Ecclesiastical chronicle for Scotland . op. Hav-ing by that office manyopportunities of beingin young King company, he soonbecame an especialfavourite; and in 1533he was sent to France,in conjunction withSir Thomas Erskine,Bart., of Brechin, theSecretary, to confirmthe League betweenthe two Kingdoms,and to solicit the handof Magdalene of Val-ois, the elder daughterof Francis I., for KingJames; but the Prin-cess being at that timein an indifferent state S. Andrew in the centre, supported by the Blessed of health, the Marri-Virgin and Child on the dexter, and a Bishop in the act ao>e
Ecclesiastical chronicle for Scotland . op. Hav-ing by that office manyopportunities of beingin young King company, he soonbecame an especialfavourite; and in 1533he was sent to France,in conjunction withSir Thomas Erskine,Bart., of Brechin, theSecretary, to confirmthe League betweenthe two Kingdoms,and to solicit the handof Magdalene of Val-ois, the elder daughterof Francis I., for KingJames; but the Prin-cess being at that timein an indifferent state S. Andrew in the centre, supported by the Blessed of health, the Marri-Virgin and Child on the dexter, and a Bishop in the act ao>e jy^j ^j. £akg placeof Blessing on the sinister. Underneath all the Seals „. „, is a Shield quarterly, Beaton and Balfour, with a cross till IOUr years aiter-bottonee, Cardinals Hat, strings, and tassels, having a wards. During this Scroll with inteuth, intentio. 1542. time Beaton ingrati- ated himself with Francis to such an extent as to be naturalised inthat Kingdom. King James, having gone over to France about VOL. I. 2k. 258 ARCHBISHOPS OF THE SEE OF ST. ANDREWS. the end of 1536, had the Princess Magdalene given him in per-son, whom he espoused on 1st January, 1537. Beaton returnedto Scotland with their Majesties, where they arrived at Leith onWhitsunday Eve, the 19th of May, at ten oclock was received by the Scottish nation with the utmostcordiality; but she was already far gone in a decline, and Diedon the 7th of July following, enciente, at the early age of 16, tothe grief of the whole nation. It was on the Death of this Queenthat mournings were first worn in Scotland. King James, uponthis event, fixed his attention upon Mary, daughter of the Dukeof Guise, widow of the Duke of Longueville, and mother of MaryQueen of Scots; and Beaton was again sent to France to nego-tiate a second Marriage for the King with the Lady Mary, and tobring her over to Scotland; and during his stay at this time atthe Court of France, Francis conferred on him the Bish
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