Mary Stuart

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W. Blackwood and Sons, 1856 - Princes
 

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Page 109 - I entreat you to send to fetch me as soon as you possibly can, for I am in a pitiable condition, not only for a queen, but for a gentlewoman...
Page 282 - I will wash away the faults of these letters with the drops from your poor Lydds and so inclose them. Would God I were with you but for one hour. My wits are overwrought with thoughts. I find myself amazed. Bear with me, my most dear sweet Lady. Passion overcometh me. I can write no more. Love me ; for I love you.
Page 45 - Bothwell, before his flying away, and was sent for by one George Dalgleish, his servant, who was taken by the Earl of Morton, a small gilt coffer, not fully a foot long, being garnished in sundry places with the Roman letter F, under a king's crown, wherein were certain letters and writings well known, and by oaths, to be affirmed to have been written, with the Queen of Scots...
Page 138 - She showeth a disposition to speak much, to be bold, to be pleasant, and to be very familiar. She showeth a great desire to be avenged of her enemies. She showeth a readiness to expose herself to all perils in hope of victory. She...
Page 86 - Scots' pearls, for, as he had told her from the first, they were intended for the gratification of the Queen of England, who had been allowed to purchase them at her own price, and they were now in her hands.
Page 138 - So that, for victory sake, pain and peril seemeth pleasant unto her ; and in respect of victory, wealth and all things seemeth to her contemptuous and vile. Now what is to be done with such a lady and princess, — or whether such a princess and lady be to be nourished in one's bosom, — or whether it be good to halt and dissemble with such a lady, I refer to your judgment.
Page 284 - My only wealth receive therefore in as good part the same, as I have received your marriage with extreme joy, that which shall not part forth of my bosome while that marriage of our bodies be made in publick, as sign of all that I either hope or desire of bliss in this world.
Page 187 - Bolton Castle is in the North Riding of Yorkshire, about ten miles from Richmond, in a very secluded locality, which, at the period Mary was brought thither, must have been considered an out-of-the-world place, and was apparently chosen for her prison both on account of its loneliness and strength.
Page 98 - I am now forced out of my kingdom, and driven to such straits that, next to God, I have no hope but in your goodness. I beseech you, therefore, my dearest sister, that I may be conducted to your presence, that I may acquaint you with all my affairs. In the meantime, I beseech God to grant you all heavenly benedictions, and to me patience and consolation, which last I hope and pray to obtain by your means. To remind you of the reasons I have to depend on England, I send back to its Queen this token,...
Page 148 - ... they may stand or fall, prove or not. Therefore, since our servant Mr John Wood has the copies of the same letters translated in our language, we would earnestly desire that the said copies may be considered by the judges that shall have the examination and commission of the matter, that they may resolve us thus far in case the principal agree with the copy, that then we prove the cause indeed...

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