Volume II Part 10 (1/2)

[128] Pennant, in his ”Tour in Scotland,” thus describes Lochleven, and the island where the Queen resided:--”Lochleven, a ularly indented; is about twelve reatest depth about twenty-four fathoreat expanse of water, one of which is large enough to feed several head of cattle; but the uished by the captivity of Mary Stuart, which stands almost in the middle of the lake The castle still remains, consists of a _square tower_, a small yard with two round towers, a chapel, and the ruins of a building, where (it is said) the unfortunate Princess was lodged In the square tower is a DUNGEON, with a vaulted room above, over which had been three other stories”--Tour in Scotland, vol i p 64

[129] Keith, p 431

[130] Keith, p 426--Whittaker, vol i p 299

[131] Goodall, vol ii p 166, and 344

[132] Leslie, p 37--Jebb, vol ii p 221 and 222

[133] Goodall, ibid--Freebairn, p 147--Whittaker, vol i p 301 _et seq_--Chalmers, vol i p 248

[134] Keith, p 436

[135] History of James VI p 17 Keith, p 438

[136] Melville's Memoirs, p 193 Keith, p 442 et seq

[137] Throckmorton's Letter in Keith, p 444 et seq

[138] What Mark Antony, according to Shakespeare, said of Caesar, ht be, with propriety, applied to the Earl of Murray:

”You all did see that, on the Lupercal, I thrice presented hily crown, Which he did thrice refuse--Was this ambition?”

[139] Anderson, vol ii p 251 and 254--Chalmers, vol ii p 355

[140] Goodall, vol ii p 66--Anderson, vol ii p 206 et seq

[141] Goodall, vol ii p 299, and Chalmers, vol i p 275 and 278

[142] Jebb, vol ii p 230--Keith, p 471--and Chalmers, vol i p 275

[143] Sir William Drury's Letter in Keith, p 470

[144] Buchanan's Cameleon, p 13

[145] Jebb, vol ii p 65 and 230--Keith, p 471--Freebairn, p 152, et seq--Chalmers, vol i p 277, et seq The interest taken in Queen Mary by George Douglas, is ascribed by Mackenzie to a ood subject His chief characteristic, we are told by that author, was an excessive love ofhiold and jewels she had about her, that Mary prevailed upon him to assist her But this statement does not seem well authenticated Another story, still lish ambassador, Sir William Drury, namely, that Mary had entreated hilas as the person she would wish to marry Murray nity of the Queen; but he surely forgot that the reason assigned in justification of her ied determination not to consent to a separation from Bothwell How then did she happen to wish to marry another? See Sir William Drury's Letter in Keith, p 469

[146] Keith, p 472, et seq

[147] Buchanan, Book xix--Melville's Memoirs, p 200 et seq--Keith, p

477--Calderwood, Crawfurd, and Holinshed The accounts which historians give of this battle are so confused and contradictory, that it is almost impossible to furnish any very distinct narrative of it, even by collating them all Robertson hardly attempts any detail, and the few particulars which he does mention, are in several instances erroneous

[148] Keith, p 481 and 482--Anderson, vol iv p 1

[149] Anderson, vol iv p 1 et seq--Keith, p 481

[150] Goodall, vol ii p 69