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The History of Scotland, During the Reigns of Queen Mary and of King James Vi. to Which Is Prefixed, the Life of the Author
The History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and of King James Vi to Which Is Prefixed the Life of the Author Author:William Robertson General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1817 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of 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 book... more »s for free. Excerpt: No. XXII. (Vol. II. p. 87 ) Part of a letter from Sir Nicolas Throkmortont Civil. llth of July 15H7, ft am Berwick. I An Original. Paper-office.] Sin, your letter of the 6th of July, I received the 10th at Berwick. I am sorry to see that the queen's ma- esty's disposition altcreih not towards thi' lords, for when all is done, it is they which must stand her more in stead, than the queen her cousin, and will be better instruments to work some benefit and quietness to her majesty i. nd her realm, than the queen of Scotland which is void of good fame. A letter from Sir Nicolas Throkmorton to Cecil, from Fastcastle. 12th of July 1567. [Paper-office.] SlB, as you might perceive by my letter of the llth July. I lodged at Fastcastle that night, accompanyed with the loid Hume, the lurd of Ledington, and James Melvin, where I was intreaied very well, according to the state of that place, which is fitter to lodge prisoners than fols at libertv, as it is very little, so it is very strung. B the conference 1 have had with the lord of Ledington, I find the lords his associates and he hath left nothing unthoughl of, which may either to thir danger, or work them surety, wherein they do not forget what good and harme France may do them, and likewise they consider the same of ling- land ; hut as farr as I can perceive, to be plain with yow, they find more peril to grow unto them through the queen's majesty's dealing than either they do by the French, or by any contrary faction arnongest themselves, for they assure themselves the queen will leave them in the bryers if they run her fortoun, and though they do ackn...« less