in his absence, had run intill ane verray evill bruite among the Nobilitie for too muche serving the Quenis affectionis against the Commounwealth; and thairfoir had he,.as one that lacketh no worldly wisdome, maid provisioun boyth in England and in Scotland:
For in England he travailled for the freedome of the Erle Bothwell, and by that meane obteaned promesse of his favour.
He had thair also tacken ordour for the hamecuming of the Erle of Levenox, as we shall after hear.
In Scotland he joyned with the Erle of 'Atholl: him he promoted, and sett fordwart in Courte; and so began the Erle of LEDINGTHONIS
PRACVLISES.
1 Lethington returned from England city of Orleans, which was defended by towards the end of June.
Keith says, the Protestants. In the following month, "The Secretary was notin Council on the Grand Prior, (see page 268, note the 18th of June, but he was present 7,) another of the Queen's uncles, was next Council-day, viz. 8th July." slain at the battle of Dreux.
2 Francis de Lorraine succeeded his * The Cardinal de Lorraine, in August father as Duke de Guise, in 1550.
He 1563, had actually proposed the Archdied 24th February 1562-3, having been duke Charles of Austria to Queen Mary assassinated by one of his own gentlefor a husband; but she declined such men, named Poltrot, while besieging the an overture.
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Murray to be defaced.
And yitt to the said Erle, Lethingtoun at all tymes schew a fayre countenance.
The rest of that Sommer the Quene spent in hir progresse throught the West countrey, whair in all tounes and gentilmennes places she had her Messe.!_
Which cuming to the earis of Johne Knox, he began that forme of prayer which ordinarlie he sayeth after thankis-giving at his table: "1. Deliver us, O
Lord, from the boundage of Idolatrie.
2. Preserve and keap us from the tyranny of strangearis.
3. Continew us in quyetnesse and concord amangis our selfis, yf thy good pleasur be, O Lord, for a seassone," &c, Whille that diverse of the familiaris of the said Johne asked of him why he prayed for quyetnesse to continew for a seassone, and nott rather absolutlie that we should continew in quyetness?
His answer was, "That he durst nott 2U%* pray but in fayth ; and faith in Goddis word assured him, that (0
7R . constant quietness could nott continew in that Realme whair *°"™**""
Idolatrie had bene suppressed, and then was permitted to be erected agane."
From the West countrey, the Quene past in Ergyll? to the hunting, and after-returned to Striveling.
The Erle of Murray, the Lord Robert of Halyrudhouse,? and Lord Johne of Coldinghame, past to the Northland.
Justice Courtis war halden; thevis and murtheraris war punished ; twa witches war burnt, the eldest was so blynded with the Devill, that sche affirmed, "That na Judge had power ower hir."
Parliament now ended, hath made her Highland apparel for her journey into Argile."
The absence of the English ambassador from Scotland during the next three months, has deprived us of much minuteinformation.
Keith states that the Queen " sat in Council at Glasgow on the 8th of July, after which day both she and the Harl of Argyle were not in Council until the 19th of August at Dumfries."
1 Knox, in a letter to Cecil on the 6th October 1563, (quoted by Mr. Tytler,) expresses this same feeling in regard to the Queen's progress, when he says, "the carrying of the Mass through those quarters which longest had been best reformed, had dejected the hearts of many, and caused him to disclose the plainness of a troubled heart."
(Hist. vol. vi. p. 286.) 2 Randolph, on the 13th June 1563, informs Cecil that "' The Queen, the 8 See vol. i. p. 458; vol. ii. pp. 271, 321,
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That same tyme Lord Johne of Coldinghame! departed this lyfe in Innerness.
It was affirmed, that he commanded suche as war besyd him to say unto the Quene, "That onless she left hir idolatrie, that God wold nott fail to plague hir.
He asked God mercy, that he had so far borne with hir in hir impietie, and had manteaned hir in the same :® And that no one thing did him more regreat then that he had flattered,
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LORD JOHNE
TO THE QUENE.? fostered, and menteyned hir in hir wickednes against God and his servandis."
And in verie deid great cause had he to have lamented his wickednes ; for besydes all his other infirmities, in the end, he, for the Quenis plesour, became enemie to verteu and all verteous men, and a patrone to impietie to the uttermost of his power: yea, his vennome was so kendled against God and his word, that in his rage he bursted furth thir wordis:
"Or I see the Quenis Majestie sa trubled with the railing of thir knaves, I shall have the best of thame sticked in the pulpett."
What farther villanie came fourth of baith their stinking throttes and mouthes, modestie will not suffer us to wryte; wherof, yf he had grace to unfeynedlie repent, it is no small document to Godis mercyes. But howsoever God wrought with him, the Quene regarded his wordis as wynd, or ellis thocht thame to have been forged be otheris, and not to have proceaded from him self; and affirmed plainlie, that they wer devysed be the Laird of Pettarro and Mr. Johne Wode,
1 Lord John Stewart, Commendator graph is added in the MS. 1566, upon a of Coldingham: see page 320, note 5.
By his marriage with the sister and sole heir of James Hepburn Earl of Bothwell, his family inherited a reversion of that lordship; and his son, Francis Stewart, in 1587, obtained the dignity of Ear! of Bothwell. separate slip of paper, written in a hand very like Knox's own; and there is written as a marginal direction to his amanuensis, " Jak in this that is sewed in this place quhar it is scraped out.'
The words that are so scored through to be deleted, are: " When such thingis war schawin unto the Quene, thei war but mocked at, sche affirmyng that thei war devised by Maister Johne Woode and by the Laird of Pettarrow; as we sall after more planelie heare."
See fac-simile.
2 In the MS. 1566, these words, " quhairof more is spoken after," form part of this note, but are deleted, probably when the additional passage was inserted : see next note.
' The remaining portion of this para-
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whome sche both hated, because they flattered hir not in hir danceing and other doinges.!
One thing in plane wordis she spak, " That God tuik alwyse from hir thay persounes in whome sche had greatest pleasour:" and that she repented ; but of farther wickednes no mentioun.
Whill the Quene lay at Striveling, with hir idolatrie in hir chapell, in the Palice of Halyrudhouse war left certane dontybouris, and otheris of the Frenche menzie, who raised up thair
Messe more publictlye then they had done at any tyme before.
For upon those same Sundayes that the Church of Edinburgh had the ministration of the Lordis Table, the Papistis in great number resorted to the Abbay, to thair abomination.
Which understand, dyverse of the brethren, being sore offended, consulted how to redress that inormitie ; and so war appoynted certane of the most zelous, and most upryght in the religion, to await upon the Abbay, that thai myght note such persones as resorted to the Messe.
And perceaving a great number to enter into the chapell, some of the brethren burst also in; whereat the Preist and the Frenche dames being affrayed, made the schout to be sent to the town ; and Madame
Raylie,? maistres to the Quenis dontiboures, (for maides that Court could not then beare,) posted on with all diligence to the Comptrollar, the Laird of Pettarro, who then was in Sanct
Gelis Kirk at the sermon ; and cryed for his assistance, to save 1 In MS. G, "uther things."
1574, as the Queen informs Beaton, 2In MS. G, " Madame Baylie."— This Madame Raylie was the wife of Mons. Raullet or Roullet, the Queen's private Secretary.
The disturbance which is here alluded to, happened on Sunday the 15th of August 1563.
RoulArchbishop of Glasgow, in a letter dated Sheffield, 4th September, (ib. vol: iv. p.
216.) The Earl of Shrewsbury took this occasion to search his coffers in the hope of discovering letters or papers that might implicate his Royal Mistress, the unfortunate Queen of Scots.
(Chalmers's Life, &c., vol. ii. p. 68.) In 1586, let is frequently mentioned in Queen Mary's correspondence.
He was sent to Flanders with letters of credit from the Queen, addressed to the Cardinal de Granville, in January 1564-5.
(Labain the list of the Qucen's attendants, one of the " gentlewomen of her chamber," was Renee Rallay alias Beauregard.
(Labanoff, Recueil, &c., vol. vii. p252.) noff, Recueil, &c., vol. i. pp. 197-206, vol. vii. p. 291.) He died 30th August
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Boox IV. hir lyfe, and to saif the Quenis Palice:
Who, with greattar haist then nead requyred, obeyed hir desyre, and tuik with him the Provest, the Baillies, and a great part of the faithfull.
But when they came where the feare was bruted to have bene, they fand all thingis quyet, except the tumult they broght with thame selves, and peaceable men luiking to the Papistis, and forbidding thame to transgress the lawis.
Trew it is, a zelous brother, named Patrick Cranstoun, past into the chapell, and fynding the altar covered, and the Preast reddye to go to that abomination, said, "The Quenis Majestie is not heir: how dar thou then be so malepart, as opinlie to do against the law ?"?
No farther was done nor said, and yit the bruit heirof was posted to the Quene, (with such information as the Papistis could give ; which fand such credit, as thair heartis could have wished for,) which was so haynous a cryme in hir eyes, that satisfactioun for that syn was there none without bloode.
And therfore, without delay was summoned Andro Armstrang! and Patrik Cranstoun, to fynd suyrtie to undirlie the law, for forethought, fellonie, hamesukkin, violent invation of the Quenis Palice, and for spoliation of the same.
These letteris divulged," and the extremitie feared, Brethren (the few that war within the town) consulted upon the next remedie; and in the end concluded, that Johne Knox
(to whom the charge was geven to mak advertismentis whensoever daunger sould appear) should wryte to the Brethren in all quarteris, geving information as the matter stoode, and re1 Andrew Armstrong and George Rynd, burgesses of Edinburgh, on the ist October, found surety " to underly the law," on the 24th of that month, was commanded to appear.
(Pitcairn's Criminal Trials, vol. i. p. *484.) No account of the subsequent proceedings has been preserved.
At the same time Christian Pinkerton, spouse of James Rogers, and twenty-one other persons, for convocation of the lieges at the Pafor breaking the Queen's proclamation,
" in carrying sundry pistollets, and of whom eight were females, were impannelled for being present at the celebration of Mass, in the Chapel of Holyrood, on the 8th August. lace of Holyrood, and invading sundry of the Quecn's domestick servants therein."
The case was postponed to the 138th November, when Patrick Cranston 2 In MS. 1566, " devulgat."
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quyring thair assistance: which he did in tennour! as heir followes :—
THE SUPER-
SCRIPTIOUN.
" Wheresoever two or thre are gathered together in my name, thare am I wn the middest of thame.
"Tris not unknawen unto yow, deare Brethren, what conforte and tranquillitie God gave unto us, in tymes most dangerous, by our Christian assemblies, and godly conferences, as oft as any danger appeared to any member or members of oure bodye; and how that since we have neglected, or at the least not frequented our conventionis and assemblies, the adversaries of Christ Jesus his holie Evangill have interprysed,. and boldened thame selves publictlie and secretlie, to do many thingis odious in Goddis presence, and maist hurtfull to the libertie of trew religion, now of Goddis great favour granted unto us.
The holie Sacramentis are abused be profane Papistis. -Messes have bein (and yit are) opinlie said and manteyned.
The bloode of some of our dearest ministeris has MP RODERT
PONT STRIK-
bein shed, without fear of punishment or correction craved fyap wit
BLAD WITH
be us.
And now last, are two of our dear brethren, Patrik pi caprant Cranstoun and Andro Armstrang, summoned to underly the law, """ in the town of Edinburgh, the 24th of this instant October,
'For forethought fellonie, pretended murther, and for invading the Quenis Majesties Palice of Halyrudhouse, with unlauchfull convocatioun, &c.' This terrible summonds is direct against The name of Captain Robert Lauder occurs in the Treasurer's Accounts for 1561, and at other times.
Captain Robert Lauder had a charter of the lands of Straegthrow, in Forfarshire, 20th July 1566.
Parliament, in 1578, passed an Act of Pacification in his favour. (vol.
1Jn the MS. 1566, the transcriber has written thirteen lines of the paragraph at page 397, beginning, " The Brethren advertissed," &c., preceded with the words, "as after we shall heare."
Havying obtained a copy of his own letter, all this is deleted; the words " as heir followés" arc added, and the paragraph itself repeated, after the letter: see p.397. iii. p. 111.) In March 1566-7, we find the names of " Capitanes Robert and Hew Lauderis, Alexander Stewart, and James Culane."
(This Stewart was probably the person mentioned at p. 354.) 2 This marginal note is omitted in MS. G; but it occurs in MS. L 4; and in MS. L 8, it forms part of the text.—
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Boox IV. owre Brethren, because that they with two or thre more, passed to the Abbey upon Sunday, the 15th of August, to behald and note what persones repared to the Messe; and that because that the Sunday before, (the Quenis Grace being absent,) there resorted to that idole a rascall multitude, having opinlie the least devillissh ceremonie (yea even the conjuring of thair accurssed watter) that ever they had in the tyme off greatest blyndnes.
Becaus, (I say,) our said Brethren passed, and that in maist quyet maner, to note sick abusearis, thir fearfull summondis ar directed against thame, to mak (no doubt) preparation upon a few, that a door may be opened to execute creweltie upon a greattar multitude.
And yf so it come to pass, God, no doubt, has justlie recompanced oure formare negligence and ingratitude, towardis hym and his benefittis receaved in oure awin bosoms.
God gave to us a most notable victorie, of his and our ennemies: he brak thair strength, confounded thair counsailles: he sett us at fredome, and purged this Realme (for the maist part) of oppin idolatrye ; to the end, that we, ever myndfull of so wounderous a deliverance, should have keapt this Realme clean from sick vyle filthiness, and dampnable idolatrie.
But we, alace! preferring the pleasour of flesche [and blude,] to the pleasour and commandement of our God, have suffered that idoll, the Messe, to be erected agane, and therfore justlie sufferis he us now to fall in that danger that to luke to ane idolatour, going to his idolatrie, salbe repute a cryme lityll inferiour to treasone.
God grant that we fall not farther.
And now I, whom God has of his mercye made one amangis many to trdvell in setting fordward of his trew religion within this Realme, seing the same in danger of ruin, can not but of conscience crave of you, my Brethren, of all estaitis, that have professed the treuth, your presence, comfort, and assistance, at the said day, in the Town of Edinburgh, even as that ye tender the advancement of Goddis glorie, the saiftie of your brethren, and
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your awin assurance, togedder with the preservatioun of the Kirk in thir appearing daungers.
It may be, perchance, that persuasions be made in the contrarie, and that ye may be informed, that either your assemblie is not necesser, or ellis that it will offend the uppar poweris: But my gude hope is, that nether flatterie nor feare sall mak you sa far to declyne fra
Christ Jesus, as that, against your publict promise and solempned band, ye will leave your brethren in sa just a cause.
And albeit there ware no great daunger, yet cannot oure assemblie be unproffitable ; for many thingis requyre consultation, quhilkis can not be had, onles the wysest and godliest convein.
And thus, doubting nothing of the assistance of owre God, yf that we uniformlie seik his glory, I cease farther to trouble you, committing you heartlie to the protection of the Eternall.
Joune Kwox.
" Fra Edinburgh, the 8th of October 1563."
Tue Brethren, advertissed be this bill, prepaired thameselves, so many as war thocht expedient for everie town and _ province, to keap the day appoynted.
But by the meanis of false brethren, the letter came to the handis of the Quene; and the maner was this: It was read in the town of Ayre, whare ™® ™rrSTER OF .
FAILL, AND
wes present Robert Cunyghame, minister of Faillfurde,! who ?4!"?. 4x» then was halden an earnest professor of the Evangell; who *°*"
(be what meanes we knaw not) gat the said letter, and send liam Earl of Glencairn, at the age of twenty-two, was appointed Minister ; and he sat in Parliament among the clergy in 1546; andalsoin 1560.
" William Wallace, brother to John Wallace of Cragy, had a letter of presentation to the benefice of the ministrie of Failfurde, vacant be deceis of umquhile Robert Cunnynghame, last minister thairof," dated 18th April 1576.
(Register of Signatures.) 1 Failfurd, the seat of a convent of Red Friars, in the parish of Torbolton, Ayrshire, was founded in 1252.
" The chief who ruled this convent," says Chalmers, " was styled Minister.
The Minister of Failfurd was Provincial of the Trinity Order in Scotland.
From being the head of the Order, he appears to have had a seat in Parliament." (Caledonia, vol. iii. p. 492.)
In 1540, Robert Cunningham, a natural son of Wil-
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Boox IV. it with his token to Maister Hendrie Sinkclare, then President of the Seat and College of Justice, and styled Byshope of Ross, ane perfyct hypocrite, and ane conjured ennemye to Christ Jesus,! whome God after straik according to his deservingis.
The said Mr. Hendrie being ennemie to all that unfeynedlie professed the Lord Jesus, but cheiflie to Johne
Knox, for the libertie of his toung ; for he had affirmed, as ever still he doth affirme, that a Bischope that receaves proffit, and feidis not the flock, even be his awin labouris, is boith a theif and a murderare:
The said Mr. Hendrie, we say, thinking him self happie that had found so gude occasion to trouble him, whose life he hated, posted the said letter, with his counsaill to the Quene, who then lay in Striveling.?
The letter being read, it was concluded be the Counsale of profite, and not feeding the flock by his owne labours, is a theefe and a murtherer."
(Hist. vol. ii. p. 233.) Knox employs no measured terms in also speaking of his brother John Sinclair, who became Bishop of Brechin, and his successor as President, "as ane perfyte hypocrite,"
(vol. i. pp. 265.) Queen Mary, on the 20th February 1563-4, applied to Queen Elizabeth for a safe conduct " unto our traist Counsalour.
Henry Bischop of Ross, (quhom we haif licent to pas to the partes of France, to seke cure and remedie of certane maladyis quhairwith he is presentlie dis1 Mr. Henry Sinclair, (see vol. i. p.
274,) was successively Rector of Glasgow and a Lord of Session in 15387, Abbot of Kilwynning in 1541, Dean of Glasgow in 1550, and President of the Court of, Session in 1559.
The Queen Regent, on the 27th March 1560, had written in his favour, to be advanced to the See of Ross, then vacant by the death of David Panter, as mentioned by the French envoys De la Brosse and the Bishop of Amiens, in their letter of that date, to the Cardinal de Lorraine, and the Duke de Guise:—" La Royne Douugere vous escript pour les expeditions de l'Evesché de Rosse en faveur du Doyen de Glascou, qui est President de la Session.
Son age, et fort bonne vye, et emynent scauoir le recommendent assez; et n'avons voulu faillir a vous en porter sa tesmoignage, et vous dire qu'il est bien affectioné et bien necessaire pardega.
L'Evesché est encores entiér."
(Stevenson's Illustrations, &c. p. 80.) easit,") &c.
(Labanoff, Recueil des Lettres, &c., vol. vii. p. 293.) On the 18th September 1564, the Queen applied for a safe conduct to " oure weil belovit
Clerk, Maister Johne Sinclair, Dene of Restalrig, being in the partes of France, and willing to returne hamewart in this oure Realme."
(Ib. vol. i. p. 227.) In the above passage Knox evidently alludes to the disease of which the Bishop of Ross died, at Paris, on the 2d January
1564-5.
(Diurnal of Occurrents, pp.
77, 79.) 2 Calderwood says, that Sinclair " was a speciall enemy to Mr. Knox, becaus he still affirmed, that a Bishop receiving
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the Cabinet, that is, be the maist Secreat Counsale, that it imported treason: wherof the Quene was not a little rejoised, for she thoght anes to be reveanged of that hir great ennemie.
It was concluded that the Nobilitie sould be written for, that the condampnation sould have the greatter authoritie.
The day was appointed about the middest of December; which was keapt of the hoill Counsale, and of dyvers utheris, such as the Maister of Maxwell, the auld Laird of Lethingtoun, and the said President.
In the meane tyme, the Erle of Murray returned from the North, to whom the Secretary Lethingtoun opened the matter as best pleased him.
The Master of Maxwell! gave unto the run said Johne,.as it had bene, a discharge of the familiaritie MAXWHTIS
DISOUARGE
which before wes great betwix thame, onles that he wald saee Se KNOX. tisfie the Quene at hir awin syght.
The answer? [of Johne Knox] was, " He knew no offence nrrasson.
° .
YNG Bhdone be him to the Quenis Majestie, and therfoir he wist rwix vx ; m
MAISTER OF
nocht quhat satisfactioun to mak."
AND JOUNE
MAXWELL " Haif ye not writtin let- «xox.
" No offence !" said the uther. his life, he became one of the most constant and zealous adherents of Queen
Mary.
1In MS. G, "the Maister of Maxwell, efter maid Lord Herries." Ina previous note, (vol. i. p.319,) it will be seen that 2 The portion of the MS. which bears internal evidence of having been transcribed in 1566, terminates with the commencement of this paragraph.
In what follows, having the marginal note 3 as a kind of title at the head of the page, and extending in all to twentynine leaves, the transcription could not have been earlier than December 1571, Sir John Maxwell, whose name occurs repeatedly in Knox, married the eldest daughter and co-heiress of Lord Herries of Terreglis.
Sometimes he is styled the Master of Maxwell, as presumptive heir of the title.
He was much employed in public affairs, and was long Warden of the West Marches.
Having joined himself with the Lords of the Con- (yet during Knox's life.) This concluding portion is hastily written, more like a scroll copy from dictation, than an accurate transcript—many of the words are omitted or inaccurately written.
Various minute corrections, chiefly in orthography, have therefore been adopted from MS. G.
It may further be addgregation, on the 2d February 1559-60, he was one of the ambassadors sent by them to England.
He was generally known as Sir John Maxwell of Terreglis; and this barony, in 1566, was erected into a Lordship, and Sir John took his seat in the Parliament 1567, as Lord Herries.
In the latter period of
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Boox IV. teris desyring the Bretherin from all pairts to convene to Andro Armstrang and Patrik Cranstounis day ?"
"That I grant," said the uther; " but thairin I acknawledge no offence [done be me."
" No offence,"
]3 said he, " to convocat the Quenis liegis ?"
"Not for sua just ane cause," said the uther ; " for grytter thingis wer reput no offence within thir two yeiris."
"The time," said he, "is now uther; for than our Soverane wes absent, and now sche is present."
" It is neather the absence nor the presence of the Quene,'
? said he, " that reulis my conscience, but God speiking plainlie in his word; quhat was lauchfull to me last yeir, is yit lauchfull, becaus my God is unchangeable."
" Weill,' said the Maister, " I haif gevin you my counsell, do as ye list; but I think ye sall repent it, gif ye bow not unto the Quene."
"T understand not," said he, " Maister, quhat ye mene.
I nevir maid my self ane adversarie pairtie unto the Quenis Majestie, except in to the heid of religioun, and thairintill I think ye will nocht desyre me to bow."
" Weill," said he, "ye are wise eneuch; but ye will find that men will nocht beir with you in times to cum, as thay haif done in tymes bypast."
" Gif God stand my freind," said the uther, "as I am assurit he of his mercie will, so lang as I depend upon his promeise, and prefer his glorie to my life and warldlie proffeit, I littill regaird how men behave thame selffis towardis me; nether yit knaw I quhairin till ony man hes borne with me in times past, unles it be, that of my mouth thay haif heard the word of God, quhilk in times to cum, gif thay refuise, my hairt ed, that from the irregular manner of ciphered; but the Glasgow MS. fortuthe writing, the marginal notes have natelyserves to supply such deficiencies. suffered so much in the binder's hands, 8 The words inclosed within brackets that some of them can scarcely be deare supplied from MS. G.
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wilbe persit, and for ane seasone will lament ; but the incommoditie wilbe thair awne."
And efter thir wordis, quhairinto the Laird of Lochinvar! wes witness, thai departit.
But unto this day, the 17th of December 1571,2 thay met nocht in sick familiaritie as thay had befoir.
The bruit of the accusatioun of Johne Knox being divulged, Mr. Johne Spens of Condie, Advocat,? a man of gentill nature, and ane that professit the doctrine of the Evangell, came, as it wer, in secreit to Johne Knox, to inquyre the cause of that grit bruit.
To quhom the said Johne wes plane in all thingis, and schew unto him the dowbill of the letter.
Quhilk heard and consydderit, he said, "I thank my God, I came to you with ane feirfull and sorrowfull hairt, feiring that ye had done sick ane cryme as lawis mycht haif punischit, quhilk wald haif bene na small trubill to the hairtis of all sik as hes ressavit the worde of life quhilk ye haif preichit; but I depairt gritlie rejosit, alsweill becaus I persaif your awin confort, evin in the myddis of your trubillis, as that I cleirly understand, that ye haif committit no sik cryme as ye ar burdenit with :
Ye wilbe accusit, (said he,) but God will assist you."
And sua he departit.
The Erle of Murray and the Secretarie send for the said erore AY DISJohne to the Clerk of Registeris house, and began to lament PA!NED not that he had so heighlie offendit the Quenis Majestie, the iS 2v™ quhilk thai feirit sould cum to ane grit inconvenient to him self, gif he wer not wyselie forsene. Thay schew quhat paines and travell thai had tackin to mittigat hir anger, but thai 77r seor® could find na thing but extremitie, unless he him self wald 7o sony"
KNOX.
1 Sir John Gordon of Lochinvar: see 8 Mr. John Spens of Condie was Queen's supra p. 260, note 27.
Advocate from 1558, and has several 2 This date forming part of the text, times been mentioned by Knox : see vol. proves that this portion of the MS. i. p.419.
He died in June 1573.
(Remust have been transcribed at that date: gister of Confirmed Testaments, 5th see introductory notice, vol. i. p. xxx.
March 1577-8.) Violet mG
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Boox IV. confes his offence, and put him in hir Grace's will.
To quhilk heidis the said Johne answerit as followis :— "T praise my God, through Jesus Chryst, I haif leirnit nocht to cry conjuratioun and tressoun at everie thing that
JOHN KNOX
MIs ANSUER.
the godles multitude dois condempne, neither yit to feir the thingis that thai feir.
I haif the testimonie of ane gude conscience, that I haif gevin no occasioun to the Quenis Majestie to be offendit with me; for I haif done na thing but my dewtie, and so quhatsoevir sall thairof insew, my gude houpe is, that my God will gif me patience to beir it.
But to confes ane offence whair my conscience witnesseth thair-is nane, far beit from me."
" How can it be defendit?" said Lethingtoun:
" Haif ye not maid convocatioun of the Quenis leigis ?"
" Gif I haif nocht," said he, "a just defence for my fact,! lat me smart for it."
" Lat us heir," said thai, " your defensses; for we wald be glaid that ye mycht be found innocent."
" Nay," said the uther, "for I am informit, and that be diverse, and evin be you, my Lord Secreatarie, that I am allreddie condampnit, and my cause prejudged:
Thairfoir I mycht be reputed ane fooll, gif I wald mak you previe to my defensses."
At thoise wordis thai semeit baith offendit ; and so the SeHIS WES
THE FIRST
TYME THAT
THE ERLE OF
MURRAY SPAK TO THE SAID JOHN? cretarie departit.
But the said Erle remanit still, and wald haif interit in farder discourse of the estait of the Court with the said Johne, quho ansuerit, '" My Lorde, I understand mair than I wald of the effairis of the Court; and thairfoir it is nocht neidfull that your Lordschip trubill you with the re-
METER THE
PARLIAMENT, compting thairof.
Gif ye stand in gude caise I am content ; and gif ye do not, as I fear you do nocht allreddie, or ellis ye sall nocht do or it be lang, blame nocht me.
Ye haif the Counsalouris quhome ye haif chosin; my waik judgement 1Jn MS. 1566, " my falt."
*In MS. G, " spack to Johne Knox,"
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baith ye and thay dispyseit:
I can do no thing but behald the end, quhilk, I pray God, be other than my trubilled hairt feireth."
Within four days, the said Johne wes callit befoir the Quene
JOHN KNOX
CALLIT BE-
FOIR TH
QUENE AND
COUNSELL IN ANNO 1563.1 and Counsell betwix sax and sevin houris at nycht:2 The seassoune of the yeir wes the middes of December.
The bruit rysing in the toune, that Johne Knox wes send for be the Quene, the brethering of the Kirk? followit in such noumer, that the inner close was full, and all the stairs, evin to the chalmer dure whair the Quene and Counsall sat; quho had bene ressonyng amangis thame selves befoir, but had nocht fullie satisfeyit the Secretaris mynd.
And so wes the Quene retyreit to hir cabinet, and the Lordis wer talkand ilk one with uther, as occasioune served.
Bot upoun the entre of John Knox, thay wer commandit to tak thair places, and so thai did, sytting as Counsalouris one aganis ane uther.
The Duke, according to his dignitie, began the one syde.
Upone the uther syde sat the Erle of Argyle, and consequentlie followit the Erle of Murray, the Erle of Glencarne, the Erle of Merchell, the Lord Ruthven, the commoun officeris, Pettarro than Controllor, the Justice Clark, Mr. John Spens of Condie
Advocat ; and diverse utheris stude by. Removeand from the tabill sat auld Lethingtoun, father to the Secretour, Mr. Henrie Synclare then Bischope of Rosse, and Mr. James M'Gill
Clark Register.
Thingis thus put in ordour, the Quene cam furth, and with no littill warldlie pomp, wes placeit in the chyre, haifing twa sembly made by his letter before, to have rescued two of their brethren, (viz.
1[In MS. G, " in December 1563."
2 Knox states that his examination before the Privy Council was the middle of December.
Randolph, in one of his dispatches to Cecil, on the 21st December, mentions that the Lords had assembled Armstrong and Cranston,) from course of lawe, for usinge'an outrage upon a Priest saying Masse to the Queen's household at Halliruydhous."
(Keith's Hist., vol. ii. p. 210.) for three causes, the last of which was, 3In MS. G, "the brethren of the Toun."
«To take order with Knox and his faction, who intended, by a mutinous as-
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Boox IV. faithfull supportis, the Maister of Maxwell upoun the ane tor, and Secretour Lethingtoun on the uther tor of the chyre; quhairupoun thay waittit dillegentlie all time of that accusatioun, sumtymes the one occupying hir ear, sumtymes the uther.
Hir pomp lackit one principall point, to wit, womanlie gravitie; for when sche saw John Knox standing at the uther end of the tabill bair-heided, sche first smyleit, and efter gaif ane gawf lauchter.
Quhairat quhen hir placeboes! gaif thair plaudite, affirming with lyke countenance, " This is ane gude begyning," sche said:
" But wat ye whairat I lauch?
Yon man gart me greit, and grat never teir him self: I will see gif I can gar him greit."
At that word the Secretoure quhisperrit hir in the ear, and sche him agane, and with that gaif him ane letter.
Efter the inspectioun thairof, he directit his vissage and speche to Johne Knox in this maner :—
" The Quenis Majestie is informit, that ye haif travellit to raise a tumult of hir subjectis against hir, and for certificatioun thairof, thair is presented to hir your awin letter subscryvit in your name.
Yit because hir Grace will do na thing without ane gude advysement, sche hes convenit you befoir this pairt of the Nobilitie, that thai may witness betwix you and hir."
" Lat him acknawlege," said sche, "his awin hand writ, and than sall we juge of the contentis of.the letter."
And so wes the letter presentit from hand to hand to Johne Knox, who, taking inspectioun of it, said, " I 'glaidlie acknawlege this to be my hand writ: and also I remember, I dyteit ane letter in the month of October, giffin significatioun to the brether in sindrie quarteris, of sick thingis as displesit me.
And that gude opinioun haif I of the fidelatie of the Scribes that willingle thai wald nocht adulterat my original, albeit I left diverse blankis subscryvit with thame; and so I acknawlege boith the hand write and the dytement."
1In MS. 1566, " hir placebo boyis."
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" Ye haif done more," said Lethingtoun, " than I wald haif done."
" Charritie," said the uther, " is not suspicious."
" Weill, weill," said the Quene, " reid your awin letter, and than answer to such thingis as salbe demandit of you."
"T sall do the best I can," said the other; and so with loud voce he began to reid as befoir expressed.
Efter that the letter was red to the end, it was presentit agane to Mr. Johne Spens; for the Quene commandit him to accuse, as he efter did, but verie gentillie—Efter, we say, that the letter was red, the Quene, behalding the hoill tabill, said, " Hard ye evir, my Lordis, ane mair dispitfull and tressonable letter ?"!
Quhill that no man gaif ansuer, Lethingtoun addressit him to John Knox, and said, " Maister Knox, ar ye nocht sorie from your hairt, and do ye nocht repent that sick ane letter hes past your pen, and from you is cumin to the knawlege of utheris."
Johne Knox ansuerit, " My Lord Secretour, befoir I repent I maun be taucht of my offence."
" Offence," said Lethingtoun, " gif thair wer na mair but the convocatioun of the Quenis leigis, the offence can nocht be denyit."
" Remember your self, my Lord," said the uther, " thair is a differens betwix ane lauchfull convocatioun, and ane unlauchfull.
Giff I haif bene giltie in this, I haif oft offendit sen I come [last] in Scotland: for what convocatioun of the brethering hes ever bene to this day into quhilk my pen servit not?
Befoir this no man led it to my chairge as ane cryme."
"Than wes than,' said Ledingtoun, " and now is now:
We haif no neid of sick convocatiounis as sometimes we haif had."
1'The Letter on which this accusation was founded, is printed at page 395.
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Johne Knox ansuerit, " The time that hes bene is evin now befoir my eyis ; for I see the pure flock! in no less daunger nor it hes bene at ony time befoir, except that the Devill hes gottin a vissorne upon his face.
Befoir he come in with his awin face, discoverit be opin tyrannie, seiking the destructioun of all that hes refuissit idolatrie; and than I think ye will confess the -brethering lauchfullie assembled thame selfis for defence of thair lyffeis.
And now the Devill cumis under the cloke of Justice, to do that quhilk God wald nocht suffer him to do by strength."
" What is this?" said the Quene. " Me think ye tryfill with him.
Quho gaif him authoritie to mak convocatioun of my leigis?
Is nocht that tressoun ?"
" Na, Madam," said the Lord Ruithven, " for he makis convocatioun of the pepill to heir prayer and sermoun almost daylie, and whatevir your Grace or utheris will think thereof, we think it no tressoun."
" Hald your peace," said the Quene, "and let him mak ansuer for him self."
"T began, [Madam]" said Johne Knox, "to ressoun with the Secratour, quhome I tak to be ane far better dialectician? then your Grace is, that all convocatiouns ar nocht unlauchfull: and now my Lord Ruithven hes gevin the instance, quhilk gif your Grace will deny, I sall addres me for the prufe."
"T will say nathing," said the Quene, "aganis your religioun, nor aganis your convenyng to your sermonis:
But quhat authoritie haif ye to convocat my subjectis quhen ye will, without my commandiment ?"
"J haif no plesour," said Johne Knox, "to declyne from the formar purpoise.
And yit, Madam, to satisfie your Grace's two questiounis, I.ansuer, that at my will I nevir convenit four persounis in Scotland; but at the ordour that the bre1TIn MS. 1566, " folk."
"In MS. 1566, " dalectiane."
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therin hes appoyntit, I haif gevin diverse adverteismentis, and grit multitudis haif assemblit thairupone.
And gif your Grace complane that this wes done without your Graceis commandiment, I ansuer, sa hes all that God hes blissed within this
Realme from the begyning of this actioun.
And -thairfoir, Madam, I maun be convyckit be ane just law, that I haif done aganis the deutie of Godis messinger in writting of this letter, befoir that either I be sorie, or yit repent for the doing of it, as my Lord Secretour wald perswaid me:
For what I haif done, I haif done [at] the commandiment of the generall Kirk of this Realme ; and thairfoir, I think, I haif done na wrang."
"Ye sall not eschaip so," said the Quene.
"Is it nocht tréssoun, my Lordis, to accuse ane Prince of creweltie?
I think thair be Actis of Parliament aganis sick whisperaris."
That wes grantit of monie.
" But whairintill," said Johne Knox, " can I be accusit ?"
" Reid this pairt of your awin bill," said the Quene, quhilk began, " Thir feirfull summondis is direct aganis thame, (to wit, the bretherin foirsaid,) to make, no dout, preparatioun! upoun ane few, that ane dore may be opened till execute creweltie upoun ane grytter multitude."
"Lo," said the Quene, " quhat say ye to that ?"
Quhill monie doubtit quhan the said Johne sould ansuer, he said unto the Quene, " Is it lauchfull for me, Madam, to ansuer for my self?
Or sall I be dampned befoir I be hard ?"
" Say what ye can," said sche ; " for I think ye haif eneuch a? ado.
" J will first [then] desyre this of your Grace, Madam, and of this maist Honorabill audience, quhidder gif your Grace knawis nocht, that the obstinat Papistis ar deidlie ennemeis to all sick as profess the Evangill of Jesus Christ, and that thai moist eirnistlie desyre the exterminatioun of thame, and of the trew doctrine that is taucht within this Realme?"
1In MS. G, "a preparatyye."
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The Quene held hir peace: but all the Lordis, with commoun voce, said, " God forbid that either the lyves of the faythfull, or yit the staying of the doctrine, stude in the power of the Papistis: for just experience hes tauld us what creweltie lyis in! thair hertis."
"T maun proceid than," said Johne Knox, " seing that I persaif that all will grant that it wer ane barbarous creweltie to destroy sick ane multitude as profess the Evangell of Jesus
Christ within this' Realme, quhilk ofter then anis or twyse thai haif tempit to do be force, as thingis done of lait dayis do testify, quhairof thay, be God and his providence, being dissapointit, haif inventit moir craftie and daingerous practises, to wit, to mak the Prince pairtie under cullour of law: and so what thai could not do [be] oppin force, thai sall perform be craftie deceat.
For who thinkis, my Lordis, that the insatiable crewaltie of the Papistis, within this Realme, I meane, sall end in the murthering of these two bretherin now injustlie summond, and moir unjustlie to be accusit.
I think no man of judgement can sa esteme, but rayther the direct contrair, that is, that by this few noumer thai intend to prepair a way to thair bloodie interprises aganis the whole.
And thairfoir, Madam, cast up when ye list the Actis of your Parliment.
T haif offendit nathing aganis thame; I accuse nocht in my letter your Grace, nor yit your natoure of creweltie.
But I affirm yit agane, that the pestilent Papistis, quho have inflamit your Grace without caus againis those pure men at this present, ar the sonis of the devill; and thairfoir maun obey the desires of thair father, quho hes bene ane liar and ane murtherour from the begyning."
"Ye forget your self," said ane; " ye ar not now in the pulpit."
"T am in the place," said the uther, " quhair I am demandit of conscience to speik the treuth; and thairfoir I speik.
1TIn MS. G, 1566, " is in."
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The treuth I speik impung it quhoso list.
And heirunto [I add,] Madam, that honest, gentill, and meik naturis be appeirance, be wickit and corrupt counsallouris, may be convertit and alter! to the direct contrair.
Exampill we haif of Nero, who in the begyning of his impyre, we find haifing some naturall schame ;? but efter that his flatteraris had encuraged him 47 ™*
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JUGE QUHAT
in all asec alleging, that na thing wes either unhonest nor 2%"° yit unlauchfull for his personage, quho wes Empriour abuif S{omh, utheris: quhen he had drunken of this coup, I say, to quhat enormiteis he fell, the historeis beiris witnes.
And now, Madam, to speik planelie, Papistis and conjureit ennemeis to Jesus Christ, haif your Graceis eare patent at all tymeis.
I assure your Grace thai ar daingerous counsallouris, and that — your Mother fand."
As this wes said, Ledingtoun smyleit,* and spak secreitlie to the Quene in hir eare; what it wes, the tabill hard nocht.
But immediatlie sche addressit hir vissage, and spack to Johne Knox, and said, " Weill, ye speik fair eneuch heir befoir my
Lordis ; but the last tyme I spak with you secreitlie, ye causit me weip monie salt teiris, and said to me stubernelie,
' Ye set not by my greitting.'"
" Madam," said the uther, " becaus now the secound tyme your Grace hes burdened me with that crime, I maun ansuer, as [leist] for my silence I be haldin gyltie.
[If your Grace] be rypelie rememberit, the Laird of Dun, yit leving to testifie the treuth, was present at that tyme quhairof your Grace complenis. Your Grace accuseit me, that I had irreventlie handyllit you in the pulpat; that I denyit.
Ye said, What ado had I to speik of your marriage?
What was I, that I sould mell with syk maiteris?
I ansuerit, As tueching natour, I wes ane worm of this earth, and yet ane subject of this Com1JIn MS. G, "be subverted and al3'This marginal note is omitted in tered."
MB. G.
2 In MS, 1566, "some mortell."
4 Jn MS. G, " smyrklit."
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Boox IV. mounwelth; but as tueching the office whairintill it hes plesit God to place me, I wes ane watchman, bayth over the Realme, and over the Kirk of God gatherit within the same ; be reasoun whairof I wes bound in conscience to blaw the trumpet publictlie, so oft as evir I saw onie upfall, onie appeiring dainger,! either of the one or of the other.
