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... Queen of Scots . By this law the association in defence of Elizabeth's life was ratified , and it was further enacted , " That if any rebellion " shall be excited in the kingdom , or any thing " attempted to the hurt of Her Majesty's ...
... Queen of Scots . By this law the association in defence of Elizabeth's life was ratified , and it was further enacted , " That if any rebellion " shall be excited in the kingdom , or any thing " attempted to the hurt of Her Majesty's ...
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... Queen's Majesty , which is thought not fit to be granted until the great blot of the marriage with her husband's mur- therer , and the evident charges , by letters of her own , to be deviser of the murther , be somewhat razed out or ...
... Queen's Majesty , which is thought not fit to be granted until the great blot of the marriage with her husband's mur- therer , and the evident charges , by letters of her own , to be deviser of the murther , be somewhat razed out or ...
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... Queen of Scots to the Queen's Majesty . In collation whereof no dif- ference was found . " Good . ii . 256. 7. Mary having written an apologetical letter for her con- duct to the Countess of Lennox , July 10. 1570 , Mary's letter has ...
... Queen of Scots to the Queen's Majesty . In collation whereof no dif- ference was found . " Good . ii . 256. 7. Mary having written an apologetical letter for her con- duct to the Countess of Lennox , July 10. 1570 , Mary's letter has ...
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... Majesty from manifesting her misliking of them . " Cabala , 140. And in his letter of Sept. 3d , " The Queen's Majesty , our sove- reign , remaineth still offended with the lords for the Queen ; the example moveth her . " Ib . 141 ...
... Majesty from manifesting her misliking of them . " Cabala , 140. And in his letter of Sept. 3d , " The Queen's Majesty , our sove- reign , remaineth still offended with the lords for the Queen ; the example moveth her . " Ib . 141 ...
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... Queen Elizabeth to the King of Scotland , written to Sir Francis Walsingham ... Queen and the Earl of Bothwell , had been delivered to sundry hands , and ... Majesty , according to Her Majesty's desire . THIS time past I have expended ...
... Queen Elizabeth to the King of Scotland , written to Sir Francis Walsingham ... Queen and the Earl of Bothwell , had been delivered to sundry hands , and ... Majesty , according to Her Majesty's desire . THIS time past I have expended ...
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accused action ambassador answer appear assured authority betwixt Bishop Bishop of Ross BOOK Bothwell Cald cause Cecil church clergy commanded consent conspiracy council court crime crown danger death declared desire doth Duke Duke of Guise Duke of Lennox Earl of Athol Earl of Lennox Earl of Murray Edinburgh effect Elizabeth enemies England English estates favour fear France French giff Gowrie hands hath honour Huntly husband James King King of Scots King's kingdom land Lennox letters liberty Lidington Lord Lordship Majesty's marriage Mary Mary's matter means ment ministers Morton murder nobility nobles parliament person Popish present Prince privy privy council privy counsellors proceedings promise Protestant Queen of Scots Queen's Majesty quhilk realm reason received religion rigour Ruthven Scotland Scottish sent sentence shew sovereign Spotsw subjects suffered thereof theyr thing thought Throkmorton tion unto utmost VIII write zeal zour
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Página 192 - I do believe the principal part of her disease to consist of a deep grief and sorrow. Nor does it seem possible to make her forget the same. Still she repeats these words,
Página 68 - Her eyes were a dark gray, her complexion was exquisitely fine, and her hands and arms remarkably delicate, both as to shape and colour. Her stature was of a height that rose to the majestic. She danced, she walked, and rode with equal grace. Her taste for music was just, and she both sung and played upon the lute with uncommon skill.
Página 175 - Thus, during the whole seventeenth Century, the English were gradually refining their language and their taste : in Scotland the former was much debased, and the latter almost entirely lost.
Página 62 - Her attendants, during this conversation, were bathed in tears, and though overawed by the presence of the two earls, with difficulty suppressed their anguish ; but no sooner did Kent and Shrewsbury withdraw, than they ran to their mistress, and burst out into the most passionate expressions of tenderness and sorrow.
Página 61 - is not worthy the joys of heaven, which repines because the body must endure the stroke of the executioner ; and though I did not expect that the queen of England would set the first example of violating the sacred person of a sovereign prince, I willingly submit to that which Providence has decreed to be my lot...
Página 295 - I can perceive, their rigour proceedeth by their order from these men, because that the queen will not by any means be induced to lend her authority to prosecute the murder, nor will not consent by any persuasion to abandon the Lord Bothwell for her husband, but avoweth constantly that she will live and die with him...
Página 164 - The nobles exhausting their fortunes by the expense of frequent attendance upon the English court, and by attempts to imitate the manners and luxury of their more wealthy neighbours, multiplied exactions upon the people, who durst hardly utter complaints which they knew would never reach the ear of their sovereign, nor move him to grant them any redress.
Página 43 - Nor is my spirit so broken by its past misfortunes, or so intimidated by present dangers, as to stoop to any thing unbecoming the majesty of a crowned head, or that will disgrace the ancestors from whom I am descended, and the son to whom I shall' leave my throne. If I must be tried, princes alone can be my peers. The queen of England's subjects, however noble their birth may be, are of a rank inferior to mine.
Página 63 - An Agnus Dei hung by a. pomander chain at her neck ; her beads at her girdle ; and in her hand she carried a crucifix of ivory. At the bottom of the stairs, the two earls, attended by several gentlemen from the neighbouring counties, received her ; and there Sir Andrew...
Página 48 - ... as equally repugnant to both. And, if ever I have given consent by my words, or even by my thoughts, to any attempt against the life of the queen of England, far from declining the judgment of men, I shall not even pray for the mercy of God...