James VI and the Gowrie mystery . exander Euthven (a cousin of the fallenEarl), cried For Gods sake, my lord, tell me howthe Earl of Gowrie does. He is well. Go yourway ; you are a fool; you will get no thanks for thislabour, answerad Lennox, and all was Euthven and the rest retreated ; Euthvenrushed to the town, rousing the people, and riflingshops in search of gunpowder. The King and thenobles knelt in prayer on the bloody floor of thechamber where the dead Gowrie lay. For sometime the confused mob yelled outside, shaking theirfists at the Kings party in the window : men an
James VI and the Gowrie mystery . exander Euthven (a cousin of the fallenEarl), cried For Gods sake, my lord, tell me howthe Earl of Gowrie does. He is well. Go yourway ; you are a fool; you will get no thanks for thislabour, answerad Lennox, and all was Euthven and the rest retreated ; Euthvenrushed to the town, rousing the people, and riflingshops in search of gunpowder. The King and thenobles knelt in prayer on the bloody floor of thechamber where the dead Gowrie lay. For sometime the confused mob yelled outside, shaking theirfists at the Kings party in the window : men andwomen crying Come down, Green-coats, ye havecommitted murder ! Bloody butchers! Otherscried The Kin^ is shot! The exits of the house o were guarded by retainers of Gowrie—Eentoul,Bissett, and others. Mar and Lennox, from the window, explained tothe mob that the King was well. James showedhimself, the magistrates and nobles pacified thepeople, who, some armed, some unarmed, were allperplexed, whether they were anxious about the.
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