But sa it wes, that ane certane bruit affermed that traftick of mariage wes betwix your Grace and the Spanishe allya ; quhairinto I said, that gif your Nobylattie and Estaitis did agrie, unles that bayth ye and your husband sould be so straitlie bound, that neither of you mycht hurte this Commounwealth, nor yit the pure Kirk of God within the same, that in that cais I wald pronunce, that the consentaris wer trubleris? of this
Commounwelth, and ennemeis to God, and to his promeis plantit within the same.
At these wordis, I grant, your Grace stormed, and burstit furth into ane unressonable weiping.
Quhat myttigatioun the Laird of Dun wald haif maid, I suppois your Grace hes not forget.
But whill that nathing wes abill to stay your weiping, I wes compellit to say, I tak God to record, that I never tuik plesour to see onie creatour weip,
[yea, not my children quhen my awin hands had bett thame,'] meikle less can I rejoise to see your Grace mak sick regreat.
But seing I haif offerit your Grace no such occasioun, I maun rather suffer your Grace to tack your awin plesour, or that I dar conceil the treuth, and so betray baith the Kirk of God and my Commounwelth.
Thir wes the maist extreme wordis that I spak that day."
Efter that the Secretar had conferrit with the Quene, he said, " Mr. Knox, ye may returne to your hous for this nicht."
"T thank God and the Quenis Majestie," said the other.
" And, Madame, I pray God to purge your hairt from Papeis1 Tn MS. G, " ony upfall or apparand °In MS. G, "and to his truth plantdanger."
In MS. 1566, " apfaw." cd within the same."
2 In MS. G, " wer traytors."?
* These words omitted in MS. 1566,
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trey, and to preserve you from the counsall of flatteraris ; for how pleasand that thei appeir to your ear and corrupt affectioun for the tyme, experience hes tauld us in what perplexatie thay have brocht famous princes."
Ledingtoune and the Maister of Maxwell [were] that nycht the two stoupeis of hir chair.
Johne Knox being departit, the Tabill of the Lordis, and utheris that wer present, wer demandit, everie man be his vote,
Gif Johne Knox had nocht offendit the Quenis Majestie.
The Lordis voteit uniformelie thai coulde find no offence.
The Quene wes past to hir cabinet.
The flatteraris of the Courte, and Ledingtoune pryncipally, raged.
The Quene wes brocht agane, and placeit in hir chyre, and thai commandit to vote
_ oure agane: quhilk thing heichlie offendit the haill Nobylattie, and began to speik in opin audience, " What! sall the Laird of Lethingtoune haif power to controle us: or sall the presence of ane woman caus us to offend God, and to dampne ane innocent aganis oure conscience for plesour of onie creatour?"
And so the haill Nobylattie absolved Johne Knox agane, and praisit God for his modestie, and for his plane and sensible ansueris.
Yit befoir the end, ane thing is to be noittit, to witt, that amangis sa monie placeboes, we mene the flatteraris of Courte, thair wes nocht ane that planelie durst condampne the pure man that was accusit, this same God reuling thair tounge that sometymeis reulit the toung of Balaam,! when gladlie he wald haif cursit Godis pepill.
This persaveit, the Quene began to upbraid Mr. Henrie Synclair, then Bischope of Ross, and said, heiring his vote to agree with the rest, " Trubill nocht the barne:
I pray you ENE PANE FTW trubill him nocht; for he is newlie walknit out of his sleip. ce ae
Why soulde nocht the aulde fule follow the futestapis of SX" thame that haif passit befoir him."
The Bischope answerit cauldlie, '" Your Grace may considder, that it is neither affec1 Tn MS. 1566, " Balam."
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Book IV. tioun to the man, nor yit lufe to his proffessioun that moved me to absolve him; but the sempill treuthe, quhilk planelie appeiris in his defence, drawis me efter it, albeit that utheris wald haif condampnit him."
And this being said, the Lordis and haill assisteris araise and departit.
That nycht wes nether dansing nor fyddilling in the Courte; for Madame wes disappoyntit of hir purpois, guhilk wes to haif had Johne
Knox in hir will be vote of hir Nobylattie.
THE CRAFT
OF THE COURTE.
Johne Knox, absolved be the votes of the grittest pairt of the Nobylattie from the cryme intendit aganis him, evin in the presence of the Quene, sche rageit, and the placebois of the Courte stormed:
And so began new assaultis to be maid at the handis of the said Johne, to confes ane offence, and to put him in the Quenis will, and thay soulde promeis that his gryttest punischement sould be to go within the Castell of Edinburgh, and immediatlie to returne to his awin hous.
He answerit, " God forbid that my confessioune soulde dampne those nobill men that of thair conscience, and with displasour of the Quene, have absolved me.
And forder, I am assureit, ye will nocht in earnist desyre me to confes ane offence, onles that thairwith ye wald desyre me to ceise from preiching: for how can I exhorte utheris to peace and Cryssin quyetnes, gif
I confes myself ane authour and mover of seditioun ?"
The Generall Assemblie of the Kirk approcheit.
But the juste petitiounis of the Mynisteris and Commissionaris of QUHILK
BEGAN THE
25 OF DE-
CEMBER,!
Kirkis wer dispysit at the first, and that with thir wordis, " As Mynisteris will not follow our counsellis, so will we suffer
Mynisteris to labour for thame selfis, and see what speid thai cum."
And when the quhole Assemblie said, " Gif the Quene
THI COURTE
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THE MINIS-
TERIS. will not [provide for our Ministeris], we man; [for] bayth Thrid and Tua pairt ar rigyrrouslie takin frome us, and frome
1 This note is taken into the textin New Tolbuith, the 25th of December."
MS. G.
In MS. L 4, the paragraph And this marginal note is added :— reads :—" The Generall Assemblie of " Quick speeches betwix some Courthe Kirk convened at Edinburgh in the teours, Barrons, and Ministers."
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our tennentis."
" Giffutheris," said one, " will follow my counsell, the gaird and the Papistis sall complene als lang as our
Mynisteris haif done."
At these wordis the former scherpnes wes cullourit, and the speikare allegit, that he menit not of all Mynisteris, bot of sum to quhome the Quene wes no dettour; for what Thrid ressavit sche of Borrowis?
Oristopheir Gudeman! ansuerit, " My Lord Secretour, gif ye can schaw me what [just] tyttill either the Quene hes to the Thrid, or the Papistis to the Twa pairt, then I think I soulde solve? quhidder sche wer dettour to Mynisteris within broughis or not."
But thairto he ressavit this check for ansure, " Ne sit peregrinus curtosus in aliena Republica ;" that is, " Lat not ane strainger be curious in a strainge Commounewelth."
The man of God ansuerit, " Albeit I be ane strainger in your | pollicey, yit so am I not in the Kirk of God; and thairfoir the cair thairof does no less appertene to me in Scotland than gif I wer in the myddis of Ingland."
Monie wonderit at the sylence of Johne Knox ; for in all those quick ressonyngis he openit not his mouthe.
The cause thairof he himself expressit in those wordis:
"TI haif travellit, rycht honorabill and belovit Bretherin, sen my last arryval within this Realme in ane uprycht conscience befoir my God, seiking no thing more, as he is [my] wytness, than the advancement of his glorie, and the stabillitie of his Kirk within on returning to England, he accompanied Knox's wife and family to Scotland, in September 1559, and became minister of Ayr.
He was soon afterwards translated to St. Andrews, as a place of greater importance.
He returned to England towards the close of 1565.
(Booke of the Kirk, vol. i. p. 72.) He died at an advanced age, at Chester, in 1601.
See notices collected by Dr.
M'Crie, Life of Knox, vol. ii. pp. 331833, 459.
1 Christopher Goodman was a native of Chester, born about the year 1520, and educated at Oxford.
During the persecutions in England, after Queen Mary's accession to the throne, he went first to Frankfort, then to Strasburg, and in September 1555, he was chosen Knox's colleague at Geneva.
In 1558, he published his celebrated treatise, " How Superior Powers ought to be obeyed," which rendered him so obnoxious to Queen Elizabeth, on account of his statements on " The Regiment of Women."
Finding no encouragement, 2 In MS. 1566, " resonne."
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Boox IY. knox this Realme; and yit of lait dayis I haif bene accuseit as ane on"? sedytious man, and as ane that usurpes unto my self power that becumis me nocht.
Trew it is, I haif gevin adverteismentis into the bretherin in dyveris quarteris, of the extremitie intendit aganis certane faythfull for luiking to ane
Preist going to Mess, and for observing of those that transgressit juste lawis ; bot [that] thairintill I haif usurped farther power than is gevin into me, till that be you I be dampned, I utterlie deny; for I say, that be you, that is be the chairge of the Generall Assemblie, I haif als just power to adverteise the bretherin from tyme to tyme of daingers appeiring, as that I haif to preche the worde of God in the pulpett of Edinbrough ; for be you I wes appoyntit to the one and to the uther ; and thairfoir, in the name of God, I craif your jugementis.
The dainger that appeirit to me in my accusatioun wes nocht sua feirfull as the wordis that come to my earis wer dollorous to my hairt ; for thir wordis wer planelie spokin, and that be sum Protestantis, 'What can the Pape do mair then send furth his Letteris, and requyreit thame to be obeyit.'
Lat me haif your jugementis thairof, quhidder that I haif usurped onie power to my self, or gif I haif bot obeyit your commandiment."
The flatteraris of the Courte, amangis quhome Sir Johne Ballentyne, Justice Clerk,! wes then not the leist, began to storme, and said, " Sall we be compellit to justifie the rasch doingis of men?"
"My Lorde,' said Johne Knox, "ye sall speik your plesour for the present: of you I craif no thing ; bot gif the Kirk that is heir present do not either absolve me, or ellis condampne me, nevir sall I in publict or in privat, as ane publict mynister, open my mouthe in doctrine or in ressonyng."
1 In MS. G, "Bellenden," the same of Auchinoul, Justice-Clerk, is repeatname during the 16th century being edly mentioned by Knox: sec notes in written Ballenden, Bellenden, Ballanvol. i. pp. 858, 418. tyne, Bannatyne.
Sir John Bellenden
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Efter lang contentioun, the said Johne being removed, the whole Kirk fand, that a chairg wes gevin unto him to adverteis the Bretherin in all quarteris as oft as evir dainger appeirit ; and thairfoir avowit that fact not to be his onlie, bot to be the fact of all. Thairat wer the Quenis claw-backis mair inrageit than evir thai wer; for sum of thame had promissit to the Quene to get the said Johne convyct, baith be the Consall and be the Kirk ;! and being frustrat of boith, sche and thai thocht thame selffis nocht [a little] dissapoyntit.
In the verie tyme of the Generall Assemblie, thair cumis to publyct knawlege ane heinous murdour committed in the Courte, yea, not far from the Quenis awin lap; for ane Frenche
1563. woman, that servit in the Quenis chalmer had playit the hure with the Quenis awin hipoticary.2, The woman conceveit and bare ane child, quhome with commoune consent the father ee, and the mother murthered.
Yit wer the cryis of ane new Pour borne barne hard; searche wes maid, the chylde and mother °°?" wes baith deprehendit; and so wer baith the man and the woman dampned to be hangit upoun the publict streit of Edinburgh.
The punischment wes notable, becaus the cryme wes heinous.
Bot yit wes not the Courte purged of hureis and huredome, quhilk wes the fontane of sik enormiteis; for it wes weill knawin, that schame haistit mariage betwix Johne s™ri.
Sempill, callit the Danser, and Marie Levingstoune, surnameit 2°V''* BTOUN. the Lustie?
What bruit the Maries and the rest of the stone was one of the Queen's Maries who accompanied her to France, and was the youngest daughter of Alexander fifth Lord Levingstone.
It may have been to ensure their marriage that the Queen, by a special grant under the Privy Seal, to "John Sempill, sone to hir cousin Robert Lord Sempill, and Marie Levingstoun his spous, sister to William
Lord Livingstone," granted a charter of various lands, in consideration that " it had pleisit God to move thair hartis to 1 In MS. G, " Churche" is now generally used for " Kirk."
2 MS. G, " Hypothecary;" in MS. L4, " Apothecar."
No notice of their trial and execution is elsewhere given; and the Record of the Criminal Court at this period, which might have furnished the same, is not preserved.
3 John Sempill was the son of Robert third Lord Sempill, by a second marriage with Elizabeth Carlyle. (Wood's
Pecrage, vol. ii. p. 494.) Mary Leving-
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Book LY. dansaris of the Courte had, the ballattis of that aige* did witnes, quhilk we for modesteis sake omit.
Bot this wes the commoune complaint of all godlie and wyse men, that giff thai thocht that sick ane Courte soulde lang continew, and giff thai luikit for no uther lyffe to cum, thay wald haif wissit thair soneis and dochteris rather to have bene brought up with fydlaris and dansaris, and to have bene exerceit in flinging upone ane flure, and in the rest that thairof followis, than to haif bene nurisched in the companie of the godlie, and exerceissit in vertew, quhilk in that Courte wes haittit, and fylthines not MARIKS REGIMENT. onlie maintenit, bot also rewairded.
Witnes the Lordschip® of Abercorne, the baronie of Authormortie,® and diverse utheris pertenyng to the patrimonie of the Crowne, gyffin in heritage to scouparis, dansaris, and dalliaris with damis.
This wes the begyning of the regement of Marie Quene of Scottis, and thir wer the fructeis that sche brocht furth of France. " Lorde,
* The ballads to which Knox specially alludes are not known to be preserved.
Various enactments and proclamations were made from time to time, prohibiting, in 1556, for instance, " the odeous ballates and rymes laitly sett furth be sume evill inclinit personis of your toun."
(Maitland's Hist. of Edinb., p.
14.) joyne togidder in the stait of matrimonye."
It is dated 9th March 1564-5.
In the Parliament 19th April 1567, when it proposed to annul the forfeiture of George Earl of Huntley, which would affect various grants that had been made, the charter of infeftment in the lands of Auchtermuchty, Stewarton, and others, to Sempill, was anew ratified by the Queen.
(Acta Parl. Scot., vol. ii. p.
559.) The same favour was continued by James the Sixth, on the penult November 1581, from his general Revocation of grants, among other exceptions, " reseryit and exceptit" the in~ feftment made by Queen Mary " to umquhile John Semple of Butress, and Marie Livingston his spous, of the town and lands of Auchtermuchtie, and otheris," &c¢. (ib. vol. iii. p. 245.) This shews that Semple was then deceased.
He had acquired the lands of Beltrees in Renfrewshire—a name distinguished in the literature of Scotland during the 17th century.
5 In MS. 1566, " Bischope of."
° In MS. G, " Achermoutie."
It will be seen from the previous note 8, that the lands of Auchtermuchty, in Fife, had been conferred on John Sempill and Mary Levingstone, his wife, in 1565.
The Lordship of Abercorn was probably bestowed about the same time upon one of the courtiers.
At a later period, at least, John Levingstone, one of the Master Stabularis, had a grant in feufarm of the lands, &c., of Abercorn, 10th
October 1587, of which he obtained a ratification by Parliament, 5th June 1692. (Acta Parl. Scot., vol. iii. p. 643.)
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luil i rannie
PRAYIT x upone our mysereis, and delyver us from the tyrannie! of PRAviT .
* :
TEN QUHEN
that hure, for thy awin meir mercies saik. sik WHS God from hevin, and upone the face of the eirth, gaif decla- {uno ratioun that he wes offendit at the iniquitie that wes committit "'"""" evin within this Realme; for upone the 20th day of Januare cm" west thair fell weit in grit aboundance, quhilk in the falling freisit Dae so vehementlie, that the eirth wes bot ane scheit'of ysce.
The foules baith grit and small freisit, and mycht nocht flee : monie deyit, and sum wer takin'and laid besyde the fyre, that thair fetheris mycht resolve.
And in that same moneth the sey stude still, as wes clerlie observed, and nather ebbit nor flowit the space of 24. houris, In the moneth of Februare, the woxpans 15th and 18th day thairof, wes sene in the fyrmament battelis FY®R74®. arrayit, speiris, and utheris weapounis, and as it had bene the ~ joinyng of two armeis.
Thir thingis wer nocht onlie observed, bot also spokin and constantlie affyrmed be men of jugement and credit.
But the Quene and our Court maid myrrie.
Thair wes banketting upoun banketting.
The Quene wald tyinr*® banket all the Lordis; and that wes done upoun polessie, to coxievp remove the suspitioune of hir displesour aganis thame, becaus mynisrenss. thai wald nocht at hir devotioun dampne Johne Knox.
To remove, we say, that jeloussie, sche maid the banket to the haill Lordis, quhairat sche wald haif the Duke amangis the rest.
It behuifit thame to banket hir agane; and so did banketting continew till Fastronis-evin and efter.
But the pure Mynisteris wer mockit, and reputed as monsteris; the gaird, and® the effairis of the kytcheing wer so gryping, that the Mynisteris stipendis could nocht be payit ; and yit at the Assemblie precedeand, solemnitlie promeis wes maid in the Quenis name, be the mouth of Secretour Lethingtoune, in the ppowma. audiance of monie of the Nobylatie and of the hoill Assemblie, who affyrmeit, that he had commandiment of hir Heichnes to 1In MS. 1566, " tyranitie."'
3 In MS. 1566, " regairdand" as one 2 Or, in the year 1566. word, VOL. Il.
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Boox IV. promeis! unto thame full contentatioun to all the Mynisteris within the Realme of thingis bygane; and of suche ordour to be keipit in all tymeis to cum, that the whole bodie of the Protestantis soulde haif occasioune to stand content.
The Erle of Murray affermit the same, with monie uthair fair promeisses gevin be writ be Lethingtoune him self; as in the register of the Actis done in the Generall Assemblie may be sene.?
Bot how that, or yit anie uther thing promissit by hir, or in hir name, unto the Kirk of God, wes observed, the Warlde can witnes.
The Mynisteris perceaving all thingis tend to ruyne, dischairgit thair conscience in publict and in previt; but thay: ressaifit for thair laubouris haitred and indignatioun; and amangis utheris, that worthie servand of God, Mr. John Craig, speiking aganis the manifest corruptioun that then withoute schame or feir declareit the self, said, " Sum tymeis wer hypocriteis knawin be thair disgyseit habittis, and we had men to be monkis, and women to be nunis; but now all thingis ar so chaingit, that we can nocht dyscerne the Erle frome the Abbot, nor the Nun frome sik as wald be haldin the Nobillwemin ;? so that we haif gottin ane new ordour of monkis and nunis.
But, (said he,) seing that ye eschame not of that unjuste proffeit, wald God that thairwith ye had the coule of the nun, the vaill, yea, and the taill joyned with all,* that so ye mycht appeir in your awin cullouris."
This lybertie did so provoik the choller5 of Lethingtoune, that in opin audience he gaif him unto the Devill, gif that ever
LETHINGTOUNE WYSE DEFYIT THY
SERVANDIS
OF GOD. efter that day he sould regaird what become of Mynisteris, that lie sould do what he could, that his companyeounis sould haif ane skair with him; " And lat thame bark and blaw," said he,
1Tn MS. 1566, ' to pronunce."
4 In MS. 1566, these words appear in 2 See the proceedings of the General this unintelligible form, "ze had the Assembly, (Book of the Universall Kirk, — coule of the waill, ye and the taill junit vol. i. p. 48.) with all."
3 In MS. 1566, " gentillman."
5 In MB. 1566, " the collowre."
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"alse loude as thay list."
And so that wes the second tyme that he had gevin [his] defyance to the servandis of God.
And heirupone raise whispering and complainttis, all be the flatteraris of the Courte, complenyng that men wer not cheritably! handyllit: " Mycht nocht synnis be repruifit in generall, albeit: that men wer not so specialie taxed, that all the warlde mycht knaw of whome the preachour spak?"
Quhairinto wes the ansuer maid, " Let men eschame publiklie to offend, and the Mynisteris sall abstene from specialiteis ; but so lang as Protestantis ar not eschameit manifestlie to do aganis the evangill of Jesus Chryste, so lang can nocht the Mynisteris of God ceise to ery, that God wilbe revengit upoun. sik abusearis of his holie worde."
And thus had the servandis of God ane doubill battell, ~ fechting upoun the one syde aganis the idolatrie and the rest of the abominatiounis mentenit be the Quene; and upoun the uther pairt, aganis the unthankfulnes of sik as sumtyme wald haif bene estemed the cheiff pyllaris of the Kirk within the Realme.
The threitnyngis of the prechouris wer feirfull; but the Courte thocht the self in [such] securitie that it coulde nocht myscary.2.
The Quene, efter the banketting, keipit a dyett 1564.
[be directioun of] Monsieur Lusury, Frenche man, who had bene acquaintit with hir maladie befoir, being hir physicioun :3:
And theirefter sche, for the secound tyme, maid hir progresses in the North,t and commandit to waird in the Castell of 1 In MS. 1566, " chyrrable."
Lusgerie.
(Labanoff, Lettres, &c., vol. i. p. 256; vol. vii. p. 805.) 2 In MS. 1566, " mynnistrey."
* Before the Queen's second progress in the North, she had visited the West of 3 In MS. G, "Monsieur la Usurie."
The person referred to was Jacques LusScotland, and returned from Inverary through Ayrshire to Dumfries.
This journey lasted from the 29th June till gerie, who had been the Queen's physician while she resided in France.
He is mentioncd by her in a letter to Catharine de Medicis, 12th March 1565.
In May 1571, the Queen requests Beaton to send her a physician from France, with the advice, or recommended by the beginning of September 15638. After stopping a few days in Edinburgh, she proceeded to Perthshire and Stirling.
But the journey to which Knox here al-
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Edinburgh the Erle of Kaithness,® for ane murther committit be his servandis upoun the Erle of Merchellis men.
He obeyit, bot he wes sodentlie relevit; for sik blude-thrystie men and Papeistis, sik as he is, ar best subjectis to the Quene.
"Thy kingdome cum, O Lord; for in this Realme is no thing (amangis sik as soulde punische vyce and mentene vertew) but abhominatiounis abounding withoute brydell."
The flatteraris® of the Courte did daylie inrage aganis the pure Prechouris: happyest wes he that coulde invent the moist bytter tantis and disdainfull mokingis of the Mynisteris. And at lenth thai began to jest at the terme of Idolatrie, affirmyng, "That men wist nocht what thai spak, quhan thai callit the Messe Idolatrie."'
Yea, sum proceidit farder, and feirit nocht at opin tabilles to affirme, "That thai wald sustene the argument, that the Messe wes no Idolatrie."
These thingis cuming to the earis of the prechouris, wer proclamit in publyct pulpett of Edinburgh, with this complaynt direct be the speikare' to his God.
'" O Lord, how lang sall the wyckit prevaill aganis the juste! How lang sall thou suffer thy self and thy blessit Evangill to be dyspysit of men; of men, we say, that makis® thame selfis defendaris of the treuth!
For of thy manifest and knawin ennemeis we complene nocht, bot of such as unto whom thou hes reveilit thy lycht: for now it cumis into our eiris, that men, not Papistis, we say, bot cheif Protestantis, will defend the Messe to be no Idolatrie.
Giff so wer, O Lord, myserablie haif I bene disavit, and myserablie, alace, O Lord, ludes was in the following year.
She rode from Edinburgh on the 22d of July 1564.
She was at Perth on the 81st, when she went into the district of Athole " to the hunting."
After crossing the mountains, and visiting some parts of Inverness-shire, and the Chanonry of Ross, she returned along the to Dundee and St. Andrews, reaching Holyrood on the 25th or 26th September, after an absence of upwards of two months.
° George fourth Earl of Caithness, who died 9th September 1582.
° In MB. 1566, " flattering."
7 That is, by Knox himself. east coast, by Aberdeen and Dunottar, '8 In MS. G, " that boastis."
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haif I deceavit thy peopill ; quhilk thou knawis, O Lord, I haif evir moir abhorrit than a thousand deithis.
Bot," said he, turnyng his face towardis the rowme where sik men as so had affirmed, sat, "Gif Ibe nocht able to prove the Messe to be the moist abhominable Idolatrie that evir wes useit sen the begynning of the Worlde, I offer my self to suffer the punischement appoyntit be God to a fals teichare; and it appeiris unto me," said the preichare, "that the affirmeris soulde be subject to the same law: for it is the treuthe of God that ye persecute and blaspheme ; and it is the inventioun of the Devill, that obstinatlie aganis his Worde, ye menteyne.
Whairat, albeit ye now flyrt and ye flyre, as [thocht] that all wer spokin wer but wind,! yit am I [als] assureit, as I am 'assureit that my God leveth, that sum that hear this your defectioun and railling aganis the treuthe. and servandis of God, sall see ane pairt of Godis jugementis poured furth upoun this Realme, (and pryncipallie upoun you? that fastest cleifes to the favour of the Courte,) for the abominatiounes that ar be you menteneit."
Albeit that suche vehemencie provoikit teiris of sum, yit those men that knew themselfis guilty, in a mocking maner said,
" We must recant, and burne oure bill; for the Prechouris ar angrie."
The Generall Assemblie, halden in Junij 1564,3 approcheit, unto the which greit* pairt of the Nobylatie, of those that ar
ANNO 1564.
callit Protestantis, convenit ; sum for assistance of the mynisteris, and sum to accuse thame, as we will efter heir.®
A lyttill befoir the trubles, quhich Sathan raised in the bodie 1566, of two marginal notes only some unintelligible letters remain unmutilated by the binder: but the notes occur in MS. G, as follows :— '
'«"Lethingtounes countenance at the threatnings of the preichars."
1 In MS. 1566, " wounde."
2 In MS. M. there is added this remark, " But this threatening was accomplished in his owne person;" and the next paragraph is wholly omitted.
8 At Edinburgh on the 25th June 1564.
" Let the Warld judge quhidder this chas cummyn to pas or not, and quhat 4 In MS. 1566, " aggreit." has fallin out sen that tyme."
> Here and a few lines above, in MS.
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Boox IV. of the Kirk, began Davie! to grow grit in Courte.
The Quene usit him for Secretarie, in thingis that appertenit to hir secreit effaires, in France? or ellis quhair:
Grit men maid in Courte unto him, and thair sutes wer the better heard.
Bot of the begynning and progress, we delay now forder to speik, becaus his end will requyre the descryptioune of the whole:
[And referris it unto suche, as God sall rayse up to do the THIS WES
NEVIR DONE
BE THIS AUTHOR. same. |
The first day of the Generall Assemblic, the Courtiouris nor the Lordis that dependit upoun the Court, presentit nocht thame selfis in the sessioun with thair Bretherin.
Whairat monie wondering, ane anceyant and honorable man, the Laird of Lundie,* said, " Nay, I wonder nocht of thair present absence; but I wonder that at our last Assemblie, thai drew thame selfis ane pairt, and joynit nocht with us, but drew from us some of our mynisteris, and wylleit thame to conclude sik thingis as war never proponit in the publick Assemblie, [ quhilk apperis to me to be a thing]? verrie prejudiciall to the libertie of the Kirk.
And, thairfoir, my jugement is, that thai salbe informit of this offence, quhilk the whole Bretherin haif consaveit of thair former falt ; humblie requyring thame, that gif thai be Bretherin, thai will assist thair Bretherin with thair presence and counsall, for we had nevir grytter neid.
And gif thai be myndit to fall back from us, it wer better we knaw it now than afterward."
Thairto aggreyit the whole Assemblie, and gaif commissioun to certene Bretherin to signify the 1 In MS. G, "began one Davie, ane Italiane."
That is David Riccio: see article in the Appendix to this volume.
WES NEVIR DONE BE THIS AUTHOR
;" a remark, which was probably added after Knox's death by his Secretary, or the person who transcribed this portion of the MS.
2 The words ''in France," are omitted in MS. 1566 ; and " effaires," is written * Walter Lundie or Lundin of Lundie, in Fife.
The name of the " Laird of Lundie" occurs very frequently in the Book of the Kirk.
" faires."
® The words enclosed within brackets, are supplied from MS. G.
They occur in MS. L 4, but neither in L 8, or in MS.1566.
In place of this, on the margin of that MS. we find, as above, "Tis 5 The words within brackets are omitted in MS. 1566.
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myndis of the Assemblie to the Lordis; quhilk wes done that same day efter noon.2
The Courteouris at first semeit nocht a lyttill offendit, that thay sould be as it wer suspectit of defectioun : yit, nevirtheles, upoun the morrow, thai joynit with the Assemblie, and come into it: But thai drew thame selfis, lyke as thai did befoir, apairt, and enterit the Inner Counsell-house.
Thair wes the Dukis Grace, the Erles Argyle, Murray, Mortoun, Glencarne, Merchell, Rothes ; the Maister of Maxwell, Secretour Lethingtoun, the Justice Clark, the Clark of Register, and the Controllour, the Laird of Pittarro.
Efter a lyttill consultatioun, thai direct ane messinger, Mr.
George Hay," than callit the Minister of the Court, requyring the Superintendantis, and sum of the leirnit ministeris, to confer with thame.
The Assemblie ansuerit, " That thai convenit to delyberat upoun the commoun effairis of the Kirk ; and, thairfoir, that thay could nocht lack thair Superintendantis and cheif ministeris, whose jugementis wer so necessarie, that without thame the rest sould sit as it wer idill; and thairfoir willand thame (as of befoir) that gif thay acknawlege thame selfis memberis of the Kirk, that thai wald joyne with the Bretherin, and propone in publict sik thingis as thai pleissit ; and so thai sould haif the assistance of the whole in all thingis that mycht stand to Godis commandiment.
But to send from thame selfis a portioun of thair companie, thai understand that thairof hurt and sclander mycht aryse, rather than anie proffeit or conforte to the Kirk: for thay feirit, that all men downside, war sent to the Lords of Secreit Counsell, to requist thair Honours to assist the Assemblie with thair presence and counsell."
1 According to Calderwood, on the 26th June 1564, " The Laird of Lundie, and the Superintendent of Lowthian, war appointed to request the Lords of Secreit
Counsell to assist the Assemblie with thair presence and counsell."
In like manner, at the next General Assembly, on the 25th December, " William Wallace of Carnell, and Andrew Ker of Fa2See note 2, page 352.
In the proceedings of the General Assembly,. 30th December 1563, Mr. George Hay is styled 'Minister of the Privie Counsell."
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Boox IV. sould nocht stand content with the conclusioun, whair the conference and ressounis wer hard but of a few."
This ansuer wes nocht giffin without cause; for no small travell wes maid, to haif drawin sum mynisteris to the factioun of the Courtiouris, and to haif sustenit thair argumentis and opiniounis.
But whan it wes persaifit be the moist politick amangis thame, that thai could not prevaill be that meanes, thai proponeit the matter in uther termis, purging thame selfis, first, that thai nevir ment to devyde! thame selfis from the sociatie of thair bretherin; but, because thai had certane heidis to confer with certane ministeris; thairfoir, for avoyding of confusioun, thai thocht it mair expedient to haif the conference befoir a few, rather than in the publict audience.
But the Assemblie? did still reply, "That secreit conference wald thay nocht admit in those heidis that sould be concludit be generall voit."
The Lordis promeissit, "That no conclusioun sould be taikin, nether yit voit requyreit, till that bayth the propositiounis and the ressounis sould be heard, and considderit of the whole bodie." And upoun that conditioun wer directit unto thame, with expressit chairge to conclude no thing without the knawledge® and advyse of the Assemblie, the Laird of Dun, Superintendant of Anguss, the Superintendantis of Lothyane and Fyffe,4 Mr. John Row, Mr. John
Craig, Williame Crystisoune, Mr. David Lyndesay, mynisteris, with the Rectour of Sanctandrois,5 and Mr. George Hay; the Superintendant of Glasgow, Mr. Johne Willok, wes Moderatour, and Johne Knox waitit upoun the Scrybe.
And so thay wer appoyntit to sit with the Bretherin.
And that because the principall compleint tuychit® Johne Knox, he wes also eallit for.
_ 1In MS. G, "to separate."
° In MS. G, " acknawlege."
2 « Assemblie" is usually written "as4 John Erskine of Dun, John Spottissemble;" but, as already remarked, the wood, and John Wynrame. orthography in this portion of the MS. is
5 John Douglas. very peculiar, and requires correction.
° In MS. G, " concernit."
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Secretour Lethingtoun began the harangue,! which contenit »2>!™s-
TOUN'S HA-
these heidis: First, How much we wer addettit unto God, be PAX"
i i .
; ; ie + | BLINK IN whois providence we had libertie of religioun under the Quenis Pr) t5¢4
Majestie, albeit that sche wes nocht persuadeit in the same: 2™™®.
Secoundlie, How necessarie ane thing it wes that the Quenis Majestie, be all gude offices, (so spak he,) of the Kirk, and of the mynisteris principally, sould be retenit in that constant opinioun, that thai unfeinzeitlie favourit hir advancement, and procureit hir subjectis to haif ane gude opinioun of hir:
And, last, How daingerous ane thing it was, that mynisteris sould be noittit ane to disagree from ane uther, in form of prayer for hir Majestie, or in doctrine conserning obedience to hir Majesties authoritie:
" And in these two last heidis, (said he,) we desyre you all to be circumspect; but especially we maun craif of you our brother, Johne Knox, to moderat your selff, als weall in form of praying for the Quenis Majestie, as in doctrine that ye propone tuyching hir estait and obedience.
Neither sall ye tak this, (said he,) as spokin to your reproche, quia nevus? interdum in corpore pulchro, but becaus that otheris, by your example, may imitate the lyke libertie, albeit nocht with the same modestie and foirsycht; and what opinioun may ingedder? in the peopillis heidis, wyse men do forsee."
The said Johne prepairit him for ansuer, as followis: " Gif such as feir God haif occasjoune to praise him, that becaus that idolatrie is maintenit, the servandis of God dispyseit, wyckit men placeit agane in honour and authoritie, (Mr. Henrie
Synclair wes of schort tyme befoir maid President,4 who befoir durst nocht haif syttin in jugement;) and, finalie, (said he,) gif we aucht to prais God becaus that vice and impyet1JIn MS. G, this marginal note stands:
2 In MS. G, " quia mens."
" Lethingtonis harrange in the Assem3 In MS. G, " ingender." bly in 1584;" a mistake in the date 4 Sinclair had been appointed Presionly worthy of notice, as affording an dent of the Court of Session in 1559: indication of the time when the MS. itsee page 398, note 1. self was transcribed.
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Book LV. tie overfloweth this hoill Realme without punischment, than haif we occasioun to rejoise and to prayse! God: But gif those and the lyke use to provoik Godis vengeance aganis Realmis and Natiounis, than, in my jugement, the godlie within Scotland aucht to lament and murne; and so to prevent Goddis jugementis, leist that he, fynding all in a lyke security,? stryke in his hot indignatioun, begynning [perchance] at sik as think thai offend nocht."
" That is ane heid," said Lethingtoun, " whairinto ye and I nevir aggreyit ; for how ar ye abill to prove that evir God straik or plaigit ane natioun or peopill for the iniquitie of thair Prince, gif that thame selfis levit godlie ?"
"T lukeit," said he, " my Lord, to haif audience, till that I had absolvit the uther two pairtis; but seing it pleissis your
Lordship to cut me off befoir the myddis, I will ansuer to your questioun.
The Scriptour of God teichis me, that Jerusalem and Juda wes punischit for the sinne of Manasses ; and gif ye will allege, that thai wer punischit because that thai wer wyckit, and offendit with thair King, and nocht because thair King wes wyckit ; I ansuer, that albeit the Spreit of God makis for me, saying in expressit wordis,
' For the syn of Manasses,' yit will I nocht be so obstinat as to lay the whole syn, and plaigis that thairof followit, upoun the King, and utterlie absolve the peopill ; but I will grant with you, that the whole peopill offendit with the King: but how, and in what fassioun, I feir that ye and I sall nocht agrie.
I doute nocht but the grit multitude accumpanit him in all abhominatiounis quhilk he did; for idolatrie, and ane fals religioun haith evir bene, is, and wilbe plesing to the moist pairt of men.
But to affirm that all Juda committit realie the actis of his impyettie, is but to affirm that quhilk nether hes certentie, nor yit appeirence of ane treuth: for who can think it to be possible, that all those of Jerusalem sould so schoirtlie turn to externall
1In MS. 1566, * and praysit."
2 Jn MS. 1566, " lyke secreit."
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idolatrie, considdering the notabill reformatioun laitlie befoir had in the days of Ezechias?
But yit, says the text, ' Ma-
2 PARAULIL,
33,1 nasses maid Juda and the inhabitantis of Jerusalem to erre.'
True it is ; for the one pairt, as I haif said, willinglie followit him in his idolatrie, and the other, be ressoune of his authoritie, sufferit him to fyle Jerusalem, and the tempill of God, with all abhominatiounis, and so wer thai all cryminall for his sin; the one be act and deid, the uther be suffering and permissioun: even as hoill Scotland is guiltie this day of the Quenis idolatrie, and ye, my Lordis, speciallie above all utheris."
" Weill," said Lethingtoun, " that is the cheif heid quhairin we nevir aggreit ; but of that we sall speik heirefter.
What will ye say as tuyching the moveing of the peopill to haif ane gude opinioun of the Quenis Majestie, and as concerning' obedience to be gevin to hir authoritic, as also of the form of the prayer quhilk commounlie ye use," &e.
" My Lord," said he, " moir eirnistlie to move the peopill, or yit utherwyse to pray than heirtofoir I haif done, a gude conscience will nocht suffer me; for He who knawis the secreittis of hertis, knawis that privilie and publictlie I haif callit to God for hir conversioun, and haif willit the peopill to do the same, schawing thame the dangerous estait quhairin nocht onelie sche hir self standis, but also the haill Realme, be the ressoun of hir indureit blindnes," &c.
"That is it,' said Lethingtoun, " whairin we find gryttest falt.
Your extremitie aganis hir Messe, in particular, passis meassour.
Ye call hir ane slaif to Sathan; ye affirme that Godis vengeance hingis oure the Realme, be ressoune of hir impietie ;2 and what is this ellis but to rouse up the hairt of the peopill aganis hir' Majestie, and aganis thame that serve bir.
1 That is, Paralipomena, a name historical records belonging to the Old given by the-Alexandrian translators to Testament Canon.
(Kitto's Biblical Cythe two Books of Chronicles, as things — clopedia.) omitted, or supplementary to the other 2 In MB. G, " iniquity."
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Thair wes heard ane exclamatioun of the rest of the flatteraris, that sick extremittie could nocht proffit.
The Maister of Maxwell said in plane wordis, " Gif I war in the Quenis
THK MR. OF
MAXWELW'S
WORDS IN
THE ASSEM-
BLIE, Majesties place, I wald nocht suffer sick thingis as I heir."
" Gif the wordis of prechouris," said Johne Knox, " sall alwayis be rest to the worst pairt, than will it be hard to speik onie thing so circumspectlie, provyded that the treuth be spokin, quhilk sall not eschape the censure of the calamniatour.
The moist vehement, and, as ye speak, excessive maneir of prayer that I use in publict is this, 'O Lord, gif thy plesour
JOUN KNOX
HIS PRAYER
FOR THE QUENE. be, purge the hairt of the Quenis Majestie from the venoum of idolatrie, and deliver hir from the boundage and thraldom of Sathan, in the quhilk sche hes bene brocht up, and jit. remanis, for the lack of true doctrine; and lat hir see, be the illuminatioun of thy Holie Spreit, that thair is no meane to pleis thee but be Jesus Christ thy onlie Son, and that Jesus Christ can nocht be found but in thy holie word, nor yit ressavit but as it prescrybeis ; which is, to renunce our awin wittis, and preconsavit opinioun, and worschip thee as thou commandis; that in sa doing sche may avoid that eternall dampnatioun quhilk abydeis all obstinat and impenitent unto the end; and that this poor Realme may also eschaip that plaig and vengeance quhilk inevitablie followis idolatrie, menteinit aganis thy manifest worde, and the opin lycht thairof.'
This, (said he,) is the form of my commoun prayer, as your selffis can witnes.
Now, what is worthie reprehensioun in it I wald heir?"
"hair ar three thingis,' said Lethingtoun, " that nevir lykeit unto me.
And the first is, Ye pray for the Quenis Majestie with ane conditioun, saying, ' Illuminat hir hairt, gif thy gude plesour be ;' quhairby it may appeir, that ye doute of hir conversioun.
Whair haif ye the example of sik prayer ?"
" Whairsoevir the exampillis are," said the uther, "I am assureit of the reule, whilk is this, ' Gif we sall ask onie thing according to his will, he sall heir us ; and our Maister, Chryst
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Jesus, commandit us to pray unto our Father, 'Thy will be done.'"
" But," said Lethingtoun, " whair evir find ye onie of the Propheitis so to haif prayit ?"
" It sufficeth me," said the uther, " my Lord, that the Maister and teicheare of bayth Prophettis and Appossillis hes taucht me so to pray."
" But in so doing," said he, says put ane doute in the peopillis heid of hir conversioun."'!
