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The History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and of King James Vi. Till His Accession to the Throne of England
The History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and of King James Vi Till His Accession to the Throne of England Author:William Robertson Subtitle: With a Review of the Scottish History Previous to That Period and an Appendix Containing Original Papers General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1806 Original Publisher: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davis Subjects: Scotland Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustration... more »s 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: A CRITICAL DISSERTATION CONCERNING The Murder of King Henry, and the Genuine nefs of the Queen's Letters to Bothwell. IT is not my intention to engage in all the con- troverfies to which the murder of king Henry, or the letters from queen Mary to Bothwell, have given rife ; far lefs to appear as an adverfary to any particulaj author, who hath treated of them. To repeat, and to expofe all the ill- founded aflertions with regard to thefe points, which have flowed from inattention, from preju dice, from partiality, from malevolence, and from diflionefty, would be no lefs irkfome to myfelf, than unacceptable to moft of my readers. All I propofe, is to affift others in forming fome judgment concerning the fafts in difpute, by ftating the proofs produced on each fide, with as much brevity as the cafe will admit, and with the fame attention and impartiality which I have endeavoured to exercife in examining other controverted points in the Scottifh hiftory. In order to account for the king's murder, two different fyftems have been formed. The one fuppofes Bothwell to have contrived and executed thisthis crime. The other imputes it to the earls of Murray, Morton, and their party. The decifion of many controverted fadts in hif- tory, is a matter rather of curiofity than of ufe. They (land detached ; and whatever we determine with regard to them, the fabric of the ftory remains untouched. But the fact under difpute in th...« less