The Lord Chancellors of Scotland: From the Institution of the Office to the Treaty of Union, Volume 2 |
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Aberdeen afterwards Ambassador Andrews Angus Appointed Chancellor Archbishop of Glasgow Assembly became Beton Bishop Bothwell burgh Cardinal cellor Chan Chancellor of Scotland Chancellorship Charles Church Commissioner Countess Court Crown Dalkeith Darnley daughter death declared Douglas Duke Earl of Argyll Earl of Arran Earl of Atholl Earl of Dunfermline Earl of Huntly Edin Edinburgh Castle Elizabeth England English estates execution favour FOURTH EARL friends Glamis Glencairn Gowrie Hamilton History of Scotland Holyrood honour James Stewart jewels John Spottiswoode King King's kingdom Kirkcaldy Lady Lauderdale Lennox letter Lord Tweeddale Loudoun Maitland Majesty Majesty's Marchmont Marquis of Tweeddale married Mary Mary of Guise Master Moray Moray's murder nobles Patrick Hume Polwarth President Privy Council Privy Councillor Protestant Queen Regent resigned Rothes Royal Scots Scottish Parliament Seafield seized sent Seton Sir Colin Sir George Sir James Sir John Sir Patrick Spottiswoode Stirling Stirling Castle succeeded took troops Wishart
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Page 11 - ... to spoil and turn upside down the cardinal's town of St Andrews, as the upper stone may be the nether, and not one stick stand by another, sparing no creature alive within the same, specially such as either in friendship or blood be allied to the cardinal.
Page 228 - He had but one maxim, to which he adhered firmly, that he had to do everything, and deny himself in nothing, that might maintain his greatness. He was unhappily made for drunkenness, for he had drunk all his friends dead, and was able to subdue two or three sets of drunkards one after another : so it scarce ever appeared that he was disordered after the greatest drinking : an hour or two of sleep carried all off entirely, that no sign of them remained. He would go about business without any uneasiness,...
Page 88 - All the devils in hell are stirring and in great rage in this country. The Regent is discharged — the country broken, the Chancellor slain by the Earl of Crawford, four killed of the town out of the castle, and yet are we in hope of some good quietness, by the great wisdom of the Earl of Morton.
Page 270 - Only that we may have the honor to pay their old debts ¡ and may have some few persons present [in Parliament] as witnesses to the validity of the deed, when they are pleased to contract more ! Good God ! What ? Is this an entire surrender ? My Lord, I find my heart so full of grief and indignation, that I must beg pardon not to finish the last part of my discourse ; but pause that I may drop a tear as the prelude to so sad a story ! This fervent appeal had no effect.
Page 270 - He will take them as our spolia opima, and whip us out of this House, never to return again. For the love of God, then, my lord, for the safety and welfare of our ancient kingdom, whose sad circumstances I hope we shall yet convert into prosperity and happiness ! We want no means if we unite. God blessed the peacemakers. We want neither men nor sufficiency of all manner of things necessary to make a nation happy.
Page 160 - a man of rare parts and of a deep wit, learned, full of courage, and most faithful to his king and master. No man did ever carry himself in his place more wisely, nor sustain it more courageously against his enemies.
Page 19 - By its disclosure we have been enabled to trace the secret history of these iniquitous times, and it may now be pronounced, without fear of contradiction, that the assassination of Beaton was no sudden event, arising simply out of indignation for the fate of Wishart ; but an act of long projected murder, encouraged, if not originated, by the English monarch ; and, so far as the principal conspirators were concerned, committed from private and mercenary considerations.
Page 171 - King ; we, your subjects, bound and ready to obey you from the heart, and, with all devotion, to serve you with our lives and substance : but this is a matter of law, in which we are sworn to do justice according to our conscience and the statutes of the realm. Your Majesty may, indeed, command us to the contrary ; in which case I and every honest man on this bench will either vote according to conscience, or resign and not vote at all.
Page 270 - Hannibal, my lord, is at our gates; Hannibal is come within our gates Hannibal is come the length of this table; he is at the foot of this throne; he will demolish this throne; if we take not notice, he'll seize upon these regalia, he'll take them as our spolia opima, and whip us out of this house, never to return again.
Page 16 - ... to precipitate the trial of Wishart till he should himself come to St Andrews. The cardinal haughtily returned this answer : " That he wrote not to the governor as though he depended in any measure upon his authority, but out of a desire he had that the heretic's condemnation might proceed with a show of public consent, which, since he could not obtain, he would himself do that which he held most fitting...