"Nocht I, my Lord," said the uther, "but hir awin obstinat rebellioune causis mo than me to doute of hir conversioun."
" Whairinto," said he, " rebellis sche aganis God ?"
"Tn all the actiounis of hir lyffe,' said he, " but in thir two heidis especiallie ; former, That sche will nocht heir the preiching of the blissit evangill of Jesus Chryst ; and secoundlie, That sche menteinis that idoll, the Messe."
"Sche thinkis nocht that rebellioune," said Lethingtoun, " but goode religion."
" So thocht thai," said the uther, "that sumtymes offerit thair childerin unto Moloch, and yit the Spreit of God affirmeis that thai offerit thame unto devillis, and nocht unto
God.
And this day the Turkis thinkis to haif ane better religioune than the Papistis haif; and yit, I think, ye will excuse nether of thame boith from committing rebellioun aganis God : nether yit justlie can ye do the Quene, onles that ye will mak
God to be parcyall."
" But yit," said Lethingtoun, " why pray ye nocht for hir without moving onie doute ?"
" Becaus," said the uther, "I haif leirnit to pray in faith.
Now Faith, ye know, dependis upoun the wordis of God, and so it is that the word teichis me, that prayeris proffettis the sonis and dochteris of Godis electioun, of which noumer, quhether sche be ane or nocht, I haif just cause to doute ;
1In MS. 1566, '" conversatioun."
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Boox IV. and, thairfoir, I pray God 'illuminat hir hairt, gif his gude plesour be.'"
" But yit," said Lethingtoun, " ye can produce the exampill of none that so hes prayit befoir you."
" Thairto I haif alreddy ansuerit," said Johne Knox ; " but yit 'for farther declaratioun, I will demand ane questioun, quhilk is this, Quhider gif ye think that the Appossillis prayit thame selves as thai commandit-utheris to pray."
" Who douttis of that?" said the haill companie that wer present.
" Weill than," said Johne Knox, " I am assureit that Peter said thir wordis to Symoun Magus, ' Repent thairfoir of this thy wyckitness, and pray to God, that gif it be possible the thought of your hairt may be forgevin thee.
Heir we may cleirlie see that Peter joynes ane conditioun with his commandiment, That Symoun sould repent and pray, to wit, gif it wer possible that his sin mycht be forgevin ; for he wes nocht ignorant that sum synnis wer unto the deith, and so without all houpe of repentence or remissioun.
And think ye nocht, my Lord Secretar, (said he,) but the same doute may tuich my hairt, as tuyching the Quenis conversioyn, that then tuiched the hairt of the Appossill ?"
" T wald nevir," said Lethingtoun, " heir you or onie uther call that in doubt."
" But your will," said the uther, "is no assurance to my conscience: And to speik frelie, my Lord, I wonder gif ye your self doute nocht of the Quenis conversioun; for more evident signes of induratioun haif appeirit, and still do appeir in hir, than Peter outwartlie could haif espyit in Symoun Magus.
For albeit sum tymes he wes ane sorcerar, yit joynit he with the Appossillis, belevit, and wes bapteissit ; and albeit that the venome of avarice remaneit in his hairt, and that he wald haif bocht the Holie Goist, yit when he heard the feirfull threitnyngis of God pronunceand aganis him, he trymbillitt,
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43] desyreit the assistance of the prayeris of the Appossilis, and so humblit him self, so far as the jugement of man could perss, lyke ane true penitent, and yit we see that Peter douttis of his conyersioun.
[Quhy then may not all the godly justly doubt of the conversioun!] of the Quene, wha hes usit idolatrie, quhilk is no less odious in the sicht of God than is the other and still continewis in the same, yea, that dispysceis all threitnyngis, and refuisses all godlie admonitiounis ?"
" Quhy say ye that sche refuisses admonitioun?" said Lethingtoun.
'" She will glaidlie heir ony man."
"« But what obedience," said the uther, "to God or to his worde, ensewis of all that is spokin unto hir?
Or when sall sche be sene to gif hir presence to the publict preiching ?"
" J think neyir," said Lethingtoun, " so lang as sche is thus intreittit."
" And so lang," said the uther, " ye and all utheris maun be content that I pray so as I may be assureit to be heard of my God, that his gude will may be done, ether in making hir comfortable to his Kirk, or gif that he hes appoyntit hir to be ane scurge to the same, that we may haif patience, and sche may be brydellit."
" Weill," said Lethingtoun, "lat us cum to the Secound Heid.
Whair find ye that the Scriptour callis onie the bound slaiffis to Sathan? or that the Propheittis of God speik so irreverentlie of kingis and princes ?"
" The Scriptour," said Johne Knox, " sayis, that 'be natour we are all the soneis of wraith.
Our Maister, Chryst Jesus, affirmes, ' that sik as do sin ar servandis to sin,' and that it is the onlie Son of God that settis men at freedome.
Now what difference thair is betwix the sonnis of wraith, and the seryandis of sin, and the slaiffis to the devill, I understand nocht, except I be taught ; and gif the scharpnes of the terme offendit you, I haif nocht inventit that phrase of speich, but 1 These words are omitted in MS. 1566.
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Book IV. haif leirnit it out of Godis Scriptour; for those wordis I find spokin unto Paul, ' Behauld, I send thee to the Gentillis, to oppin thair eyes, that thay may turn from darknes to lycht, and from the power of Sathan unto God.'
Mark thir wordis, my Lord, and sture nocht at the speiking of the Holie Goist.
And the same Apostle wryting to his scoller Timotheus, says, AcTris 26.
2 Timo. 2.
'Instruct with meiknes those that ar contrarie myndit, gif that God at onie tyme will gif thame repentence, that thay may knaw the treuth, and that thay may cum to amendment, out of the snair of the Devill, quhilk ar tackin of him at his will."
Gif your Lordschip rychtlie considder these sentences, ye sall nocht onlie find my wordis to be the wordis of the Holie Goist, but also the conditioune quhilk I use to adde, to haif the assurance of Godis Scriptouris."
" But thay spak nothing aganis kingis in especiall," said Lethingtoun, "and yit your continewall crying is, ' The Quenis
Idolatrie, the Quenis Messe, will provoke Godis vengeance.'"
"In the former sentences," said the uther, "I heir nocht Kingis and Quenis excepit, but all unfaithfull ar pronunced to stand in one rank, and to be in bondage to ane tyrant, the Devill.
But belyke, my Lord, ye lyttill regaird the estait whairin thay stand, when ye wald haif thame so flatterit, that the daingour thairfoir sould neither be knawin, neither yit declareit to the poore peopill."
" Quhair will ve find," said Lethingtoun, " that onie of the Propheittis did so intreat Kingis and Quenis, reuleris or magistratis 2"
"Jn mo placeis than ane," said the uther.
" Achab wes ane King, and Jesabell wes ane Quene, and yit what the Prophet Helias said to the one and to the uther, I suppois ye be nocht ignorant ?"
" That wes nocht cryit out befoir the peopill," said Lethingtoun, " to mak thame odious unto thair subjectis."
" That Helias said, ' Doggis sall lyck the blude of Achab,'"
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said Johne Knox, " 'and eat the flesche of Jesabell,' the Scriptouris assuris me; but that it wes whisperit in thair awin eir, or in ane cornar, I reid nocht.
But the plane contrair appeiris to me, quhilk is, that boith the Peopill and the Court understude weill eneuch what the Propheit had promeissit ;1 for so witnessit Jehu, efter that Godis vengeance had strickin
Jesabell."
" Thay wer singular motiounis of the Spreit of God," said Lethingtoun, " and appertene nothing to this our aige."
" Then hes the Scriptour far dissavit me," said the uther ; "for Sanct Paule teichis me, that ' Whatsoevir is wryttin within the Holie Scriptouris, the same is writtin for our instructioun.
And my Maister said, that ' Everie leirnit and wyise scribe bringis furth his tresour, baith thingis auld and thingis new.' And the Propheit Jeremye affirmis, that ' Everie realme and everie cytie that lykwyse offendis, as then did
Jerusalem, sould lykewyse be punischit.
Why then that the factis of the ancient Propheittis, and the feirfull jugementis of God executed befoir us upoun the disobedient, appertene nocht unto this our aige, I neither see nor yit can understand.
But now, to put end to this heid, my Lord, (said he,) the Propheittis of God hes nocht spairit to rebuke wickit kingis, alsweill in thair face as befoir the pepill and subjectis.
Elischa2 feirit nocht to say to king Jehoram, ' What haif I to do with thee? Get thee to the Propheittis of thy [Father, and to the Propheittis of thy] Mother ; for as the Lord of Hostis levis, in quhose sicht I stand, gif it wer nocht that I regaird the presens of Jehosaphat, the king of Juda, I wald nocht haif luikit toward thee, nor sene thee.'
Plane it is, that the Propheitt wes ane subject in the kingdom of Israell, and yit how little reverence he gevis to the King, we heir. Jeremye the Propheit wes commandit to cry to the King and to the Quene, and to say, ' Behaif your selfis lawlie ; execute justice and jugement ;
1In MS. G, " pronuncit."
2In MS. G, " Helisias."
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Boox IV. or ellis your carcageis salbe cassin to the heit of the day, and unto the froist of the nicht.
Unto Cononias, Sallum, and Zedechias, he speikis in speciall, and schawis into tham, in his publict sermoundis thair misserable endis; and thairfoir ye aucht nocht to think it strainge, my Lord, (said he,) albeit that the servandis of God mark the vice! of Kingis and Quenis, evin als weill as of uther offendouris, and that because thair synnis be moir noisum to the Commounwelth, than ar the synnis of inferiour persounis."
The moist pairt of this ressounyng, Secretour Lethingtoun leanit upoun the Maister of Maxwellis breist, who said, " I am almoist werie: I wald that sum uther wald ressoun in the chief heid, quhilk is nocht tuychit."
Then the Erle of Mortoune, Chancellour, commandit Mr.
George Hay to reassoun aganis Johne Knox, in the heid of Obedience dew unto Magistratis; who began so todo.
Unto whom Johne Knox said, " Brother, that ye sall ressoun in my contrair I am weill content, because I know you boith ane man of leirnyng and of modestie: but that ye sall oppone your self in the treuth whairof, I suppoise, your awin conscience is no less perswaded than is mine, I can nocht weill approve ; for I wald be sorie that I and ye suld be reputed to ressoun as two scolleris of Pythagoras, to schaw the quicknes of our ingyne, as it wer to ressoune on boith the pairtis.
I protest heir befoir God, that whatsoevir I sustene, I do the same of conscience; yea, I dar no moir sustene ane propositioun knawin unto my self untrew, than that I dar teich false doctrine in the publict place: And thairfoir, Brother, gif conscience move you to oppone your self to that doctrine, whilk ye haif heard of my mouth in that maitter, do it bauldlie: it sall nevir offend me.
But that ye sall be found to oppone your self unto me, ye being perswaidit in the same treuthe, I 1Tn MS. G, " tax the vices."
3 In MS. 1566, " oppone" is usually 2 In' MS. 1566, " quhairfoir.'"' written " appone."
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say yit agane, it pleisses me nocht ; for thairin may be gritter inconvenient than either ye or I do considder for the present."
The said Mr. George ansuerit, " That I wald oppone my sclf unto you as willing to impugn or confute that heid of doctrine, whilk nocht onlie ye, but monie utheris, yea, and I my self haif affirmit, far be it from me ; for so sould I be found contrarious to my self.
For my Lord Secretour knawis my jugement in that heid."
"Marye !" said the Secretour, "ye ar the weall worst of the twa; for I remember weill your ressonyng whan the Quene wes in Caryke."} " Weill," said Johne Knox, " seing, Brother, that God hes maid you to occupy the chyre of verittie, whairin, I assure, we will agerie in all principall heidis of doctrine, lat it nevir, be said that we disaggrie in disputatioun."
Johne Knox wes moved thus to speik, because he? understood moir of the craft than the other did.
" Weill," said Lethingtoun, "I am sumwhat better provydeit in this last heid, then I wes in the uther twa.
Mr.
Knox, (said he,) yisterday we heard your jugement upoun the 13 to the Romanis ; we heard the mynde of the Appossill weill opened ; we heard the causses why God hes establissed Poweris upoun the earth; we heard the necessitie that mankynde hes of the same; and we heard the deutie of Magistratis sufficientlie declareit: But in two thingis I wes offendit, and I think sum mo of my Lordis that than wer present.
The ane was, ye maid difference betwix the ordinance of God and the persounis that wer placeit in authoritie ; and ye affirmed, that men mycht refuise? the persounis, and yit nocht to offend againis Godis ordinance.
This is the ane; the uther ye had na tyme to explane; but this methocht ye menit, that subjectis wer nocht bound to obey thair Princes gif thai com1 In MS. G, "I remember yit our res2In MS. 1566, " because thai." souning quhen the Quene was in Car3 In MS. G, ' micht resist." mickars
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Boox IV. mandit unlauchfull thingis; but that thai mycht resist thair Princes, and wer nocht ever bound to suffer."
"In verie deid,' said the uther, " ye haif rychthe bayth markit my wordis, and understand my mynd ; for of that same jugement I haif lang bene, and so yit I remane."
" How will ye prove your divisioun and difference," said Lethingtoun, "and that the persoun placeit in authoritie may be resistit, and Godis ordinance nocht transgressit, seing that the Appossill says, 'He that resistis [the poweris,] resisteth the ordinance of God."
"My Lord," said he, " the plane wordis of the Appossill makis the difference, and the factis of many approved be God, prove my affirmative.
First, The Appossill affirmis, that the poweris ar ordanit of God, [for the preservation of quyet and peacebill men, and for the punischment of malefactours ; quhairof it is plane, That the ordinance of God,]! and the power giffin unto man, is one thing, and the persone clad with the power or with the authoritie, is ane uther; for Godis ordinance is the conservatioun of mankynd, the -punischment of vyce, the mentenyng of vertew, quhilk is in it self holie, just, constant, stable, and perpetuall.
But men clad with the authoritie, ar commounlie prophane and unjust ; yea, thai ar mutabill and transitorie, and subject to corruptioun, as God threitneth thame be his Prophet David, saying, 'I haif said, Ye ar godis, and everie one of you the sones of the Moist Heichest ; but ye sall die as men, and the princes sall fall like utheris.'
Heir I am assureit, that persounis, the saule and bodie of wyckit Princes, ar threitnit with death: I think, that so ye will nocht affirm is the authoritie, the ordinance and the power, whairwith God hes indeuit sik persounis; for as I haif said, as it is holie, so it is the permanent will of God.
And now, my Lord, that the Prince may be resistit, and yit the ordinance of God nocht violatit, it is evident ; for the peopill re1 The words inclosed within brackets are omitted in MS. 1566.
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sistit Saule, when he had sworne be the leving God that Jonathan sould die.
The peopill, (I say,) swair in the contrair, and delyverit Jonathan, so that ane hair of his heid fell nocht.
Now, Saule wes the anoyntit King, and thai wer his subjectis, and yit thai so resisted him, that thai maid him no better than mansworne."
"TI doute," said Lethingtoun, "if in so doing the peopill did weill."
" The Spreit of God," said the uther, " accuses thame nocht of onie cryme, but rather praisses thame, and dampnis the King, alsweill for his foolish vow and law maid without God, as for his crewell mynd, that so seveirlie wald haif punischit ane innocent man.
But heirin I sall nocht stand: this that followis sall confirm the former.
This same Saule commandit Abimelech and the Preistis of the Lord to be slane, becaus thay had committit tressoune, as he allegit, for intercommuning with David:
His gaird and principall servandis walde nocht obey his unjust commandiment ; but Doeg the flatterar put the Kingis creweltie to executioun.
I will nocht ask your jugement, Whidder that the servandis of the King, in nocht obeying his commandiment, resisted God or nocht? or whidder
Doeg, in murthering the Preastis, gaif obedience to ane just. authoritie? for I haif the Spreit of God, speiking be the mouth of David, to assure me of the one alsweill as of the uther ; for he, in his 52d Psalme, dampnis that fact as ane moist crewell murther ; and affirmis, that God wald punisch, nocht onlie the commander, but the mercyles executour.
And thairfoir, I conclude, that thai who ganestand his commandiment, resistit nocht the ordinance of God.
" And now, my Lord, to ansueir to the place of the Appossill, who affirmis, ' That such as resistis the Power, resistis the ordinance of:God ;' I say, that the power in that place is nocht to be understande of the unjuste commandiment of men, but of the just power whairwith God hes armit his Magistratis
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As gif onie man sould interpryise to tak fra the handis of ane lauchful juge ane murderare, ane adulterar, or onie [uther] malefactour that be Godis law deserved deith, this same man resistit Godis ordinance, and procureit to him self vengeance and dampnatioune, because that he stayit Godis sworde! to stryke.
But so it is nocht, gif that men in the feir of God oppone? thame selfis to the furie and blynd rage of Princes; for so thai resist nocht God, but the Devill, who abusis the swerd and authoritie of God."
"T understand sufficientlie," said Lethingtoun, " what ye mene ; and to the one pairt I will nocht oppone? my self. But Idoute of the uther.
For gif the Quene wald command me [to] slay Johne Knox, because sche is offendit at him, I wald nocht obey hir.
But, and sche wald command utheris to do it, or yit be ane collour of justice tak his lyffe fra him, I can nocht tell gif I be found to defend him aganis the Quene and aganis hir officiaris."
" Under protestatioun," said the uther, " that the auditour think nocht that I seik favouris to my self, I say, my Lord, that gif ye be persuadeit of my innocency, and gif God hes giffin unto you sik ane power and credyt as mycht deliver me, and yit sufferit me to perisch, that in so doing ye soulde be cryminall and gyltie of my blude."
" Prove that, and win the play," said Lethingtoun.
" Weill, my Lord," said the uther, 'remember your promeis, and I sall be schoirt of my probatioun.
The Propheit Jeremey wes apprehendit be Preistis and Prophettis, (who wer ane pairt of the authoritie within Jerusalem,) and be the multitude of the -peopill, and this sentence wes pronunceit aganis him,
' Thou sall dey the deith ; for thou hes said, This. hous salbe lyk Siloch, and this cytie salbe desolat without ane habitant.'
1JIn MS. 1565, " Godis worde."
'In MS. G, "that I speik in favours 2& %In MS. 1566, " appone." of my self."
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The Princes heiring the uprore, come from the Kingis hous, and sit doune in jugement in the entrie of the new gait of the Lordis hous, and thair the Preistis and the Prophettis befoir the Princes, and befoir all the peopill, intendit thair accusatioun, in these wordis,
' This man is worthie to dye, for he hes propheissit aganis this cytie, as your eiris haif heard.'
Jeremey ansuerit, ' That whatsoevir he had spokin proceidit from God ;. and thairfoir, (said he,) as for me, I am in your handis: do with me as ye think gude and rycht: But knaw ye for certane, that if ye put me to deith, ye sall surelie bring innocent blude upoun your saulis,! and upoun this cytie, and upoun the habitatiounis? thairof; for of treuth, the Lord hes send me unto you, to speik all these wordis." Now, my Lord, gif the Princes and the hole peopill sould haif bene gyltie of the Propheittis blude, how sall ye or utheris be jugeit innocent befoir God, gif ye sall suffer the blude of sik as haif nocht deservit deith to be sched, when that ye may save it ?"
" The cases ar nothing lyke," said Lethingtoun.
" And I wald learn," said the uther, " whairin the dissymilitude standis."
" First," said Lethingtoun, "the King had nocht condampnit him to the deith.
And nixt, the false Propheittis and the Preistis and the peopill accuseit him without ane caus, and thairfoir thai could nocht but be gyltie of his blude."
" Nether of these,' said Johne Knox, " fechtis aganis my argument ; for albeit the King wes nether present, nor yit had condampnit him, yit wer the princes and cheif counsallouris thair sytting in jugement, who presentit the Kingis persoune and authoritie, heiring the accusatioune laid unto the chairge off the Propheit ; and thairfoir he foirwairnis thame of the dainger, as befoir I said, to wit, that in case he soulde be condampnit, and so put to deith, that the King, the Counsell, and the whole cytie of Jerusalem, soulde be gyltie of his blude,
1Jn MS. G, " yourselves."
2 In MS. G, " inhabitants."
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Book IV. becaus he had committit no cryme worthy of deith.
And gif ye think, that thai soulde haif bene all cryminall onelie, becaus that thay all accuseit him, the plane text witnesses the contrair; for the princes defendit him, and so no doute did a greit pairt of the peopill; and yit he bauldlie affirmis, that thai soulde be all gyltie of his blude gif that he soulde be put to deith.
And the propheit Ezechiell gifis the ressoune why all are guilty of ane commoune corruptioune,
' Becaus,' sayis he, 'T socht ane man amangis thame that soulde mak [up] the hedge, and stand in the gappe befoir me for the land, that I soulde nocht distroy it, but I fand none; thairfoir, haif I powrit my indignatioune upoun thame.'
MHeirof, my Lorde, (said he,) it is plaine, that God craveis nocht onlie that a man do no iniquittie in his awin persoune, but also that he oppone! him self to all iniquitie, sa far furth as into him lyis."
" Than will ye," said Lethingtoun, " mak subjectis to controlle thair prynces and reuleris."
" And what harm," said the uther, " soulde the Commounewelth ressaif, gif that the corrupt effectiounis off ignorant reuleris wer moderatit, and so brydillit be the wisdome and discretioun of godlie subjectis, that thai soulde do wrang nor violence to no man ?"
" All this ressonyng," said Lethingtoun, "is nocht of the purpois; for we ressoune as gif the Quene soulde becum sik an ennemye to oure religioune, that sche soulde persecute it, and put innocent men to deith ; whilk I am assureit sche nevir thocht, nor nevir will do.
For gif I soulde see hir begin at that end, yea, gif I soulde suspect onie sik thing in hir, I soulde be also far fordwarte in that argument as ye or onie uther within this Realme: Bot thair is nocht sik ane thing.
Oure questioune is, Whidder that we may and aucht to suppres the Quenis Messe?
Or whidder hir Idolatrie salbe laid to our chairge ?"
1 In MS. 1566, " that to heip upone."
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"What ye may," said the uther, " be force, I disput nocht ; bot what ye may and aucht to do be Godis express commandiment, that I can tell.
Idolatrie aucht nocht [only] to be suppressit, but the idolater aucht to dey the deith, unless that we will accuse God."
"T knaw," said Lethingtoun, " the idolater is commandit to dey the deith ; but be whome?"
" Be the peopill of God," said the uther; "for the commandiment wes gevin to Israell, as ye may reid, ' Heir, Israell, sayis the Lorde, ' the statutis and the ordinancis of the Lord thy God,' &ce.
Yea, ane [commandment] wes gevin, That gif it be heard that idolatrie is committit in onie ane cytie, inquisitioune salbe taikin ; and gif it be founde trew, that than the whole bodie of the peopill sall aryse and destroy that cytie, spairing in it nether man, woman, nor chylde."
" But thair is no commandiment gevin to the peopill," said the Secretour, " to punisch thair King gif he be ane idoliter."
"T find no moir privilege grantit unto Kingis," said the uther, "be God, moir than unto the peopill, to offend Godis majestie."
"J grant," said Lethingtoun; "but yit the peopill may nocht be jugeis unto thair King to punisch him, albeit he be ane idolater."
" God," said the uther, "is the Universall Judge, alsweill unto the King as to the peopill ; so that what his worde commandis to be punischit in the one, is nocht to be absolved in the uther."
" We agree in that," said Lethingtoun; " but the peopill may nocht execute Godis jugement, but man leif it unto him self, who will either punische it be deith, be war, be emprisounment, or be sum uther plaigis."!
" T knaw the last pairt of your ressoune," said Johne Knox, "to be trew ; but for the first, to wit, that the peopill, yea, or ane pairt of the peopill may nocht execut God jugementis
1 In MS. G, " or be sum uther kynd of his plagues."
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Book IV. aganis thair King, being ane offender, I am assureit ye haif no uther warrand except your awin imaginatioun, and the opinioune of sik as moir feir to offend princes than God."
"Why say ye so?" said Lethingtoun, "I haif the jugementis of the most famous men within Europe, and of sik as ye your self will confes boith godlie and leirnit."
And with that he callit for his paperis, quhilk produceit be Mr. Robert Maitland,! he began to reid with greit gravitie the jugementis of Luther, Melanchton, the myndis of Bucer,
Musculus, and Calvin, how Christianis soulde behaffe thame selffis in tyme of persecutioun: yea, the Buik of Baruch wes nocht omittit with this conclusioune"
" The gathering of these thingis," said he, "hes coist moir travell, than I tuik this sevin yearis in reiding of anie commentareis."
"The moir pitie," said the uther, " and yit, what ye haif But as for my argument, I am assureit, ye haif infirmit it nothing; for your proffeitit your awin cause, let utheris juge. first two witnesses speik aganis the Anabaptistis, who deny that Christianis soulde be subject to magistratis, or yit that is lauchfull for ane Christiane to be ane magistrate ; quhilk opinioune I no less abhore than ye do, or onie uther that levis do.
The uthers speik of Christiane subjectis unto. tyrantis and infidellis, so dispersed that thai haif no uther force but onlie to sobbe to God for delyverance.
That sik indeid sould haisard onie farder than these godlie men willis thame, I can nocht haistellie be of counsel.
But my argument hes ane uther grounde ; for I speik of the peopill assembled togidder in 1 Mr. Robert Maitland was Dean of Aberdeen, having succeeded Mr. Robert Erskine, about the year 1560.
He was frequently a member of the General Assembly, and became one of the Comuuissaries of Edinburgh.
He died at Brechin in August 1579.
In his confirmed Testament, (recorded 19th August 1580,) mention is made of his brother-german, James Maitland,in Monlaittic; and in 1601, the name occurs
(probably his nephew) of My. Robert Maitland of Monlatie.
(Eccl. Records of Aberdeen, p. 177.) 2 In MS. 1566, " yea, the Buik of Baruce was nocht admitted, with his conclusioun."
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one bodie of ane Commounewelth, unto whome God hes gevin sufficient force, nocht onlie to resyst, but also to suppres all kynde of opin idolatrie: and sik ane peopill, yit agane I affirme, ar bound to kepe thair land clene and unpollutit.
And that this my devissioune sall nocht appeir strange unto you, ye sall understand, that God requyreit one thing of Abrahame and of his seid, when he and thay wer strangeris and pilgremes in Egipte and Canaan; and ane uther thing requyrit he of thame, when thay wer delyverit fra the boundage of Egipt, and the possessioune of the land of Canaan grantit unto thame.
At the first, and during all the tyme of thair boundage, God craveit no moir but that Abraham soulde nocht defyle himself with idolatrie.
Nether wes he, nor yit his posterittie commandit to distroy the idollis that wer in Canaan or in Egypt.
But when God gaif unto thame the possessioune of the land, he gaif unto thame this strait commandiment, ' Bewar that you mak league or confyderacye with the inhabitantis of this land: gif nocht thy sonnis unto thair dochteris, nor yit gif thy douchteris unto thair sonnis.
But this sall ye do unto thame, cut downe thair grovis, destroy thair imageis, brek doune thair altaris, and leif thou no kynde of remembrance of those abominatiounis, whilk the inhabitantis of the land useit befoir: for thou art ane holie peopill unto the Lorde thy God.
Defyle nocht thy self, thairwith, with thair goddis.'
" To this same commandiment, I say, are ye, my Lordis, and ali sik as haif professit the Lorde Jesus within this Realme bound.
For God hes wrocht no less myrakill upoun you, baith spirituall and corporall, than he did unto the carnell seid of Abraham.
For in what estait your bodyis, and this pure Realme wes, within this sevin yeir, your selfis can nocht be ignorant:
You and it wer boith in boundage of ane strange natioun ; and what tyrrantis rang over your conscience, God perchance may lat you feill, becaus that ye do nocht rychtlic acknawlege the benefit ressavit.
When oure pure Bretherin
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Book IV. befoir us gave thair bodeis to the flamis of fyre, for the testimonie of the treuthe, and when skairslie coulde ten be founde into ane contrie, that rychtlie knew God, it had bene folishnes to haif craveit ether of the Nobillitie, or of the meane Subjectis, the suppressing of Idolatrie ; for that had beene no thing but to haif exponeit the sempill scheip in ane prey to the woulves.
But sen that God hes multipleyit knawlege, yea, and hes gevin the victorie to his treuthe, evin in the handis of his servandis, gif ye suffer the land agane to be defyleit, ye and your
Princess sall boith drink the coupe of Godis indignatioun, sche for hir obstinat abydeing in manifest idolatrie, in this grit lycht of the Evangill of Jesus Chryste, and ye for your permissioune and mentenyng hir in the same." 1
Lethingtoun said, "In that poynt we will nevir agree; and whair find ye, I pray you, that evir onie of the Prophettis or of the Appossillis taucht sik ane doctrine, that the peopill soulde be plaigit for the idolatrie of the prince; or yit, that the subjectis mycht suppres the idolatrie of thair rewleris, or punisch thame for the same ?"
" What wes the commissioune giffin to the Appossillis," said he, "my Lorde, we knaw: it wes to preche and plant the Evangill of Jesus Chryste, whair darkness affoir had dominioune; and thairfoir it behuifit thame, first to lat thame see the lycht befoir that thay soulde will thame to put to thair handis to suppress idolatrie.
What preceptis the Appossillis gaif unto the faythfull in perticular, other than that thai commandit all to fley frome idolatrie, I will nocht affrme: But I find two thingis quhilk the faithfull did; the one wes, thay assisted thair preichouris, evin aganeis the reuleris and magistrates; the other wes, thay suppressit idolatrie whairsoever God gaif unto thame force, asking no leif at the Empriour, nor of his deputtis.
Reid the Ecclesiasticall Historie, and ye sall find exampill suffi1Jn MS. G, there is this marginal note, transcriber: " QuHiDDER THIS HES CUM which, we may suppose, was added bythe
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cient.
And as to the doctrine of the Prophettis, we knaw thay wer interpretouris of the law of God; and we knaw thay spak alsweill to the kingis as to the peopill.
I reid that nether of boith wald heir thame; and thairfoir come the plaig of God upoun boith. But that thai more flatterit Kingis than that thay did the peopill, I can nocht be persuadit.
Now, Godis lawis pronunces deith, as befoir I haif said, to idolateris withoute exceptioune of onie persoune: Now, how the Propheittis coulde rychtlie interpret the law, and schew the causes of Godis jugementis, quhilk evir thay threitned soulde follow idolatrie, and for the rest of abominatiounis that accumpaney it, for it is nevir alone; but still corrupt religioune bringis with it ane fylthie and corrupt lyfe: How, I say, the Propheittis coulde reprove the vyces, and nocht schaw the peopill thair dewtie, I understand nocht; and thairfoir I constantlie beleif that the doctrine of the Prophettis wes so sensible, that the Kingis understude thair awin abhominatiounis, and the peopill understude what thay aucht to haif done, in punisching and repressing thame.
But becaus that the moist pairt of the pepill wer no less rebellious unto God than wer thair princes, thairfoir the ane and the uther conveineit aganis God and aganis his servandis.
And yit, my Lord, the factis of sum Propheittis ar so evident, that thairof we may collect what doctrine thay taucht ; for it war no small absurdity to affirme that thair factis soulde repugn to their doctrine."
" J think," said Lethingtoun, " ye meane of the historie of Jehu.
What will ye prove thairby ?"
" The cheif heid,"'said Johne Knox, " that ye deny, to wit, That the Propheittis nevir taucht that it appertenit to the peopill to punisch the idolatrie of thair Kingis; the contrair whairof I affirm: And for the probatioun, I'am reddie to produce the fact of ane Propheit ; for ye knaw, my Lord, said he, that Eliseus send one of the childrene of the Propheittis to anoynt Jehu, who gaif him in commandiment to destroy the
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Boox IV. hous of his maister Achab for the idolatrie commitit be him, and for the innocent blude that Jesabell his wyckit wyff had sched: quhilk he obeyit, and pat in full execution ; for the quhilk God promessit unto him the stabillatie of the kingdom to the fourt generation.
Now, said he, heir is the fact of ane Propheit, that proveis that subjectis wer commandit to execute jugementis upoun thair King and Prince."
" Thair is eneuch," said Lethingtoun, " to be ansuerit thairto; for Jehu wes ane King befoir he pat onie thing in executioun ;'and besydis this, the fact is extraordinarie, and aucht nocht to be imitat."
" My Lord," said the uther, " he wes ane meir subject, and no King whan the Propheittis servand came unto him; yea, and albeit that his fellow capitanis, heiring of the message, blew the trumphet, and said, ' Jehu is king;' yit I doute nocht, but Jesabell boith thocht and said, 'He wes ane traitour ; and so did monie utheris that wer in Israell and in Samaria.
And as tuiching that ye allege, that the fact wes extraordinarie, and is nocht to be imitat, I say, that it had ground of Godis ordinary jugement, whilk commandis the idolater to dey the deith ; and, thairfoir, I yit agane affirme, that it is to be imitat of all those that prefferis the true honour, the true worschip and glorie of God, to the affectiounis of flesch, and of wickit Princes.'
"We ar nocht bound to imitat extraordinarie exampillis," said Lethingtoun, " unles we haif the lyke commandiment and assurance."
"JT grant," said the uther, " gif the exampill repugn to the law; and gif ane avaricious and deceitfull man wald borrow
[gold,] silver, rayment, or [ony] uther necessaris from his nychtbour, and withhauld the same, alledging, that so thay
1 The conclusion of this sentence is and various others in this Disputation corrected by MS. G.
In MS. 1566, the _ have either been omitted, or inaccurately words are here awkwardly transposed; _ transcribed.
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mycht do and nocht offend God, because that the Iseraellitis did so to the Egiptianis at thair depairtour furth of Egipt.
The exampill served to no purpoise unles that thai coulde produce the lyke cause, and the lyke commandiment that the Iseraellitis had, and that because thair fact repugnit to this commandiment of God, ' Thou sall nocht steill.'
But whair the exampill aggreis with the law, and is, as it wer, the executioun of Godis jugementis expressit in the same, I say, that the exampill approved of God standis to us in place of a commandiment: for, as God of his natour is constant, immutable, sa can he nocht dampne in the aigis subsequent, that whilk he hes approvit in his servandis befoir us.
But in his servandis befoir us, He be his awin commandiment hes approvit, that subjectis hes nocht onlie distroyit thair Kingis for idolatrie, but also hes ruitit out.thair hoill posteritie, so that none of that race wes left efter to impyre above the peopill of God."
" Whatsoevir thai did," said Lethingtoun, "wes done at Godis commandiment."
| " That fortifeis my argument," said the uther; " for be Godis commandiment he approvit, that subjectis punish thair
Princes! for idolatrie and wickitness be thame committit."
" We haif nocht the lyke commandiment," said Lethingtoun.
"That I deny," said the uther; " for the commandiment, ' The idolater sall dey the deith,' is perpetuall, as [ye] your self hes grantit: You douttit onlie who sould be executouris againis the King; and I said the peopill of God, and hes sufficientlie provin, as I think, that God hes raissit up the peopill, and by his Propheit hes anoyntit ane King to tak vengeance upoun the King, and upoun his posteritie.
Quhilk fact, God sen that tyme hes nevir retreittit ; and, thairfoir, to me it remanis for ane constant and cleane commandiment to all the peopill professing God, and haifing the power to punisch vyce, what thay aucht to do in the lyke caise.
Gif the peopill had 1JIn MS. G, " thair Kings."
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Boox IV. interprysit onie thing without Godis commandiment, we mycht haif doutit whidder thai had done weill or evill; but seing that God did bring the execution of his law agane in practice, efter that it wes cum in oblivioun and contempt,- what ressonable man can doute now of Goddis will, unles we will doute of all thingis quhilk God renewis nocht unto us be miracallis, as it wer from age to age.
But I am assureit, that the ansuer of Abraham unto the riche man, who being into hell, desyreit that Lazarus, or sum of the deid, sould be send unto his bretherin and freindis, to foirwairne thame of his incredable [pane and] tormentis, and that thay sould behaif thame selfis, so that thai sould nocht cum in that place of torment: the ansuer, I say, gevin unto him, sall confound sik as craif farder approbatioun of Godis will then is alreddy expressit within his holie Scriptouris ; for Abraham said, ' Thay haif Moyses and the Propheittis, whome gif thay will nocht beleif, neither will thay beleif albeit that one of the deid sould ryise.'
Evin so, I say, my Lord, that sik as will nocht be taucht what thay aucht to do, be commandiment of God anis gevin, and anis put in practice, will nocht beleif nor obey, albeit that God sould send angellis from hevin to instruct that doctrine."
" Ye haif but produceit ane exampill," said Lethingtoun.
" One sufficeth," said the uther; " but yit, God be praissit, we lack nocht utheris; for the whole peopill conspyreit aganis eranait2! Amasiath king of Juda, efter that he had turnit away from the Lord, followit him to Lachess and slew him, and tuik
Uziah and anoyntit him king in steid of his father.
The peopill had nocht altogidder forgottin? the league and covenant quhilk wes maid betwix thair king and thame, at the inauguratioun of Joash, his father, to wit, 'That the King and the peopill sould be the peopill of the Lord, and than sould thai be his faythfull subjectis: From the quhilk convenant, whan that first the father, and efter the sonne declynit, thai wer
1 See page 427, note 1.
2In MS. 1566, " gottin,"
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boith punischit to the deith, Joash be his awin servandis, and Amasias be the whole peopill."
" T doubt," said Lethingtoun, " whidder thay did weill or nocht."
"It salbe free for you," said the uther, "to doubt as ye pleis; but whair I find executioun according to Godis lawis, and God him self nocht to accuse the doaris, I dar nocht doubt of the equittie of thair cause.
And farder, it appeiris unto me, that God gaif sufficient approbatioun and allowance to thair fact ; for he blissit thame with victorie, peace, and prosperitie, the space of fifty-two yeiris thairafter."
" But prosperitie," said Lethingtoun, " does nocht alwayis prove that God approveis the factis of men."
"Yas," said the uther; "when the factis! of men aggrie with the law of God, and ar rewairdit according to Godis awin promeise, expressit in his law, I say, that the prosperitie succeiding the fact is moist infallable assurance that God hes approvit that fact.
Now so it is, that God hes promeissit in his law, that when his peopill sall exterminat and destroy sik as declyne from him, that he will bliss thame, and multipley thame, as he hes promeissit unto thair fatheris.
But so it is, that Amasias turneit fra God ; for so the text do witness ; and plane it is the peopill slew thair king; and lyke plane it is, that God blissit thame:
Thairfoir, yit agane conclude I, that God approvit thair fact, in so far as it wes done according to his commandiment, wes blissit according to his promeise."
" Weill," said Lethingtoun, "I think nocht the ground sa sure as I durst builde my conscience thairupoun."
"T pray God," said the uther, "that your conscience haif no worse ground than is this, when soevir ye sall begin that lyke work whilk God in your awin eis hes alreddie blessit.
And now, my Lord, (said 'he,) I haif but one exampeill to produce, and than I will put [an] end to my ressonying, becaus I 1 In MS. 1566, " faltis."
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(Commandiment wes gevin that he sould sytt doune ; but he refuissit it, and said, " Melancholius! ressouns wald haif sum myrth intermixed.") "My last exampill,
(said he,) my Lord, is this :—Uzzias the King, nocht content of his royal estait, malepeirtlie tuk upoun him to enter within the temple of the Lord, to burne incense upoun the alter of incense; 'And Azarias the preist went in efter him, and with him fourscore preistis of the Lord, vailzeant men, and thay withstude Uzzias the king, and said unto him, It pertenith thee nocht, Uzzias,2 to burne incense unto the Lord, but to the preistis, the sonnis of Aaroune, that ar consecratit to offer incense: Go furth of the sanctuary, for thou hes transgressit, and you sall haif no honour of the Lord God.'
Heirof, my Lord, I conclude, that subjectis nocht onlie may, but also aucht to withstand and resist thair princes, whensoever thay do onie thing that expreslie repugnis to God, his law, or holie ordinance."
"Thay that withstude the King," said Lethingtoun, " wer nocht sempill subjectis, but wer the Preistis of the Lord, and figoureis of Chryste, and sik preistis haif we none this day, to withstand Kingis gif thay do wrang."
"That the Hye Preist wes the figour of Chryste," said the uther, "I grant: but that he wes nocht ane subject, that I deny. For I am assureit, that he in his priestheid had no prerogative above those that had passit befoir him. Now, so it is, that Aaroune wes subject unto Moyses, and callit him his
Lord.
Samuell, being boith propheit and preist, subject him self to Saule, efter he wes inaugurat of the peopill.
Sadock bowit befoir David; and Abiathar wes depossit frome the preistheid be Salamoune, quhilkis all confessit thame selfis subjectis to the Kingis, albeit that thairwith thei ceissit nocht to be the figouris of Christe.
