...were beholding the French troops marching down the street, the soldiers levelled six or seven shots at the place, and killed his son, a boy about twelve...the bailies were stripped of their authority. John Charteris of Kinfauns was made provost, who was no friend to the Reformers, and who bore a hostile...

...being carried before the Queen, and being informed whose son he was, she remarked, that " it was a pity it chanced on the son and not on the father ; but...it so hath happened, we cannot be against fortune." Lord Ruthven and the other Magistrates were dismissed, and Chartres of Kinfauns was made provost, who,...

...when told whose son it was that had been slain, she expressed her unqueenly feeling in the remark, " It is pity that it chanced on the son, and not on...it so hath happened, we cannot be against fortune." The Lords of the Congregation, indignant at the queen's perfidy, and seeing that she aimed at the overthrow...

...when told whose son it was that had been slain, she expressed her unqneenly feeling in the remark, ' It is pity that it chanced on the son, and not on...it so hath happened, we cannot be against fortune.' The Lords of the Congregation, indignant at the queen's perfidy, and seeing that she aimed at the overthrow...

...Queen's presence. Ofthe But she, understanding whose son he was, said in mockage, " It is ^dt~ a pity it chanced on the son, and not on the father ; but seeing that so is chanced, me can not be against fortune." This was her happy entry to Saint Johnston, and the...