. Historical portraits ... ation 142 WILLIAM MAITLAND OF LETHINGTON with his Queen, and favoured the project of her marriage with theDuke of Norfolk. In 1571 he joined Kirkcaldy of Grange, who washolding out in Edinburgh Castle against the English party, and whoactually held out until May 1573. He died in prison at Leith, aboutthree weeks after the surrender, perhaps by his own hand, but hishealth had been seriously broken for some years past, and a naturalexplanation of his death is possible. Maitlands aim^ to reconcile and unite all Scotsmen in thenational interest, was frustrated, first by
. Historical portraits ... ation 142 WILLIAM MAITLAND OF LETHINGTON with his Queen, and favoured the project of her marriage with theDuke of Norfolk. In 1571 he joined Kirkcaldy of Grange, who washolding out in Edinburgh Castle against the English party, and whoactually held out until May 1573. He died in prison at Leith, aboutthree weeks after the surrender, perhaps by his own hand, but hishealth had been seriously broken for some years past, and a naturalexplanation of his death is possible. Maitlands aim^ to reconcile and unite all Scotsmen in thenational interest, was frustrated, first by Mary herself, whom he hadcontinually to attempt to save from the results of her own violentpassions, and secondly by the hostility of Knox and other fanatics,whose influence his sceptical mind underrated: each party in factregarded him as a traitor, because he was attached to none; and itmust be admitted that he was entirely unscrupulous as to the meanshe employed and the deeds at which he connived in order to gainhis U) 3 J3 •5 u o -» >- _2 > c o ^ ^J -• ca <■ M w . \^^ f—• o ^^ -*-» .^ ►^ o p^ ^ \\ U) J- s. « r^ CD ^ w O o Q. p
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