And whairas ye say, that we 1 In MS, 1566, " malankourelie ;" in 2 In MS..G, "it apperteneth not unto MS. L 8, " malancholik."
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haif no sik preistis this day, I mycht answer, that nether haif we sik Kingis this day as than wer annoyntit at Godis commandiment, and sat upoun the sait of David, and wer no les the figour of Chryste Jesus in thair juste administratioun, then wer the preistis in thair appoyntit office: and sik Kingis,
I am assureit, we haif nocht now moir than that.we haif sik preistis: for Chryste Jesus being annoyntit in our natour, of God his Father, both King, Priest, and Prophet, hes put an end to all externall unctioune.
And yit, I think, ye will nocht say, that God hes now diminissit his graceis for those whome he appoyntis ambassadouris betwix him and his peopill, [more] than that he dois from kingis and princes ; and thairfoir, why that the servandis of Jesus Chryste, may not alse justlie withstand kingis and princes, that this 'day no less offendit Godis majestie than Uzzias did, I see nocht, onless that ye will say, that we, in the brychtnes of the Evangill, ar nocht sa straitlie bound to regaird Godis glorie, nor yit his commandimentis. as wer the fatheris that leiffit under the dark schaddowis of the Law."
" Weill," said Lethingtoun, "I will dip no farder in that heid.
But how resisted the Preistis the King?
Thai onelie spak unto him without farder violence intendit."
"That thay withstude him," said the other, "the text assureis me; but that thay did nothing but speik, I can nocht understand ; for the plane text affirms the contrair, to wit, that thay caused him haistilie to depairt frome the sanctuarie, yea, and that he wes compellit to depairt: quhilk maner of speiking, I am assureit in the Hebrew toung impoirtis uther thing than exhoirting, or commanding by worde."
" Thay did that," said Lethingtoun, " efter that he wes espyit leaprous."
" Thay withstude him befoir," said the other; "but yit thair last fact confermes my propositioune so evidentlie, that sik as will oppone thame unto it, moist neidis oppone thame
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Boox IV. unto God; for my assertioun is, that kingis haif no previlege moir than has the peopill to offend Godis majestie ; and gif that so thay do, thay ar no moir exempted from the punischment of the law than is onie uther subject; yea, and that subjectis may nocht onlie lauchfullie oppone thame selfis to thair kingis, whensoevir thay do onie thing that expressedlie repugnes to Goddis commandiment, but also that thay may execute jugement upoun thame according to Goddis law ; so that [if] the king be ane murtherar, adulterar, or idolater, he soulde suffer. according to Godis law, nocht as ane king, but as ane offender, and that the peopill may put Godis lawis in executioune, this
Historie cleirlie proveis: for how soon that the leprosie appeirit! in his foirheid, he wes nocht onelie compellit to depairt oute of the sanctuarie, but also he was removeit frome all publick socyetie and administratioune of the kingdome, and wes compellit to dwell in ane house ane pairt, evin as the law commandit, and gat no grytter privilage in that cais than onie uther of the peopill soulde haif done ; and this wes executit be the peopill; for it is no doute mo wer witnesses of his leprossie than the preistis allone.
But we fynd none oppone thame selfis to the sentence of God pronounced in his law aganis the leprouse; and thairfoir, yit agane say I, that the peopill aucht to execute Goddis law evin aganis thair princes, when that thair oppin crymes be Godis law deserve deith, but especialie when thay ar sik as may infect the rest of the multitude.
And now, my Lordis, (said he,) I will ressoune no langer, for I haif spokin moir than I intendit."
" And yit," said Lethingtoun, "I can nocht tell what can be concludit."
" Albeit ye can nocht," said the uther, " yit I am assureit what I haif provin, to wit:— - "1. That subjectis haif delyverit ane innocent frome the handis of thair King, and thairintill offendit nocht God.
1 In MSS. G, and L 3, " the leprosie was espyed."
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"2. That subjectis haif refuseit to stryke innocentis whan ane King commandit, and in so doing denyit no just obedience.
"3. That sik as struck at the commandiment of the King befoir God wer reputed murtheraris.
"4. That God. hes nocht onlie of ane subject maid ane King, but also hes airmit subjectis aganis thair naturall Kings, and commandit thame to tak vengence upoun thame according to his law.
" And, last, That Godis pepill hes executit Godis law aganis thair King, having no farther regaird to him in that behalf, than gif he had bene the moist simpill subject within this
Realme.
" And thairfoir, albeit ye will not understand what sould be concludeit, yit I am! assureit that nocht onlie Goddis pepill
{may], but also, that thai ar bounde to do the same whair the lyke crymes ar committit, and when he gevis unto thame the lyke power."
" Weill,' said Lethingtoun, "I think ye sall nocht haif monie leirnit men of your oppinioun."
" My Lord," said the uther, " the treuthe ceisses nocht to be the treuthe, howsoevir it be that men [either] misknaw it, or yit ganestand it.
And yit, (said he,) I praise my God, I lack nocht the consent of Godis servandis in that heid.""
And with that he presentit unto the Secretour the Apologie of Magdeburgh ;? and willit him to reid the names of the Mynisteris who had subscribed the defence of the Toune to be ane moist juste defence ; and thairwith addit, " That to resist ane tyrant, is not to resist God, nor yit his ordinance." upon it the ban of the Empire, followed by a siege in 1550, which endured for twelve months; but a treaty was concluded in 1551, without the Magdeburgers being betrayed into any mean submission to the Emperor.
(See Robertson's Charles V., Book x.) l In MS. G, "I am not."
2 Magdeburg, in the province of Saxony, is a town of ancient date, and of importance from its situation.
It was involved in disputes with Austria, on account of the protection which it granted to Lutheranism.
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Whilk when he had read, he scripped and said, " Homznes obscurt."1
The uther ansuerit, " Dei tamen servi." 2
And [so] Lethingtoun arose and said, " My Lordis, ye haif hard the ressounis upoun boith pairteis: it becumis you now to decyde, and [to] put ane ordour unto preicheouris, that thay may be uniforme in doctrine.
May we, think ye, tak the Queenis Messe frome hir ?"
Whille that sum began to geif thair voittis, for sum wer appoyntit, as it wer, leaderis to the rest,
Johne Knox said, " My Lordis, I suppois that ye will nocht [do] contrair to your
[Lordships] promeis, maid to the whole Assemblie, whilk wes, That nothing soulde be voited in secreit, till that the first all maitteris soulde be debaittit in publict, and that than the voittis of the whole Assemblie sould put an end to the controversie.
Now haif I onelie sustenit the argument, and haif rather schawin my conscience in moist simpill maner, than that I haif insystit upoun the force and vehemence of onie ane argument: And thairfoir I, for my pairt, utterlie disassent frome all voitting, till that the whole Assemblie haif hard the propositiounis and the ressounis of boith pairteis.
For I unfeinyeitlie acknawlege, that monie in this cumpanie ar moir abill to sustene the argument than I am."
" Think ye it ressonable," said Lethingtoun, " that sik ane multitude [as] ar now convenit, soulde ressoune and voit in these heidis and matteris that concerne the Quenis Majesties awin persoune and effairis ?"
" J] think," said the uther, " that whatsoevir soulde bind, the multitude soulde heir, unless that thai haif resignit thair power unto thair Commissioneris, whilk thai haif nocht done, sua far as I understand; for my Lord Justice-Clark heard thame with ane voice say, That in no wayis wald thai consent that onie thing soulde ether here be voited or concludit."
" T can nocht tell," said Lethingtoun, "[if] that my Lordis 1 That is, " Men of no note."
2 That is, " Servants of God however."
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that be heir present, and that beir the burding of sik maitteris, soulde be bounde to thair will.
What say ye, (said he,) my Lordis?
Will ye voit in this maitter, or will ye nocht voit?"
Efter lang ressonyng, sum that wer maid for the purpois said, " Why may nocht the Lordis voit, and than schaw unto the Kirk whatsoevir is done?"
_ iF Vite " That appeiris to me," said Johne Knox, " nocht onlie ane backwart ordour, but also ane tyrranie usurpeit upoun the Kirk:
But for me, do as ye list, (said he,) for as I ressoune, so I voit ; yit protesting as befoir, that I dissent frome all voiting, till that the hoill Assemblie understand alsweill the questiounis as the ressonyngis."
" Weill," said Lethingtoun, " that can: nocht be done now, for the tyme is spent; and thairfoir, my Lorde Chanceler,
(said he,) ask ye the voittis, and tak [be course] everie ane of the Mynisteris, and ane of us."
And so wes the Rectour of Sanctandrois! commanded first to MB JouN® speik his conscience ; who said, "I reffer to the Superintendant "°°" of Fyffe, for I think we ar boith in one jugement ; and yit,
(said he,) gif ye will that I speik first, my conscience is this, That gif the Quene oppone hir self to oure religioun, whilk is the onelie trew religioun, that in that caise the Nobillitie and Estaitis of this Realme, professouris? of the trew doctrine, may promise with the Earl of Morton, he was 1 At page 286 of the former volume, nominated to the See of St. Andrews: a brief notice of Douglas is given, in order to show that he must be distinguished from John Douglas, a Carmalite Friar, who, forsaking his order, became in 1558, Chaplain to the Earl of Argyle.
As stated in the note referred to, Mr. John Douglas was' elected Provost of St. Mary's College, St. Andrews, in 1547.
He was also elected for a long series of years Rector of the University; and haying embraced the Reformed opinions, he still continued his residence at St. Andrews, retaining his situation as Provost of the College.
In 1571, when "an auld feeble man," by a comKnox having refused to inaugurate him, the ceremony was performed by Mr.
Jobn Wynrame. (M'Crie's Life of Knox.) According to his Confirmed Testament, 29th January 1574-5, "Johne Archbishop of Sanctandrois,
&c. died in (blank) 1574;" and it shows that his nominal dignity had not enriched him.
The Summa of his Inventar amounted only to £280, 4s. 4d., and this included " Item, his L{ordship's] liberall [library] of bukis, extending to ane hundreth pundis."
2 In MS. G, " that have professit,"
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Boox IV. justlie oppone thame selffis unto hir.
But as concernyng hir awin Messe, I knaw it is idolatrie, but yit I am nocht yit resolved, whidder that be violence we may tack it frome hir or nocht." The Superintendant of Fyffe! said, "That same is my conscience."
And so affirmit sum of the Nobillitie.
But utheris voitted frankley, and said, " That as the Messe wes abominatioun, so wes it juste and rycht that it soulde be suppressit ;? and that in so doing, men did no moir wrong to the Quenis Majestie than thay that soulde be force tak frome hir ane poysonit coupe when sche wes going to drink it."
At last, Mr. Johne Craig,? fellow-minister with Johne Knox MR. JOHN ORAIG. in the Kirk of Edinburgh, wes requyreit to gif his jugement and vote, who.said, "I will glaidlie schaw unto your Honouris what I understand ; but I gritlie doubt whidder my knawlege and conscience sall satisfy you, seing that ye haif heard so monie ressounis and ar so lyttil moved be thame.
But yit I sall nocht conceill from you my jugement, adhering first to the protestatioun of my Brother, to wit, That our voitting prejudge nocht the lybertie of the Generall Assembly.
I wes, (said he,) in the Universitie of Bononia,* in the yeir of God 1554,° whair, in the place of the Blak-Freiris of the same
1Mr.JohnWynrame. Seenoteinvol.i.
He at length succeeded in reaching p. 150. As Sub-prior of St. Andrews, he sat as one of the Judges at the trials of Sir John Borthwick in 1540, of George Wishart in 1546, and of Walter Myln in Scotland.
He was minister of the Canongate for a short time, before he was appointed Knox's colleague.
He was translated from Edinburgh to New Aberdeen before 1574; but was brought back as King's Minister in July 1580.
He survived till the year 1600, and died at the advanced age of eighty-eight.
1550.
In 1549, at the Provincial Council held at Edinburgh, he is styled '" M.
Johannes Wynrame Ecclesia Metrop.
Primitialis S$. Andreze, Canonicus Regularis, et Supprior, Theologiee Doctor."
He survived till the year 1582, when he died at the advanced age of ninety.
(M'Crie's Life of Knox, vol. ii. p. 58-57; Wodrow Miscellany, vol. i. p. 455.) * The Latin name of Bologna.
2 In MSS. G, and L 4, "repressed."
5 So also in MS. L8; but in MS. Ai, the date is " 1550;" in MSS. L 4, and M, "1553." MS. G, makes it " 1562"— an obvious mistake, as Craig returned to Scotland in 1560, and is not known to have left it at any subsequent period.
3 Mr. John Craig was born in 1512, became a Dominican Friar, and narrowly escaped from a sentence of the Inquisition at Rome, which had condemned him to the flames as a heretic in 1559.
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toune, I saw in the tyme of thair Generall Assemblie this Conclusioun set furth:
This same I hard resgoned, determined, and concludit :—ConcLusio.
" PRINCIPES omnes, tam supremi, quam inferiores, possunt et debent reformari, vel deponi per eos, per quos eliguntur, confirmantur, vel admittuntur ad officium, quoties a fide preestita subditis per juramentum deficiunt:
Quoniam relatio juramenti subditorum et principum mutua est, et utrinque equo jure servanda et reformanda, juxta legem et conditionem juramenti ab utraque parte facti."
"That is, All Reuleris, be thay supreame or be thay inferiour, may and aucht to be reformed or deposed be thame be whom thay ar chosin, confirmed, or admitted to thair office, as oft as thay brak that promeis maid be the oath to thair subjectis:
Because that thair Prince is no less bound be oath to the subjectis, then is the subjectis to thair Princeis, and thairfoir aucht to be keipit and reformed equallie, according to the law and conditioun of the oath that is maid of other partie."
" This Conclusioun, my Lordis, I heard sustenit and concludit, as I haif said, in ane moist notabill auditour. The sustenar wes ane leirnit man, M. Thomas de Finola, the Rectour of the Universitie, ane man famous in that cuntrie.
Magister Vincentius de Placentia, affirmed the Conclusioun to be moist true and certane, agreable boith-with the law of God and man.
The occasioun of this Disputatioun and Conclusioun, wes ane certene disordour and tyrranie that wes attempit be the Paipes Governouris, who began to mak innovationis in the cuntrie aganis the lawis that wer befoir establischit, alledging thame selfis nocht to be subject to sik lawis, be ressoune that thay wer nocht institute be the peopill, but be the Paip, who wes King of that cuntrie; and, thairfoir thay, haifing full commissioun and authoritie of the Paip,
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Boox IV. mycht alter and change statuteis and ordinanceis of the cuntrie, without all consent of the peopill.
Aganis this [thair] usurped tyrranie, the leirnit and the peopill opponeit thame selffis opinlie: and when that all ressounis whilk the Paipis governouris could allege wer heard and confuted, the Paip him self wes fane to tak up the maitter; and to promeis to keip nocht onlie the lybertie of the peopill, but also that he sould neither abrogat! onie law [or] statute, neither yit mak onie new law without thair awin consent.
: And, thairfoir, my Lord, (said he,) my vote and consience is, that Pririces ar nocht onlie bound to keip lawis and promeisses to thair subjectis, but also, that in caise thai faill, thay justlie may be deposeit ; for the band betwix the Prince and the Peopill is reciproce."
Then start [up] ane claw-back of that corrupt Court, and said, " Ye wat nocht what ye say; for ye tell us what wes done in Bononia; we ar ane kingdome, and thai ar but ane
Commounwelth."
" My Lord," said he, " my jugement is, that everie kingdom is, or at leist, sould be ane Commounwelth, albeit that everie
Commounwelth be nocht ane kingdom ; and, thairfoir, I think, that in ane kingdom no less dylligence aucht to be taikin, that lawis be nocht violatit, than is [in] ane Commounwelth ; because that the tyrranie of Princeis who continwallie ring? in ane kingdom, is moir hurtfull to the subjectis, than is the misgovernment of those that from yeir to yeir ar chaingit in fre
Commounwelthis.
But yit, my Lordis, to assure you and all utheris farder, that heid wes disputed be the utermoist ; and than, in the end, it was concludit,® that thay spak nocht of sik thingis as wer done in diverse kingdomis and natiounis be tyrranie and negligence of peopill.
' But we conclude,' said thai, 'what aucht to be done in all Kingdomis and Commounwelthis, according to the law of God, and unto the just lawis of man.
1Tn MS. 1566, " haif brocht."
5 In MSS. 1566, and L 8, " nocht con2 Jn MS. 1566, " who continewing." cluded."
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And gif be the negligence of the peopill, or be tyrranie of Princes, contrair lawis haif bene maid, yit may that same peopill, or thair posteritie, justlie craif all thingis to be reformed, according to the originall institutioun of Kingis and Commounwelthis: and sik as will nocht [do] so, deserve to eit the frute of thair awin folischnes,'"
Maister James Makgill,? than Clark of Register, persaifing the voittis to be different, and heiring the bauld plainess of the foirsaid servand of God, said, " I remember that this same questioun wes lang debaittit aneis befoir this in my house, and thair, be ressoune that we wer nocht all of ane mynd, it wes concludit, that Mr. Knox sould in all our names haif writtin to Mr. Calvin for his jugement in the contraversie."
"Nay," said Mr. Knox, "my Lord Secretour wald nocht consent that I sould wrytte, alleging, that the grittest weycht of the ansuer stude in the narrative, and thairfoir [promeisit that] he wald wryte, and I sould sey it.
But when, (said he,) that diverse tymes I requyreit him to remember his promeis,
I fand no thing but delay."
Whairto the Secretour did ansuer, " True it is, I promeist to wryte, and true it is, that diverse tymeis Mr. Knox requyreit me so todo.
But when I had moir deiplie consydderit the weycht of the maitter, I began to find mo douttis than that I did befoir, and this one amangis utheris, How I durst, I being ane subject, and the Quenis Majesties Secretarie,? in the Registers as having taken any degree.
Chalmers has devoted much labour in tracing the career of this very 1 In MS. 1566, " ressonit."
2 Some notices respecting Mackgill, who was appointed Clerk Register in 1554, are given at page 156.
From the Treasurer's Accounts it appears his salary was only 20 merks, or £13, 6s. 8d. able man, whose policy in changing his views from time to time proved equally unfortunate to himself and his country.
(Life of Mary Queen of Scots, 2d edit. vol. iii. page 530 to 615.) At an early period of life Maitland took an active share in public affairs.
Knox mentions him under the year 1555, (vol.i.p. 2473) and on more than one occasion calls 3 William Maitland, usually styled Laird of Lethington, was the eldest son of Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington, and was born probably between 1525 and 1530.
He is said to have studied at St.
Andrews, but his name does not occur
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tak upoun me to seik resolutioun of contraverseyis depending betwix hir Heyness and hir subjectis, without hir awin knawlege and consent."
Than wes thair ane acclamatioun of the claw-backis of the Courte, as if Apollo had gevin his response:
It wes wyselie and faythfullie done.
" Weill," said Johne Knox, "let warldlie men praise warldlie wisdome so heichlie as thay pleise,
Iam assureit, that be sik shiftis, idolatrie is mentenit, and the treuth of Jesus Chryste is betrayit, whairof God one day will be revengit."
At this, and the lyke scherpnes, monie offendit, the voitting ceissit, and everie factioun began planelie to speik as effectioun moveit thame.
Johne Knox in the end wes commandit yit to wryte to Mr. Calvin, and to the leirnit in uther Kirkis, to knaw thair jugementis in that questioune ; quhilk he refuissit, schawing his ressoun, " I myself am nocht onlie fullie resolved in conscience, but also I haif heard the jugementis in this, and all uther thingis that I haif affirmit within this Realme, of the moist godlie and moist leirnit that be knawin in Europe. I come him "the author of all the mischief" that had occurred.
He first appears in the service of the Queen Regent; and in self and Janet Menteith his spouse: she was the daughter of Menteith of Kerse.
He married, secondly, at Stirling, 6th January 1566-7, Mary Fleming, daughter of Malcolm third Lord Fleming.
After his death she addressed a pathetic September 1555, the Treasurer paid " to William Maitland, be the Quenis Grace precept, for his pension of this instant zeir, £150."
After the death of Bishop Panter, on the 4th December 1558, he was appointed Secretary of State.
In October 1559, he joined the Lords of the Congregation ; in August 1560, he acted as Speaker of Parliament; and in the following year he was raised to the bench.
After various embassies to France and England, and after having an active share in all the intrigues and public affairs of the time, he died at Leith, as alluded to at page 363, note 1,
9th June 1573. He was twice married.
On the 10th November 1552, he had a charter of lands in Stirlingshire to himletter to Lord Burleigh, dated from Edinburgh, 21st
June 1573, praying that her husband's body might " receive no shame or ignominy."
The English General, on the 18th, had also written, that he had been pressed by the Earl of Athole and others, " that the body of Ledingtoun might be buried, and not remain above the ground as it does."—In 1584, 'Parliament passed an Act of " Pacification to Marie Flemyng,
(relict of umquhill William Maitland younger of Lethingtoun, Secretare to our Soverane Lord) and his bairnis."
(Acta Parl.
Scot. vol. iii. p. 318.)
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nocht to this Realme without thair resolutioun ; and for my assurance I haif the hand wrytingis of monie ; at thairfoir, gif I sould [now] move the same questioun agane, what sould
I do uther, but either schaw my awin ignorance and forgetfulness, or ellis inconstancey: And, thairfoir, it may pleise you to appardoune me, albeit I wryte nocht.
But I will teich you the surer way, whilk is [this], that ye wryte and complayne upoun me, that I teich publictlie and affirme constantlie sik doctrine as offendis you, and so sall ye knaw thair plane myndis, and whidder that I and thay aggrey in jugement or nocht."
Diverse said the offer wes gude; bot no man wes founde tH= zn» or that wald be the secretour.
And so did that Assemblie in 7x0 DR lang ressonyng brek up.
Efter the whilk tyme, the mynisJOHN KNOX AND THE teris, that wer callit preceissit, wer haldin of all the CourS?R270U" teouris as monstouris.
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In all that tyme! the Erle of Murray wes so formed? to Johne Knox, that nowther be word nor write wes there ony communicatioun betwix thame.? a proofe of Mr. Knox his deep jugement and promptness in citing the passages of Scripture, besides his great zeal, courage, and sinceritie in the cause of God, without respect to flesh or blood."
MS. L 4, adds, " Mr. Knox endeth the 4 Buik of his Storie, with this Conference."
In MS. M, " Heere endeth the Fourth Booke of Mr. Knox his Historie of the Church of Scotland."
On a separate leaf in MS. L4, are four paragraphs which occur in Book Fifth, and are copied nearly verbatim in Calderwood's History, vol. ii. pp. 280, 284,
294, 295.
The last paragraph breaks 1Jn MS. 1566, this short paragraph of three lines, is in a different hand and colour of ink, and bears a close resemblance to Knox's own writing.
2 So in the MS.; but evidently intended for fremmit, strange, foreign : in MS.
G, " fremmed ;" in MS. M, " freamed ;" in MS. L 4, " frame;" in MS. A 1, " framed ;" but MS. L 3, has "formed."
8 In the later MSS. there are several variations at the end of this book.
In MSS. Al,and L 8, an extract from his Sermon in 1565, is added with this title,
«" These words following are found written be John Knox, in the preface of a certain Treatise maid be him upon the xxvj. cap. Isayas."
In MSS. M, and L4, we read as follows :—" In this Conference, (with Lethington,) ye may see off in the middle of a sentence, and in the margin is added, " The rest of this section ye will find elsewhere, in the beginning of some writt scrollis."
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THE FIFTH BOOK OF THE REFORMATION OF
THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.
[ 465 J
INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO BOOK FIFTH.
In the previous volume it has been. shewn that the Four Books of Taz History or Taz REFORMATION IN ScOTLAND were written by Kyox, between the years 1559 and 1566; and that these Books have reached us, as completed by himself, without being either mutilated or interpolated, except in the common printed editions of the work.
But of the Fifth Book, no manucript copy has been discovered ; and although there may be sufficient reason to prevent us from ascribing its composition to the Scotish Reformer, there can be no doubt of the propriety of annexing it as a Supplement or Continuation of his History.
This Fifth Book relates to the progress of affairs in Scotland, from September 1564 to August 1567, when Queen Mary having been forced to abdicate the throne, the Earl of Murray was appointed Regent.
.It was first published in folio, in the year 1644, by Davip Bucuanay,.a person of literary distinction, of whom some account will be. given in the Appendix to the present volume.
The volume has this title :-— " Tue HistorIg oF THE REFORMATION OF THE CHURCH OF Scottanp ; Containing five Books: Together with some TREaTIsEs conducing to the History.
Published by Authority.
(Jerem. 5. 1.—2 Cor. 13. 8.) .
Lonpow, Printed by John Raworth, for George Thomason and Octavian Pullen, and are to be sold at the Signe of the Rose in Pawl's Church-yard. mpcxtrv."
In the course of the same year, another edition, in quarto, appeared under a similar title :—" Tur Historie, &c.
Printed at Lonpon for G. ZT. and O. P.
And Re-Printed at EprnpuRGH by Rosert Bryson, and are to be sold at his Shop at the Signe of Jona.
1644."
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INTRODUCTORY NOTICE
It is a mistake to suppose that this Edinburgh edition was a literal reprint.
The greater portion of the volume is in fact so, insomuch that the words and letters in most of the lines correspond in the two editions; still there are some changes which it is not improbable were 'introduced under Buchanan's immediate inspection.
The Preface " To the Reader," in which the Editor " D. B." says, "I have thought fit in this place to point at some main occurrences from that time (1567) till now," remains unaltered.
But " The Life of John Knox," which fills eight pages in the folio edition, is extended as "The Life and Death of John Knox," in the quarto, to twentytwo pages, including " An Acrostick" (8 lines), and 16 lines in the shape of an altar, "To the pretious memorie of JoHN
Kwox, that worthie Primitive-Reformer in the Church of Scotland," signed "J. L."
The historical " Preface,' relating to the earlier people and religion of Scotland, filling thirty leaves in the folio, and thirty-two leaves in the quarto edition, contains no alterations.
Neither are there any of importance, until we reach the close of Book Fourth, where four paragraphs are added, two of them being transposed from the commencement of Book Fifth.
Other additions occur towards the latter part of Book Fifth.
And in the subjoined Treatises, there is added Knox's " Brief Exhortation,' dated from Geneva, 12th January 1557.
The passage in Buchanan's Life of John Knox, in which he speaks of the History or THE RerorMmation, is worthy of notice.
After mentioning Knox's 'education and earnest study of the Holy Scriptures, he refers to his sufferings, and says, " For the cause of the truth, he suffered very much by sea and land, in minde and body ; among forraigners, and amongst his own countreymen, as ye may see in this History of the Church, which now here we present unto you: Which History, namely so much of it, I mean, as formerly was published, hath gone commonly under his name, because he is the man of whom
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most is spoken thorowout the whole History, as being a most: earnest and diligent agent in the businesse of the Reformation in the Church:
Next, because he hath penned with his own hand, or spoken by word of mouth, the most part of the most remarkable and most usefull things for Posterity in the History.
Thirdly, the whole History is gathered out of his Papers and Manuscripts: And so ye see why it is generally received to be of Jonn Knox.
But to return to his Life," &c.
In the Edinburgh edition, this reference to the History is altered as follows :—after mentioning that Knox
" was honoured to be one of the prime publike actors in that worthy worke of our Primitive Reformation,' Buchanan says, " And because some singular fruit, more then ordinare, is expected from him who hes some singular enduements, more then ordinar: Therefore, to shew to the world how farre his thoughts were bussied upon the good of Posteritie, and how little he did live to himselfe, he brought out of the intrals of actions many choise and worthie secrets, as the laudable -travels of his pious. and judicious minde, the truth whereof is evidentlie apparent throughout the whole progresse of this Church-Historie, which may justly bee published and sent abroad under his name, because the most part thereof hath either been penned with his owne hand, or spoken and uttered by the word. of his mouth, or gathered and collected out of his Papers and Manuscripts.
His Historicall relations are without partialitie.
Hee hated no man's person, no not the enemie but his sin.
And therefore I hope his unpartiall expressions shall be unseasonable to no good man, be hee never so great.
Wearie not then in reading, but adventure your patience as he hes done his paines, and I doubt not, but in each particular, you shall get such a full and satisfactorie information of the truth, that you shall not afterward need to strike fire, and light your candle at another man's
Torch.
But to returne to his Life," &c.
In regard to the authorship of this Fifth Book, the minute
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statement of facts, the occasional modes of expression, and the above declaration by the Editor, that " the whole History is gathered out of Knox's Papers and Manuscripts," are quite opposed to the general notion that it was written or even compiled by David Buchanan.
Neither can we attribute it to Knox's Secretary, Richard Bannatyne, as the style is altogether unlike that of the "Journal of Transactions" from 1570 to 1573, which has been published under his name; and from which portions at least ought to be included in a collection of the Reformer's
Works.
This will form part of the concluding volume.
On this subject the Editor of 1732, after remarking, " It is not easy to give any tolerable account of the Fifth Book," says,
"Tt seems probable that Mr. David Buchanan himself is the author of it: perhaps he was beholden to Mr. Knox's scrolls, but I wish he had carefully distinguished Mr. Knox's composure from his own, and forborn his interpolations in the body of the History, which is a liberty no person ought to take with any Author.
The Editors, (it is added,) have given the Fifth Book as Mr. Buchanan has published it, and leave it to the Reader to value it as he finds cause."
But these Editors have taken an unusual liberty, which they have not specified, in altering the language to correspond to the more antiquated orthography of the Glasgow MS. of the Four Books.
In the present edition, the text is given from that of London, 1644 Although persuaded that the Fifth Book has been chiefly de- 'rived from Knox's papers by some unknown hand, yet, as it has no well-founded claims to be regarded as A WORK OF ORIGINAL AUTHORITY, like the previous Books, I have not thought it necessary to devote much time to its elucidation by encumbering the pages with foot-notes; and the more s0, as the period of three years which it embraces, has been so fruitful in controversy, and has obtained a much larger share of literary investigation than perhaps any other period of our National
History.
[ 469 J In the next moneth, which was July, the Queen went into Athole to the hunting; and from thence she made her progress into Murray, and returned to Fyfe in September!
All this while there was appearance of love and tender friendship betwixt the two Queens; for there was many letters full of civility and complements sent from either of them to the other in signe of amity ; besides costly presents for tokens.
And in the meantime the Earl of Lenox? laboured to come home forth There be of England ; and in the moneth of October he arrived at Ialyes rud-House, where he was graciously received by the Queen's "4 wt ten by Majestie ; namely, when he had presented the Queen. of gree Me
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chanan, 0 England her letters, written in his favour: And because he a rich diamond sent could not be restored to his lands without Act of Parliament, fom Queen therefore there was a Parliament procured to be holden at nthe
Edinburgh, the 13. day of December :? But before the Queen Elizabeth. would cause to proclaim a Parliament, she desired the Earle of Murray, by whose means chiefly the said Earle of Lenox came
1 On the 25th or 26th September 1564: see note 4, page 420.
2Matthew Stewart, fourth Earl of Lennox. He arrived at Edinburgh on the 23d September. A letter, addressed by Queen Mary to Queen Elizabeth, on the 28th of that month, mentions, that he had presented the letters of Elizabeth, at Holyrood-House, on the previous day.
(Tytler's Hist., vol. vi. p. 297; Keith's Hist., vol. ii. p. 288.) In an abstract of a letter from Randolph to Cecil, marked 8d December 1564, (an evident error in the date for the 23d,) we read, " Lennox restored by Parliament called only for that purpose.
-The Queen madean Oration in the Parliament, shewing the reason of restoring Lennox; and the rather, because it was at the request and suit of her sister of England."
(Keith's Hist., vol. ii. p. 259.) On the 15th, Lennox's restoration was proclaimed with great solemnity at the Cross of Edinburgh.
3 The proceedings of this Parliament are not preserved, and the day of meeting is variously stated.
Some Acts passed on the 15th December are recorded. (Acta Parl. Scot. vol. ii. p. 545.)
4 The marginal notes in this Book are evidently added by the original editor, David Buchanan.
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Book V. into Scotland, That there should no word be spoken, or at least concluded, that concerned Religion in the Parliament.
But he answered, That he could not promise it.
In the mean time, the Hamiltons and the Earle of Lenox were agreed.
At the day appointed, the Parliament was held at Edinburgh, where the said Earle of Lenox was restored, after two and twenty years exile: He was banished, and forfeited by the Hamiltons, when they had the rule.
There were some Articles given in by the Church, especially for the abolishing Murray, Argyle, Glencairne, and the Secretary being present, and sent by the Queene to observe what things were propounded in the Assembly, thought not good that the Articles should be propounded after this manner, but drew out two heads; First, they would declare the good mind and obedience of the Assembly; Next, they would labour at her G[race's] hands for settling of Religion according to the order established before her arrivall.
They promised also to deal with her for set stipends.
Lethington returned a gracious answer to these Heads. It was appointed that a request should be presented to the Queen for obtaining the gift of the Frier's Kirk of Kirkcudbright, to be holden hereafter the Parish Kirk of Kirkcudbright."
1 In Buchanan's republication of Knox's History, at Edinburgh, 1644, this and the next paragraph are transposed to the end of Book Fourth, with two additional paragraphs, for the purpose evidently of bringing the History down to the close of the year 1564.
The first of these, as follows, occurs nearly verbatim in Calderwood's History, vol. ii. p. 280: see also the Book of the Kirk, vol. i. p. 47.—
" ARTICLES AND PETITIONS.
" Tt was thought good by the Church Assembly immediately preceding [viz. in June 1564,] and conforme to the Acts made before the Queen's arrivall, and approven since, that Christ's true Religion bee de novo, established, ratified, and approven throughout the whole Realme; And that all Idolatry, especially the Masse, be abolished every where, so that no other face of Religion be suffered to be erected within this Realme.
And for this effect, that the Ministrie be sufficiently provided with maintenance, and sure appointment where they shall take up thair stipends.
In like manner, to desire that the transgressors of the said Laws bee punished, specially in Aberdeen, the Karse of Gowry, Seyfield, and other places which shall be specified.
These Articles were appointed to bee presented to the Lords. of the Secret Councel.
The Earls of The second paragraph is entitled, " An ANSWER TO Paut Mrtuven's
SuUPPLICATION.
" The General Assembly of the Church conveened at Edinburgh the 25. of December, the exhortation and invoca~tion of the name of God being made by John Knox.
John Askin of Dun, Superintendent of Angus and Mearnes, was chosen Moderator.
In this Assembly Paul Methven's supplication anent his receiving to repentance, &c., was read and considered.
The Brethren were content-to receive him, providing he pre-
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of the Masse universally, and for punishment of vice; but there was little thing granted, save that it was Statute, That scandalous livers should be punished first by prison, and then publikely shewen unto the people with ignominy; but the Same was not put in execution.
In the end of this moneth of December, the Generall Assembly of the Church was held at Edinburgh:? many things were ordained for setling of the affairs of the Church.
_ In the end of January the Queen past to Fyfe,® and visiting the Gentlemen's houses, was magnificently banquetted every where, so that such superfluity was never seen before within this Realme ; which caused the wilde fowl to be so dear, that. partridges were sold for a crown a piece.
At this time was granted by an Act of Parliament, the confirmation of the feues of Church Lands, at the desire of divers Lords, whereof the Earle of Murray was chief.
During the Queen's absence, the Papists of Edinburgh went down to the Chappell to hear
Masse ; and seeing there was no punishment, they waxed more bold: some of them thinking thereby to please the Queen, upon a certain Sunday in February, they made an Even-song of sented himself personally before them, and shew evident signes of unfained repentance, and willingness to obey such a forme of repentance as they should enjoyne.
As for deleting the processe out of their Books, they could no wayes condescend, neither thought they such a Petition could proceed of the Holy Spirit, seeing David, a notable servant of God, was not ashamed to leave in register his offence, to God's glory and his own confusion.
Anent his admission and re-entrie to the Ministrie within this Realme, it was ansuered, That could not be granted till the memorie of his former offence were more deeply buried, and some particular Kirks within the Realme made request for him.
And, further, That his entrie in the Ministrie of England, hee being -excommunicated and unreconciled to the Kirk, hath grievously offended them."
This paragraph is copied nearly verbatim from the Acts of Assembly, 27th December 1564.
(Book of the Kirk, vol. i. p. 55.) 2 The General Assembly met on the 25th December 1564.
8' The Queen left Edinburgh on the 19th January 1564-5.
Randolph, who followed soon after, transmitted to England an interesting account of his interviews with her at St. Andrews.
(Chalmers' Life of Queen Mary, vol. i. p.
123-127.
Keith's Hist., vol. ii. p. 261.) She afterwards visited Wemyss Castle, where she received Darnley's first visit, on the 16th February, and returned to the Palace of Holyrood on the 24th of that. month.
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Boox V. their own, setting two Priests on the one side of the quire, and one or two on.the other side, with Sandy Stevin, Menstrall,
(baptizing their children, and making marriages,) who, within eight days after, convinced of blasphemy, alleadging, That he would give no more credit to the New Testament than to a tale of Robin Hood,! except it were confirmed by the Doctors of the Church. The said superstitious Even-song was the occasion of a great slander, for many were offended with it ; which being by the Brethren declared to the Lords of the Privy
Councell, especially to the Earle of Murray, who lamented the cause to the Queen's Majestie, shewing her what inconveniency should come if such things were suffered unpunished: And, after sharp reasoning, it was promised, That the like should not be done hereafter: The Queen also alleadged, That they were a great number; and that she could not trouble their conscience.
About the 20. of this moneth, arrived at Edinburgh, Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley ;2 from thence he passed to Fyffe: And in the place of Weemes he was admitted to kisse the Queen's hand ; whom she liked so well, that she preferred him before all others, as shall hereafter, God willing, be declared.
Soon after, in the moneth of March, the Earle Bothwell arrived out of France ; whereat the Earle of Murray was highly offended, because of the evil report made to him of the Lord Bothwell ;
1 Randolph, in a letter to Cecil, dated desire alteration, that it is continually
20th March 1564-5, refers to the excesfeared that these matters will shortly break out to some greater mischief." ses of both parties at this time; and in particular, that 'one of the Queen's chappel, a singing man, said, that he believed as well a tale of Robin Hood as any word is written in the Old Testament or New.'
He further adds, the Queen's " own Mass, and the resort in2 Henry Lord Darnley, then in the twentieth year of his age, arrived in Edinburgh, on the 18th February 1564-5.
After visiting the Queen at Wemyss Castle, in Fife, on the 16th, he proceeded to Dunkeld, where his father the Earl of Lennox was residing; but he hastened back to Edinburgh to wait the Queen's arrival at Holyrood.—In both edit. 1644, his name is always printed to it; such blasphemies as there unpunished ; her will to continue Papistry, and her desire to have all men live as they list, so offendeth the godly men's consciences, and so many besides that " Darley."
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and passing immediately to the Queen's Majestie, demanded of her, If it was her will, or by her advice, that he was:come home; and seeing he was his deadly enemy, either he or the other should leave the countrey, and therefore desired that he might have justice.
Her answer was, That seeing the Earle Bothwell was a nobleman, and had done her service, she could not hate him: Nevertheless she would do nothing that might be prejudiciall to the Erle of Murray, but desired that the matter might be taken away.
Within few days she caused summon the Earle Bothwell to answer to the course of law the 2d of May, for the conspiracy which the Earle of Arrane had alledged two years before, and for the breaking of the ward of the Castle.
Inthe meanwhile there was nothing in the Court but banquetting, balling, and dancing, and other such pleasures as were meet to provoke the disotdered appetite ; and all for the entertainment of the Queen's cousin from England, the Lord
Darnley, to whom she did shew all the expressions imaginable of love and kindenesse.1
Within few days, the Queen being at Sterlin, order was given to Secretary Lethington to pass to the Queen of England.
The chief point of his message was, to declare to the Queen of England, That the Queen was minded to marry her cousin the Lord Darnley ; and the rather, because he was so near of blood to both Queens: for by his mother, he was cousin-german to the Queen of Scotland, also of near kindred, and of the same name by his father:
His mother was cousin-german to the Queen of England. Here mark God's providence: King James the Fifth having lost his two sons, did declare his resolution to make the Earle of Lenox his heir of the Crown; but he prevented by sudden death, that design ceased.
Then came 1 Within a month of Darnley'sarrival thington's mission to the English Court. in Scotland, Queen Mary had fixed her He had arrived there on the 18th April, affections on him, as her proposed husand had returned to Edinburgh on the band, and to communicate thisto Queen 18th May 1565.
(Chalmers's Life of Elizabeth, was the main object of LeQueen Mary, vol. iii. p. 551.)
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Book V. the Earle of Lenox from France, with intention to marry King James his widow ; but that failed also: He marries Mary!
Dowglas, and his son marrieth Mary, King James the Fifth his daughter.
And so the King's desire is fulfilled, to wit, The Crown continueth in the name and in the family.
