The Works of Wm Robertson Dd - 2 Author:William Robertson Title: The Works of Wm. Robertson, D.d. : History of Scotland, Books Vi-Viii. a Critical Dissertation Concerning the Murder of King Henry, and the Genuineness of the Queen's Letters to Bothwell Subtitle: In Eight Volumes Volume: 2 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1825 Original Publisher: Published by Talboys a... more »nd Wheeler; and W. Pickering, London. Subjects: Scotland Europe India Holy Roman Empire America Latin America 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: CRITICAL DISSERTATION CONCERNING THE MURDER OF KING HENRY, AND THE GENUINENESS OF THE QUEEN'S LETTERS TO BOTH- WELL. Tt is not my intention to engage in all the controversies to which the murder of king Henry, or the letters from queen Mary to Bothwell, have given rise; far less to appear as an adversary to any particular author, who hath treated of them. To repeat, and to expose all the ill-founded assertions, with regard to these points, which have flowed from inattention, from prejudice, from partiality, from malevolence, and from dishonesty, would be no less irksome to myself, than unacceptable to most of my readers. All I propose, is to assist others in forming some judgment concerning the facts in dispute, by stating the proofs produced on each side, with as much brevity as the case will admit, and with the same attention and impartiality, which I have endeavoured to exercise in examining other controverted points in the Scottish history. In order to account for the king's murder, two different systems have been formed. The one supposes Bothwell to have contrived and executed this crime. The other imputes it to the earls of Murray, Morton, and their party. The decision of many controverted facts in history, is a ...« less