John Knox : the hero of the Scottish Reformation . l and ecclesi-astical considerations, he had probably by thistime discerned Darnleys overbearing charac-ter and his unfitness for the position of Maitland, more cautious, endeavouredto persuade the Queen to make no haste in thematter. 2 But Mary had resolved to set per-sonal before political considerations. By thistime, moreover, the influence of David Rizzio,her private secretary, superseded that of formercounsellors; and Rizzio warmly espoused thecause of the man who afterwards became hisassassin. A convention of the Scottish
John Knox : the hero of the Scottish Reformation . l and ecclesi-astical considerations, he had probably by thistime discerned Darnleys overbearing charac-ter and his unfitness for the position of Maitland, more cautious, endeavouredto persuade the Queen to make no haste in thematter. 2 But Mary had resolved to set per-sonal before political considerations. By thistime, moreover, the influence of David Rizzio,her private secretary, superseded that of formercounsellors; and Rizzio warmly espoused thecause of the man who afterwards became hisassassin. A convention of the Scottish nobilityat Stirling on the 15th of May gave its approvalto the proposed marriage, and the nuptials werecelebrated in Holyrood Chapel on the 29th ofJuly, Moray, along with other nobles andgentry, including Chatelherault, Glencairn, Ochil-tree, and Kirkcaldy of Grange, trusting to Eng-lish help which never came, raised an insurrection 1 Tytler, vi., 378, 390. 3 Ibid., vi., 386 (letter of Randolph to Cecil, 30th March). 3 Ibid., v., 393, « 3 o ~= c U ^—> <u C/J pCJ <D —J =; r* o -3 a at > ~* o o £ v/ 1) ?~t U rt > iS68] Protestant Depression 3°7 first to prevent and then to protest against themarriage, but their enterprise received scant sup-port: they were proclaimed outlaws, and had toflee into II. What was Knoxs attitude towards theroyal marriage? We have seen that when thealliance with Don Carlos was in contemplation,he declared in St. Giles that to allow the Queento wed a Romanist was equivalent to the banish-ment of Christ from the kingdom. The objectionwas equally applicable to the case of Darnley;and the opposition of Knox and Moray (evenalthough from different standpoints) to a mar-riage which both regarded as detrimental to theState and perilous for the Church, contributed,doubtless, at this period to their reconciliation. While statesman and Reformer, however, wereagreed as to the danger which the marriage in-volved, they dif
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