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The History of Scotland, During the Reigns of Queen Mary, and King James Vi
The History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James Vi Author:William Robertson General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1794 Original Publisher: Printed by R. Morison Junior, for R. Morison and Son Subjects: Scotland Art / General Art / Conceptual Art / History / General History / Europe / Great Britain Travel / Europe / Great Britain Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of... more » the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: T H s HISTORY o t SCOTLAND. BOOK VII. WHILE Scotland Was tbfn by mteftine fac- tions, Elizabeth was alarmed with the rB- mour of a project in agitation for letting Mary at liberty. Francis Throkriiortori, A Chelhire gen- 'Onsc0n- deman, was fuipedted of being deeply conc'efned pjnft Eiu in the defign, and on that fufpicion he was taken into cuftody. Among his papers were found twa lifts, one of the principal harbours in the kingdom, with an account of their fituadon, arid of the depth of water in each; the other, of all the eminent Roman catholics in England. This cir- cumftance Confirmed the fufpicion againft him, and fome dark and defpefate confpiracy was fup- pofed juft ready to break out. At firft he boldly avowed his innocence, and declared that the two pipers were forged by the queen's miniftcrs, in wder to intimidate or enfnarc him; and he even I a endured B K endured the rack with the utmoft fortitude. But being brought a fecond time to the place of tor- ture, his refolution failed him, and he not only acknowledged that he had held a fecret correfpond- ence with the queen of Scots, but difcovered a de- fign that was formed to invade England. The duke of Guife, he faid, undertook to furnifh troops, and to conduct the enterprife. The pope and king of Spain were to fiipply the money neceflary for carrying it on; all the Englifh exiles were eager to take arms ; many of the cathol...« less