The Queen of England, nevertheless, shewed her self nothing pleased therewith, but rather declared, That she would in no wise suffer her subjects to make such.contracts or alliance that might be prejudiciall to her; and for the same purpose sent a post to the Queen with letters, wherein she complained greatly of the mind of our Mistris, seeing the great affection she bare to her, intending to declare her heretrix of her Realme of England, providing only that she would use her counsell in marriage ; but she could not approve her Marriage with the Lord Darnley, although he was their near cousin by birth, since he was below the rank of the Queen by condition, being but a private subject. At the same time she wrote to the Earle of Lenox, and to his son, commanding them to repair both into England.
Some write, That all this was but counterfeit by the Queen of England, and from her heart she was glad of the marriage, for by that means the Succession of the Crown of England was secured, the Lord Darnley being the right heir after the Queen of Scotland: and Queen Elizabeth was not angry to see her married to one of inferior rank, for by that means she thought the Scots Queen would be less proud.
During this time there were certain letters directed to the Brethren of Edinburgh, to Dundie, Fyfe, Angus, and Mernes, and other places, from the Brethren of Kyle, and other places in the West Countrey, desiring the professors of the Evangel in all places, to remember what the Eternall God had wrought, and how potently he had abolished all kind of idolatry and superstition, and placed his word in this Realm, so that no 1 An error in both edit. 1644, for Lady Margaret Douglas : see page 336, note 2.
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man could say otherwise but it was the work of God, who also had delivered this countrey from the bondage and tyranny of strangers: Nevertheless by our slothfulness, we have suffered that idol the Masse not only to be planted again, but to increase so, that the maintainers thereof are like, by all appearance, to get the upper hand, which would be the occasion of our destruction: And for that the Papists purposed to set up their idol at Easter following, in all places, which was to be imputed to the slothfulness and want of godly zeal of the professors.
Therefore they admonished the Brethren to strive to avert the evil in time, and not to suffer such wickedness to continue and encrease, lest God's heavy wrath come upon us unawares like a consuming fire.
By these letters many Brethren were animated, and their spirits wakened, minding to provide as God should give them grace.
And first of all, by the advice of the most learned in Edinburgh, there was a Supplication made, and given to the Queen's Majestie by the Superintendent of Lowthian, containing, in effect, That the Church in generall of the Realme, had divers times most humbly craved of her Majesty, That committers of adultery should be punished according to the law of God and the Acts At this of Parliament, nevertheless they continued in their wickednes; Mae Ne and the Papists, of obstinate malice, pretended nothing else Davie, entered in but to erect and set up their idolatry and superstition ; and great fami-
: liarity with -especially at Easter day following, they intended to put the the Queen, same in practice, which the Brethren and Professors of the }} fone there was Evangel could not suffer; therefore wished her Majestie to ee take heed of the matter. out him.
This Supplication the Secretary received of the hands of the Superintendents of Lowthian and Glasgow, and told them, in the Queen's name, That there should be such provision made as should serve to their contentment:
And for the same purpose, the Queen's Majestie writ to all such places as were suspected, especially to the Bishop of Saint Andrewes and Aber-
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Now the Communion was administred in Edinburgh, the Ist day of April 1565: At which time, because it was near Easter, the Papists used to meet at their Masse; and as some of the Brethren were diligent to search such things, they having with them one of the Bayliffs, took one Sir James Carvet, riding hard, as he had now ended the saying of the Masse, and conveyed him, together with the master of the house, and one or two more of the assistants, to the Tolbuith, and immediately revested him with all his garments upon him, and so carried him to the Market-Crosse, where they set him on high, binding the chalice in his hand, and himself fast tyed to the said
Crosse, where he tarried the space of one hour; during which time the boyes served him with his Easter eggs.
The next day following, the said Carvet, with his assistants, were accused and convinced by an assize, according to the Act of Parliament: And albeit for the same offence he deserved death, yet for all punishment, he was set upon the MarketCrosse for the space of three or four hours, the hangman standing by,,and keeping him, the boyes and others were busie with eggs casting ; and some Papists there were that stopped as far as they could: And as the presse of people encreased about the Crosse, there appeared to have been some tumult.
The Provost, Archibald Dowglas, came with some Halberdiers, and carried the Priest safe againe to the Tolbuith.
The Queen being advertised, and having received sinister information that the Priest was dead, suddenly thought to have used and inflicted some extreme punishment; for she thought that all this was done in contempt of her, and of her Religion ; and it was affirmed, That the Towne should have been sacked, and a great number executed to death: she sent to such as she pleassed, commanding them to come to her at Edinburgh sud-
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denly with their whole forces; and in the mean time she sent her Advocate, Master Spence of Condie, to Edinburgh, to take a sure triall of the matter.
The Provost and Councell wrote to the Queen the truth of the matter as it was, desiring her
Majestie to take the same in good part, and not to give credit to false reports, and therewith sent to her Majestie the processe and enrolment of the Court of the Priest convict.
Thus the Queen's Majestie being informed of the truth by her said Advo-. cate, sent againe, and stayed the said meeting of men, and sent to the Town a grave Letter, whereof the copie followeth :—
The Queen's Letter to the Provest, Bailife, and Councell of Edinburgh.
" Provest, Bayliffe, and Councell of our Citie of Edinburgh, We received your letter from our Advocate, and understand by this report what diligence you took to stay the tumult in the late disorder attempted at Edinburgh; wherein, as you did your duty in suppressing the tumult, so can We not take in good part, nor think our self satisfied of so notorious a thing, without certain seditious persons, who were pleased to do justice perforce and without the Magistrates authoritie, be condignly and really punished for their rashnesse and misbehaviour ; for if all private persons should usurpe to take vengeance at their own hands, what lies in ours?
And to what purpose hath good laws and statutes been established?
Since, therefore, We have never been obstinate to the due punishment of any offenders, prescribed by the lawes, but have alwayes maintained justice in that case without respect of persons, it is our will, and We command you, as you will answer to us upon your obedience and allegiance, that you will take before you certane of the most responsall persons which are declared authors of the said sedition, and usurpers of our authority, and to administer justice upon them, in such sort as We may know a sinceritie on your parts, and our authority no wayes slighted.
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But if you faile, perswade your selves, (and that shortly,) We will not oversee it, but will account this contempt not only to be in the committers thereof, but in yourselves, who ought to punish it, and relieve us on our part, remitting the rest to your diligence and execution, which We look for so soon as reason will permit.
" Subscribed with our hand at Sterlin, this 24. of April, Anno 1565."
By this manner of writing and high threatning, may be perceived how grievously the Queen's Majestie would have been offended if the said Tarbot! and Messe-monger had been handled according to his demerite, being not only a Papist idolater, but a manifest whoremaster, and a common fighter and blasphemer; nevertheless, within few dayes the Queen charged the Provest and Bailiffs to set him at libertie, commanding them further, that no man should trouble nor molest him in any sort for whatsoever cause, and soon after rewarded him with a benefice, and likewise his assisters,
John Low and John Kennedie, set at libertie in the same manner.
At this Easter-tyde, in Sterlin, the Queen made her domestick servants use Papisticall rites and ceremonies, and more, she perswaded others by faire means to do the same, and threatned those that were most constant at the Earle of Cassels house.
Upon the second day of May 1565, conveened at Edinburgh, the Earl of Murray with his friends in great numbers, to keepe the day of law against the Earle of Bothwell ; who being called, appeared not, only the Laird of Rickerton protested, That the personall absence of the Earle Bothwell should not be prejudiciall to him, by reason, that for just fear, which might happen in the heart of any man, since he had so potent an enemy as the Lord of Murray, who, next the Queen's Majesty, was of greatest estimation and authority of any man within this Realm, to 1 So in both edit. 1644; but at page 476, the name is " Carvet."
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whom assisted at this present day of law, seven or eight hundred men, which force he could not resist, and therefore had absented himself; which protestation being made, those that had been sureties for his appearance, were outlawed.
The said Earle. Bothwell, a few dayes after, past into France, after he had been in Liddesdale, where, suspecting almost every man, he was not in great assurance of his life, notwithstanding he was not put to the horne; for the Queen continually bore a great favour towards him, and kept him to be a souldier, as appeared within lesse than half a year; for she would not suffer the Lord Morton, nor my Lord Ariskin, my
Lord of Murray's great friends, to keep the day.
There assisted my Lord of Murray, the Earles of Argyle, Glencarne, and Crawford, with great numbers, and many Lords and Barons, who for the most part conveened the same afternoon to treat and consult for the maintaining of Religion; where some articles were devised, and delivered to the Lord of Murray to be presented. to the Queen's Majestie and Privie Councell ; which articles were enlarged at the Generall Assembly following, as shall be declared.
In the meane time, as they were informed in Court of this great Assembly of people in Edinburgh, they were affraid, for naturally the Queen hated and suspected all such Conventions as were not in her own presence, and devised by her self.
The chief Counsellors in the Court were the Earls of Lenox and Athole.
The Queen writ incontinent for all the Lords to come to Sterlin, so soone as she was advertised that they had treated in Edinburgh of Religion; she writ likewise for the Superintendants and other learned men who went thither, and being there, they caused to keep the ports or gates, and make good watch about the towne.
The speciall cause of this Convention was to give to the Lord Darnley title of honour, openly and solemnly, with consent of the Nobles, before the marriage.
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The fourth day of May the Earle of Murray came to Sterlin, where he was well received by the Queen's Majestie, as appeared; and immediately, as he past with her to my Lord
Darnley's chamber, they presented to him a contract, containing in effect, That forasmuch, as, or since, the Queen had contracted marriage with the Lord Darnley, and that therefore sundry Lords of the Nobilitie had under-written, ratified, and approved the same, and obliged themselves to grant unto him in full Parliament the Crowne Matrimoniall, (by a new
Court solecisme in policie, the Crowne for the second time is surnamed Matrimoniall ; before, when the Queen was first married, it was so called also,) to serve and obey him and her as their lawfull Soveraignes.
The Queen desired my Lord Murray to subscribe, as many others had done before ; which hee refused to do, " Because, (said he,) it is required necessarily that the whole Nobility be present, at least the principall, and such as he himself was posteriour unto, before that so grave a matter should be advised and concluded."
The Queen's Majesty no wayes content with this answer, insisted still upon him, saying, The greatest part of the Nobilitie were there present and content with the matter, wished him to be so much a Stewart, as to consent to the keeping of the Crown in the family, and the surname, according to their
Father's will and desire, as was said of him a little before his death: But he still refused for the causes above written.
Now as the Lords were assembled, an Ambassadour from England, named Sir Nicholas Throckmorton,! arrived at Sterlin,
1 Throckmorton, in his letter to the Queen of England, on the 20th May 1565, mentions that he reached Edinburgh on the 18th, and Stirling on the morning of 15th May; when, he says, some time before the gate, there came unto me the Master of Arskine and the Justice-Clerk, who desired me, in the Queen their Mistress's behalf, to retire unto my lodging which was appointed "* At my arrival at the Castle, the gates were shut against me, whether it preceeded from fear, or of some other pasin the town, saying, that after I had reposed myself, the Queen did mind to give me audience."
(Keith's History, vol. ii. p. 279.) sion, I know not.
I thus remaining
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and in his company the Laird of Lethington; the Ambassador was at the Castle gate or ever they were aware; and as he stood there in the entry, he was desired to passe to his lodgings.
The next day he had audience of the Queen, and was graciously received according to the dignity of his message.
The whole summe of this his message was, to shew and declare to the Queen, how highly the Queen his mistris was offended with this precipitated marriage, and wondered what had moved her to take a man of inferiour rank and condition to her selfe: and therefore disswaded her therefrom.
And specially desiring her most earnestly to send home her subjects, the Earle of Lennox and the Lord Darnley: but all in vaine ; for the matter was well farre proceeded.
In her heart Queen Elizabeth was not angry at this marriage ; first, because if Queen Mary had married a foraign Prince, it had been an accesse to her greatnesse, and consequently she had been more redoubted by the other; next, both Harry and Mary were alike and in equall degree of consanguinitie unto her, the father of Mary and the mother of Harry being children to her
Father's sister.
With many fair words the Queen let the Ambassadour depart, promising to do all she could to satisfie the Queen of England ; and for the same purpose she would send an Ambassador to her.
In the meane time the Queen's marriage with the Lord Darnley was prepared and propounded in Councell, and the chief of the Nobilitie, such as the Duke, the Earles of Argyle,
Murray, Glencarne, with the rest, granted freely to the same, The sere of providing that they might have the Religion established in pe the Parliament, by the Queene, and the idolatrous Masse and j aes cone
Superstition abolished ; shortly it was concluded, that they He Sich should convene again to Saint Johnstoun, where the Queen before he promised to take a finall order for Religion.
The day was ee appointed, to wit, the last of May, at Perth: my Lord of VOL. IT 2H
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Argile came too late.
The Queen's Majestie communed with the Lords, who were very plain with her, saying, Except the Masse were abolished, there should be no quietnesse in the countrey.
The twelfth day of May the Lord Darnley was belted, (that is, created) Earle of Rosse, with great solemnity, a belt or girdle being tyed about his waist or middle; and albeit. all kinde of provision was made to make him Duke of Rothesay, -yet at that time it came not to effect, albeit the crown and robe-royall were prepared to him for the same.
For the entertainment of this triumph there were many Knights made, to the number of fourteen!
The next day, which was the thirteenth of May, the Queen called for the Superintendants, by name John Willock, John Winram, and John Spotswood, whom she cherished with faire words, assuring them, that she desired nothing more earnestly than the glory of God, and satisfying of men's consciences, and the good of the Commonwealth ; and albeit she was not perswaded in any Religion but in that wherein she was brought up, yet she pro- .. mised to them that she would hear conference and disputation in the Scriptures: And likewise she would be content to hear publike preaching, but alwayes out of the mouth of such as pleased her Majestie ; and above all others, she said, she would gladly hear the Superintendant of Angus, (for he was a mild and sweet natured man,) with true honesty and uprightnesse,
John Ariskin? of Dun.
Soon after the Queen past to Saint Johnston, after that she had directed Master John Hay,? Prior of Monimusk, to passe to England, who sped at the Queen of England's hand, even as Sir Nicholas Throckmorton did in Scotland.
1 According to a memorial transmitted by Sir Nicholas Throckmorton to Queen Elizabeth, this ceremony took place at Stirling on the 15th May; and he enumerates the names 'and titles of the fourteen Knights.
(Keith's History, vol.
2 In the Lond. edit. 1644, " Sir Ariskin ;" in the Edinb. edit. "Sir Arskin."
' Mr. John Hay was Master of Requests, a Privy Counsellor, and Commendator of Balmerinoch.
He died on the 8d December 1578.
(Register of Confirmed Testaments.) ii. p. 289.)
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Before the day which was appointed for the meeting at Saint Johnston, my Lord of Murray, most carefull of the maintenance of Religion, sent to all the principall Churches, advertising them of the matter, and desiring them to advise, and send the most able men in learning and reputation, to keep the day ; but their craft and dissimulation appeared, for the Dean of Restalrigge who lately arrived out of France, with. others, such as Mr. John Lesley, Parson of Oyne,? afterward:
Bishop of Rosse, caused the Queen to understand that thing whereof she was easily perswaded, to wit, That there ought to be given to all men libertie of conscience, and for this purpose to shun or put off the first day appointed.
The Queen writ to the Nobility, That because she was informed that there was great meetings out of every shire and town in great number ; and then the other partie, (so termed she the Papists,) were minded to gether to the said Convention, which should apparently make trouble or sedition, rather than any other thing ; therefore she thought it expedient, and willed them to stay the said meetings, and to deferre the same till such a day that she should appoint with advice of her Councell.
At this time there was a Parliament proclaimed to be held at Edinburgh the twentieth day of July.
By this Letter, some of the Protestants having best judgement, thought themselves sufficiently warned of the inconveniences and troubles to come.
Now her Councell at this time was only the Earles of Lenox and Athole, the Lord Ruthven, but chiefely David Rizio the Italian ruled all; yet the Earle of Rosse? [was] already in greatest credit and familiarity.
These Letters were sent out to the Lords about the eight 1 Queen Mary applied for a safe con2 In both edit. 1644, Lesley is called duct to ** Maister John Sinclair, Deane ' Parson of Vure," an error for Une, or of Restalrig, being from the partes of | Oyne,in Aberdeenshire: sec the AppenFrance, and willing to returne hamedix to this volume. ward," 18th September 1564.
(Laba- ® Henry Lord Darnley: see page 495. noff, Reeucil, vol. i. p. 227.)
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Majesty should propose; Which day was even the day before that the Generall Assembly should have been held in Edinburgh.
This last Letter uttered the effect of the former ; so that the Protestants thought themselves sufficiently warned.
Always as the Earle of Murray was passing to Saint Johnston to have kept the said day, he chanced to fall sick of the fluxes in Lochleven, where he remained till the Queen came forth of Saint Johnston to Edinburgh, where the Generall Assembly of the whole Church of Scotland was held the four and twentieth day of July.1
The Earles of Argyle and Glencarne assisted the Church, with a great company of Lords, Barons, and others:
It was there ordered and concluded, That certain Gentlemen, as Commissioners from the Church National, should passe to the Queen's Majestie, with certain Articles, to the number of six, desiring her: most humbly te ratifie and approve the same in Parliament.
And because the said ArricLes are of great weight, and worthy of memory, I thought good to insert the same word by word.2
Imprimis, That the Papisticall and blasphemous Masse, with all Papisticall idolatry, and Papall jurisdiction, be universally supprest and abolisht thorowout this Realme, not only in the subjects, but also in the Queen's own person, with punishment against all persons that should be deprehended to transgresse and offend in the same:
And that the sincere word of 1 The General Assembly met at EdinJohn Willock, Christopher Goodman, burgh, on the 25th June 1565. and John Row; and, on the following 2 The Articles here inserted were day, they received the Assembly's apdrawn up by John Erskine of Dun, probation.
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God, and Christ's true Religion, now at this present received, be established, approved, and ratified, thorowout the whole
Realme, as well in the Queen's own person as in the subjects :
And that the people be [astricted] to resort upon the Sundays at the least, to the prayers and preaching of God's word, even as they were before to the idolatrous Masse:
And these Heads to be provided by Act of Parliament, and ratified by the Queen's Majesty.
Secondly, That [sure] provision be made for sustentation of the Ministry, as well for the time present, as the time to come:
And that such persons as are presently admitted to the Ministry, may have their livings assigned unto them, in places where they travell in their calling, or at least next adjacent thereto:
And that the Benefices now vacant, or hath been vacant since the month of March 1558, or that hereafter shall happen to be vacant, be disponed to qualified and learned persons, able to preach God's Word, and discharge the vocation concerning the Ministry, by tryall and admission of the Superintendents and Overseers: And that no Benefice or Living, having many Churches annexed thereunto, be disponed altogether in any time to come, to any [one] man, but at the least the Churches thereof be severally disponed, and that to severall persons; so that every man having charge may serve at his own church according to his vocation:
And to that effect, likewise the Gleebs and the Manses be given to the Ministers, that they may make residency at their Churches, whereby they may discharge their consciences according to their vocation ; and also, that the Kirks may be repaired accordingly ; and that a law be made and established hereupon by Act of Parliament, as said is.
Thirdly, That none be permitted to have charge of Souls, [Schools,] Colledges, or Universities, neither privately or publickly to teach and instruct the youth, but such as shall be tried by the Superintendents or Visitors of -churches, and
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Fourthly, For the Sustentation of the Poor, That all lands founded for hospitality of old be restored again to the same use; and that all lands, annual-rents, or any other emoluments, pertaining any ways sometimes to the Friers, of whatsoever Order they had been of; as likewise the annuities, alterages, obits, and other duties pertaining to Priests, to be applied to the sustentation of the poor, and uphold of the town-schools in towns, and other places where they lie.
Fifthly, That such horrible crimes as now abound within this Realme, without any correction, to the great contempt of God and his Word; such as Idolatry, blasphemie of God's name, manifest breaking of the Sabbath-day, witchcraft, sorcery, 'inchantment, adultery, manifest whoredome, maintenance of bordals, murther, slaughter, oppression, with many other detestable crimes, may be severely punished ; and Judges appointed in every province and diocesse, for execution thereof, with power to do the same, and that by Act of Parliament.
Lastly, That some order be devised and established for ease of the poor labourers of the ground, concerning the [un ]reasonable payment of the tythes, who are oppressed by the leasers of the tythes set over their heads, without their own consent and advice.
The persons who were appointed by the Church to carry these Articles, and present them to the Queen's Majestie, were the Lairds of Cunninghamhead, Lundie, Spot, and Grange of Angus, and James Baron for the Broughs:!
These five past 1 These five Commissioners were, Walin Forfarshire; George Hume of Spot, ter Lundie of Lundie, in Fife; William in Berwickshire, and James Barron, Cunningham of Cunninghamhead, in merchant-burgess of Edinburgh.
Ayrshire ; William Durham of Grange,
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from Edinburgh to Saint Johnston, where they presented the said Articles to the Queen's Majestie, desiring and requiring her Highnesse most humbly to advise therewith, and to give them answer.
The next day, ere they were aware, the Queen departed to Dunkeld, and immediately they followed; and after they had gotten audience, they desired the Queen's Majestie most humbly to give their dispatch.
She answered, That her Councell was not there present, but she intended to be in Edinburgh within eight dayes, and there they should receive their answer.
At the same time, as the Generall Assembly was holden in Edinburgh, the Brethren perceiving the Papists to brag, and trouble like to be, they assembled themselves at Saint
Leonard's Craig,! where they concluded they would defend themselves; and for the same purpose, elected eight persons. of the most able, two of every quarter, to see that the Brethren should be ready armed.
And when the five Commissioners above named had waited upon the Court four or five days after her Majesties coming to Edinburgh, there the matter was proposed in Councell: And after long and earnest reasoning upon these Articles, at length it was answered to the Commissioners by the Secretary, That the Queen's Majesties command was, That the matter should be: reasoned in her presence; which for the gravitie of the same, there could nothing be concluded at that time, albeit the Queen's Majestie had heard more in that matter then ever she did before: But within eight days thereafter, she understood that a great part of the Nobilitie should be present in Edinburgh, where they should have a final answer.
At length, the one and twentieth of August, they received the answer in writing in her presence, according to the tenour hereof, as followeth :— 1 The district of St. Leonard's is now _It is on the south side of the city, immeincluded in the suburbs of Edinburgh. diately in front of Salisbury Crags.
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Tue QuEEn's Masestirs ANSWER TO THE ARTICLES PRESENTED
To Her HIGHNESSE, BY CERTAIN GENTLEMEN, IN THE NAME
OF THE WHOLE ASSEMBLIE OF THE CHURCH.
To the first, Desiring the Masse to be suppressed and abolished, as well in the head as in the members, with punishment against the contraveners ; as also, the Religion professed to be Established by Act of Parliament:
It was answered first, for her Majesties part, That her Highness is no way yet perswaded in the said Religion, nor yet that any impiety is in the Masse; and therefore believeth, that her loving subjects will not press her to receive any Religion against. her conscience, which should be unto her a continuall trouble by remorse of conscience, and therewith a perpetuall unquietness.
And to deal plainly with her subjects, her Majesty neither will nor may leave the Religion wherein she hath been nourished and brought up, and believeth the same to be well-ground-~ ed; knowing, besides the grudge of conscience that she should receive, upon the change of her own Religion, that she should lose the friendship of the King of France, the married Allia of this Realme, and of other great Princes her friends and confederates, who would take the same in evil part, and of whom she may look for their great support in all her necessities.
And having no assured consideration that may countervail the same, she will be loth to put in hazard all her friends at an instant; praying all her loving subjects, seeing they have had experience of her goodness, that she hath neither in times past, not yet intends hereafter, to press the conscience of any
[man,] but that they may worship God in such sort, as they are preswaded in their conscience to be best, that they will also not presse her conscience.
As to the establishing of Religion in the body of the Realme, they themselves know, as appears by their Articles, that the same cannot be done only by consent of her Majestic,
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but requires necessarily the consent of the [three] States in Parliament ; and therefore so soon as the Parliament holds, those things which the [three] States agree upon amongst themselves, her Majestie shall consent unto the same; and in the mean time shall make sure, that no man be troubled for using [themselves in] religion according to conscience ; so that no man shall have cause to doubt, that for religion's sake men's lives and heritage shall be in any hazard.
To the second Article, it is answered, That her Majestie thinks it no wayes reasonable, that she should defraud her self of so great a part of the patrimony of the Crowne, as to put the Patronage of Benefices forth of her own hands; for her owne necessity in bearing of her port and common charges will require the retention thereof, and that in a good part, in her owne hands:
Neverthelesse her Majestie is well pleased, that consideration being had of her owne necessity, and what may be sufficient for [her, and for] the reasonable sustentation of the Ministers, a speciall assignation be made to them in places most commodious and meet: with which her Majesty shall not meddle, but suffer the same to come to them.
To the third Article, it is answered, That her Majestie shall do therein as shall be agreed by the States in Parliament.
To the fourth Article, Her Majesties liberality towards the poore shall alwayes be so far extended, as can be: reasonably required at her hands.
To the fifth and sixth Articles, Her Majesty will refer the taking order therein unto the States assembled in Parliament.1 in the Book of the Universall Kirk, 1 The Queen's Answers to the Articles were presented by the Commissioners at the next meeting of the General Assembly, on the 25th December 15665.
They were declared to be unsatisfactory vol. i. p. 69; and also the Supplication, which the Assembly on the 26th December prepared "to be presented to the Queen and Counsell, by the Lord Lindesay, and David Murray, brother to the Kirk, and Mr. John Row was directed "to put in wryte, Answers to the to the Laird of Balvaird."
(Book of the Univ. Kirk, vol. i. p. 71.) Answers." These Answers are inserted
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As the Queen's Majestie came from Saint Johnston, over Forth to the Callender, she was conveyed to the water side of Forth with two hundred spears:
For at that time it was bruted, that there was some lying in wait at the Path of Dron."
In the mean time the Earle of Murray was in Lochlevin, and the Earle of Argyle with him.
Now in the Callender? the Lord Levingston had desired the Queen's Majestie to be witnesse to the christning of a child; for his Lady was lately delivered and brought to bed: And when the Minister made the sermon and exhortation concerning baptisme, the Queen's
Majestie came in the end, and said to the Lord Levingston, "That she would shew him that favour that she had not done to any other before ;" that is, that she would give her presence to the Protestant sermon, which was reckoned a great matter.
The Queen being in the Callender, was informed both by word and letters by false brethren, That a great part of the Protestants of Edinburgh had lately convened upon Saint
Leonard's Craigs, and there made a conspiration against her ; and had chosen for the same purpose certain Captains to governe the rest: And without any tryall, or perfect notice taken in the case, she sent to the Provest and Bayliffs of Edinburgh, commanding them to take and apprehend Alexander Guthrie, Alexander Clerke, Gilbert Lawder, and Andrew
Sclater, and put them in prison in the Castle.3
This new and unaccustomed fashion of proceeding seemed to 1Dron, the name of a small parish in Perthshire, at the foot of the Ochil hills. putis in the Tolbuith of Edinburgh, on the 26th July," &c.
(Treasurer's'
Accounts.) The office of Town-Clerk being William fifth Lord Livingstone of Callender, in the shire of Stirling.
2 Callender, near Falkirk, the seat of held by Guthrie, was disposed of at this time to David Chalmers of Ormond, who, in January preceding, had been appointed one of the Lords of Session.
He was an adherent of Bothwell, and was openly accused as haying been accessary to the murder of Darnley, but was never brought to trial.
3 On the 10th July 1565, a messenger was sent " within Edinburgh, to Summond Alexander Guthrie, Alexander Clerk, Gilbert Lauder, and Andro
Sklater, burgesses of the said burgh, to compeir before the Justice and his de-
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49] be very strange:
And because the said four persons were not apprehended, she sent the next day a charge to the Provest and Baylifis, and to her owne great Treasurer, to passe to the houses of the said foure men, and likewise to their booths or shops, and there to take inventory of all their goods and chattells; and commanded the said Treasurer to take the keyes of the said houses and booths, together with the said inventory ; which was executed in effect, especially upon the said Alexander Guthrie his wife, he being then common Clerke, and one of the greatest in estimation within the towne: his wife and children were shut out of their house, and compelled to seek some other lodging in the town.
By this manner of proceeding, the hearts of all men of spirit and judgement were wonderfully abashed and wounded, seeing and perceiving these things so furiously handled upon sinister and wrong information, men never called to their answer, nor heard, nor any triall taken therein.
Immediately thereafter, as she came to Edinburgh, she called to counsell such as pleased her Majestie, and there complains of the said matter, alleadging it to be a conspiracy and manifest treason.
And another matter likewise was' complained upon, that the Earle of Argile (as the Queen was surely informed,) was riding with a great army to invade the Earle of Athole and his lands.
For the first matter 1t was concluded by the Councell, that diligent inquisition should be made in the matter, and to that purpose appointed the Queen's Advocates, Master John Spence of Condie,! and Master Robert Crichton, to examine such as they would; and when the said Advocates had called before them, and examined a sufficient number, and their depositions subscribed and delivered to the Queen, there was nothing found
1 Spens of Condie (see page 401,) had _ place of Lauder. Crichton died in June been appointed joint Advocate with 1581.
He was the father of James, Henry Lauder, 21st October 1555.
On "the Admirable Crichton." See Tytler's the 8th February 1560, Robert Crichton Life of Crichton, and Senators of the of Elliock was 'conjoined with Spens in College of Justice, p. 176.
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Book V. worthy of death nor treason: At length the said four persons were summoned to answer at law.
For the [other] matter, That the Queen's Majestie should send to the Earles of Argyle and Athole some of her Councell or familiar servants to take order touching it.1
And when the Secretary, the Justice Clarke, and Lord of Saint Colme* had past to the said Earl of Argyle, they found no such thing ; but in Athole there was great fear come of a sudden fray; for after many proclamations, the Fire-crosse (which they made use of in lieu of beacons) was raised in Athole.
Now as the day of Parliament approached, the Lords pretending to consult before what should be done, as well in Religion, as for the Commonwealth, the fifteenth day of July there convened at Sterlin the Duke, the Earles of Argyle, and Murray, Rothes, and other Lords and Barons; and as they were devising and consulting, the Queen's Majesty taking their meeting in evill part, sent her Advocates, Master John Spence and Master [ Robert] Crichton, to them at Sterlin, requiring the cause of their meeting.
They answered, That the speciall occasion of their meeting was for the cause of Religion and the assurance thereof, according as they had lately written to the Queen's Majesty in Seaton from the town of Edinburgh, they desiring then to prorogate the day.
Finally, when the said Advocates could by no means perswade them to come to Edinburgh, they returned again to Edinburgh, and declared to the Queen's Majestie according as they had found.
In the mean time the Parliament was prorogated at the Queen's Majesties command to the first of September next
1 On the 6th July 1565, £8, 10s. was paid " to Johne Paterson,» Snawdon vocation of our Souerane Ladeis liegis ; being in cumpany with William Maitherald, and John
Brand, messinger, passand of Edinburgh with letters of the Quenis Grace, to chargé Archibald Erle of Argile and Johne Earle of Athole, to desist and ceiss fra ony conland, Secretar, and Sir Johne Bellenden, thair Hienes Justice Clerk.'
2 James Stewart, Commendator of St. Colme: see page 88, note 7.
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after following ; for it was thought, that the least part and principall of the chief Nobility being absent, there could no Parliament be holden: at the same time the Queen's Majestie perceiving that the matter was already come to a maturity and ripenesse, so that the minds and secrecy of men's hearts must needs be disclosed, she wrote to,a great number of Lords,
Barons, Gentlemen, and others that were nearest in Fife, Angus, Lowthian, Mers, Tevidale, Perth, Lithgow, Clidsdall, and others to resort to her, in this form of words hereafter following :-—
The Queen's Letter.
"TRUSTY FRIEND, We greet you well: We are grieved indeed by the evill bruite spread amongst our lieges, as that we should have molested any man in the using of his Religion and conscience freely, a thing which never entred into our minde ; yet since we perceive the too easie beleeving such reports hath made them carelesse, and so we think it becomes us to be carefull for the safety and preservation of our State ; wherefore we pray you most affectionately, that with all possible haste,
(after the receipt of this our Letter,) you with your kindred, friends, and whole force, well furnished with armes for warre, be provided for, fifteen dayes after your coming, addresse you to come to us, to waite and attend upon us, according to our expectation and trust in you, as you will thereby declare the good affection you bear to the maintenance of our authoritie, and will do us therein acceptable service.
Subscribed with Our hand at Edinburgh, the seventeenth day of July, 1565."
There was likewise Proclamation made in Edinburgh, That the Queen minded not to trouble nor alter the Religion ; and also Proclamations made in the Shires above mentioned, for the same purpose, That all freeholders and other gentle-
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Boor V. men should resort, (in the aforesaid manner,) to Edinburgh, where the Earl of Rosse was made Duke of Rothesay, with great triumph, the 23d day of July.
The same afternoon the Queen complained grievously upon the Earl of Murray, in open audience of all the Lords and Barons; and the samie day the bans of the Earl of Rosse and Duke of Rothesay and the Queen's marriage were proclaimed.
About this time the Lord Arskin was made Earl of Marre.
In the mean time there were divers messages sent from the Queen's Majestie to the Lord of Murray, first, Master Robert Crichton, to perswade him by all means possible to come and resort to the Queen's Majestie: His answer was, That he would be glad to come to her self, according to his bounden duty; yet for as much as such persons as were most privie in her company were his capitall enemies, who also had conspired bis death, he could no wayes come so long as they were in Court.
Soon after my Lord Erskin, and the Master Maxwell, past to him to St. Andrews, rather suffered and permitted by the Queen, then sent by her Highness; after them the Laird of Dun, who was sent by the means of the Earl of Mar; but all this did not prevail with him ; and when all hope of his coming was past, an herald was sent to him, charging him to come to the Queen's Majesty, and answer to such things as should be laid to his charge, within eight and fourty hours next after the charge, under pain of rebellion ; and because he appeared not the next day after the eight and fourty bours, he was denounced rebell, and put to the horne.
The same order they used against the Earl of Argyle ; for the Queen said she would serve him and the rest with the same measure they had mete to others, meaning the said Argyle.
In the mean while, as the fire was well kindled and enflamed, all means and ways were sought to stir up enemies against the chief Protestants that had been lately at Sterlin; for the Earl of Athole was ready bent against the Earl of
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Argyle: the Lord Lindesay against the Earl Rothesse in Fyfe, they both being Protestants ; for they had 'contended now a long time for the heir-ship of Fyfe:
And that no such thing should be left undone, the Lord Gordon,! who now had remained neer three yeers in prison in Dumbar, was, after some little travell of his friends, received by the Queen; and being thus received into favour, was restored first to the Lordship of Gordon, and soon after to the Erldom of Huntley, and to all his lands, honours, and dignities, that he might be a bar and a party in the North to the Earl of Murray.
The 28, of July," late in the evening, neer an hour after the The Disti sun's going down, there was a Proclamation made at the Sie as Market-Cross of Edinburgh, containing in effect : pene " Tuar forasmuch as at the will and pleasure of Almighty Yoiee: efore God, the Queen had taken to her husband a right excellent which, acand illustrious Prince, Harry Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Rosse, cording to Lord Darnley, Therefore it was her will, that he should be 1*w. it was unlawful to Commanding all marry, beholden and obeved, and reverenced as King:
A A ing Cousinletters and proclamations to be made in the names of Henry Gee and Mary in times coming."
PAHO The next day following, at six hours in the morning, they Ere a were married® in the Chappell Royall of Halvrud-House, by degree of the Dean of Restalrig ; the Queen being all clothed in mourncainity oan ing:
But immediately, as the Queen went to Masse, the King hidden, went not with her, but to his pastime.
During the space of three or four days, there was nothing but balling, and dancing, and banquetting.
"the said Henrie King, and Marie Quene of Scottis, wes marijt in the Chapell of Halyrudhous, at sex houris in the mornyng, be Mr. Johne Sinclare, Deane of Restalrig, with greit magnificence, accompanyit with the haill Nobi1George Lord Gordon fifth Earl of Huntley: sce page 860, note 1.
His restoration to his forfeited titles was proclaimed at the Cross of Edinburgh, on the 25th August 1565.
(Diurnal of Occurrents, p. 810.) litie of this Realme."
(Diurnal of Occurrents, p. 80.) 2In both edit. 1644, " The 18," an error for the 28th of July.
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In the mean time, the Earl Rothesse, the Laird of Grange, the Tutor of Pitcur, with some gentlemem of Fyfe, were put to the horne, for non-appearance; and immediately the swash, tabron, and drums were stricken or beaten, for men of war to serve the King and Queen's Majestie, and to take their pay.
This sudden alteration and hasty creation of Kings, moved the hearts of a great number.
Now, amongst the people there were divers bruits ; for some alleadged, That the cause of this alteration was not for Religion, but rather for hatred, envie of sudden promotion or dig~ nity, or such worldly causes:
But they that considered the progress of the matter, according as is heretofore declared, thought the principall cause to be only for Religion.
In this mean time, the Lords past to Argyle, taking, apparently, little care of the trouble that was to come:
Howbeit they sent into England Master Nicolas Elphinston for support, who brought some moneys in this countrey, to the sum of ten thousand pounds sterlin.
There came one forth of England to the Queen, who got presence the seventh of August in Halyrud-House.
He was not well, &c.!
About the fifteenth of August, the Lords met at Aire, to wit, the Duke of Hamilton, the Earls Argyle, Murray, Glencarne, Rothesse, the Lord Boyd and Ochiltrie, with divers
Barons and Gentlemen of Fyfe and Kyle, where they concluded to be in readiness with their whole forces the four and twentieth day of August.
But the King and Queen with great celerity prevented them; for their Majesties sent thorow Lowthian, Fife, Angus, Strathern, Tividaile, and Cliddisdaile, and other shires, making their Proclamations in this manner, Note this for our time.
" That forasmuch as certain Rebels, who; (under colour of Re1In both edit. 1644, the paragraph Tamworth; but not being duly acends in this abrupt manner.
The addicredited, in order to avoid acknowledgtion of the word "received" might suping Darnley as King, he consequently ply the " &.," as it refers toamessage "was not well received."
See Keith's from England, which was sent by John History, vol. ii. p. 854.
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ligion,) intended nothing but the trouble and subversion of the Commonwealth, were to convene with such as they might perswade to assist them ; therefore they charged all manner of men, under pain of life, lands, and goods, to resort and meet their Majesties at Linlithgow, the 24. day of August."
This Proclamation was made in Lowthian the third day of the said month.
Upon Sunday, the nineteenth of August,1 the King came to the High Kirk of Edinburgh, where John
Knox made the Sermon: his text was taken out of the six and twentieth chapter of Esayas his Prophesie, about the thirteenth verse, where, in the words of the Prophet, he said,
" OQ Lord our God, other lords then thou have ruled over us."
Whereupon he took occasion to speak of the government of The King, wicked Princes, who, for the sins of the people, are sent as hineele: tyrants and scourges to plague them:
And amongst other )"° PoP lar, and to things, he said, "That God sets in that room, (for the offences ae ae Loras . and ingratitude of the people,) boys and women."
And some of the Conother words which appeared bitter in the King's ears, as, " That ie eaten
God justly punished Ahab and his posterity, because he would pfRebgion, not take order with that harlot Jezabel."
And because he had the Kirk to tarried an hour and more longer than the time appointed, era the King, (sitting in a throne made for that purpose,) was ?™°*™ so moved at this Sermon, that he would not dine; and being troubled, with great fury he past in the afternoon to the hawking.
Immediately John Knox was commanded to come to the Councell, where, in the Secretaries chamber, were. convened the Earl of Athole, the. Lord Ruthven, the Secretary, the Justice Clark, with the Advocate.
There passed along with 1" Upoun the xix day of August, the The Sermon was afterwards published King cam to Sanctgelis Kirk to the by Knox, in order, as he says, " to let preitching, and Johne Knox preachit; such as Satan hes not altogether blindquhairat he was crabbit, and causit ed, see upon how small occasions great discharge the said Johne of his preitch_ offence is now conceived." ing."
(Diurnal of Occurrents, p. 81.) VOL. II.
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Book V. the Minister a great number of the most apparent men of the Towne. When he was called, the Secretary declared, "That the King's Majestie was offended with some words spoken in the Sermon, (especially such as are above rehearsed,) desiring him to abstain from preaching for fifteen or twenty days, and let
Master Craig supply the place." een He answered, " That he had spoken nothing but according
Pei uae to his text ; and if the Church would command him either' to preached, speak or abstain, he would obey, so far as the Word of God for h tel, ae would permit him." ached Within four days after, the King and Queen sent to the (to pee Councell of Edinburgh, commanding them to depose Archibald sure the .
