. Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, baronial, municipal, and popular antiquities . d happened: they found the kings lodgings blown up, dead body of the king lying under a tree at a short distancefrom the ruins. We mmj hope that Mary knew nothing of ; but it is impossible to doubt that Bothwell was the chiefmurderer, and that he did it to gain possession of her hand. Little more than two months after Darnleys death, Mary wasone day on a journey to see her son, when she was met near Linhthgow by Bothwell and a great party, who carried her to theCastle
. Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, baronial, municipal, and popular antiquities . d happened: they found the kings lodgings blown up, dead body of the king lying under a tree at a short distancefrom the ruins. We mmj hope that Mary knew nothing of ; but it is impossible to doubt that Bothwell was the chiefmurderer, and that he did it to gain possession of her hand. Little more than two months after Darnleys death, Mary wasone day on a journey to see her son, when she was met near Linhthgow by Bothwell and a great party, who carried her to theCastle of Dunbar, where the former was heard to boast, he wouldiarry the queen, who would or who would not ; yea, whether shewould herself or not. They were married on the loth of May atHolyrood. And what did the people of Scotland think of all this ?-Marys flight with her partner from fortress to fortress to escapethe consequences of the indignation of her armed subjects, furnishesthe answer. It must be owned, however, that the professed motivesof the leaders will not bear a moments scrutiny, Nay, there i.«. LE1GIITON-; ( ri ^ HOUSE OF JOHN KNOX, EDINBURGH. Chap. I.] OLD ENGLAND. 47 reason to believe, they were the very men who had indirectlyaided in the perpetration of the murder that they now called uponheaven and earth to punish. Three weeks after the marriage of Bothwell and Mary, Morton,Maitland, and others of her worst enemies, rose in arms ostensiblyto punish Bothwell, to free the queen from his control, and securethe person of her son ; in other words, to protect Mary and theprince ao-ainst Bothwell. But secretly it was determined to dethronethe queen, and crown her son. They attempted to seize her andBothwellin Borthwick Castle, near Edinburgh; when she wasreduced to disguise herself in male attire in order to escape, and,mounted on a common saddle, to ride after her husband to the castleof Dunbar. The confederates then assumed the supreme power,and issued proclamations cal
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