 | William Guthrie - Scotland - 1768 - 416 pages
...they declared it was her majefly's intereft to marry the faid earl; but 1 chofe rather to lay myfelf open to his hatred and revenge, whereby I was afterward in peril of my life; and tell her majefty, that thofe who had fo advifed her, were betrayers of her honour for their own felfifh ends,... | |
 | 1826 - 332 pages
...Princess, her interest than my own, I should have accepted the large offers made me by the Earl of Bothweu, when he desired me to subscribe, with the rest of...myself open to 'his hatred and revenge, whereby I was afterwards in peril of my life." Though Bothwell, however, had the nefarious bond in his pocket, he... | |
 | Sir James Melville - Scotland - 1827 - 492 pages
...alter their religion ; that as the entertaining of Riccio gave to all such some apparent ground nf harbouring such apprehensions, he being a known enemy...his hatred and revenge, whereby I was afterward in perU of my life : and tell her Majesty, that those who had so advised her, were betrayers of her honour... | |
 | William Edmondstoune Aytoun - Imprisonment - 1856 - 292 pages
...Princess, her interest than mine own, I should have accepted the large offers made to me by the Earl of Bothwell, when he desired me to subscribe, with...revenge, whereby I was afterward in peril of my life." This evidently points to a deliberate and studied attempt, not to a drunken surprise. Bothwell was... | |
 | William Edmondstoune Aytoun - Imprisonment - 1856 - 292 pages
...Princess, her interest than mine own, I should have accepted the large offers made to me by the Earl of Bothwell, when he desired me to subscribe, with the rest of his flatterers, thai paper wherein they declared it was her Majesty' s interest to marry the said Earl; but I chose... | |
 | William Edmondstoune Aytoun - Imprisonment - 1856 - 292 pages
...Princess, her interest than mine own, I should have accepted the large offers made to me by the Earl of Bothwell, when he desired me to subscribe, with the rest of his Jlatlerers, thai paper wherein they declared it was her Majesty's interest to marry the said Earl ;... | |
 | William Edmondstoune Aytoun - 1857 - 328 pages
...Princess her interest than mine own, I should have accepted the large offers made to me by the Earl of Bothwell, when he desired me to subscribe, with...to marry the said Earl ; but I chose rather to lay NOTES. 275 myself open to his hatred and revenge, whereby I was afterward in peril of my life." This... | |
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... his son, there occurs this significant passage, which I have never seen quoted, but which appears to me very decisive against the authenticity of the Ainslie Legend : " Had I not more regarded my Princess, her interest than mine own, I should have... 