Mary's high spirit--Ridiculous issue of the trial, Scheme of marrying Mary to Norfolk, concealed from Elizabeth, Murray and his Parliament shew their malevolence, Lethington arrested, ... page 332 333 335 Elizabeth's indignation against the marriage-Murray betrays Norfolk, 341 Clamours of the Preachers--Murray's base agreement with Elizabeth, 345 His death, and character, Elizabeth's army waste the east and west parts of the south of Scotland, 349 Lennox Regent; his acts of terror, Capture of Dumbarton, and execution of the Archbishop of St. Andrews, 353 368 369 Execution of Norfolk-Hatred against Mary; her apology, Massacre of Paris, 375 Elizabeth wishes to give up Mary to her enemies, He harasses the Hamiltons, and James is requested to assume the reins of government, 382 Morton regains power-Athole poisoned, 383 ... James's favourites, 385-Bowes, Elizabeth's agent, dismissed, Morton accused of the King's murder; tried, condemned, beheaded, Raid of Ruthven, 393 Mary's letter to Elizabeth-Ambassadors from France and England, page 394 The conspirators refuse their pardon clogged with a condition, 395 396 ib. Walsingham in Scotland, 397-Plan for Mary's liberation frustrated, 398 New church polity crippled, 401 403 ib. Proposed agreement with Mary abortive-Association against her, ... 405 406 408 Banished nobles return; are reconciled to the King-Treaty concluded, 415 New church affairs--Reciprocal anathemas, 416 Sham agreement--Shameful acquittal of Archibald Douglas, 418 Disunion of Mary's friends-- Morgan's intrigues—Gifford and Greatley, 419 Mary at first refuses to plead, but consents to do so conditionally, Objections from Naué and Curle, completely repelled, Ratification and petition by Parliament-Elizabeth's fears, 431 433 434 435 436 437 ib. 439 Elizabeth's perplexity; signs the death-warrant; proposes assassination, 440 Behaviour of the Scottish preachers, 442 Elizabeth dissembles with Davidson-Commission sent to Fotheringay, 443 Mary makes oath of her innocence, ... 445 Enters the hall, and addresses the Assembly, Consoles her servants; her employment during her last night, Is harassed by the Dean of Peterborough, Is beheaded-Treatment of her body, Dissimulation of Elizabeth, CHAPTER VII. James somewhat appeased for his mother's death. Gray disgraced-James tries to reconcile his disagreeing nobles, Annexation of the Church-lands to the Crown, Lesser Barons are to send Commissioners to Parliament, 464 465 Demands made to the King-Preacher Gibson absconds, ... Elizabeth urges severity against them--Reasons for James's lenity, Earl of Murray killed-Quarrel and schism, Illegal proceedings-The houses of the Lords seized, A message from Elizabeth--Shameful act of Parliament overstretched, ... The Lords despise the terms offered them, ... Bothwell's credit with the preachers; failure of his projects, Battle of Altnahoilachan-Huntly and Errol leave the kingdom, ... James loses the favour of the Catholics-Project of the Spanish exiles, The Clergy alarmed; they form a standing council, Seditious murmurs, not deserved-Obstinate reply, Black's scurrilous speech; defended by his brethren, 497 498 499 501 James retires to Linlithgow-The Clergy persist in their contumacy, James sends agents to Germany, and Bruce to England, James at great pains to gain the Catholics-Regulations for Clerical 518 The King's danger, and the deaths of Gowrie and his brother, Various attempts to explain the strange adventure, 519 523 ERRATA. Page 246, 9th line, for have able, read have been able. 443, 19th line, for Calcanquhal, read Balcanquhal. PRELIMINARY REMARKS. FROM the time of the introduction of the Christian religion into Scotland, that kingdom had scarcely been troubled with heresy; and amidst all the evils with which it had been afflicted, it had never been visited with the curse of religious wrangling, nor the flames of discord blown up by fanatical zealots. It was no small consolation in the distresses, and a great means of allaying the miseries of its inhabitants, that they still agreed in the profession of the same faith, received the same sacraments, prostrated themselves before the same altars, and were subject to the same hierarchy. For several ages past, the wars which had extinguished the arts and sciences in the western world, had also produced great abuses among the clergy, and, during these barbarous ages, many sects had arisen, viz. the Albigenses, the Waldenses, the Lollards, the Wickliffites, the Hussites, &c.; but the thunders of the Church, the arms of the Crusaders, and the flames of Inquisitions, had nearly extinguished them; and in the end of the fifteenth century, almost all Europe was tranquil, in communion with the Roman See, and acknowledged the Pope as their spiritual father. State of Religion in Scot land previous to the Refor mation. Leo X., from April 1513 to December 1521, filled the Character of chair of St. Peter. He had been educated by the ablest Leo X. masters in every branch of literature, and had made great proficiency in the sciences. He had an exquisite taste for the belles lettres, and loved and protected men of ge B |