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... England . The Duke of Guise , he said , undertook to furnish troops , and to conduct the enterprise . The Pope- and King of Spain were to supply the money ne- cessary for carrying it on ; all the English exiles were ready to take arms ...
... England . The Duke of Guise , he said , undertook to furnish troops , and to conduct the enterprise . The Pope- and King of Spain were to supply the money ne- cessary for carrying it on ; all the English exiles were ready to take arms ...
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... England's consent . с proceed- ed lords THE banished lords and their adherents soon Severe felt the effects of Arran's friendship with England . Ings against As Elizabeth had permitted them to take refuge the banish- in her dominions ...
... England's consent . с proceed- ed lords THE banished lords and their adherents soon Severe felt the effects of Arran's friendship with England . Ings against As Elizabeth had permitted them to take refuge the banish- in her dominions ...
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... England , but acted as a spy upon the Scottish Queen , and betrayed to her rival every secret that he could draw from her by his high pretensions of zeal in her service . " 1584 . His inter- est with the court of Eng- land . GRAY's ...
... England , but acted as a spy upon the Scottish Queen , and betrayed to her rival every secret that he could draw from her by his high pretensions of zeal in her service . " 1584 . His inter- est with the court of Eng- land . GRAY's ...
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... England to whom he had communicated it ; and having himself voluntarily confessed his guilt , he suffered the punishment which it deserved . March 2 . A severe statute , which proved fatal to Mary . THESE repeated conspiracies against ...
... England to whom he had communicated it ; and having himself voluntarily confessed his guilt , he suffered the punishment which it deserved . March 2 . A severe statute , which proved fatal to Mary . THESE repeated conspiracies against ...
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... England from affection as well as principle , and were the only persons among the Scots whom , in any dangerous exigency , she could thoroughly trust . Before Bellenden left London , they had been summoned thither , under colour of ...
... England from affection as well as principle , and were the only persons among the Scots whom , in any dangerous exigency , she could thoroughly trust . Before Bellenden left London , they had been summoned thither , under colour of ...
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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 crown danger death declared desire doth Duke Duke of Guise Earl of Gowrie Earl of Lennox Earl of Murray Edinburgh effect Elizabeth enemies England English favour fear Fotheringay 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 Scotland Queen of Scots Queen's Majesty quhilk realm reason received Regent religion rigour Ruthven Scotland Scottish sent sentence shew sovereign Spotsw subjects suffered thereof theyr thing thought tion unto VIII write zeal zour
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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 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 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 65 - ... to undress before so many spectators, nor to be served by such valets. With calm but undaunted fortitude, she laid her neck on the block ; and while one executioner held her hands, the other, at the second stroke, cut off her head, which, falling out of its attire, discovered her hair already grown quite gray with cares and sorrows. The executioner held it up still streaming with blood, and the dean crying out, " So perish all Queen Elizabeth's enemies," the earl of Kent alone answered, Amen.
Página 199 - 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. In the beginning of that period, both nations were emerging out of barbarity ; but the distance between them, which was then inconsiderable, became, before the end of it, immense. Even after science had once dawned...
Página 68 - 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. Towards the end of her life, long confinement, and the coldness of the houses in which she had been imprisoned, brought on a rheumatism, which often deprived her of the use of her limbs. No man, says Brantome, ever beheld her person without admiration and love, or will read her history without sorrow.
Página 309 - ... she can as much prevail with him, in any thing that is against his will, as Your Lordship may with me to persuade that I should hang myself; this last dignity out of hand to have been proclaimed King, she would have...
Página 200 - At length, the union having incorporated the two nations, and rendered them one people, the distinctions which had subsisted for many ages gradually wear away ; peculiarities disappear ; the same manners prevail in both parts of the island ; the same authors are read and admired ; the same entertainments are frequented by the elegant and polite ; and the same standard of taste, and of purity in language, is established.
Página 309 - ... are already given and granted ; no man pleaseth her that contenteth not him ; and what may I say more, she hath given over to him her whole will, to be ruled and guided as himself best liketh...