Mary, queen of Scots: her persecutions, sufferings, and trials

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1826
 

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Pagina 136 - ... the mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the...
Pagina 267 - After our hearty commendations ; we find by speech lately uttered by her Majesty, that she doth note in you both a lack of that care and zeal for her service, that she looketh for at your hands ; in that you have not in all this time (of yourselves without other provocation) found out some way to shorten the [life of *] that Queen ; considering the great peril she is hourly subject to, so long as the said Queen shall live.
Pagina 186 - Council, that shall find the means that your Majesty shall be quit of him without prejudice of your son ; and albeit that my Lord of Murray here present be little less scrupulous for a Protestant than your Grace is for a Papist, I am assured he will look through his fingers thereto, and will behold our doings, saying nothing to the same.
Pagina 60 - Shall that idol be suffered again to take place within this realm ? It shall not.' The Lord Lindsay, (then but Master,) with the gentlemen of Fife and others, plainly cried in the close or yard: ' The idolatrous priests shall die the death, according to God's law.'* One that carried the candle was evil afraid.
Pagina 55 - N'a c'y de moi que la moitié: Une part te reste , elle est tienne ; Je la fie à ton amitié Pour que de l'autre il te souvienne.
Pagina 239 - Seaton, who is praised by this queen to be the finest busker, that is to say, the finest dresser of a woman's head of hair that is to be seen in any country ; whereof we have seen divers experiences since her coming hither : and among other pretty devices, yesterday and this day, she did set such a curled hair upon the queen, that was said to be a perewyke, that showed very delicately ; and every other day she hath a new device of head-dressing without any cost, and yet setteth forth a woman gaylie...
Pagina 89 - ... have been given, when every man should have fought in the sight of so noble a Queen, and so many fair ladies, our enemies to have taken them from us, and we to save our honours, not to be reft of them, your honour can easily judge!
Pagina 95 - At these words, howling was heard, and tears might have been seen in greater abundance than the matter required. John Erskine of Dun, a man of meek and gentle spirit, stood beside and entreated what he could to mitigate her anger, and gave unto her many pleasing words of her beauty, of her excellence, and how that all the Princes of Europe would be glad to seek her favours.
Pagina 109 - I am in the place where I am demanded of conscience to speak the truth ; and therefore the truth I speak, impugn it whoso list.

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