Queen) Douglas,! and to receive the Laird [of] Craigmiller for their Nose ana Provest, which was presently obeyed. dish :
P P od ths Lond The five and twentieth of August, the King and Queen's God, so _ Majesties past from Edinburgh to Linlithgow, and from thence ae a to Sterlin, and from Sterlin to Glasgow.
At their [first] arriae aenee vall, their whole people were not come.
The next day after strument of their arrivall to Glasgow, the Lords came to Paisley, where they his ruin; '
: aes and so it remained that night, being in company about one thousand fell out i i very short horses.
On the morrow they came to Hamilton, keeping the ee but high passage from Paisley hard by Glasgow, where the King e Queen | ; being E and Queen easily might behold them.
The night following, with these Which was the penult of August, they remained in Hamilwords, fell
= h : i j as ton with their company; but for divers respects moving eat them, they thought it not expedient to tarry; especially, e
, her, John because the Earl of Argyle was not come: for his diet was fox ™USt not afore the second of September following, to have been at from Hamilton. preaching foratime.
Finally, They took purpose to come to Edinburgh, the which 1 On the 23d August 1565, the Queen _and in his place that you elect, ressayve, commanded the "Baillies and Counsell and admit our lovit Symon Preston of of Edinburgh to depois and displace that Ik, as Provest thairof."
See the (Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie) the Queen's Letter in Maitland's Hist. of present Provest of oure said Burgh, Edinb., p. 26.
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they did the next day.!
And albeit Alexander Areskin,2 Captain under the Lord his brother, caused to shoot forth of the Castle two shot of cannon, they being near the town; and likewise that the Laird [of] Craigmiller, Provest, did his endeavour to hold the Lords forth of the town, in causing the common bells to be rung, for the convening of the town to the effect aforesaid; yet they entred easily at the West-Port or Gate, without any molestation or impediment, being in number, as they esteemed themselves, one thousand three hundred horses.
Immediately they dispatched messengers southward and northward to assist them ; but all in vain: And immediately after they were in their lodgings, they caused to strike or beat the drum, desiring all such men as would receive wages for the defence of the glory of God, that they should resort the day following to the Church, where they should receive good pay :
But they profited little that way ; neither could they in Edinburgh get any comfort or support, for none or few resorted unto them ; yet they got more rest and sleep when they were at Edinburgh then they had done in five or six nights before.
The Noblemen of this company were, the Duke, the Earls Murray, Glencarne, and Rothesse ; the Lords Boyd and Uchiltrie; the Lairds of Grange, Cunninghamhead, Balcomie, and Lawers; the Tutor of Pitcur; the Lairds of Barr, Carnell;? and Dreghorn ; and the Laird of Pittarow, Comptroller, went with them.
Some said merrily, That they were come to keep the Parliament; for the Parliament was continued till the first day of September:
Upon the which day they wrote to the King and Queen's Majesties a letter, containing in effect, That albeit they were persecuted most unjustly, which they understood proceeded not of the King and Queen's Majesties own nature, but only by evil counsell, yet notwithstanding they
1 The 81st of August. brother of John Lord Erskin, and was 2 In the Edinburgh edit. 1644, the afterwards knighted.
His grandson name is changed to " Airskin."
Alexwas created Earl of Kellie in 1619. ander Erskine of Gogar, was the younger 3 In both edit. 1644, " Carmell."
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Boox V. were willing and content to suffer according to the laws of the Realme, providing that the true Religion of God might be established, and the dependants thereupon be likewise reformed : beseeching their Majesties most humbly to grant these things ; but otherwise, if their enemies would seek their blood, they should understand it should be dear bought.
They had written twice, almost to the same effect, to the King' and Queen's Majesties, after their passing from Edinburgh ; for the Laird of Preston presented a letter to the King and Queen's
Majestie, and was therefore imprisoned, but soon after released ; nevertheless they got no answer.
The same day that they departed out of Hamilton, the King and Queen's Majesties issued out of Glasgow in the morning betimes, and passing towards Hamilton, the army met their
Majesties near the Bridge of Cadder.
As they mustered, the Master of Maxwell sat down upon his knees, and made a long oration to the Queen, declaring what pleasure she had done to them, and ever laid the whole burden upon the Earl Murray.
Soon after, they marched forward in battell array:
The Earl of Lenox took the vanguard, the Earl of Mortoun the middle battell, and the King and Queen the rear:
The whole number were about five thousand men, whereof the greatest part were in the vanguard.
As the King and Queen's Majesties were within three miles of Hamilton, they were advertised that the Lords were departed in the morning; but where they pretended to be that night, it was uncertain, Always, soon after their return to Glasgow, the King and Queen were certainly advertised that they were past to Edinburgh; and therefore caused immediately to warn the whole army to pass with them to Edinburgh the next day, who, early in the morning, long before the sun was risen, began to march:
But there arose such a vehement tempest of wind and rain from the west, as the like had not been seen before in a long time; so that a little brook
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turned incontinent into a great river; and the raging storm being in their face,1 with great difficulty went they forward :
And albeit the most part waxed weary, yet the Queen's courage encreased man-like so much, that she was ever with the foremost.
There was divers persons drowned that day in the water of Carron ; and amongst others, the King's master, a notable Papist, who, for the zeal he bare to the Masse, carried about his neck a round god of bread, well closed in a case, which always could not serve [save] him.
Before the end of August, there came a post to the Queen's Majestie, sent by Alexander Areskin, who declared, That the Lords were in the town of Edinburgh, where there was a multitude of innocent persons, and therefore desired to know if he should shoot.
She commanded incontinent that he should return again to the said Alexander, and command him, in her name, That he should shoot so long as he had either powder or bullet, and not spare for any body.
At night, the King and Queen came well wet to the Callender, where they remained that night.
And about eight hours at night, the first of September, the post came again to the Castle, and reported the Queen's command to Alexander Areskin, who incontinently caused to shoot six or seven shot of cannon,. whereof the marks appeared, having respect to no reason, but only to the Queen's command.
The Lords perceiving that they could get no support in Edinburgh, nor souldiers for money, albeit they had travelled all that they could ; and being advertised of the Queen's returning with her whole company, they took purpose to depart.
And go the next day betimes, long before day, they departed with their whole company, and came to Lanrik,? and from 1 It is an obvious mistake to say that rents, " the Lordis' departed from " the raging storm from the west" was Edinburgh "at 12 hours at evin or "in the face" of the army marching thairby," of the Ist September 1565, from Hamilton to Edinburgh. and rode first to Lanark, and thence to 2 According to the Diurnal of OccurDumfries.
(p. 82.)
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Boox V. thence to Hamilton, where the Master of Maxwell came to them, with his uncle, the Laird of Dumlanrick.
And after consultation, the said Master wrote to the Queen's Majestie, that being required by the Lords as he was passing homeward, he could not refuse to come to them; and after that he had given them counsell to disperse their army, they thought it expedient to pass to Dumfreis to repose them, where they would consult and make their offers,1 and send to their Majesties; and thus beseeching their Majesties to take this in good part.
The town of Edinburgh sent two of the Councell of the town to make their excuse.
The next day the King and Queen past to Sterlin, and sent to Edinburgh, and caused a Proclamation to be made, commanding all men to return to Glasgow, where, having remained three or four days, and understanding that the Lords were past to Dumfries, they returned to Sterlin, and from thence to Fyfe; and in their passage, caused to take in Castle Campbell, which was delivered without impediment to the Lord of Sanquhar..
Before the King and Queen went out of Sterlin, there came from Edinburgh two ensignes of footmen, to convey them into Fyfe.
In the meantime, the Burroughs were taxed in great sums unaccustomed, for the payment of the souldiers :
Farther, there was raised divers troops of horsemen, to the number of five or six hundred horse.
The souldiers had taken two poor men that had received the Lords wages ; which two men being accused and convinced of, at the Queen's command, were hanged at Edinburgh, the third day after the Lords departing.
At this time, Master James Balfour, Parson of Flesk,? had gotten all the guiding in the Court.
The third day after the Queen's coming to Fyfe, the whole Barons and Lairds of Fyfe convoyed her Majestic, till she
¥In both editions 1644, misprinted Fisk."
He was knighted in 1566, and " officers." is best known by his subsequent title, 2 Balfour took his seat on the Bench, Sir James Balfour of Pittendyreich.
12th November 1561, as " Parson of
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came to Saint Andrews, where the said Lairds and Barons, especially the Protestants, were commanded to subscribe to a Band, containing in effect, That they obliged themselves to defend the King and Queen's persons, against Englishmen and rebells: and in case they should come to Fyfe, they should resist them to their utmost power; which charge every man obeyed.
The second night after the Queen's coming to Saint Andrews, she sent a band, or troop of horsemen, and another of foot, to Lundie, and at midnight took out the Laird, being a man of eighty years old; then they past to Fawside, and took likewise Thomas Scot, and brought him to Saint Andrews; where they, with the Laird of Bavard,! and some others, were commanded to prison.
This manner of handling and usage being onkend and strange, were heavily spoken of, and a great terrour to others, who thought themselves warned of greater severity to come.
In the meantime the houses of the Earls of Murray, Rothesse, and the houses of divers gentlemen, were given in keeping to such as the Queen pleased, after that their children and servants had been cast out.
At the same time the Duke, the Earls of Glencairn and Argyle, the Lords Boyd and Uchiltrie, with the Laird of Cunninghamhead, and the rest, were charged to come and present themselves in Saint Andrews, before the King and Queen's
Majesties, to answer to such things as should be laid to their charge, within six days, under the pain of rebellion:
And the day being expired, and they not appearing, were denounced rebells, and put to the horn.
As the Queen remained in Saint Andrews, the inhabitants of Dundie, being sore afraid, because of some evil report made of them to the Queen, as if they had troubled the Queen, in 1The persons here mentioned were, of Hanyng, and Andrew Murray of Walter Lundie of Lundie, Thomas Scot Balvaird.
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Boox V. seeking men of war, and suffered some to be raised in their town for the Lords; for there was nothing done in Dundie, but it was revealed to the Queen ; especially that the Minister! had received a letter from the Lords, and delivered the same to the Brethren, perswading them to assist the Lords ; which being granted by the Minister, the Queen remitted it [for trial. ]
After great travell and supplication made by some Noblemen, at length, the King and Queen being in the town, they agreed for two thousand marks, -five or six of the principall left out, with some others, that were put to their shift.
After the King and Queen had remained two nights in the town of Dundie, they came to Saint Andrews ;? and soon after they came over Forth, and so to Edinburgh.
During this time the Master of Maxwell wrote to the King and Queen, making offers for, and in the name of the Lords.
The next day after the King and Queen's coming to Edinburgh, there was a Proclamation made at the Market Cross:
And because the same is very notable, I thought good to insert it here word by word, albeit it be somewhat long.
" Henry and Mary, by the Grace of God, King and Queen of Scots; To all and sundry, our Lieges and Subjects whom it may concern, and to whose knowledge these letters shall come, greeting.
" Forasmuch as in this uproar lately raised up against us, by certain rebels and their assistants, the authors thereof, (to blind the eyes of the simple people,) have given them to understand, that the quarrell they have in hand is only
Religion, thinking with that cloke to cover their ungodly designs, and so, under that plausible argument, to draw after them a large train of ignorant persons, easy to be seduced.
1 William Christison was minister of the 19th, not by the way of St. Andrews, Dundee. as here stated, but by Perth, Dunferm- ?On the 13th and 14th September. line, and the Queensferry.
(Chalmers's The Queen returned to Edinburgh on Life of Mary, vol. i. p219.)
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Now, for the preservation of our good subjects, whose case were to be pitied, if they blindly should suffer themselves to be induced and trapped in so dangerous a snare, it hath pleased the goodness of God, by the utterance of their own mouths and writings to us, to discover the poison that before lay hid in their hearts, albeit to all persons of clear judgment the same was evident enough before:
For what other thing! might move the principal raisers of this tumult to put themAa ee selves in arms against us so unnaturally, upon whom We with our had bestowed so many benefits; but that the great honour tis
We did them, they being thereof unworthy, made them misknow themselves; and their ambition could not be satisfied with heaping riches upon riches, and honour upon honour, unless they retain in their hands us and our whole Realme, to be led, used, and disposed at their pleasure.
But this could not the multitude have perceived, if God, (for disclosing their hypocrisy,) had not compelled them to utter their unreasonable desire to govern; for now by letters, sent from themselves to us, which make plain profession, that the establishing of Religion will not content them, but We must be forced to govern by Councell, such as it shall please them to appoint us ; a thing so farre beyond all measure, that We think ioe pe the only mention of so unreasonable a demand is sufficient to with our make their nearest kinsfolks their most mortall enemies, and abs all men to run on them without further scruple, that are zealous to have their native country to remain still in the state of a kingdom:
For what other thing is this, but to dissolve the whole policie; and, (in a manner,) to invert the very order of nature, to make the Prince obey, and subjects command.
The like was never demanded by [of] any of our most noble progenitors heretofore, yea, not of Governors and Regents; but the 1In both edit. 1644, the following to invert the very order," are here inwords, (which occur twenty-one lines serted, inclosed within brackets, and lower down,) viz., "is this, but to disprinted in italic type, rendering the solve the whole policy, and in amanner _ whole passage unintelligible.
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Prince, and such as have filled their place, chose their Councell of such as they thought most fit for the purpose.
When We ourselves were of less age, and at our first returning into this our Realme, We had free choice of our Councell at our pleasure; and now when Weare at our full maturity, shall We be brought back to the state of pupills, and be put under tutory? So long as some of them bore the whole sway with us, this matter was never called in question ; but now when they cannot be longer permitted to do and undoe all at their pleasure, they will puta bridle into our mouthes, and give us a Councell chosen after their fantasie.
This is the quarrell of Religion they made you beleeve they had in hand:
This is the quarrell for which they would have you hazard your lands, lives, and goods, in the company of a certain number of rebels against your naturall
Note diligently.
Prince.
To speak in good language, they would be Kings themselves, or at the least leaving to us the bare name and title, and take to themselves the credit and whole administration of the kingdome.
"We have thought good to make publication hereof, to shew, that you suffer not yourselves to be deceived under pretence of Religion, to follow them, who prefering their particular advancement to the publike tranquilitie, and having no care of you, in respect of themselves, would (if you would hearken to their voice) draw you after them, to your utter destruction.
Assuring you, that you have heretofore good experience of our clemency, and under our wings enjoyed in peace the possession of your goods, and lived at liberty of your conscience, so may you be in full assurance of the like hereafter, and have us alwayes your good and loving Princes, to so many as shall continue your selves in due obedience, and do the office of faithfull and naturall subjects.
"Given under our Signet at Saint Andrews, the tenth of December [September], and of our Reigns the first and twentie three years, 1565."
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Now, the Lords desired, next the establishing of Religion, that the Queens Majesty, in all the affairs of the Realme and Commonwealth, should use the counsell and advice of the Nobility, and ancient blood of the same; whereas in the mean time the councell of David, and Francisco, the Italians,! with Fowler the Englishman, and Master James Balfour, parson of Flisk, was preferred before all others, save only the Earle of Athole, who was thought to be a man of grosse jugement, but neverthelesse in all things given to please the Queen.
It was now finally come to this point, that instead of law, justice, and equity, only will ruled in all things.
There was thorow all the countrie set out a Proclamation in the King and Queen's names, commanding all persons to come and meet them at Sterlin, the first day of October following, with twenty dayes provision, under pain of life, lands, and goods.
It was uncertain whether their Majesties intended to passe from Sterlin or not, and I beleeve the principall men knew not well at that time; for a report was, that by reason the Castles of Hamilton and Draffen were kept fortified and victualled at the Duke's command, that they would passe' to siege the said houses, and give them some shot of a canon: others said, they would passe towards my Lord of Argile, who had his people alwayes armed, whereof his neighbours were afraid, especially the inhabitants of Athole and Lenox ; but at was the 11th June 1560.
Immediately after whose death, he had received £120.
(Treasurer's Accounts.) In thesame Register, last September 1563, we find that, 1 Of these Italians the one was David Riccio, the other was Seinzeour Francis de Bisso, or Busso, whose name occurs in the Treasurer's Accounts as receiving a pension of £100 paid half-yearly from Whitsunday 1561.
In the Register of Signatures in the Office of the Comptroller, 28th May 1562, Queen Mary mentions that "the Seigneour Francisque has done long service unto the Quene our Mother," and directs that he receive
"'gude and thankfull payment of his wages of Master Household," since the day of the Queen Regent's death, which " Seigneour Francis de Busso, Knycht of the Order of Sanct James of the Sword, one of our Maisters of Household,' was appointed by the Queen " Superintendant and Ourseare Generall of her Hienes biggingis, reparationis, warkis, policies,
&e.," with a salary of £300.—" John Francisco de Busso knycht," died in April 1576.
(Register of Confirmed Testaments.)
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Book V. length it was concluded that they should passe to Dumfries, as shall be declared.
During this time there were propositions made continually to the King and Queen by the Lords, desiring alwayes their
Majesties most humbly to receive them into their hands.
Their Articles tended continually to these two heads, viz., To abolish the Masse, root out Idolatry, and-establish the true
Religion: And that they and the affaires of the Realm should be governed by the advice and counsell of the true Nobility of the same; offering themselves, and their cause, to be tried by the lawes of the countrey.
Yet nothing could be accepted nor taken in good part, albeit the Master of Maxwell laboured by all means to redresse the matter, who also entertained the Lords most honourably in Dumfreis, for he had the goverment of all that country.
But he himself incurred the Queen's wrath so, that he was summoned to present himself, and appear before the King and Queens Majesties, after the same form that the rest of the Lords were charged with; and also commanded to give over the house of Lochmaben, and the Castle, which he had in keeping for the Queen. And albeit he obeyed not, yet was he not put to the horn, as the rest.
Nevertheless there was no man that doubted of his good will and partaking with the Lords, who in the mean time sent Robert
Melvin to the Queen of England, and declared their state to her Majesty, desiring support.
Now, the chief care and solicitude that was in the Court, was, by what means they might come to have money; for notwithstanding this great preparation for war, and eminent appearance of trouble, yet were they destitute of the sinewes of war:!
Albeit the Treasurer, and now Comptroller,? to wit, Tn place of 200 men which the town sed on the 26th.
(Maitland's Hist. of of Edinburgh were ordered to levy, Edinburgh, p. 26.) as they voted on the 24th August the 2 Robert Richardson, Prior of St. sum of £1000 Scottish money, anexMary's Isle, was Treasurer, and William emption in the Town's favour was pasMurray of Tullibardine, Comptroller.
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the Laird of Tillibardin, had disbursed many thousands ; yet there was no appearance of payment of souldiers, nor scarcely how the King and Queen's houses and pompous trains should be upholden:! there was about 600 horsemen, besides the guard and three ensignes of footmen.
The charge of the whole would amount to £1000 sterling, every month; a thing surpassing the usuall manner of Scotland.
At this time arrived the Earl of Bothwell,? who was welcome, and graciously received by the Queen, and immediately placed in Councell, and made Lieutenant of the West and Middle
Marches.
Now as every one of the Burrows? compounded to be exempted from this meeting; the Earl of Athole demanded of Edinburgh £200 sterling, but they refused to pay it; notwithstanding, October 27th, there was a certain number of the principall and rich persons of the town warned by a Macer to pass to the Palace of Hallyrudhouse to the King and Queen, who declared to them by their own mouth's speaking that they had use for money, and therefore knowing them to be honest men, and the inhabitants of the best citie in their countrey, they must needs charge them; and for security they should have other men bound for pledges, or any hand therefore.
The sum that they desired was £1000 sterling, and no less.
They being astonished, made no answer; but Parson Flisk standing by, said, that seeing the King and Queens Majesties desired them so civilly, in a thing most lawfull in their necessitie, they did shew themselves not honest to keep silence and give no answer to their Majesties, for that must needs be liad of them which was required; and if they would not, they should be constrained by the laws, which they would not abide ; for some of them had deserved hanging, (said he,) because they
1 Jn the Treasurer's Accounts, 16th 2 Bothwell arrived from France on January 1564-5, the balance due on the the 17th September 1565.
(Diurnal of previous year's accounts was £32,696, Occurrents, p. 83.) 16s. 1d.; and in June 1566, this sum 8 Jn both editions 1644, misprinted, was augmented to £42,937, 19s. 4d.
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eas had lent large sums of money to the King and Queen's enemies London, and rebels; and therefore, they must shortly suffer great for warre é against | punishment.
See Tee Soon after they were called in one by one, and demanded La leavie how much they would lend?
Some made this excuse, and oney. some that, by reason there were that offered to lend money ; amongst whom there was one offered to lend £20.
To him the Earle of Athole said, thou art worthy to be hanged that speakest of £20, seeing the Princes 'charge thee so easily.
Finally, they were all imprisoned, and souldiers set over them, having their muskets ready charged, and their match lighted, even in the house with them, where they remained all that night, and the next day till night; and then being changed from one prison to another, there were six chosen out and sent in the night to the Castle of Edinburgh, convoyed with musketteers round about them, as if they had been murtherers or most vile persons.
At length, (the third day,!) by means of the Laird of Craigmiller, Provest, and some others, the summe was made more easie, to wit, a 1000 marks sterling, to be paid immediately, and to have the superioritie of Leith in pledge,
(to wit,) upon condition of redemption.2
And besides the said 1They were summoned on the 27th, and on the 29th September, " the six" were taken to the Castle of Edinburgh.
The agreement for the Superiority of Leith was made on the 6th October.
(Diurnal of Occurrents, p. 84.) furnished by twenty-five persons, "men of law;" and the Town of Edinburgh received a charter of the Superiority of Leith, dated 14th November 1565.
In April following, the Queen having repented of this bargain, wrote to the Magistrates of Edinburgh to delay taking possession of the town of Leith; but this request it stated, " they obstinately ganestude."
This Superiority has been retained for nearly three centuries, to the prejudice of the one, and with perhaps less advantage to the other than might have been anticipated.
(Council Register, vol. iii. fol. 186; Maitland's Hist. of Edinburgh, p. 27; Campbell's Hist. of Leith, p. 92.) 2 This kind of compulsory assessment, terminating however in an advantageous bargain for the Town of Edinburgh, is partly confirmed by the Council Records. The Town's revenues being exhausted, the inhabitants contributed the sum of 10,000 marks Scotish money.
This sum was advanced by way of loan by 881 persons, whose names, and the amount of their contributions, appear in the Records—the larger sums being
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sum of 1000 marks sterling, they paid £1000 sterling for the meeting at Dumfries.
At the day appointed, for' electing the officers, the Queen sent in a ticket, such as she would have them chuse for Provest, Bailiffs, and Councell, whereof there was a number of Papists, the rest not worthy.
Of the number given in by the Queen, they named such as should rule for that year; notwithstanding, without free election, the Laird
[of] Craigmiller remained Provest,! who shewed himself most willing to set forward Religion, to punish vice, and to maintain the Commonwealth.
All this time the Ministers cried out against the Masse, and such idolatry; for it was more advanced by the Queen then before.
The first day of October, met in Edinburgh the Superintendant of Lothian, with all the Ministers under his charge, according to their ordinary custom; for every Superintendant used to convene the whole Ministry, and there it was complained on, that they could get no payment of their stipends, not only about the city, but thorow the whole Realm.
Therefore, after reasoning and consultation taken, they framed a Supplication, directed to the King and Queen, and immediately presented the same to their Majesties, by Master John
Spottswood, Superintendant of Lothian, and Master David Lindsey, Minister of Leith: It contained in effect, that forasmuch as it had pleased the King and Queen's Majesties, (with advice of the Privy Councell,) to grant unto the Ministers of the Word their Stipends, to be taken of the Thirds of the Benefices, which Stipends are now detained from the said Ministers by reason of the troubles, and changing of the Comptroller, whereby they are not able to live; and therefore most humbly craved the King and Queen's Majesty to cause them
1 Douglas was discharged from the p.81.) He was knighted, and Sir Symon office of Provost on the 24th, (see page
Preston of Craigmillar continued as Pro498,) and Preston elected on the 25th vost of Edinburgh for four successive August 1565.
(Diurnal of Occurrents, years, from 1565 to 1568.
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Their answer was, That they would cause order to be taken therein to their contentment.
Soon after the Lord Gordon came to Edinburgh, and left the most part of his people at Sterlin with his carriage; the King and Queen, for hope of his good service to be done, restored him to his father's place, to the Earldom of Huntley, the lands and heritage thereof.
October 8. the King and Queen marched forth of Edinburgh towards Dumfries, and as they passed from the Palace of Hallyrud-house, all men were warned with jack and spear.
The first night they came to Sterlin, and the next to Craford.
The day after, the Lairds of Drumlanrick and Lochinvar met the Queen, albeit they had been with the Lords familiar enough.
The Lords perceiving that all hope of reconciliation was past, they rode to Ednam [Annan], where they remained till the Queen came to Dumfries, and then they past to Carlile.
Now the Master of Maxwell, who had entertained the Lords familiarly, and subscribed with them, and had spoken as highly against their enemies as any of themselves, and had received large money by that means, to wit, £1000, to raise a band or troup of horsemen; and that the same day the King and Queen came to Dumfries; the third day after their coming, he came to them, conveyed by the Earl Bothwell, with divers other Noblemen.
At length the Earls of Athole and Huntley were sureties for him, and all things past remitted, upon condition that he should be a faithfull and obedient subject hereafter.
The same day they made musters; the next day the army was dispersed, being about 18,000 men: the King and Queen past to Lochmaben, where the Master of Maxwell gave a banquet, and then forthwith marched to Tweddall, so to Peblis, and then to Edinburgh.
The best and chief part of the Nobility of this Realm, who also were the principal instruments of the Reformation of Religion, and therefore were called the Lords of the Congre-
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gation, in manner above rehearsed, were banished and chased into England: they were courteously received and entertained Note dili by the Earl of Bedford, Lieutenant, upon the Borders of England.
Soon after the Earle of Murray took post towards London, leaving the rest of the Lords at Newcastle; every man supposed that the Earl of Murray should have been graciously received of the Queen of England, and that he should have gotten support according to his heart's desire; but far beyond his expectation, he could get no audience of the Queen of England:
But by means of the French Ambassadour, called Monsieur De Four, his true friend, he obtained audience.
The Queen, with a fair countenance, demanded, " How he, being a rebel to her Sister of Scotland, durst take the boldness upon him to come within her Realm?"
These, and the like words got he, instead of the good and courteous entertainment expected.
Finally, after private discourse, the Ambassadour being absent, she refused to give the Lords any support, denying plainly that ever she had promised any such thing as to support them, saying, "She never meant any such thing in Note dilithat way;" albeit her greatest familiars knew the contrary. ee BliIn the end, the Earl of Murray said to her, " Madam, what7*>ct»soever thing your Majesty meant in your heart, we are thereof ignorant; but thus much we know assuredly, that we had lately faithfull promises of aid and support by your Ambassadour, and familiar servants, in your name: and further, we have your own hand-writting, confirming the said promises."
And afterward he took his leave, and came northward from London, towards Newcastle.
After the Earl of Murray his Here mark departure from the Court, the Queen sent them some aid, and Tae writ unto the Queen of Scotland in their favour:
Whether ae [it was] she had promised it in private to the Earl of Murray, constancy. or whether she repented her of the harsh reception of the Earl of Murray.
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Book V. alted, insomuch as there was no matter or thing of importance done without his advice.
And during this time, the faithfull within this Realm were in great fear, looking for nothing but great trouble and persecution to be shortly.
Yet supplications and intercessions were made thorowout all the congregations, especially for such as were afflicted and banished, that it would please God to give them patience, comfort, and constancy ; and this especially was done at Edinburgh, where
John Knox used to call them that were banished, the best part of the Nobility, Chief members of the Congregation :
Whereof the Courtiers being advertised, they took occasion to revile and bewray his sayings, alledging, He prayed for the rebels, and desired the people to pray for them likewise.
The Laird of Lethington, chief Secretary, in presence of the King and Queen's Majesties and Councell, confessed that he heard the sermons, and said, There was nothing at that time spoken by the minister, whereat any man need to be offended: and further, declared plainly, That by the Scripture it was lawfull to pray for all men.
In the end of November, the Lords, with their complices, were summoned to appear the fourth day of February, for treason, and Lase-majestie:
But in the mean time, such of the Nobility as had professed the evangell of Christ, and had communicate with the Brethren at the Lord's Table, were ever longer the more suspected by the Queen, who began to declare her self, in the months of November and December, to be maintainer of the Papists ; for at her pleasure the Earls of Lennox,
Athole, and Cassels, with divers others, without any dissimulation known, went to the Masse openly in her chappell:
Yet, nevertheless, the Earls of Huntley and Bothwell went not to Masse, albeit they were in great favour with the Queen.
As for the King, he past his time in hunting and hawking, and such other pleasures as were agreeable to his appetite, having in his company gentlemen willing to satisfy his will and affections.
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About this time, in the beginning of! [the year 1565-6, | as the Court remained at Edinburgh, the banished Lords, by all means possible, by writings and their friends, made suit and means to the King and Queen's Majesties, to be received into favour.
At this time the Abbot of Kylwinning came from Newcastle to Edinburgh, and after he had gotten audience of the King and Queen, with great difficulty he got pardon for the Duke and his friends and servants, upon this condition, that he should pass into France; which he did soon after.2
The five and twentieth of December convened in Edinburgh the Commissioners of the churches within this Realm, for the Generall Assemblie: There assisted to them the Earls of Morton and Marr, the Lord Lindsay, and Secretary Lethington, with some Barons and gentlemen.
The principall things that were agreed and concluded, were, That forasmuch as the Masse, with such idolatry and Papisticall ceremonies, were still maintained expressly against the Act of Parliament, and the proclamations made at the Queen's arrivall ; and that the Queen had promised that she would hear conference and disputation ; that the Church therefore offered to prove by the Word of God, that the doctrine preached within this Realm was according to the Scriptures; and that the Masse, with all the Papisticall doctrine, was but the invention of men, and mere idolatry.
Secondly, That by reason of the change of the Comptroller, who had put in new collectors, forbidding them to deliver any thing to the Ministry, and by these means the Ministry was like to decay and faill, contrary to the ordinance made in the yeer of God 1562, in favour and support of the Ministry.
1 This date is left blank in both edit. departed from Edinburgh towards Eng1644. land, having obtained licence to pass to 2 Gavin Hamilton, Abbot of KilwinFrance and Flanders, and to remain for ning, delivered up the Castles of Hamilfive years, with the intention of accomton and Draffen, on the 20th January panying the Duke of Chattelherault.
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On the 28th of that month he (Diurnal of Occurrents, p. 86.)
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During this time, as the Papists flocked to Edinburgh for making court, some of them that had been Friers, as black
Abercrommy and Roger, presented supplication to the Queen's Majesty, desiring in effect, that they might be permitted to preach ; which was easily granted.
The noyse was further, that they offered disputation:
For as the Court stood, they thought they had a great advantage already, by reason they knew the King to be of their Religion, as well as the Queen, with some part of the Nobility, who with the King after declared themselves openly: And especially the Queen was governed by the Earls of Lennox and Athole; but in matters most weighty and of greatest importance, by David
Rizio, the Italian afore mentioned, who went under the name of the French Secretary ; by whose means, all grave matters, of what weight soever, must pass; providing always, that his hands were anoynted.
In the mean time he was a manifest enemy to the Evangell, and therefore a greater enemy to the banished Lords.
And at this time, the principall Lords that waited at Court were divided in opinions ; for the Earl of Morton, Chancellor, with the Earl of Marr, and Secretary Lethington, were on the one part ; and the Earls of Huntley and Bothwell on the other part, so that a certain drynesse was amongst them ; nevertheless, by means of the Earl of Athole, they were reconciled.
Now, as there was preparation made by the Papists for Christmas, the Queen being then at Masse, the King came publikely, and bare company; and the Friers preached the days following, always using another stile then they had done seven years before, during which time they had not preached publikely: they were so little esteemed, that they continued not long in preaching.
At the same time, convened in Edinburgh the Generall Assembly! of the Ministers, and Commissioners of the Churches
1 The General Assembly met on the former page.
It will be observed that 25th December 1565.
The first part of various other repetitions occur in this this paragraph is reprinted from the Fifth Book.
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Reformed within this Realm:
There assisted them of the Nobility, the Earls of Morton and Marr, the Lord Lindsay, and Secretary Lethington, with others.
The chief things that were concluded in this Assembly, were, That for the avoyding of the plagues and scourges of God, which appeared to come upon the people for their sins and ingratitude, there should be proclaimed by the Ministers a Publike Fast,! to be universally observed thorowout all the Reformed Churches; which manner of Fasting was soon after devised by John Knox, at the command of the Church, and put in print, wherefore needs not here to be recited in this place.
What followed upon the said Fast, At the end shall be plainly, God willing, declared.
The second thing that Bock you was ordained in this Assembly, was, concerning the Ministers, See ede who, for want of payment of their stipends, were like to perish, or else to leave their Ministry ; wherefore it was found necessary, that Supplication should be made to the King and Queen s Majesties: And for the same purpose, a certain number of the most able men were elected to go to their Majesties aforesaid, to lament and bemoan their case; which persons had commission to propose some other things, as shall be declared.
The names of them that past from the Church to the King and Queen's Majesties, were, Master John Spotswood, Superintendent of Lowthian ;
John Winrame, Superintendent of Fyfe ; Master John Row, Minister of Perth; Master David Lindsay,.
Minister of Leith ; who easily obtained audience of the King and Queen's Majesties: And after their reverence done, Master John Row, in name of the rest, opened the matter, lament1 On the 28th December, the Assemand Doctrine of the Generall Faste," &c., bly, "with one voice, ordained Mr. and was usually printed along with the Knox and Mr.
Craig, ministers at Psalm Books, which contained the ComEdinburgh, to sett doun the Forme of a mon Prayers; but it is not added to Publick Fast, with the Exercises to be Buchanan's edition of Knox, as stated used in the same, and to cause Robert in the above marginal note.
It will. be Lekprevik to print it."
It was accordincluded in a subsequent volume of the ingly set forth in 1566, as "The Ordour _ present series.
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Book V. ing and bewailing the miserable state of the poor Ministers, who by publike command had been reasonably satisfied three years or more, by virtue of the Act made with advice of the Honourable Privie Councell, for the taking up of the Thirds of the Benefices, which was especially made in their favours:
Nevertheless the Laird of Tillibardin, new Comptroller, would answer them nothing; wherefore, they besought their Majesties for relief.
Secondly, Seeing that in all supplications made to the King and Queen's Majesties by the Church at all times, they desired most earnestly that all idolatry and superstition, and especially the Masse, should be rooted out and abolished quite out of this Realm; and that in the last Generall Assembly of the Church, by their Commissioners, they had most earnestly desired the same; and that their answer was then, that they knew no impediment in the Masse ; therefore, the Assembly desired, That it might please their Highnesses to hear disputation, to the end that such as now pretend to preach in the Chappell Royall, and maintain such errours ; the truth being tryed by disputation, that they might be known to be abusers, submitting themselves always to the word of God written in the Scriptures.
To this it was answered by the Queen, That she was always minded that the Ministers should be paid their stipends ; and if there was any fault therein, the same came by some of their own sort, meaning the Comptroller Pittarow,! who had the handling of the Thirds: Always by the advice of her
Councell she should cause such order to be taken therein, that none should have occasion to complain.
As to the second, She would not jeopard her Religion upon such as were there present ; for she knew well enough that the Protestants were more learned.
The Ministers and Commissioners of Churches perceiving ' Sir John Wishart of Pittarrow, Comptroller : see page 311, note 2.
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nothing but delay, and driving off time in the old manner, went home every one to their own churches, waiting upon the good providence of God, continually making supplication unto
Almighty God, that it would please him of his mercy to remove the apparent plague.
And in the mean time the Queen was busied with banquetting about with some of the Lords of the Session of Edinburgh, and after with all men of law, having continually in her company David Rizio, who sat at table near to her self, sometimes more privately then became .a man of his condition, for his over-great familiarity was already suspected; and it was thought, that by his advice alone the Queen's sharpness and extremity towards the Lords was maintained.
In the end of January, arrived an Ambassadour from France, named Monsieur Rambullet,! having with him about fourty horse in trayn, who came thorow England.
He brought with him the Order of the Cockle from the King of France, to the King, who received the same at the Masse, in tlre Chappell of the Palace of Halyrud-house.
There assisted the Earls of Lenox, Athole, and Eglington, with diverse such other Papists as would please the Queen ; who, three days after, caused the herald to convene in Councell, and reasoned what armes should be given to the King: some thought he should have the Armes of Scotland ; some others said, Seeing it was not concluded ferred, at Windsor, on the Duke of Norfolk and the Earl of Leicester.
On the 10th February, " at 12 hours befoir none, the Kingis Majestie, (Darnley,) accumpanyit with his Nobillis in Halyrud-hous, ressavit the Ordour of Knychtheid of the Cockill fra the said Rambo1The Ambassador from France to Scotland, Messire Jaques d'Augennes, Seigneur de Rembouillet, is mentioned in Queen Mary's letters, in February 1566.
(Labanoff, vol. i. pp. 819, 327.) He arrived in Edinburgh, on Monday the 4th February 1565-6, having come through England with a train of thirtysix horse.
(Diurnal of Occurrents, p.
87.) The object of his mission was to invest Henry Lord Darnley with the Order of St. Michael, commonly called the " Order of: the Cockle;" the same honour having previously been conlat, Ambassatour foirsaid, with great magnificence."
Various banquets were given to the Ambassador both in the Palace and Castle of Edinburgh; and he took his departure on the 14th of that month, returning through England.
(ib. p. 87.)
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Book V. in Parliament, that he should have the Crown Matrimonial, he could have armes but only as Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Rosse, &c.
The Queen bade give him only his due; whereby it was perceived her love waxed cold towards him.
Finally, his armes were left blank ; and the Queen caused put her own name before her husband's in all writs; and thereafter she caused to leave out his name wholly: And because formerly. he had signed every thing of any moment, she caused to make a seal like the King's, and gave it to David Rizio, who made use of it by the Queen's command, alleadging, That the King being at his pastime, could not always be present.
About the same time, the Earle of Glencarne came from Barwicke to his own country.
Soon after the Earle of Bothwell was married unto the Earle of Huntley his sister.
The Queen desired that the marriage might be made in the Chappell at the Masse ; which the Earle Bothwell would in no wise grant.
Upon Sunday, the third day of March, began the fasting at Edinburgh.
The seventh day of March, the Queen came from the Pallace of Hallirud-house to the Town, in wondrous gorgious apparell, albeit the number of Lords and train was not very great.
In the mean time the King, accompanied with seven or eight horse, went to the Leith to pass his time there, for he was not like to get the Crown Matrimoniall.
In the Tolbooth was devised and named the heads of the Articles that were drawn against the banished Lords.
Upon the morrow, and Saturday following, there was great reasoning concerning the Attainder: some alleadged, that the summons was not well libelled or dressed ; others thought the matter of treason was not sufficiently proved ; and indeed they were still seeking proof, for there was no other way but the Queen would have them all attainted, albeit the time was very short ; the twelfth day of March should have been the day, which was the Tuesday following.
Now, the matter was stayed by a marvellous tragedy, for by
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the Lords, (upon the Saturday. before, which was the ninth of March, about supper-time,) David Rizio the Italian, named the French Secretary, was slain in the gallery, below stairs, (the King staying in the room with the Queen, told her, that the designe was only to take order with that villain,) after that he had been taken violently from the Queen's presence, who re-. quested most earnestly for the saving of his life: which act was done by the Earle of Morton, the Lord Ruthven, the Lord
Lindsay, the Master of Ruthven, with divers other Gentlemen.
They first purposed to have hanged him, and had provided cords for the same purpose; but the great haste which they had, moved them to dispatch him with whingers or daggers, wherewith they gave him three and fifty strokes.
They sent away, and put forth all such persons as they suspected.
_ The Earles Bothwell and Huntley hearing the noise and clamour, came suddenly to the Close, intending to have made work, if they had had a party strong enough ; but the Earle
Morton commanded them to pass to their chamber, or else they should do worse:
At the which words they retyred immediately, and so past forth at a back window, they two alone, and with great fear came forth of the town to Edmistone, on foot, and from thence to Crichton.
This David Rizio was so foolish, that not only he had drawn unto him the managing of all affaires, the King set aside, but also his equipage and train did surpass the King's ; and at the Parliament that was to be, he was ordained to be Chancellour ; which made the Lords conspire against him: They made a bond to stand to the religion and liberties of the countrey, and to free themselves of the slavery of the villain David
Rizio: The King and his father subscribed to the Bond,! for they durst not trust the King's word without his signet.
There was a French priest (called John Daniot) who advised David Rizio to make his fortune, and be gone, for the 1 On the Ist March 1565-6.
(See Chalmers's Life of Queen Mary, vol. ii. p. 517.)
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Scots would not suffer him long.
