Historical Memoirs of the Reign of Mary Queen of Scots: And a Portion of the Reign of King James the Sixth |
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Page xx - Frenchman becoming suspicious, perhaps upon account of his connexion with the English College, he was put in prison ; and his wife, apprehensive of the consequences of being found to have English manuscripts, richly bound and ornamented with royal arms, in her house, cut off the boards, and destroyed them them.
Page xx - Principal came to England, and the care of every thing in the College devolved on Mr Alexander Innes, the only British subject who remained in it. About the same time, Mr Stapleton, then President of the English College of St Omer, afterwards Bishop in England, went to Paris, previously to his retiring from France ; and Mr Innes, who had resolved not to abandon his post, consulted with him about the means of preserving the manu.
Page x - The lord Herryes ys the connynge horfleache and the wyfeft of the wholle faction ; but as the quene of Scotland fayethe of hym, there ys no bodye can be fure of hym ; he takethe pleafure to beare all the worlde in hande; we have good occafyon to be well ware of hym. Sir, yow remember how he handled us when he delyvered Dunfryfe, Carlaveroke, and the Harmytage, into our handes; he made us beleave all...
Page xx - Paris previous to his retiring from France; and Mr Innes, who had resolved not to abandon his post, consulted with him about the means of preserving the manuscripts. Mr Stapleton thought, if he had them at St Omer, he could with small risk convey them to England. It was therefore resolved that they should be carefully packed up, addressed to a Frenchman, a confidential friend of Mr Stapleton,* and remitted by some public carriage. Some other things were put up with the manuscripts. The whole arrived...
Page xx - Royal arms, in her house, cut off the boards, and destroyed them. The Manuscripts thus disfigured, and more easily huddled up in any sort of bundle, were secretly carried, with papers belonging to the Frenchman himself, to his country-house, and buried in the garden. They were not, however, permitted to remain long there ; the lady's fears increased, and the Manuscripts were taken up and reduced to ashes. This is the substance of the account given to Mr, Innes, and reported by him to me in June,...
Page xxi - College. I have looked into it and made great discoveries. David Hume to Dr. Robertson, Paris, 1st December 1763. It appears from a note made by Mr. Fox, that " the works which were placed in the Scotch College at Paris, soon after the death of James II., and were there at the time of the French Revolution,
Page xx - Mr Stapleton thought, if he had them at St Omer, he could, with small risk, convey them to England. It was therefore resolved, that they should be carefully packed up, addressed to a Frenchman, a confidential friend of Mr Stapleton, and remitted by some public carriage. Some other things were put up with the Manuscripts. The whole arrived without any accident, and was laid in a cellar. But the patriotism of the Frenchman becoming suspicious, perhaps upon...
Page xi - UNDERSTANDINGE your lordfhips contynewaunce in this countreye for the helpe of the relief of our foveraigne, and pacifyinge of the prefent great cummers amangs us apparaunde, I haif thought yt my duetie humblye to praye your honour, gyf yow fynde any lyke apparaunce quharby our foveraigne maye be relevit, and thapparaunte trowbles with wifdome to be pacefyet, that your honour would commaunde me to ferve yow theirein what I other maiy doe, or make my frendes to that effecte. And gyf your honour cannot...
Page xxii - ... number, all of them belonging to the Archbishoprick of Glasgow, and containing lands granted to the several Bishops; the oldest is very musty, small, but still legible, containing the lands of Cadyou. The sealls varys, some small, but most of them large, with the King on horseback on the one side, and his effigies on the other, with the continuall motto, Rex Scotorum ; but, in John Baliol's time, they have one chartour, and no more in his days, with this inscription : — Joh.
Page xxii - I think they are 18 or 14 in number, all of them belonging to the Archbishoprick of Glasgow, and containing lands granted to the several Bishops ; the oldest is very musty, small, but still legible, containing the lands of Cadyou. The sealls varys, some small, but...