The Bardon papers : documents relating to the imprisonment & trial of Mary Queen of Scots / edited for the Royal Historical Society by Conyers Read ; with a prefatory note by Charles Cotton.

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1909
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Credit: The Bardon papers : documents relating to the imprisonment & trial of Mary Queen of Scots / edited for the Royal Historical Society by Conyers Read ; with a prefatory note by Charles Cotton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    which the Erie of Angwishe and his adherentes haue in that contrye.1 * 3 4 She wrote the same 27 of Julie to Mendoza, howe she joyed that the K[ing] of Sp[aine] wold nowe reforme injuryes ; that his long sufferance had puffed vp his enymies and made them insolent and had much dismayed the Catholikes ; that it greyed her that within this six monethes Catholikes compleyned to her, and she refused to advise to helpe them ; that nowe she advised them to send one from emongest them, and will faithfully accomplishe &c., praienge hime to geve credyte &c.; That she will assure her owne deliuerye yf there may be aides from abroade. She geveth thanckes for the 12,n crownes had from the Kinge, which shall be only imployde about her deliuery, and for Mendoza, his care of hime [sic], she is indebted to hime &c. * She wrote the same 27 daie of Julie to the Bishopp of Glasco that the Catholikes were neuer more vniuersaly better disposed; they sett dovvne there reste vppon it. She informeth hime of the plottes, wyshinge hime to deale with the Pope and the Catholike Kinge, and she will deale for Scotland &c. She wold knowe of the Duke of Gwyes if he can performe as he promised, and if a peace be concluded in France, to send over his forces hither.s (But of these and much more cannot certenlye be geven, this lettre beinge in French, not trans- lated yet). She wrote also the 27 daie of Julie to the Lord Pagett, to the like effect, to further the forreyne forces. * 1 Labanoff, vi, p. 404. 1 Labanoff, vi, p. 431. 3 Labanoff, vi, p. 412. 4 This letter is not printed by Labanoff. I have not been able to find a com-
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