His answer was, That the Scots would bragg but not fight.
Then he advised him to beware of the bastard.
To this he answered, That the bastard should never live in Scotland in his time ; (he meant the Earl
Murray,) but it happened that one George Dowglas, bastard son to the Earl of Angus, gave him the first stroke.
The Queen, when she heard he was dead, left weeping, and declared she would study revenge, which she did.
Immediately it was noised in the town of Edinburgh, that there was murther committed within the King's Palace, wherefore the Provest caused to ring the common bell, or, Sonner le toksain, (as the French speaks,) and straightway past to the Palace, having about four or five hundred men in warlike manner ; and as they stood in the utter court, the King called to the Provest, commanding him to pass home with his company, saying, The Queen and he were merry.
But the Provest desired to hear the Queen speak her self; whereunto it was answered by the King, " Provest, know you not that Iam King ?
I command you to pass home to your houses;' and immediately they retired.
The next day (which was the second Sunday of our Fast in Edinburgh) there was a proclamation made in the King's name, subscribed with his hand, That all Bishops, Abbots, and other Papists should avoid and depart the town; which proclamation was indeed observed, for they had " a flea in their hose."
There were letters sent forth in the King's name, and subscribed with his hand, to the Provest and Bailiffs of Edinburgh, the Bailiffs of Leith and Canongate, commanding them to be ready in armour to assist the King and his company, and likewise other private writings directed to divers Lords and gentlemen, to come with all expedition.
In the mean time, the Queen, being above measure enraged, offended, and troubled, as the issue of the matter declared, sometime railing upon the King, and sometime crying out at the windows,
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desired her servants to set her at libertie ; for she was highly offended and troubled.
This same tenth of March, the Earl of Murray, with the rest of the Lords and Noblemen that were with him, having received the King's letter, (for after the Bond, above named, was subscribed, the King wrote unto the banished Lords to return into their countrey, being one of the articles of the said Bond,) came at night to the Abbey, being also convoyed by the Lord
Hume, and a great company of the Borderers, to the number of 1000 horses.
And first, after he had presented himself to the King, the Queen was informed of his sudden coming, and therefore sent unto him, commanding him to come to her; and he obeying, went to her, who, with a singular gravitie received him, after that he had made his purgation, and declared the over-great affection which he bore continually to her Majestie.
The Earles of Athole, Cathnes, and Sutherland, departed out of the town, with the Bishops, upon the Munday, the third day after the slaughter of David Rizio.
The Earls of Lenox, Murray, Morton, and Rothes, Lords Ruthven, Lindsay, Boyd, and Ochiltrie, sitting in Councell, desired the Queen, that forasmuch as the thing which was done could not be undone, that she would (for avoiding of greater inconveniences) forget the same, and take it as good service, seeing there were so many Noblemen restored.
The Queen, dissembling her displeasure and indignation, gave good words, nevertheless she desired, That all persons armed or otherwise, (being within the Palace at that time,) should remove, leaving the Palace void of all, saving only her domestick servants.
The Lords being perswaded by the uxorious King, and the facile Earl of Murray, condescended to her desire, who finally, the next morning, two hours before day, past to Seaton, and then to Dumbar, having in her company the simple King, who was allured by her sugred words.
From Dumbar immediately were sent pursuivants with letters thorowout the countrey ;
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Book V. and especially letters to the Noblemen and Barons, commanding them to come to Dumbar, to assist the King and Queen within five days.
In the mean time the Lords being informed of the [Queen's] sudden departure, they were astonished, and knew not what were best for them to do: But because it was the self-same day (to wit, the twelfth day of March) that they were summoned unto ; therefore, having good opportunity, they past to the Tolbooth, which was richly hung with tapistry, and adorned, (but not for them,) and set themselves, making protestations, the Earl of Glencarne, and some others being present.
The Earl of Argyle, who was written for by the King, came to Lithgow; and being informed of the matter, he remained there.
After this manner above specified, to wit, by the death of David Rizio, the Noblemen were relieved of their trouble, and restored to their places and rooms: And likewise the Church
Reformed, and all that professed the Evangell within this Realm, after fasting and prayer, was delivered and freed from the apparent dangers which were like to have fallen upon them ; for if the Parliament had taken effect, and proceeded, it was thought by all men of the best judgement, that the true Protestant Religion should have been wrackt, and Popery erected ; and for the same purpose, there were certain woodden altars made, to the number of twelve, found ready in the Chappell of the Palace of Halyrud-House, which should have been erected in Saint Gyles his Church.
The Earls Bothwell and Huntley being informed of the King and Queen's sudden departure forth of Edinburgh, came to Dumbar, where they were most graciously received by the Queen's Majesty; who consulting with them and the Master of Maxwell, together with Parson Owin! and Parson Fliske,2
1 Mr. John Lesley, Parson of Oyne, * Mr. James Balfour, Parson of Flisk, was at this time raised to the Bench, was admitted Clerk Register, in room of and made Bishop of Ross.
Makgill, 22d March 1565-6.
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chief Councellors, what was best to be done, and how she should be revenged upon the murtherers.
At first they did intend to go forward, and leaving no manner of cruelty unpractised, putting to death all such as were suspected:
This was the opinion of such as would obey their Queen's rage and fury for their own advantage ; but in the end they concluded, that she should come to Edinburgh with all the force and power she could make, and there proceed to justice: and for the same purpose, she caused to summon, by open proclamation, all persons of defence, and all Noblemen and Gentlemen, to come to her in Dumbar incontinent.
In the mean time, the Captains laboured-by all means to take up, and enroll men and women.
The EKarles of Morton, Murray, Glencarne, Rothesse, with the rest that were in Edinburgh, being informed of the Queen's fury and anger towards the committers of theslaughter; and perceiving they were not able to make any-party, thought it best to give place to her fury for a time; for they were divided in opinions, and finally, departed out of Edinburgh, upon Sunday the seventeenth of March, every one a severall way; for the Queen's Majesty was now bent only against the slayers of David Rizio; and to the purpose she might be the better revenged upon them, she intended to give pardon to all such as before had been attainted, for whatsoever crime.
The eighteenth day of March, the King and Queen came to Edinburgh, having in their company horse and foot to the number of 8000 men; whereof there were four companies of foot-men of war.
The Town of Edinburgh went out to meet them, for fear of war.
And finally, coming within the town, in most awfull manner they caused to place their men of war within the town, and likewise certain field-pieces against their lodging, which was in the middle of the town, over against the Salt Trone:
Now, a little before the Queen's entrance into the town, all that knew of her cruell pretence and hatred towards them, fled here and there, and amongst others, Master James
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Macgill the Clerk Register, the Justice Clerk, and the common Clerk of the town:!
The chief Secretary Lethington was gone before; likewise John Knox past west to Kyle: The men of war likewise kept the ports or gates.
Within five days after their entry, there was a proclamation made at the MarketCross, for the purgation of the King from the aforesaid slaughter ; which made all understanding men laugh at the passages of things, since the King not only had given his consent, but also had subscribed the bond afore-named ; and the business was done in his name, and for his honour, if he had had wisdom to know it.
After this proclamation, the King lost his credit among all men, and so his friends, by this his inconstancy and weakness.
And in the mean time, the men of war committed great outrages in breaking up doors, thrusting themselves into every house:
And albeit the number of them were not great, yet the whole town was too little for them.
Soon after, the King and Queen past to the Castle, and caused to warn all such as had absented themselves, by open proclamation, to appear before their Majesties and the Privy Councell within six days, under pain of rebellion; which practice was devised in the Earl of Huntley's case, before the battle of Corrichy.
And because they appeared not, they were denounced rebells, and put to the horne, and immediately thereafter, their escheats given or taken up by the Treasurer.
There was a certain number of the townsmen charged to enter themselves prisoners in the Tolbooth, and with them were put in certain gentlemen: where, after they had remained eight days, they were convoyed down to the Palace by the men of war, and then kept by them eight days more:
And of that number was Thomas Scot,2 Sheriff-depute of Saint Johnston, who was 1 Mr. James Makgill, Sir John Bellen- * Thomas Scott of Cambusmichaell, den, and Alexander Guthrie: See pages Sheriff-Depute of Perth, William Har156, 291. law, and John Mowbray, burgesses of
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condemned to death, and executed cruelly, to wit, hanged and quartered, for keeping the Queen in prison, as was alleadged, although it was by the King's command: And two men likewise were condemned to death, and carried likewise to the ladder foot ; but the Earl Bothwell presented the Queen's ring to the Provest, which then was justice, for safety of their life.
The names of those two were John Mowbray, merchant, and William Harlow, sadler.
About the same time, notwithstanding all this hurliburly, the Ministers of the Church and professors of Religion ceased not; as for the people, they convened to publike prayers and preaching with boldness ; yea, a great number of Noblemen assisted likewise.
The Earl] Bothwell had now, of all men, greatest access and familiarity with the Queen, so that nothing of any great importance was done without him; for he shewed favour to such as liked him ; and amongst others, to the Lairds of Ormeston, Hawton, and Calder, who was so reconciled unto him, that by his favour they were relieved of great trouble.
The Earls of Argyle and Murray, at the Queen's command, past to Argyle, where, after they had remained about a month, they were sent for by the Queen ; and coming to Edinburgh, they were received by the Queen into the Castle, and banquetted, the Earls of Huntley and Bothwell being present.
At this time the King grew to be contemned and disesteemed, so that scarcely any honour was done to him, and his Father likewise.
About Easter, the King past to Sterlin, where he was shriven after the Papist manner: and in the meane time, at the Palace of Halyrud-house, in the Chappell, there resorted a Occurrents, p. 98.) This remission of their sentence was granted upon BothEdinburgh, were tried and convicted 1st
April 1566.
(Pitcairn's Crim. Trials, vol. i. p. 480".) Scott, on the following day, was hanged and quartered; but the two others were reprieved when brought to the gallows.
(Diurnal of well's intercession.
John Cockburn of Ormiston, William Lauder of Halton, and John Sandilands of Calder.
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great number to the Masse, albeit the Queen remained still in the Castle, with her Priests of the Chappell Royall, where they used ceremonies after the Popish manner.
At the same time departed this life, Master John Sinclair, Bishop of Rosse [Brechin], and Dean of Restalrig, of whom hath been oft mention, President of the Colledge of Justice, called the Session; who also succeeded in the said office and dignity after the decease of his brother, Master John [Henry]
Sinclair, Bishop of Rosse, Dean of Glasgow, who departed this life at Paris, about a year before.
They were both learned in the laws, and given to maintain the Popish religion, and therefore great enemies to the Protestants.
A little before died Master Abraham Crichton, who had been President likewise!
Now, in their rooms, the Queen placed such as she pleased, and had done her service, (always very unfit.)
The patrimony of the Kirk, Bishopricks, Abbeys, and such other Benefices, were disposed by the Queen to courtiers, dancers, and flatterers.
The Earl Bothwell, whom the Queen preferred above all others, after the decease of David Rizio, had for his part Melrosse, Hadington, and New Battell; likewise the Castle of Dumbar was given to him, with the principall lands of the Earldom of Merche, which were of the patrimony of the Crown.
At the same time, the Superintendents, with the other Ministers of the Churches, perceiving the Ministery like to decay for lack of payment of stipends to Ministers, they gave this
Supplication at Edinburgh.
1 There are several inaccuracies in Wynd, Edinburgh, on the 9th April this paragraph in both editions 1644.
As elsewhere stated, Mr. Henry Sinclair, Rector of Glasgow, who became Bishop of Ross, and President, died in Paris on the 1st January 1564-5.
His brother, Mr. John Sinclair, Dean of Restalrig, became Bishop of Brechin, and Presi1566.
(Diurnal of Occurrents, p. 98.) Abraham Creighton, Provost of Dunglass, and Official of Lothian, was appointed a Judge on the 17th February
1547-8.
His death took place before the 15th November 1565; and it is quite certain he never was President of the Court of Session.
(Haig and Brunton's Senators, &c., pp. 58, 63, 92.) dent of the Court of Session.
He died in James Mosman's house, in Forrester's
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The Supplication of the Ministers to the Queen.
"Unto your Majesty, and your most honourable Councel, most humbly and lamentably complains your Highnesse. poor
Orators, the Superintendents, and other Ministers of the Reformed Church of God, travelling thorowout all your Highnesse
Realm, in teaching and instructing your lieges in all quarters, in the knowledge of God, and Christ Jesus his Sonne; That where your Majesty, with the advice of the Councell and Nobility aforesaid, moved by godly zeal, concluded and determined, that the travelling ministry thorowout this Realm, should bee maintained upon the rents of the Benefices of this
Realm of Scotland ; and for that cause your Majestie, with.the advice of the Counsell and Nobility aforesaid, upon the 15. day of December 1562, in like manner concluded and determined,
That if the said part of the rents of the whole Benefices Ecclesiasticall within this Realm would be sufficient to maintain the Ministers thorowout the whole Realm,-and to support-your
Majesty in the setting forward of your common affaires, should be employed accordingly: Failing thereof, the Third part. of the said fruits, or more, to be taken up yearly in time comming, untill a generall order be taken therein ; as the act made thereupon at more length bears: Which being afterward considered by your Majestie, the whole Thirds of the fruits aforesaid were propounded to the uses aforesaid, by Act of Councell.
And we your Majestie's poore Orators, put in peaceable possession of the part assigned by your Majestie to us, by the space of three years, or thereabouts, which we did enjoy without interruption ; notwithstanding all this, now of late, we your Majestie's poore Orators aforesaid, are put wrongfully and. unjustly from their aforesaid part of the above specified Thirds, by your Majestie's officers, and thereby brought to such extreme penury, and extreme distress, as we are not able any longer to maintain our selves.
And albeit we have given in divers VOL, II. at
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Book V. and sundry complaints to your Majestie herein, and have received divers promises of redress, yet have we found no relief:
Therefore, we most humbly beseech your Majesty to consider our most grievous complaint, together with the right above specified, whereon the same is grounded. Andif your Majesty, with the advice of your Councell aforesaid, finds our right sufficient to continue us in possession of our part assigned to us, while, and untill a generall order be taken; which possession was ratified by the yearly allowance of your Majesties Exchequer's accompt, that your Majestie would grant us letters upon the aforesaid Act and Ordinance past thereupon, against all intromettors and medlers with the aforesaid Thirds, to answer and obey, according to the aforesaid Act and Ordinance of our possession proceeding thereupon; and likewise, that we may have letters, if need be, to arrest and stay the aforesaid Thirds in the possessor's hands, while, and untill sufficient caution be found to us for our part aforesaid.
And your Answer most humbly we beseech."
This Supplication being presented by the Superintendent of Lowthian, and Master John Craig, in the Castle of Edinburgh, was graciously received by the Queen, who promised that she would take sufficient order therein, so soon as the Nobility and Councell might convene, The 19. of June, the Queen was delivered of a man childe,
(the Prince in the aforesaid Castle,) [who after was named James, |! and immediately sent into France and England her posts, to advertise the neighbour Princes, and to desire them to send gossips or witnesses to the Prince's baptisme.
In the mean time, there was joy and triumph made in Edinburgh, and such other places where it was known, after thanks and praises given unto God, with supplications for the godly education of the Prince; and principally, wishing that he should
1 These words are added in the Edinburgh edit. 1644.
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be baptized according to the manner and forme observed in the Reformed Churches within this Realm.
About the.same time, to wit, the 25. of June, the Generall Assembly of the whole Church convened at Edinburgh.
The Earles of Argyle and Murray assisted at the Assembly: Paul Methven, who before, as we heard, was excommunicate, gave [The order in his Supplication, and desired to be heard, as he had done Sahiaeee divers times ; for the said Paul had written oft times out of aaa
England to the Laird of Dun, and to divers others, most earnestly desiring to be received again into the fellowship of the Church.
After reasoning of the matter, it was finally granted, that he should be heard: And so being before the Assembly, and falling upon his knees, burst out with teares, and said,
He was not worthy to appeare in their presence ; alwayes he desired them, for the love of God, to receive him to the open expression of his repentance.
Shortly after, they appointed certaine of the ministers to prescribe to him the forme of his declaration of repentance, which was thus in effect ; First, That he should present himselfe bare-foot and bare-head, arayed in sack-cloth, at the principall entry of Saint Gyles Kirk in Edinburgh, at seven hours in the morning, upon the next Wednesday, and there to remain the space of an hour, the whole people beholding him, till the prayer was made, psalmes sung, and [the] text of Scripture was read, and then to come into the place appointed for expression of repentance, and tarry the time of sermon ; and to do so likewise the next Friday following, and also upon the Sunday; and then, in the face of the whole church, to declare his repentance with his owne mouth.
The same forme and manner he should use in Jedwart and Dundie:
And that being done, to present himself again at the next Generall Assembly following in winter, where he should be received to the communion of the Church.
When the said Paul had received the said Ordinance, he took it very grievously, alleadging, they had used over-great severity: Never-
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Book V. thelesse, being counselled and perswaded by divers notable personages, he began well in Edinburgh to proceed, whereby a great number were moved with compassion of his state; and likewise in Jedwart: but he left his duty in Dundie, and passing againe into England, the matter, not without offence to many, ceased.
The Ministers complaining that they could not be payed their stipends, were licensed by the Assembly to passe to other churches to preach, but in no wise to leave the muinistery.
And because tliat the Queen's Majesty had promised often before to provide remedy, it was thought expedient that supplication should be yet made, as before, That the Queen's
Majestie should cause such order to be taken, that the poore ministers might be payed their stipends.
The Bishop of Galloway, who was brother to the Earle of Huntley, and now a great man in the Court, travelled much with the Queen's
Majesty in that matter, and got of her a good answer, and faire promises.
A few years before, the said Bishop of Galloway desired of the Generall Assembly to be made Superintendent of Galloway ; but now being promoted to great dignity, as to be of the number of the Lords of the Privy Councell, and likewise one of the Session,! he would no more be called ete ee? Over-looker, or Over-seer of Galloway, but Bishop: Alwayes proud amtruth it is, that he laboured much for his nephew the Earle of ee Huntley, that he might be restored to his lands and honours ;
Shee of for the said Earle was new Chancellor," since the slaughter of David Rizio, and had for his clawback the Bishop of Rosse,
Master John Lesley, one of the chief Councellors to the Queen: But of all men the Earle Bothwell was most in the Queen's favour, so far, that all things past by him; yea, by his
1 Alexander Gordon, Bishop of Gal- * George fifth Earl of Huntley was loway: see page 259, note10.
Hetook created Lord Chancellor, in place of the his seat as an Extraordinary Lord of Earl of Morton, who had fled, after Session, 26th November 1565.
Riccio's murder, in March 1566.
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meanes the most part of all those that were partakers in the slaughter of David Rizio, got renfission and relief.
But from As is said that day he was not present at any sermon, albeit before he aa professed the Evangel by outward speaking, yet he never joyned to the Congregation.
But this time the Earle of Cassils! was contracted with the Lord of Glames. sister, by whose perswasion he became a Protestant, and caused, in the moneth of August, to reforme his churches in Carrick, and promised to maintaine the doctrine of the Evangell.
The Queen, not yet satisfied with the death of her man David, caused in August to be apprehended a man called Hary,? who sometime had been of her Chapell-Royall, but afterward became an exhorter in a Reformed Church ; and for want of stipend, or other necessaries, past in service to my Lord Ruthven, and chanced that night to be present when the said David was slaine; and so, finally, he was condemned, and hanged, and quartered.
The King being now contemned of all men, because the pis incon Queene cared not for him, he went sometime to the Lenox to 't#"* young man his father, and sometime to Sterlin, whither the Prince was Ae ad eclare carried a little before.
Alwayes he was destitute of such things himselfefor the Protesas were necessary for him, having scarcely six horses in trayn. tant; witAnd being thus desolate, and halfe desperate, he sought 7¢ss¢ his jast band. means to go out of the countrey: and, about the same time, phd 0m by the advice of foolish cagots, he wrote to the Pope, to the Pipi
King of Spaine, and to the King of France, complaining of the eres state of the countrey, which was all out of order, all because a beter y.
1. that Masse and Popery were not againe erected, giving the whole blame thereof to the Queen, as not managing the Cathotreason" on the 1st April 1566, for accession to Riccio's murder, and was sentenced to be hanged and quartered, and his goods forfeited.
(Pitcairn's Crisn. Trials, vol. i. p. 481.) 1 Gilbert fourth Earl of Cassillis married Margaret Lyon, only daughter of John ninth Lord Glammis.
2 This was Henry Yair, sometime a and afterwards a retainer of He was "delattit of pricst, Lord Ruthven.
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Book V. like cause aright. By some knave, this poore Prince was betrayed, and the Queen got a copie of these letters into her hands, and therefore threatened him sore ; and there was never after that, any appearance of love betwixt them.
The Churches of Geneva, Berne, and Basill, with other Reformed Churches of Germany and France, sent to the whole
Church of Scotland the sum of the Confession of their Faith,! desiring to know if they agreed in uniformity of doctrine, alleadging, that the Church of Scotland was dissonant in some
Articles from them:
Wherefore the Superintendents, with a great part of the other most qualified Ministers, convened in September in Saint Andrews, and reading the said letters, made answer, and sent word again, That they agreed in all points with those Churches, and differed in nothing from them: albeit in the keeping of some Festivall days, our Church assented not ; for only the Sabbath-day was kept in Scotland.
In the end of this month, the Earl Bothwell, riding in pursuit of the theeves in Liddisdale, was ill hurt, and worse terrified by a thief; for he believed surely to have departed forth of this life, and sent word thereof to the Queen's Majestie, who soon after past forth of Jedwart to the Hermitage to visit him,? and give him comfort: And within a few days after, she took sickness in a most extreme manner, for she lay two hours long cold dead, as it were without breath, or any sign of life: at length she revived, by reason they had bound small cords about her shackle bones, her knees, and great toes, and speak1 The Helvetian Confession was formed by the Pastors of Ziirich, in the year
1566.
It was approved of by the General Assembly, and the translation made country, has recently been printed by the Parker Society, at pages 362-365 of the Second Series of Ziirich Letters.
* Bothwell was wounded on the 7th by Mr. Robert Pont was ordered to be printed; but no copy of this translation or 8th October, and the Queen did not visit him at Hermitage Castle till the is known to be preserved.
The letter addressed 'to Beza, dated St. Andrews, 4th September 1566, and signed by forty-one of the chief ministers in this
16th of that month.
(Chalmers's Life of Mary, vol. i. p. 296.
See also Labanoff, Recueil, &¢., vol. i. p. 379.)
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ing very softly, she desired the Lords to pray for her to God.
She said the creed in English, and desired my Lord of Murray, if she should chance to depart, that he would not be over extreme to such as was of her Religion; the Duke and he should have been Regents.
The bruit went from Jedwart in the month of October 1565, that the Queen was departed this life, or, at least, she could not live any time, wherefore there was continually prayers publikely made at the Church of Edinburgh, and divers other places, for her conversion towards God, and amendment.
Many were of opinion that she should come to the preaching, and renounce Popery; but all in vain, for God had some other thing to do by her.
The King being advertised, rid post from Sterlin to Jedburgh, where he found the Queen somewhat convalesced, but she would scarce speak to him, and hardly give him presence or a good word ; wherefore he returned immediately to Sterlin, where the Prince was, and after to Glasgow to his father.
There appeared great trouble over the whole Realm, and especially in the countreys near the Borders, if the Queen had departed at that time.
As she began to recover, the Earl Bothwell was brought in a charriot from the Hermitage to Jedburgh, where he was cured of his wounds; in whose presence the Queen took more pleasure then in all the rest of the world: always by his means, most part of all that were outlawed for the slaughter of David Rizzio, got relief, for there was no other means, but all things must needs pass by him ; wherefore, every man sought to him, where immediately favour was to be had, as before to David Rizio.
Soon after, the Queen passing along the Borders, she came within the bounds of Barwick, where she viewed the town at her pleasure afar off, being within half a mile and less.
All the ordnance within Barwick were discharged ; the Captain came forth, with fourscore horses bravely arrayed, to do her honour, and offer her lawfull service.
Then she came to
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Craigmiller, where she remained in November, till she was advertised of the coming of the Ambassadors to the baptisme of the Prince; and for that purpose there was great preparation made, not without the trouble of such as were supposed to have money in store, especially of Edinburgh ; for there was borrowed a good round summe of money for the same businesse.
All her care and solicitude was for that triumph.
At the same time arrived the Counte de Briance, Ambassadour of the King of France, who had a great train.
Soon after the Earl of Bedford went forth of England, with a very gorgious company, to the number of fourscore horses, and passing to Sterlin, he was humanly received of the Queen's Majestie, and every day banquetted.
The excessive expences, and superfluous apparell, which was prepared at that. time, exceeded farr all the preparation that ever had been devised or set forth afore that time in this countrey.
The 17. of December 1566, in the great hall of the Castle of Sterling, was the Prince baptized! by the Bishop of Saint
Andrews, at five a clock at even, with great pomp, albeit with great pain could they find men to beare the torches, wherefore they took boyes.
The Queen laboured much with the Noblemen to bear the salt, grease, and candle,and such other things, but all refused; she found at last the Earls of. Eglington,
Athole, and the Lord Seaton, who assisted at the baptisme, and brought in the said trash.
The Counte de Briance, (being the French Ambassadour,) assisted likewise.
The Earl of Bedford 1 The baptism of the Prince took place were used on that occasion.
The in the Chapel-Royal of Stirling, upon Sunday the 15th November 1566, at Queen's sister, the Countess of Argyle, assisted at the ceremony; for which, having " willingly submittit hirself to the discipline of the Kirk last December
1567," the said Lady was ordained by the General Assembly to make public repentance in the' Chapell Royall of Striveling, in time of preaching." (Book of the Universal Kirk, vol. i. p. 117:) five in the evening, being performed by Hamilton, Archbishop of St. Andrews.
The English Ambassador, the Earl of Bedford, and most of the Scotish Nobility, remained without the door of the Chapel, to avoid countenancing the ceyemonies of the Romish Church, which
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brought for a present from the Queen of England a font of gold, valued to be worth three thousand crowns.
Soon after the said baptisme, as the Earl was in communing with the Queen, who entertained him most reverently, he began to say merrily to her, amongst other talking, " Madame, I rejoyce very greatly at this time, seeing your Majestie hath here to serve you so many Noblemen, especially twelve Earls, whereof two only assist at this baptisme to the superstition of Popery."
At the which saying the Queen kept good countenance.
Soon after they banquetted in the said great hall, where they wanted no prodigality.
During the time of the Earl of Bedford's remaining at Sterlin, the Lords, for the most part, waited upon him, and conveyed him every day to the sermon, and after to banquetting.
The King, who remained at Sterlin all that time, (never being present,) kept his chamber:
His father. hearing how he was used, writ to him to repaire unto him; who soon after went
(without good-night) toward Glasgow, to his father.
He was hardly a mile out of Sterlin, when the poyson (which had been given him) wrought so upon him, that he had very great pain and dolour in every part of his body.
Atlength, being arrived at Glasgow, the blisters brake out, of a blewish colour ; so the Physitians presently knew the disease to come by poyson: He was brought so low, that nothing but death was expected ; yet the strength of his youth at last did surmount the poison.
During the time of this triumph, the Queen was most liberall in all things that were demanded of her: amongst other things, she subscribed a writing for the maintenance of the Ministers in a reasonable proportion, which was to be taken up of the Thirds of Benefices: which writing being purchased by the Bishop of Galloway, was presented at the Generall Assembly of the Church at Edinburgh, the five and twenticth day of December 1566, where were conveened the Superintendents, and other Ministers in reasonable number, but very
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Boox V. few Commissioners.
The first mattcr that was there proposed, was concerning the said writing lately obtained ; and the most part of the Ministers being demanded their opinions in the matter, after advice, and passing a little aside, they answered very gravely, That it was their duty to preach to the people the word of God truly and sincerely, and to crave of the auditors the things that were necessary for their sustentation, as of duty the Pastour might justly crave of their flock; and, further, it became them not to have any care.
Nevertheless, the Assembly taking into consideration, that the said gifts granted by the Queen's Majestie was not to be refused, they ordained, That certain faithfull men of every Shire should meet, and do their utmost diligence for gathering and receiving the said corn and money; and likewise appointed the Superintendent of Lowthian, and Master John Row,! to waite upon the Bishop of Galloway, and concurre and assist him for further expedition in the Court, that the said gift might be dispatched through the Seales.
Iy the same Assembly, there was presented a remonstrance by writ, by some gentlemen of Kyle, containing in effect, That inasmuch as the Tythes ought to be given only to the Ministers of the Word, and Schools, and for maintenance of the poore, that therefore the Assembly would statute and ordain,
That all the Professors of the Evangell should keep the same in their own hands, to the effects aforesaid, and no way permit the Papists to meddle therewith.
This writing took no effect at that time, for there was none else but the gentlemen of Kyle of that opinion.
It was statuted in the said Assembly, That such publike fornicators, and scandalous livers, as would not confesse their offences, nor come to declare their repentance, should be declared by the Minister to be out of the Church,
1 The Lairds of Carden (Alexander Bishop Gordon and Spottiswood, the Forrester) and Keir (James Stirling) Superintendent in this matter.
Row's were appointed by the Assembly on the name is not mentioned in the Booke of 26th December 1566, to act along with the Kirk.
(vol. i. p. 83.)
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and not of the body thereof, and their names to be declared publikely upon the Sunday.
After this Assembly, the Bishop of Galloway (with the ieee Superintendent of Lowthian and Master John Row) passing to vengeance
Sterlin, obtained their demands in an ample manner at the sone King, Queen's Majesties hand, according to their desire ; and likewise, a eer the btai STS : the Earl y obtained for every borough, a gift' or donation of the Bothwell, altarages, annuals, and obites, which before were given to the grants to Pani . i the Protesapists, now to be disposed for the maintenance of the tants their
Ministers and Schools within the boroughs, and the rest to aie the Poor, or hospitall. may be [It was ordained! that humble supplication should be made ecru to the Lords of Secret Councell concerning the Commission of st a Jurisdiction supposed to be granted to the Bishop of Saint
Andrews, to the effect their honours may stay the same, in respect that the causes for the most part judged by his usurped authoritie, pertaine to the true Kirk; and also, because in respect of that coloured Commission, he might assume againe his old usurped authoritie, and the same might be a mean to oppresse the whole Kirk.
The tenour of the Supplication followeth.
"THE GENERALL ASSEMBLY OF THE KIRK OF SCOTLAND CON-
VEENED AT EpINBURGH THE 25. oF DECEMBER 1566, TO THE
NoBILITIE
THIS REALME THAT
PROFESSE THE LorpD
JESUS WITH THEM, AND HAVE RENOUNCED THAT RoMANE
ANTICHRIST,
DESIRES
CONSTANCIE
IN FAITH, AND THE
SPIRIT OF RIGHTEOUS JUDGEMENT.
" Serine that Satan, by all our negligences, (Right Honourable,) hath so far prevailed within this Realme of late dayes that we do stand in extream danger, not onely to losse our
1 This paragraph, along with the the Edinburgh edition of the History, following Supplication of the Assembly, 1644, 4to, not being contained in the and Knox's Letter to the Professors, London edition of that year, folio. ending on page 544, are supplied from
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Jet Hinge temporall possessions, but also to be deprived of the glorious 1is suppli- : c See Evangell of Jesus Christ, and so we and our posterity to be
6 eel left in damnable darknesse ; We could no longer contain our > oss selves, nor keep silence, lest by so doing we might be accused sion grantas guilty of the blood of such as shall perish for lack of admoeae nition, as the Prophet threatneth.
We therefore, in the fear of bishop of Saint Andrews. unto your Honours, (yea, we must complain unto God, and to our God, and with grief and anguish of our heart, complain all his obedient creatures,) that that conjured enemie. of Jesus
Christ, and cruell murtherer of our dear brethren most falsly styled Archbishop of Saint Andrews, is reponed and restored, by signature past, to his former tyrannic: For not only are his ancient jurisdictions (as they are termed) of the whole
Bishoprick of Saint Andrews granted unto him, but also the execution of judgement, confirmation of testaments, and donation of benefices, as more amply in his signature is expressed.
If this be not to cure the head of that venomous beast, which once within this Realm, by the potent hand of God, was so broken downe and banished, that by tyranny it could not have hurt the faithfull, judge ye.
His ancient jurisdiction was, that he with certaine colleagues collaterals, might have damned of heresie upon probation as pleased him, and then to take all that were suspected of heresie.
What they have judged to be heresie heretofore, ye cannot be ignorant of ; and whether they remaine in their former malice or not, their fruits and travels openly declare.
The danger may be feared, say ye.
But what remedie?
It is easie, and at hand, (Right Honourable,) if ye will not betray the cause of God, and leave your brethren, who will never be more subject to that usurped tyrannie then they will be to the Devill himselfe.
Our Queene belike is not well informed: She ought not, nor justly may not break the laws of this Realm; and so consequently, she may not sct up against us, without our consents, that Romane Antichrist againe: For in a lawfull and the most frec Parliament that
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ever was in this Realm before, was that odious beast deprived of all jurisdiction, office and authority within the Realm.
Her Majestie at her first arryvall, and by divers proclamations sensyne, hath expressly forbidden any other forme and face of Religion, then that which she found publikely established at her arryvall:
Therefore she may not bring us (the greatest part of the subjects of this Realm) back again to bondage, till that as lawfull and free a Parliament as justly damned that Antichrist and his usurped tyranny, hath given decision betwixt us and him.
If hereof, and of other things which no lesse concerne your selves then us, ye plainly and boldly admonish our
Soveraigne, and without tumult only crave justice, the tyrants dare no more be seen in lawfull judgment, then dare the owles in day light.
Weigh this matter as it is, and ye will finde it more weighty then it appeareth to many.
Farther at this present we complain not, but humbly crave of your Honours a reasonable answer what ye will doe, in case such tyrants and devouring wolves begin to invade the flocke of Jesus Christ within this Realm, under what title soever it be: For this we boldly professe, That we will never acknowledge such either pastors to our soules, or yet judges to our causes. And if [that], for denyall thereof, we suffer either in body or in goods, we doubt not but we have not only a Judge to punish them that unjustly trouble us, but also an Advocate and strong Champion in Heaven to recompense them, who for his name's sake suffer persecution : Whose Holy Spirit rule your hearts in his true fear to the end.
" Given in the Generall Assembly and third Session thereof, at Edinburgh, the 27. of December, 1566."
Besides this Supplication of the Assembly to the Nobility penned (as appeareth by the style) by John Knox, a Letter was written by John Knox in particular to the Professors, to advertise them of the danger of this commission or power
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Boox V. granted to the said bastard, Bishop of Saint Andrews, the tenor whereof doth follow.
"The Lord cometh, and shall not tarrie ; Blessed shall he be whom he shall finde fighting agamst impietie. acre "To deplore the miseries of these our most wicked dayes to the (Beloved Brethren) can neither greatly profit us, neither yet Professors, relieve us of our present calamities; and yet utterly to keep silence, cannot lack the suspicion of apostacie, and plain defection from God, and from his truth, once by us publikely professed.
For now are matters (that in years bypast have been denyed) so far discovered, that he who seeth not the plaine subversion of all true Religion within this Realm to be concluded, and decreed in the hearts of some, must either confesse himselfe blinde, or else an enemie to the Religion which we professe: For besides the open erecting of Idolatry in divers parts of this Realme, and besides the extreame povertie wherein our Ministers are brought, (by reason that idle bellies are fed upon that which justly appertaineth to such as truely preach
Jesus Christ, and rightly and by order minister his blessed Sacraments,) that cruell murtherer of our brethren, falsly called
Archbishop of Saint Andrews, most unjustly, and against all law, hath presumed to his former tyrannie, as a signature past for his restitution to his ancient jurisdiction (as it is termed) more fully doth proport.
What end may be looked for of such beginnings, the halfe blinde may see, as we suppose.
And yet, we have heard, that a certaine summe of money and victuals should be assigned by the Queen's Majestie for sustentation of our Ministrie.
But how that any such assignation, or any promise made thereof, can stand in any stable assurance, when that Roman Antichrist (by just laws ence banished from this Realme) shall be intrused above'us, we can no wise understand.
Yea, farther, we cannot see what assurance any within this Realme that have professed the Lord Jesus can have of life or
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inheritance, if the head of that odious beast be cured amongst us.
And therefore we yet again, in the bowels of Christ Jesus, crave of you to look into this matter, and to advertise us again, with reasonable expedition of your judgements, that in the feare of God, and with unitie of minds, we may proceed to crave justice, and oppone our selves to such tyrannie, as most. unjustly is intended against us: For, if we think not that this last erecting of that wicked man, is the very setting up againe. of that Romane Antichrist within this Realme, we are deprived of all right judgement.
And what is that else, but to separate us and our posteritie from God ; yea, and to cut our selves from the freedome of this Realme.
We desire therefore that the wisest amongst you may consider the weight of this cause, which long hath been neglected, partly by our slouth, and: partly by believing faire promises, by which to this hour we have been deceived.
And therefore we ought to be the more vigilant and circumspect, especially seeing a Parliament is proclaimed.
"We have sent to you the forme of a Supplication and Articles, which we would have presented to the Queen's
Majestie.
If it please you, we would ye should approve it by your subscriptions ; or if you would alter it, we desire you so to do, and we shall allow whatsoever you shall propound, not repugnant to God.
If it shall be thought expedient that Commissioners of Countries shall conveene, to reason upon the most weighty matters that now occurr, the time and place being appointed by you, and due advertisement being given to us, by God's grace, there shall no fault be found in us ; but as from the beginning we have neither spared substance nor life, so minde we not to faint unto the end, to maintaine the same, so long as we can finde the concurrence of brethren ; of whom (as God forbid) if we be destitute, yet are we determined never to be subject to that Roman Antichrist, neither yet to his usurped tyrannie.
But when we can doe no further to suppresse that
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Let this our Letter and request beare witnesse before God, before his angels, before the world, and before our own consciences, that we require you that have professed the 'Lord Jesus within this Realme, as well Nobilitie, as Gentlemen,
Burgesses, and Commons, to deliberate upon the estate of things present; and specially whether that this usurped tyrannie of that Romane Antichrist shall be any longer suffered within this Realme, secing that by just law it is already abolished.
Secondly, Whether that we shall be bound to feed idle bellies upen the patrimonie of.the Kirk, which justly appertaineth unto Ministers.
Thirdly, Whether that Idolatrie, and other abominations, which now are more then evident, shall any longer by us be maintained and defended.
Answer us as ye will answer to God, in whose feare we send these letters unto you, lest that our silence should be counted for consent unto such impietie.
God take from our hearts the blinde love of our selves, and all ungodly feare.
Amen.
Let us know your mindes with expedition." | Notwithstanding the domestick troubles that the Church of God had in Scotland in this turbulent time within the kingdome, yet they were not unmindfull of the affliction of Jacob every where upon the face of the earth; namely, they had before their eyes the state and condition of the Church of God in England: Witnesse this Letter from the Generall Assembly to the Rulers of the Church of God in England ; [wherein they intreat them to deal gently with the preachers their brethren about the Surplice and other apparell.
John Knox formed the Letter in name of the Assembly, as follows.1] The words inclosed' within brackets are added in the Edinburgh edit. 1644.
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"THE SUPERINTENDENTS, WITH OTHER Ministers AND Commis-
SIONERS OF THE CHURCH OF GoD IN THE KINGDOME OF
ScorLanD, TO THEIR BRETHREN, THE BisHops AND Pas-
TOURS OF Gop's CHURCH IN ENGLAND, WHO PROFESS WITH
US IN SCOTLAND THE TRUTH OF JESUS CHRIST.
" By word and letters it is come to our knowledge, (Reverend Brethren, Pastors of God's word in the Church of England,) that divers of our Brethren (of whom some be of the most learned in England,) are deprived from all Ecclesiasticall function, namely, are forbidden to preach, and so by you are stopped to promote the Kingdom of God, because they have a scruple of conscience to use at the command of Authority such garments as idolaters in time of greatest darknesse, did use in their superstitious and idolatrous service ; which report cannot but be very grievous to our hearts, considering the sentence of the Apostle, 'If ye bite and devour one another, take heed ye be not consumed one of another.'
We intend not at this present to enter into the question, which we hear is agitated and handled with greater vehemency by either partie, then well liketh us, to wit, Whether such Apparell. be accounted amongst things indifferent or not; wherefore, (through the bowels of Jesus Christ,) we crave that Christian charitie may so farr prevaile with you, who are the pastors and guides of Christ's flock in England, that ye doe one to another, as ye de-' sire others to do to you.
You cannot be ignorant what tendernesse is in a scrupulous conscience, and all that have knowledge are not alike perswaded ; the consciences of some of you stirres not, with the wearing of such things ; on the other side, many thousands (both godly and learned) are otherwayes perswaded, whose consciences are continually strucken with these sentences, ' What hath Christ to doe with Beliall ? 'What fellowship is there betwixt light and darknesse?
