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Selections From Unpublished Manuscripts in the College of Arms and the British Museum Illustrating the Reign of Mary Queen of Scotland,
Selections From Unpublished Manuscripts in the College of Arms and the British Museum Illustrating the Reign of Mary Queen of Scotland Author:Joseph Stevenson Title: Selections From Unpublished Manuscripts in the College of Arms and the British Museum Illustrating the Reign of Mary Queen of Scotland, M.dxliii.--M.dlxviii. General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1837 Original Publisher: s.n. Subjects: Scotland History / Europe / Great Britain History / Europe / Ireland... more » Travel / Europe / Great Britain 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 books for free. Excerpt: ILLUSTRATIONS THE REIGN OF QUEEN MARY. LETTER FROM THOMAS LORD WHARTON TO THE EARL OF SHREWSBURY, May 2, 1543. Pleasid your honorable lordfhipe to be advertifed that I appoyntid ane efpiall of myne to lie at Edinburghe to get intelligence as he could, and as he might to write the fame unto my deputie cuftomer of Carlifle, to whome he haith fent a bill, whiche I fende unto your lordfhipe herein enclofed. The bill was wryttin at Edinburghe upon Wednifday laft. By all the intelligence I cane here the erll of the Ylles preparithe to anoy therlles of Argill and Hunttley, and to kepe theme occupied. Advertifing your lordfhipe that the laft of Aprill in the day light the fouldiours of Langhollme brent a towne in Tividaill callid Whitflaides, with muche corne in the fame, and in thare home cummyng the countrie aroofe with fray and perfewide them varie (trail. They have, in the en- countres amongft theme, hurt fondrie Scottifmenne and flaine fum of thare horfes, brought away five prefoners, one a gentlemane callid Watt Scot, ner kynnefman to the lairde Bukcleughe, with xxx nowt, fex horfe and naiges; and came away with out hurt. The firft of May in the night on Criftie Armftrang with xxx Scotifh- men affured brent a towne in Anerdaille called Sowrefakes, and all thecorne ther ftandinge on the watter of Mylk,...« less