Cassell's Old and new Edinburgh: its history, its people, and its places . ts claith, French blak, Holland claith,.and corsses upon the velvet. On her coffinwas inscribed in characters, MagdaleiiaFraiicisci Regis Francia, Primo-genita Regina ScotiaSponsa Jacobi V. Regis, 1537, obiitr James, however, was not long a widower, andin June, 1538, he brought to Scotland a new bride. says Pitscottie. Curious plays were made forher entertainment, and gold, spices, and wines werelavished upon her by the magistrates, who well-nigh exhausted the finances of the city. Amid the State turmoils an
Cassell's Old and new Edinburgh: its history, its people, and its places . ts claith, French blak, Holland claith,.and corsses upon the velvet. On her coffinwas inscribed in characters, MagdaleiiaFraiicisci Regis Francia, Primo-genita Regina ScotiaSponsa Jacobi V. Regis, 1537, obiitr James, however, was not long a widower, andin June, 1538, he brought to Scotland a new bride. says Pitscottie. Curious plays were made forher entertainment, and gold, spices, and wines werelavished upon her by the magistrates, who well-nigh exhausted the finances of the city. Amid the State turmoils and horrors that culmi-nated in the rout of Solway, James \. held acouncil at Hol)TOod on the 3rd of November,1542. when, according to Knox, a scroll waspresented to him by Cardinal Beaton, containingthe names of more than one hundred of the prin-cipal nobles and gentrj, including the Eari ofArran, then, by deaths in the royal family, nextheir to the throne, who were undoubtedly in thepay of England, tainted with heresy, or in leaguewith the then outlawed clan of THE ROYAL APARTMENTS, HOLYROOD , The Throne Room; 2, The Breaktasi Parlour ; 3, Evening Drawing-room ; 4, Grand Staircase ; 5, Morning Drawing-room. 15 HoljTOOd.] THE COFFIN OF JAMES V. 65 Appended to this scroll was a minute of theirpossessions, witli a hint of the pecuniary advantagesto result from forfeiture. This dangerous policyJames repelled by exclaiming, Pack you, javels !(knaves). Get you to your religious charges ; reformyour lives, and be not instruments of discordbetween me and my nobles, or else I shall reformyou, not as the King of Denmark does, by im-prisonment, nor yet as the King of England doesby lianging and head but by sharp swords,if I hear of such motion oil you again ! From tliis speech it has been supposed thatJames contemplated some reform in the thendissolute Church. But the rout at Solwayfollowed; his heart was broken, and on learningthe birth of his daughter Mary, he died in
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