Great men and famous women : a series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history Volume 5 . J62 WORKMEN ^vn tterqES wth a I it is said prevailed on him to I _, , ,,! ,-,.-. 1,;,,, T/:,-i. ..f : i j _ !!. I mil LI. iiL <ji Liie nation. la^. uau a HJLi^K Liiiii, Hi The queen, on a journey from 1 h to Stirling, to visit her son, was or. iLc in OIXSDI UkIA THAUXa YaA^j- three months in ScotlandT« of the king, ig their chi cl- V and rapid succession, were scarcely to be paral-:iy fell upon the Scotch ;. <.
Great men and famous women : a series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history Volume 5 . J62 WORKMEN ^vn tterqES wth a I it is said prevailed on him to I _, , ,,! ,-,.-. 1,;,,, T/:,-i. ..f : i j _ !!. I mil LI. iiL <ji Liie nation. la^. uau a HJLi^K Liiiii, Hi The queen, on a journey from 1 h to Stirling, to visit her son, was or. iLc in OIXSDI UkIA THAUXa YaA^j- three months in ScotlandT« of the king, ig their chi cl- V and rapid succession, were scarcely to be paral-:iy fell upon the Scotch ;. <., as a people voir ^ cency, hu-es confederated together and fle\. 111 the c s, uclittl ilitary, r sex. -?ate ith which he v d neithei he1L Li ra- , , . )? By one crown, rei re in the govern. MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS 163 ment, and consented to the coronation of the young king By another, she ap-pointed Murray to the regency, and vested him with the powers and privileges ofthe office. Pierced with grief, and bathed in indignant tears, she signed the deedof her own humiliation, and furnished to her adversaries the instrument of herabasement. The people were not generally satisfied with the conduct of Murray, the re-gent, and the scattered party of the queen began gradually to reunite. Such wasthe disposition of the nation when Mary, through the medium of George Doug-las, a youth of eighteen, contrived to escape from prison. She flew on horse-back, at full speed, to Hamilton, where, before a train of great and splendid no-bles, and an army 6,000 strong, she declared that the deeds signed by her duringher imprisonment, and the resignation of her crown, were extorted from her byfear. An engagement between her forces and those of Murray took place atHamilton ; her army was defeated.
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