The Life of Mary, Queen of Scots: Drawn from the State Papers, Volume 1J. Murray, 1818 - 499 pages |
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Page iii - I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry : be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.
Page 263 - ... her privy letters, written and subscribed with her own hand, and sent by her to James Earl of Bothwell...
Page 57 - I acknowledge his doctrine to be sound. His prayer is daily for her, ' that God will turn her obstinate heart against God and his truth; or, if the holy will be otherwise, to strengthen the hearts and hands of his chosen and elect, stoutly to withstand the rage of all tyrants,
Page 350 - to have divers of Buchanan's little Latin books to present, if need be, to the king, as from yourself, and likewise to some of the other noblemen of his council; for they will serve to good effect to disgrace her, which must be done before other purposes can be attained.
Page 344 - The doubt of future foes exiles my present joy, And wit me warns to shun such snares as threaten mine annoy. For falsehood now doth flow, and subject faith doth ebb, Which would not be if reason ruled, or wisdom weaved the web.
Page 471 - I think, without her passport or license; for though the late King, your master, used all the impeachment he could, both to stay me and catch me when I came hither, yet you know, Monsieur 1'Ambassadeur, I came hither, safely, and I may have as good means to help me home again, as I had to come hither, if I would employ my friends. Truly...
Page 86 - Inverness, came in the morning from the watches, that she was not a man to know what life it was to lie all night in the fields, or to walk upon the causeway with a jack and a knapsack, a Glasgow buckler, and a broadsword.
Page 298 - I myself have inspection thereof, and make answer thereto. For ye shall affirm in my name, I never ,writ any thing concerning that matter to any creature: and, if any such writings be, they are false and feigned, forged and invented by themselves, only to my dishonour and slander: and there are divers in Scotland, both men and women, that can counterfeit my hand-writing, and write the like manner of writing which I use, as well as myself, and principally such as are in company with themselves.
Page 344 - The Daughter of Debate, that eke discord doth sow, Shall reap no gain where former rule hath taught still peace to grow No foreign banished wight shall anchor in this port; Our realm it brooks no stranger's force, let them elsewhere resort.
Page 470 - There is nothing that doth more grieve me than that I did so forget myself as to require of the Queen your mistress that favour, which I had no need to ask.