The History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI. Till His Accession to the Crown of England: With a Review of Scottish History Previous to that Period; and an Appendix Containing Original Papers. ; In Two Volumes, Volume 1T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1781 - 550 pages |
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Page 511 - Regent's favourites, who seized his house, and turned out his wife, naked, in a cold night, into the open fields, where, before next morning, she became furiously mad.
Page 359 - Rizzio to leave a place of which he was unworthy, and which he had occupied too long. Mary employed tears, and entreaties, and threatenings, to save her favourite. But notwithstanding all these he was torn from her by violence, and before he could be dragged through the next apartment, the rage of his enemies put an end to his life, piercing his body with fifty-six wounds.
Page 512 - Indistinct information of the danger which threatened him had been conveyed to the Regent, and he paid so much regard to it, that he resolved to return by the same gate through which he had entered, and to fetch a compass round the town. But, as the crowd about the gate was great, and he himself unacquainted with fear, he proceeded directly along the street; and the throng of...