If surplice, corner-cap, and tippet, have been the badges of idolaters in the VOL. II.
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Yea, what is he that ought not to fear, either to take in his hand, or on his forehead, the prints and mark of that odious Beast?
The brethren that refuse such unprofitable apparell, do neither condemn nor molest you who use such trifles.
On the other side, if ye that use these things will do the like to your brethren, we doubt not but therein you shall please God, and comfort the hearts of. many, which are wounded to see extremitie used against these godly brethren.
Humane arguments or coloured rhetorick, we use none to perswade you, only in charity we desire you to mind the sentence of Peter, ' Feed the flock of Christ which is committed to your charge, caring for it, not by constraint, but willingly ; not being as lords of God's heritages, but being examples to the flock.
We further desire you to meditate upon that sentence of Paul, ' Give no offence, neither to Jews, nor Gentiles, nor to the church of God.'
In what condition you and we both travell, at least are bound to travell for the promoting of Christ's kingdom, you are not ignorant; therefore we are the more bold to exhort you to deal more wisely, then to trouble the godly for such vanities; for all things which seem lawfull, edifie not.
If Authority urge you farther than your consciences can bear, we pray you remember, that the Ministers of the Church are-called the ' Light of the world, and 'Salt of the earth ; all civill authority hath not alwayes the light of God shining before their eyes, in statutes and commands, for their affections savour too much of the earth and worldly wisdom: therefore we tell you, that ye ought to oppose your selves boldly, not only to all power that dare extoll it self against God, but also against all such as dare burthen the consciences of the faithfull, farther than God chargeth them in his own word.
But we hope you will excuse our freedom in that we have entered in reasoning farther than we intended
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in the beginning.
Now, again we return to our former request, which is, That the brethren among you, who refuse the Romish rags, may find of you, who use and urge them, such favour as our Head and Master commandeth each one of his members to shew to another, which we look to receive of your courtesie, not only because you will not offend God in troubling your brethren for such vain trifles, but also because you will not refuse the earnest request of us your Brethren, and fellow
Ministers ; in whom, although there appear no worldly pomp, yet we are assured, you will esteem us as God's servants, travelling to set forth his glory against the Roman Antichrist.
The dayes are evill, iniquitie aboundeth, and charitie (alas) waxeth cold; wherefore we ought to walk diligently, for the hour is uncertain when the Lord shall come, before whom we must all give an account of our administration.
In conclusion, yet once more we desire you to be favourable one to another; the Lord Jesus rule your hearts in his fear unto the end, and give to you and us victorie over that conjured enemy of true Religion, (the Pope,) whose wounded head Sathan by all means strives to cure again; but to destruction shall he go, and all his maintainers, by the power of our Lord Jesus, to whose mighty protection we commit you.
" From our Generall Assembly, Decemb. 27. 1566."
[When John Knox, the penner of this letter wrote thus of the superstitious Apparell as a supplicant for the afflicted
Brethren, what would he have written, think' you, in another case.
It is to be observed, that at the same time our worthy Brethren in England made their state known to Master Beza, who, upon their complaint, wrote a letter in their behalf at the same time to Doctor Grindall, Bishop of London, wherein he findeth fault with the manner of Apparrell appointed for Ministers with kneeling at the communion, and all significant ceremonies; which letter is the eight in order, among his
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Epistles.
But obtaining no favour, he wrote the year following, (which was in Anno 1567,) another letter to this purpose, which is the twelfth in order amongst his Epistles, wherein he giveth his beloved brethren this advice; that rather then they should give their consents to the order of ordaining their Ministers to use the cope and surplice, and to the manner of excommunication that was used in the Church of England, that they should give place to manifest violence, and live as privat men.
It is also to be observed, that the sincerer sort of the Ministrie in England had not yet assaulted the jurisdiction and Church government, (which they did not till the year
1572, at which time they published their first and second Admonition to the Parliament,) but only had excepted against superstitious apparell, and some other faults in the Service
Booke.
By the former Assembly, the Reader of Bathgate was censured for baptizing of infants, and solemnizing of marriage, he being but a simple Reader, and for taking silver for the same from such as were without the parish.
Hear you may see that they acknowledge not Reading Ministers, that is, that As she had any administer the Sacraments, but he that was able to preach lately gratified the the word.]!
Hee At the same time, the Bishop of Saint Andrews, by means granting of the Karl Bothwell, procured a writing from the Queen's Matheir Peti-
ee A th eee he ' tion, so at jesty, to be obeyed within the diocese of his jurisdiction, in all this time ss oye : she yeelds Such causes as before in time of Popery were used in the Consa sistory, and therefore to discharge the new Commissioners ; coos and for the same purpose came to Edinburgh in January, mandsalso, "
: that she having a company of one hundred horses, or more, intending might be : qs Twa a : eopped py to take possession, according to his gift lately obtained.
The ae Hi Provest being advertised thereof by the Earl of Murray, they designe of sent to the Bishop three or four of the Councell, desiring him ac to desist from the said matter, for fear of trouble and sedition love.
1 The above yaragraphisnot containadded to the Edinburgh republication ed in the London edition 1€44, but was in that year.
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that might rise thereupon ; whereby he was perswaded to desist at that time.
Soon after, the Queen came to Edinburgh, where she remained a few days.
In the moneth of January she was informed that the King was recovered of the poyson given. him at Sterlin, and therefore she past to Glasgow to visit him, and there tarried with him six days, using him wonderfully kindely, with many gracious and good words; and likewise his father, the Earl of Lenox, insomuch that all men marvelled whereto it should turn, considering the great contempt and drynesse that had been before so long together.
The Queen, notwithstanding all the contempt that was given him, with a known design to take away his life, yet by her sweet words gains so far upon the uxorious husband, and his facile father, that he went in company with her to Edinburgh, where she had caused to lodge him at the Church of Field,! in a lodging, lately bought by Master James Balfour, Clerk Register, truely very unmeet for a King.
The Queen resorted often to visit him, and lay in the house two nights by him, (although her lodging was in the Palace of Halyrud-house.) Every man marvelled at this reconciliation and sudden change.
The ninth of February, the King was murthered, and the house where he lay burned with powder, about twelve of the clock in the night: his body was cast forth in a yard, without the town wall, adjoining close by.
There was a servant likewise murthered beside him, who had been also in the chamber with him.
The people ran to behold this spectacle ; and wondering thereat some judged one thing, some another.
Shortly thereafter, Bothwell came from the Abbey with a company of men of war, and caused the body of the King to be carryed to the next house ;, where, after a little, the chirurgions being convened at the Queen's command to view and consider the manner of his death; most part gave out, to 1 Kirk of Field: see this volume, page 131, note 1.
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Book V. please the Queen, that he was blown in the ayre, albeit he had no mark of fire ; and truly he was strangled.
Soon after,' he was carryed to the Abbey, and there buryed.
[When many of the common people had gazed long upon the King's corpse, the Queen caused it to be brought down to the Pallace by some pioners.
She beheld the corpse without any outward shew or signe of joy or sorrow.
When the Lords had concluded amongst themselves that he should be honourablie buried, the Queen caused his corpse to be carried by some pioners in the night without solemnitie, and to be layed beside the sepulchre of David Rizio.
If there had been any solemn buriall, Buchanan had wanted wit to relate otherwise, seeing there would have been so many witnesses to testifie the contrair.
Therefore the contriver of the late Historie of Queen Marie? wanted policie here to convoy a lee.
The Queen, according to the ancient custom should have keeped herself 40. days within, and the doores and windowes should have been closed in token of mourning ; but the windowes were opened, to let in light, the fourth day.
Before the twelfth day, she went out to Seatoun, Bothwell never parting from her side.
There she went out to the fields to behold games and pastimes.
'The King's armour, horse, and household stuffe, were bestowed upon the murtherers.
<A certain taylour, when he was to reforme the King's apparel to Bothwell, said jestingly, He acknowledged here the custom of the country, by which the clothes of the dead fall to the hangman. ]?
Buchanan's History was first published in the year 1582; and the reference to the more recent work, may have been 1 These words, "Soon after, he was carryed to the Abbey, 'and there buryed," are omitted in the 4to edit. 1644, and the two following paragraphs, enclosed within brackets, are interpolated.
Both of these paragraphs are given verbatim in Calderwood's History, vol. ii. pp. 846, 347. to " The Historie of the Life and Death of Mary Stuart, Queene of Scotland."
London 1636, 12mo, and dedicated to Charles the First, by " W. Vdall;" as some remarks on George Buchanan's writings occur at page 55.
2 This paragraph is an evident interpolation, like some of these by David Buchanan in the former Books.
George 5 See this page, note 1.
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This tragicall end had Henry Steward, after he had been King eighteen moneths.
A Prince of great linage, both by mother and father:
He was of a comely stature, and none was like unto him within this island; he died under the age of one and twenty years ; prompt and ready for all games and sports ; much given to hawking and hunting, and running of horses, and likewise to playing on the lute, and also to Venus chamber: He was liberall enough:
He could write and dictate well ; but he was somewhat given to wine, and much feeding, and likewise to inconstancy ; and proud beyond measure, and therefore contemned all others:
He had learned to dissemble well enough, being from his youth misled up in Popery:
Thus, within two years after his arriving in this Realm, he was highly by the Queen alone extolled; and, finally, had this infortunate end by her procurement and consent.
To lay all other proofs aside, her marriage with Bothwell, who was the main executioner of the King, notwithstanding all the advices and counsells that the King of France, and the Queen of England, did earnestly and carefully give her, as other friends did likewise, witness anent their guilt.
Those that laid hands on the King to kill him, by Bothwell's direction, was Sir James Balfour, Gilbert Balfour, David Chalmers, black John
Spense, Francis, Sebastien, Jo. de Bourdeau, and Joseph, the brother of David Rizio:
'These last four were the Queen's domesticks, and strangers.
The reason why the King's death was so hastened, because the affection or passion of the Earl
Bothwell could not bear so long a delay, as the procurement of a bill of divorce required, although the Romish clergie offered their service willingly to the business, namely, Bishop Hamilton, and so he came great again at Court ; and he for the advancement of the business, did good offices to increase the hatred betwixt the King and Queen ; yea, some that had been the chief instruments of the marriage of the King and Queen, offered the service for the divorce, seeing how the Queen's in-
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So unhappy are Princes, that men, for their own ends, further them in all their inclinations and undertakings, be they never so bad or destructive to themselves.
The Earl of Lenox, in the mean time, wrote to the Queen, to cause punish Bothwell, with his other complices, for murthering the King.
The Queen, not daring openly to reject the Earl of Lenox his solicitation, did appoint a day for the triall of Bothwell, by an assize ;! the members whereof was the Earl of Cathnes, President, the Earl of Cassels, (who at the first refused, but thereafter, being threatened to be put in prison, and under the pain of treason, was present by the Queen's command,) John Hamilton, Commendator of Aberbrothok,
Lord Rosse, Lord Semple, Lord Boyd, Lord Hereis, Lord Olyphant; the Master of Forbes, the Lairds of Lochinvar,
Langton, Cambusnetham,? Barnbougel, and Boyne:
They, to please the Queen, and for fear, did pronounce Bothwell not guilty, notwithstanding the manifest evidences of the cruell fact committed by Bothwell, who, before the tryall, did make himself strong by divers means; namely, by the possession of the Castle of Edinburgh, so that the accusers durst not appear, not being strong enough.
The Earl of Marr did retire to Sterlin, and had committed to his charge the young Prince.
All this was done in February.
In April, Bothwell called together sundry of the Lords, who had come to Edinburgh, to a meeting that was there; and having gained some before, made them all, what by fear, what by fair promises, first of their private state, and then of advancing the Papist's Religion, to consent by their subscriptions to the marriage with the Queen.
Then the Queen goes l'The names and designations of the 2In the folio edit. 1644, " Cambusiassize on Bothwell's trial, before the dentham;" in the 4to cdit., " CambusCourt of Justiciary at Edinburgh, 12th kinneth."
The person referred to was April 1567, axe given by Keith, withthe James Somerville of Cambusnethen in proceedings, extracted from the Books Lanarkshire. of Adjournal. (Hist. vol. ii. pp. 541-548.)
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to Sterlin, to see her son:
Bothwell makes a shew as if he were going to the Borders to suppresse robbers, and so he raiseth some men of war ; which, when he had done, he turneth towards the way to Sterlin, where he meets the Queen, according to appointment betwixt them, and carrieth her to Dumbar, as it had been by force, although every one knew it was with the Queen's liking.
The prime Nobility convened at Sterlin, and from thence sent to her, to know whether or not she was taken against her will:
She answered, That it was true she was taken against her will, but since her taking, she had no occasion to complain; yea, the courteous entertainment she had, made her forget and forgive all former offences.
These expressions were used by way of preface to the pardon, which was granted immediately thereafter to Bothwell; for, by Letters Patents, he was pardoned by the Queen, for laying violently hands upon her Majestie, and for all other crimes.
So by this, &c.,! the murther of the King was pardoned.
During the Queen's abode in Dumbar, there was letters of divorce demanded and granted unto Bothwell from his Lady,
(who afterward was married to the Earl Sutherland,) she was sister to the Earl of Huntley.
The ground of divorce was, the parties being within the degrees prohibited, could not be lawfully joyned:
Next, because Bothwell was an adulterer, the marriage was voyd.
The bill of divorce was granted by the Papisticall Court of the Archbishop of Saint Androis.
And here mark how they juggle in sacred things; for when it pleaseth them, they untie the bond of marriage, as now, and as we have seen in the First Book of this History.
When the Queen fell in distaste of the late King her husband, it was proposed unto her to have divorce upon the same ground from the King: To which, first ear was given, but after second
1« So by this, &c."
This sentence is illegible.
We might substitute, for inso printed in both edit. 1644, probably stance, "So by this procedure, the murowing to some word in the MS. being _ ther of the King was pardoned."
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The Queen, when Bothwell had obtained by the Archbishop a letter of divorce from his lawfull wife, sent a letter signed with her own hand to Master John Craig, minister of Edinburgh, commanding him to publish the band of matrimony betwixt her and Bothwell.
Master John Craig, the next sermon day thereafter, declared in full congregation, that he had received such a command, but in conscience he could not obey it; the marriage was altogether unlawfull; and of that he would declare the reasons to the parties, if he had audience of them, otherwise he would make known his just reasons in the hearing of the people.
Immediately thereafter, Bothwell sends for Master Craig to the Councell, where Master Craig told, first, That by an Act of the Assembly, it was forbidden to allow the marriage of any divorced for adultery: The divorce of Bothwell from his lawfull wife, was by collusion, witnesse the quick dispatch thereof; for it was sought and had within ten days, and his contracting with the Queen instantly thereafter ; then his rapt of the Queen, and the guilt of the King's death, which was confirmed by this marriage: withall, he desired the Lords to stop the Queen! from that infamous mar1 It is impossible to vindicate the alliance with a man who was then marQueen's conduct in " this infamous marriage," even when acquitted of being in any way accessory to Darnley's murried.
To accomplish this, Bothwell brought the Queen to the Castle of Edinburgh on the 29th April.
He obtained a sentence of divorce from his der.
That event occurred on the 9th February 1566-7.
Bothwell, who was denounced as his murderer, submitted to a mock trial on the 12th April; and on the 19th, he obtained from the Queen in Parliament a ratification of several lands, &c., as Keeper of the Castle of Dunbar.
On the 24th of the same month, the Queen was way-laid, and forcibly carried off to Dunbar, where she was coerced to agree to an first wife on the 7th May; his marriage with the Queen was proclaimed on the 12th of that month; and having created him Duke of Orkney, on the 15th their marriage was celebratcd.
Thus within the period of three months all these events happened.
One month later, the Queen surrendered on Carberry-hill, and Bothwell made his. escape: they never met after that day.
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riage.
The Sunday after, he told publikely to the people, what he had said to the Councell ; and he took heaven and earth to witnesse, that he detested that scandalous and infamous marriage ; and that he discharged his conscience unto the Lords, who seemed unto him, as so many slaves, what by flattery, what by silence, to give way to that abomination.
Upon this, he was called to the Councell again, and was reproved, as if he had exceeded the bounds of his calling.
Whereunto he answered, That the bounds of his commission was the word of God, right reason, and good laws, against which he had said nothing ; and by all these, offered to prove this marriage to be scandalous and infamous.
At this he was stopped by Bothwell, and sent from the Councell.
Notwithstanding all this done and said by Master Craig, and the opposition of many that wished well to the Queen, and were jealous of her honour, the marriage went on, and they were married the 15. of May.
This makes good the Latine proverb, Mala nubunt mense Maio ; and a Bishop must bless the marriage: The good Prelat was Bishop of Orkney:! If there be
Note. a good work to be done, a Bishop must do it.
Here mark the difference betwixt this worthy minister Master Craig, and this base Bishop.
The Earl of Athole, immediately after the murther of the 1 Adam Bothwell became successor to General Assembly, 25th December 1567; Bishop Reid, in the See of Orkney, and _ but having submitted, and made a public was admitted to the temporalities of the confession of his offence, he was restored
Bishopric, 14th October 1559.
He was tohis ministry.
He exchanged the temone of four Prelates who joined the Re_ poralities of his Bishopric with Lord formers.
In 1564 he was appointed an Robert Stewart for the Abbey of HolyExtraordinary Lord of Session; and an rood-House, which was ratified by a Ordinary Lord, 18th November 1565. charter under the Great Seal, 25th SepHe celebrated the marriage of Queen tember 1569.
He died on the 23d AuMary and Bothwell, but afterwards took gust 1593, in the sixty-seventh year of an active part in opposing him.
He his age, according to an inscription also officiated at the baptism of James which still exists in the Abbey Church the Sixth.
His conduct was viewed with of Holyrood, with some Latin verses, by suspicion by the Kirk, and various arM. H. R., (Mr. Hercules Rollock.) ticles were alleged against him in the
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King, had retired home, waiting for the occasion to revenge the King's death:
But seeing this abominable marriage, he went to Sterlin, where other honest Lords with him had a meeting, and made a bond, to defend the young Prince from the murtherers of his father; as already they had had one plot to cut him off, which God in his mercy did prevent.
The Nobles that entred in this bond, were the Earls of Argyle, Athole, Morton, Marr, and Glencarne ; the Lords Lindsey and Boyd.
Argyle thereafter, seduced by some fair words, fell off; and Boyd became a great factionary for Bothwell in all things.
The Queen, soon after the marriage, was advised to send abroad an Ambassadour to acquaint her forraigne friends and kindred ; and this must. be a Bishop: It is pity that any good work should be done without a Bishop: was not this a worthy employment for a pastor in God's Church.
Bothwell seeing the bond made at Sterlin, causeth the Queen to write to sundry of the Nobility.
Divers repaired unto her, where they found a bond tendred unto them, by which they were to bind themselves to defend the Queen and Bothwell.
Some that were corrupt, did willingly subscribe ; others for fear did the same: and there was not one that went to Court that did refuse, but the Earl of Murray ; who refusing absolutely to enter into a bond with Bothwell, said, It was not the part of a good subject ; yet since he had been made friends with him some time before, he would keep his promise unto the Queen; and to enter into a bond with the Queen, it was needlesse and unfit, since he was to obey her in all lawfull and just things.
Upon this, he gat leave, although with great difficulty, to go into France.
The Queen receives now Hamilton Archbishop of Saint 1The Bishop here referred to, was of France, the Cardinal of Lorraine and William Chisholm, Bishop of Dunblane. others, in May 1567, are printed by His instructions concerning the Queen's Keith.
(History, vol. ii. p. 592.) But motives to take her husband, the Duke Calderwood asserts they "are forged, of Orkney, to be declared to the King and full of lies."
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Androis into favour since these changes; who was no less a faithfull Councellor to her, then he was a good pastor of Christ's flock ; that is, he betrayed her, and disobeyed God.
With this a Proclamation comes out in favour of the poor Protestants, whereby the Queen declares, That she will keep and confirm all that she had promised at her arrivall into Scotland:
This was done to.stop the people's mouthes ; but all in vain, for the people were universally against the abomination of the Court.
Within few dayes, Bothwell and the Queen were raising men, under pretext to goto the Borders to represse the robbers there ; but in effect to go to Sterlin, to have the Prince in their custody, that they might dispose of him according to their mind.
Then a new Proclamation came out, That the Queen hereafter would rule only by the advice of the Nobles of the land, as her best predecessors had done.
The Lords at Sterlin, hearing of this plot, strives to prevent it, and to this purpose they appointed with the Lord Hume, to besiege the Castle of Borthwicke, where the Queen and Bothwell was:
But because the Earle of Athole did not come at the houre appointed, they had not men enough to environ and compass the Castle; so that Bothwell having notice given him of the business, escaped to Dumbar, and the Queen after him, in man's cloths.
The Lords, failing of their designe at Borthwike Castle, went to Edinburgh, whereof they made themselves masters easily, having the affections of the people, notwithstanding the Earl
Huntley and the Archbishop of Saint Androis perswasion to the contrary.- These two, with their associates, were constrained to retire to the Castle, where they were received by Sir James Balfour, left there by Bothwell.
The twelfth of June, which was the next day following, the Lords at Edinburgh caused to publish a proclamation, whereby they declared, That the Earle Bothwell, who had been the principall author, deviser, and actor of the cruell murther of
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Boox VY. the late King, had since laid hand upon the Queen's person, and had her for the present in Dumbar in his power; and finding her utterly destitute of all good counsell, had seduced her to a dishonest and unlawfull marriage with himselfe ; yea, that now he was gathering forces, and stirring himself to get the young Prince in his hands, that he might murther the child, as he had murthered the father.
This wicked man the Nobles of the land resolved to withstand, and deliver the Queen out of his bondage ; wherefore they did charge all lieges within the kingdom that could come to them, to be in readiness at three hours warning to assist them (the Nobles) for the freeing of the Queen.from captivity, and bringing the said Earle Bothwell to a legall triall, and condigne punishment for the aforesaid murther and other crimes.
All such that would not side with the Lords were by this Proclamation commanded to depart from Edinburgh within four hours, under the pain of being accounted enemies, &c.
Notwithstanding this Proclamation, the people did not joyn unto these Lords as was expected, for sundry of the Nobles were adversaries to the business, others stood as neuters; and withall, those that were convened together were not well provided of armes and munition for exploits of warr ; so that they were even thinking to dissolve and leave off their enterprize till another time, and had absolutely done so; but God had ordained other wayes, as the event did shew, (if the Queen and Bothwell could have had patience to stay at Dumbar for three or four dayes without any stir ;) but the Queen and Bothwell, having gathered together about four or five thousand men, trusting in their force, (the Queen being puft up by flatterers,) set forth and marched towards Leith: Being come forward as far as Glaidsmure, she caused publike Proclamation against the aforesaid Lords, calling them a number of conspirators, and that she now discerned their inward malice against her and her husband, the Duke of Orkney, (for so now they called Both-
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well.) After they had endeavoured to apprehend her and her husband at Borthwick, and had made a seditious Proclamation, under pretence of seeking the revenge of the King her late husband, and to free her from captivity ; giving out, that the Duke her husband had a minde to invade the Prince her sonne ; all which was false, for the Duke her husband had used all means to clear himself, both by a legall way and by the offer of a combate to any that did accuse him, as they knew well enough: As touching her captivity, she was in none, but was in company with her husband, unto whom she was publikely married in the view of the world, and many of the Nobles had given their consent unto this her marriage: As for the Prince her sonne, it was but a specious pretence to the treason and rebellion against her their naturall Sovereign and her posteritie, which they intended to overthrow ; wherefore she declared her self necessitated to take armes, hoping that all her faithfull subjects would adhere unto her, and that those who were already assembled with her, would with good hearts and hands stand to:her defence ; and for the recompence of their valour they should have the lands and goods of these unnaturall rebels.
After this Proclamation, the army went on, and the Queen that night came to Seaton, where she lay.
About midnight the Lords of Edinburgh were advertised of the Queen's approach, presently they took armes, and at the sun rising they were at Musselburgh, where they refreshed themselves with meat and rest.
The Queen's camp was not yet stirring.
About mid-day the scouts that the Lords had sent out, brought word that the enemie was marching towards them ; presently they put themselves in two batallias ; the first was conducted by the Earle Morton and the Lord Hume ; the second by the Earls Athole, Glencarne, the Lords Lindsay,
Ruthven, Semple, and Sanchar, with the Lairds Drumlanrick, Tullibarden, Cesfoord, and Graunge, with divers others: their number was almost as great as the Queen's, their men better,
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The Queen had gained a hill called Carbarry,' which the Lords (by reason of the steepness of the ascent) could not well come at; wherefore they wheeled about to get a more convenient place to go to the hill, where the enemie was, and to have the sunne behind them in the time of the fight.
At the first the Queen, seeing their thus going about, did imagine they were fleeing away to Dalkeith, but when she saw them come directly towards her, she found her self deceived.
The French Ambassador, seeing them ready to fight, strived to take up the business, and having spoken with the Queen, went to the Lords, telling them, that the Queen was disposed to peace, and to forgive and pardon this insurrection: wherefore it was very fit to spare blood, to agree in a peaceable way.
The Earle of Morton (in the name of all the rest) answered, That they had taken up armes, not against the Queen, but against the murtherer of the King ; whom if she would deliver to be punished, or at least put from her company, she should find a continuation of dutifull obedience by them, and all other good subjects; otherwise no peace: besides, we are not to ask pardon for any offence done by us.
The Ambassador, seeing their resolution to stand to the right of their cause, withdrew, and went to Edinburgh.
While the French Ambassadour was thus labouring for accommodation, Bothwell came out of the camp (which was in the trench that the Englishmen had left at their last being in these places, as we have said in the former Books,) well mounted, with a defie to any that would fight with him.
James Murray, brother to the Laird of Tullibardin, who before had accepted of Bothwell's challenge, when he made the rodomontade at Edinburgh, immediately after the King's death
; ? but then James Murray did not make known his name.
Both1 Carberry-hill, in the parish of Inof Musselburgh, and seven miles from yeresk, about two miles to the south-east
Edinburgh.
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well refused to fight with James Murray,! alleadging he was not his equall.
Upon this the elder brother, William Murray, Laird of Tullibardin, answered, That he would fight with him, as being his better in estate, and in antiquitie of house many degrees above him ; yet Bothwell refused him, saying, That he was not a Peer of the Kingdom, as he was; then sundry
Lords would have gone to fight with Bothwell; but the Lord Lindsey namely, who said to the rest of the Lords and Gentlemen, That he would take it as a singular favour of them, and as a recompence of his service done to the State, if they would suffer him to fight with the braggadocio.
Bothwell seeing that there was no more subterfuge nor excuse, under-hand made the Queen to forbid him.
After this challenge and answers, Bothwell's complices and followers were very earnest to fight, but others that had come only for the Queen's sake, became little cold, saying, That Bothwell would do well to fight himself, and spare the blood of divers gentlemen that were there.
Some counselled to delay the battell till the Hamiltons came, whom they did expect.
All this the Queen heard with anger ; and riding up and downe, burst out in teares, and said, They were all cowards and traytors that would not fight.
Immediately after thus vapouring, the Queen, perceiving sundry to leave her, she advised Bothwell to look unto himself, for she said to him, she would render her selfe unto the Noble-men.?
Upon this she sent for James Kirkaldie of Grange,? with whom she kept discourse for a while, till that she was assured that Bothwell was out of danger.
Then she went to the Lords, Note how whom she did entertain with many fair words, telling them, Hoke
That it was neither fear, nor want of hope of victorie, that 124 moment. made her come unto them, but a meer desire to spare shedding
1 "James Murray, son of umquhill berry-hill, on Sunday the 15th June:
William Murray of Tullibardine," is She was brought that night to Edinmentioned in a letter of Queen Mary, in burgh, and on the following day was Aug. 1564. (Recueil, &., vol. i. p. 221.) sent prisoner to Lochleven Castle.
2 Queen Mary surrendered at Car3 See page 322, note 7.
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Book V. of innocent blood: withall she promised to be ruled and advised by them.
With this she was received with all respect: But shortly after, declaring that she would go to the Hamiltons, with promise to returne, they restrained her liberty, and brought her along with them to Edinburgh at night: She was very slow in marching, looking to be rescued by the Hamiltons ; but in vain.
She lay that night in the Provest his house.
The next day, the Lords sent the Queen to the Castle that is within an Isle of Lochlevin.
Sir James Balfour, seeing the Queen com-: mitted, and Bothwell consequently defeated, he capitulated with the Lords for the deliverie of the Castle.
Bothwell, finding himselfe thus in disorder, sent a servant to Sir James Balfour, to save a little silver cabinet which the Queen had given him.
Sir James Balfour delivers the cabinet to the messenger, and under-hand giveth advice of it to the Lords.
In this cabinet had Bothwell kept the letters of privacy he had from the Queen :
Thus he kept her letters, to be an awe-bond upon her, in case her affection should change.
By the taking of this cabinet, many particulars betwixt the Queen and Bothwell were clearly discovered.
These letters were after printed :1 They were in French, with some sonnets of her owne making.
[About this time the Earle Bothwell was declared by open Proclamation not only the murtherer of the King, but also the committer of it with his owne hand ; and a thousand crownes were offered to any man that would bring him in.?]
Few dayes after the commitment of the Queen, the Earl of Glencarne with his domesticks went to the Chappell of Halyrud-house, where he brake down the altars and the images: which fact, as it did content the zealous Protestants, so it did highly offend the Popishly affected.
The Nobles, who had so proceeded against Bothwell, and dealt so with the Queen, hearing that the Hamiltons had a great number of men, and had
* In Buchanan's Detection, &¢.,1572. —_ edit. 1644, at the close of the preceding
4 This sentence is inserted in the 4to paragraph.
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drawn the Earls of Argyle and Huntley to their side, sent to Hamilton, desiring those that were there to joyn with them, for the redress of the disorders of the Kirk and State: But the Hamiltons, thinking now they had a faire occasion fallen unto them to have all again in their hands, and to dispose of all according to their own mind, did refuse audience to the message sent by the Lords.
Upon this, the Lords moved the Generall Assembly then met in Edinburgh,! in the moneth of June, to write to the Lords that either were actually declared for the Hamiltons or were neuters: And so severall letters were directed to the Earls of Argyle, Huntley, Cathnes, Rothesse, Crauford, and Menteith ; to the Lords Boyd, Drummond, Graham,? Cathcart, Yester,
Fleming, Levingston, Seaton, Glams, Uchiltry, Gray, Olyphant, Methven, Innermeth,? and Somervile, as also to divers other men of note.
Besides the letters of the Assembly, Commissioners were sent from the Assembly to the Lords above-named ; to wit, John Knox, John Dowglas, John Row, and John Craig, who had instructions conforme to the tenour of the letters, to desire these Lords and others, to come to Edinburgh, and joyne with the Lords there, for the setling of God's true worship in the Church, and Policie reformed according to God's Word, a maintenance for the Ministers, and support for the Poor: But neither the Commissioners nor the letters did prevaile with these men ; they excused, that they could not repair to Edinburgh with freedom, where there was so many armed men, and a garrison so strong: But for the Church affairs they would not be any wayes wanting, to do what. lay in them.
The Lords at Edinburgh, seeing this, joyneth absolutely with several persons to whom copies of it were addressed.
After appointing a General Fast to be observed on Sunday the 13th and the 20th of July, the Assembly adjourned to the 21st of that month.
1 The General Assembly met on the 25th June, and Mr. George Buchanan was chosen Moderator.
The Book of the Universall Kirk contains the letter signed by Knox, Row, Craig, Erskine, Spottiswood, and Douglas, dated 26th June 1567; and also the names of the 2 In the Edinburgh editions 1644, " Ghram" and "Inderncth."
THE HISTORY OF
Boox V. the Assembly, (which had been prorogated to the 20. of July,! upon the occasion of these Letters and Commissioners aforesaid,) and promiseth to make good all the Articles they thought fit to resolve upon in the Assembly: But how they performed their promises, God knows.
Alwayes the Articles they agreed upon were these :?
1. That the Acts of Parliament holden at Edinburgh the 24. of August 1560, touching Religion, and abolishing the Pope's authoritie, should have the force of a publike law; and consequently this Parliament defended as a lawfull Parliament, and confirmed by the first Parliament that should be kept next.
2. That the Thirds of the Tythes, or any more reasonable proportion of Benefices, should be allowed towards the maintenance of the Ministery ; and that there should bea charitable course taken concerning the exacting of the tythes of the poor labourers.
[Moreover, that nothing should passin Parliament till the affaires of the Kirk be first considered, approven, and established. ] 3. That none should be received in the Universities, Colledges, or Schooles, for instruction of the youth, but after due tryall both of capacitie and probitie.
4, That all crimes and offences against God, should be punished according to God's word; and that there should be a law made there anent, at the first Parliament to be holden.
5. As for the horrible murther of the late King, husband to the Queen, which was so haynous before God and man, all true professors, in whatsoever rank or condition, did promise to strive that all persons should be brought to condigne punishment, who are found guilty of the same crime.
1 At the Assembly in July 1567, tained in the Book of the Universall Kirk, (vol, i. pages 101-103.) " Letters of Excusation," from the Earl of Argyle, the Commendator of Aberbrothok, (Lord John Hamilton,) and Thomas Menzics, provost of Aberdeen, were read; and copies of them are con- * These Articles are here given only in a condensed or abridged form.
Sce Book of the Universall Kirk, vol. i., pages 106-110.
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6. They all promised to protect the young Prince against all violence, lest he should be murthered as his father was ; and that the Prince should be committed to the care of four wise and godly men, that by a good education, he might be fitted for that high calling he was to execute one day.
7. The Nobles, Barons, and others, doth promise to beat down and abolish Popery, Idolatry, and Superstition, with any thing that may contribute unto it ; as also to set up and further the true worship of God, his government, the Church, and all that may concern the purity of Religion and life; and for this to convene and take arms, if need require.
8. That all Princes and Kings hereafter in this Realm, before their Coronation, shall take oath to maintain the true Religion now professed in the Church of Scotland, and suppress all things contrary to it, and that are not agreeing with it.
To these Articles! subscribed the Earls of Morton, Glencarne, and Marr, the Lords Hume, Ruthven, Sanchar, Lindsey, Grame,
Innermeth, and Uchiltrie, with many other Barons, besides the Commissioners of the Burroughs.
This being agreed upon, the Assembly dissolved.
Thereafter the Lords Lindsay and Ruthven were sent to Lochlevin to the Queen, to present unto her two writs ; the one contained a renunciation of the Crowne and Royall dignitie in favour of the Prince her son ; with a Commission to invest him into the Kingdome, according to the manner accustomed: which after some reluctancy, with tears, she subscribed? by the advice of the Earle of Athole, who had sent to her; and of Secretary
Lethington, who had sent to her Robert Melvill? for that pur17The names of the Subscribers to July 1567, were published with other these Articles, amounting in all to 79 documents connected with them in Anpersons, are inserted in the Book of the derson's Collections, vol. ii. Edinb. 1727,
Universall Kirk, (vol. i. p. 110.) 4to: see also Keith's History, vol. ii.
2 The three Instruments signed at p. 706) &c.
Lochlevin, by Queen Mary, on the 24th 3 See page 361, note 2.
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Boox V. pose: So there was a procuration given to the Lords Lindsey and Ruthven, by the Queen, to give up and resign the rule of the Realm, in presence of the States.
The second writ was, To ordain the Earle of Murray Regent during the Prince's minority, if he would accept the charge :
And in case he refused [to accept the said office upon his single person, that he with] the Duke Chattelarault, the Earles of Lenox, Argyle, Athole, Morton, Glencarne, and Marr, should govern conjunctly.
These writs were published the 29. of July 1567, at the Market Crosse of Edinburgh.
Then at Sterlin was the Prince crowned King, where John Knox made the sermon.
The Earle Morton and the Lord Hume took the oath for the King, that he should constantly live in the profession of the true Religion, and maintain it ; and that he should govern the Kingdom according to [the] law thereof, and doe justice equally to all.
In the beginning of August, the Earle Murray being sent for, cometh home ;! in all haste he visits the Queen at Lochlevin, strives to draw the Lords that had taken part with the Hamiltons, or were neuters, to joyne with those that had bound themselves to stand for the King's authoritie: He was very earnest with divers, by reason of their old friendship, but to little purpose.
The twentie of August, he received his Regency, after mature and ripe deliberation, at the desire of the Queen, and Lords that were for the King, and so was publikely proclaimed Regent, and obedience showed unto him by all that stood for the young King.
THE END oF THE History oF THE CHURCH oF SCOTLAND, TILL
THE YEAR 1567, AND MONETH oF AUGUST.
1 At the time of Queen Mary's renunciation of the Crown, the Earl of Murray was in France.
After his return to Edinburgh, the 11th August, he had an interview with the Queen at Lochleven.
He was solemnly inaugurated as Regent in the Council Chamber of the Tolbooth, or Parliament House, and publicly proclaimed at the Cross of Edinburgh, 22d August 1567
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INTERPOLATIONS AND Various READINGS IN THE EDITIONS OF
Kwox's History or THE REFoRMATION, BY Davip Bucuanay, PRINTED aT Lonpon, 1644, FOLIO, AND REPRINTED aT EprnBURGH, 1644, QuARTO, (ConTINUED FROM VoL. I. page 494.)
BOOK THIRD.
(THE PAGES AND LINES AT THE LEFT-HAND SIDE REFER TO THE PRESENT EDITION.)
Page 9, line 18. that they destroyed not—to stop them from destroying.
—22. all credibility—almost credit.—28. they slew—was slain.
10, 1. 9. but a cowart—a very coward.—13. the said—and.
11, 1. 10. schybaldis—scybalds and rascals.—13. glansing .
Seirceness, stamered almost—glasing ..
. fear stumbled.—20. scatring . .. creatures—straying and wandering .
. people.
13, 1. 1. adj. day—the thirteenth.—3. sea-cost—-coast.—11. seased —seized upon —15. foir-ryderis—forwarners.—17. the ryveing of a baird—pulling of bairds for anger.
14, 1. 8. Verry tyme reteiring—time returning.—10. fouchtein— foughton with.
15,1. 30. of Ingland—of State in England.
16, 1. 7. occupyed—taken up.—10. as it—as the favour it.—12. these my presentis—my present letter.—13. breve—few.
17, 1. 9. and p. 21, 1. 28. defectioun—-desertion.
19, 1. 9. crwellie—rudelie.—19. guid—cleare.
20, 1. 14. against—against, or answered.
21, (Marginal note wanting.)—9. dejectioun—defection.—10. thaw faces—faire faces.—21. ather yet of any continuance to remaine
APPENDIX.
No. I. in England—or yet to remain any long time in England.— 23. furthe to my awin—thorow to my.
22,1. 12. theirefter, (omitted.)—18. Yff England, (in margin,) As England had interest then not to suffer Scotland to perish, so likewise Scotland hath interest now [1644,] not to see England undone.
25, 1.17. naturall—wise.—32. humll—most humble.
26,1. 6. im tennour as efter followis—The ienour whereof follows thus.—11. in a few and simple words of my.—15. writter— writers thereof.
27, 1.1. Chryst Jesus—for Christ.—2, 3. of the same to, (omitted.) —7. nott—not should.—20. Quenzs Grace—Queen's favour.—
21. not, (omitted.)—23. The common things here.
28, 1. 17. retract—recant.—19. that either your Grace, either yitt ony —that your Majesty, or any.—29. thristit—wished.
29, 1. 3. that—that book.—14. crowche—crouche and bows.—238. factioun—fact.—27. woman—women to command and bear rule over men.—30. before men, (omitted.)
30,1. 4. be long, prosperouse—be both prosperous.—14. hasard— travall.—21. idollatrie—idolatry, going to Masse under your sister Mary, her persecution of God's saints.—33. contrair to nature—contrary to the ordinary course of nature.
31,1. 5, 6. gifthe premisses .
. neglected, ye sall—if you neglect ... these things, and shall.—19. discretiown of spreittis— direction of his spirit.
33, 1. 8. Lords—Lords of the Congregation.
39, 1. 7, 8. amanges which .
. is maid, (omitted.) 45, 1.27, 28. Hamyltoun, second .
. the Counsalle—Hamilton and others of the Councell.
46, 1. 9. mindsteris—Monsieurs, I had almost said monsters.—14. so intollerable—hath been, I say, so intolerable.—22. gentillie
. covenantes—willingly .
. conditions.
49, 1.10. (Margin,) Let us mark our advantage from France.
53, (The names arranged in a different order.) 57, 1. 1. army-—armie by land.—22. catyveis awin guhynger— wretches own dagger.—29. army be land—of the land.
61, 1. 15. (Margin,) The Fourth Covenant.
63, 1. 13. before .
. please—as it pleaseth them.—In pp. 63 and 64, the passage in brackets, and the marginal note in p. 64, omitted.
64, (Margin,) Let the Princes now adayes make use of this.—23.