The History of Scotland, Translated from the Latin; With Notes, and a Continuation to the Present Time - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1831. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CONTINUATION OF THE HISTORY OF SCOTLAND. BY JOHN WATKINS, LL.D. While Scotland was a prey to civil war, and its capital was suffering the horrors of famine, circumstances were taking place in England extremely injurious to the cause of the royal captive. The parliament of that kingdom, which met in April 1571, passed an act, declaring it to be high treason to claim a right to the crown daring the life of the queen; to affirm that the title of any other person was better than her's, or to maintain that the legislature had not power to settle and limit the order of succession. This measure was directly levelled against the pretensions of Mary Stuart, who was new laid under a severer restraint than ever by the discovery of a plot which bad her rescue for its object. The duke of Norfolk, who had but lately resumed his liberty, on a solemn promise to break off every kind of correspondence with the queen of Scots, became involved in this scheme, which was so ill contrived, that he and all his domestics were apprehended on the confession of one of the party. The duke was in consequence again transferred to the Tower, tried by his peers, found guilty of high treason, and executed. Lesley, bishop of Ross, having been implicated in the same confederacy, was also taken up, and treated with great severity; but after a long confinement, he obtained bis release, on condition that he should leave the kingdom. To increase the troubles of the unfortunate Mary, a negotiation was now carried on for a marriage between Elizabeth and the duke of Anjou, the brother of the king of France. This project, whether real or affected, was alike fatal to the interests of the Scottish queen, by depriving her of the only effectual power on which she could depend for protection against an implaca...

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