The Correspondence of Robert Bowes, of Aske, Esquire, the Ambassador of Queen Elizabeth in the Court of Scotland |
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Page 209 - My late letters will let you see the towardness of the King, easily to be now carried into any such course as by her Majesty and wise counsel shall be found best. The lords with him and all the religious and good sort earnestly press the same. If the work be at this time stayed, or fall, the building, I think, will never after prosper ; for our credit broken so far shall be unable to repair the breach, and the loss of the good instrument to be now cast away by our default will not suddenly be recovered,...
Page 111 - Majesty you conferre with the earle Moreton and other thenemies to the erle of Lennox how this matter may be helped eyther by layeing violent hands on the said earle and his principall associates, in case no other more temperate course may be found for the remedye thereof, or by some other way that by him shalbe thought mete, wherein her Majesty willeth you to assure them that they shall not lack any assistance she can give them.
Page 7 - C. in. fol. 520. levye his forces, mindeinge to returne within two dayes at the farthest. In this uprore theldest sonne of the Master was so crushed in the thronge as he died the next daye. The Master is fallen into vehement disease with danger of his life. Upon the...
Page 472 - King and this state into dangerous course, and also to remove the chief instruments, notwithstanding their devices. And albeit Lennox, the chief of this party, be cut off, yet the rest cease not to strive to recover their former possession ; and they have such interest in the King, such intelligence and favour with foreign princes, willing to aid them, and thereby to alter this state to their courses, and such force of their own in this realm, as hardly can they be brought under or kept from the...
Page 411 - ... 870, unless 32 shall abandon him or give over his cause. In this part I have had some late conference with Robert Cunningham, who is of mine opinion, and who will depart from hence towards you within v or vj days next following. At the writing of these I received your last of the vj and vij hereof, in the contents whereof I shall satisfy you by my next. Thus with mine humble duty, I pray God preserve you. Edinburgh, xijth of April, 1583. CXC. —" To SIR FRANCIS WALSIXGHAM, xix April, 1583.
Page 285 - ... highly comforted therewith ; for with unaccustomed oath he hath protested to and assured the noblemen with his colour changed, his hands lifted up, that if the duke shall disobey this charge, then he shall never from henceforth have to do with the duke, nor show favour to him nor to any of his favorers, but to esteem him and them as his enemies; and that he shall do to the duke the thing which he never thought to have done ; concluding that he would do this favour to make the duke's fault unexcusable.
Page 473 - Majesty's favour to be showed either to the Queen or them, or for her liberty, they shall doubtless win such courage thereby as shall hazard the suppression of the well-affected, and bring all things here to their government. And how they shall then carry themselves towards her Majesty and her surety, it may be known by the experience of later times and actions of that party. The good manner of her keeping in safety hath been some bridle and stay to her favourites, either to manifest their favour...
Page 125 - Majestic and the confirmation of the same by other circumstances and sight of the sequele of the procedynges. And in doubt of this prejudgment, I do the rather stay my further progresse ; attendynge and humbly praynge further direction in the same, and in all others.
Page 7 - Saturday, about nine in the afternone, the counsell assembled, and after some hot humours digested, they dispached Montrosse that night towards Sterlinge, to understande and certifie to them the true estate of the matter, to persuade quietnes about the King's person, and to continue this present government established untill the next Parliament.
Page 205 - Albeit the King be pleased to accept this action of the lords to be done for his good service, yet he liketh not that the causes moving the lords to enterprise the same, and alledged in their declaration, should be examined and tried by this convention, because he thinketh that himself and his honour are interested and touched thereby. And where the earls of Gowrye and Maire, with Dunfermlinge, moved him the other night to agree and suffer the said declaration to be approved by the convention, he...