[581] That is, the 27th (in edit. 1621, the 17th) of January 1560-1;
as the year did not begin at that time till the 25th of March.
WE, quhilkis hes subscryvit thir Presentis, haveand avysit with the
Articles heirin specifeit, as is abone mentionat fra the begynning of
this Book, thinkis the samin good, and conforme to Goddis Word in all
pointis; conforme to the Notes and Additionis thairto eikit; and
promittis to sett the samin fordwarte at the uttermost of oure
poweris: Providing that the Bischoppis, Abbotis, Priouris, and otheris
Prelattis and beneficit men, quhilkis ellis hes adjonit thame to us,
bruik the reveneues of thair benefices during thair liftymes, thei
susteanand and uphaldand the Ministerie and Ministeris, as is herein
specifeit, for preaching of the Word, and ministering of the
Sacramentis of God.
(_Sic Subscribitur._)
JAMES.[582]
JAMES HAMMYLTON.[583]
AR^D. ERGYLL.[584]
JAMES STEWART.[585]
ROTHESS.[586] JAMES HALIBURTON.[587]
R. BOYD.[588]
ALEX^R. CAMPBELL, DENE OF MURRAY.[589]
VILLIAM OF CULROS.[590]
MAISTER ALEX^R. GORDOUN.[591]
BARGANY YOUNGER.[592]
ANDRO KER _of Fawdonsyd_.[593]
T. SCOTT _of Hanyng_.[594]
JOHNE LOKHART _of Barr_.[595]
GEORGE CORRIE _of Kelwod_.[596]
JOHNE SCHAW _of Halie_.[597]
ANDRO HAMMYLTOUN _of Lethame_.[598]
GLENCARN.[599]
UCHILTRIE.[600]
SANQUHAR.[601]
SANCTJOHNS.[602]
WILLIAM LORD HAY.[603]
DRUMLANGRIKE.[604]
CONYGHAMHEID.[605]
JOHNE MAXWELL.[606]
GEORGE FENTOUN _of that Ilk_.[607]
LOCHINWARE.[608]
[582] James Duke of Chattelherault, Regent and Governor of Scotland,
after the death of James the Fifth: see vol. i. pp. 95, 242. In edit.
1621, his name is omitted in the above list.
[583] James third Earl of Arran, and eldest son of the Duke of
Chattelherault. Owing to his declared incapacity, at his father's
death, in 1575, the family estates devolved upon Lord John Hamilton
the second son; but the Earl survived till 1609.
[584] Archibald fifth Earl of Argyle, succeeded to the title in 1558.
He at first adhered to the Queen Regent, but soon joined the Lords of
the Congregation, and continued to act along with the Earl of Murray,
until 1568, when he went over to the Queen's party, without materially
aiding her cause. When the Earl of Morton was chosen Regent, the Earl
of Argyle succeeded him as Lord Chancellor, 17th January 1573; but he
did not long enjoy his honours, having died suddenly on the 12th
September 1573, and not 1575 as stated in the Peerages and other
works. (Diurnal of Occurrents, p. 337, and Register of Confirmed
Testaments.)
[585] Lord James Stewart, Commendator of St. Andrews and Pittenweem;
afterwards Earl of Murray, and Regent of Scotland.
[586] Andrew fourth Earl of Rothes, succeeded on the death of his
father, November 1558.
[587] In the MS. this name stands in a kind of intermediate column by
itself. James Halyburton, sometimes styled Tutor of Pitcur. He was a
person of great activity and influence, and filled the office of
Provost of Dundee for the long period of thirty-three years. He died
in 1588, aged seventy.
[588] Robert, fourth Lord Boyd, had a pension from England, and was
concerned in most of the public affairs between 1560, and the Raid of
Ruthven in 1582. He was appointed an Extraordinary Lord of Session,
24th October 1573. Although removed in 1578, he was subsequently
restored, and died 3d January 1590, in the 72d year of his age.
(Brunton & Haig's Senators of the College of Justice, p. 155.)
[589] Alexander Campbell, Dean of Murray, was the third son of Colin,
third Earl of Argyle. In the edit. 1621, the name Dean of Murray has
been separated from Alexander Campbell, as if two distinct persons.
Alexander Dunbar, Sub-Chantor of Murray, was appointed a Lord of
Session, 16th August 1560, as he appears in the Books of Sederunt, on
the 26th June 1566, under the designation of Dean of Murray, we may
presume that Campbell was then dead.
[590] William Colville, Commendator of Culross: see note in the
Appendix to the present volume.
[591] Alexander Gordon, titular Archbishop of Athens, was second son
of John, Master of Huntly, by Jane, natural daughter of King James the
Fourth. He was Bishop of the Isles, in 1553, and Abbot of Inchaffray
and Icolmkill; and was translated to the See of Galloway, after the
death of Andrew Durie, in September 1558. He joined the Reformers, and
still enjoyed his titles; but he was not allowed to exercise his
functions as a bishop, nor was his petition acceded to, to be
appointed visitor of the churches within his diocese of Galloway. He
died 11th November 1575. (Register of Confirmed Testaments.)
[592] Thomas Kennedy, o Bargany, (in the parish of Dailly, Ayrshire,)
the son of Sir Thomas Kennedy. In 1540, he is styled "Apparent of
Bargany;" and died in June 1564. (Register of Confirmed Testaments,
26th April 1580.)
[593] Andrew, (frequently by mistake called Sir Andrew) Ker of
Faldonsyde, in Selkirkshire. He was concerned in Riccio's murder, and
was at the battle of Langsyde in 1568. He had from Parliament a
ratification of the third part of the lands and barony of Bolton in
1581. He married, for his second wife, Margaret Stewart, daughter of
Lord Ochiltree, and widow of John Knox. He died about the year 1598.
[594] Thomas Scott of Hayning, in Selkirkshire. A Charter of
Confirmation, "quondam Thomæ Scott de Hanyng," of the lands of
Eleistoun, in the shire of Roxburgh, dated 23d March 1575-6, shows
that he was dead in 1576.
[595] John Lockhart of Bar, in the parish of Galston, Ayrshire. He
died before 10th May 1575, when his son John Lockhart of Bar was
served his heir. (Retours, Ayr, No. 13.)
[596] In the edit. 1621, this name is omitted. George Corrie of
Kelwood was served heir of his father, Thomas Corrie of Kelwood, "qui
obiit sub Majestatis vexillo in bello de Fausyde," 25th October 1547.
(Retours, Ayr, No. 2.) He was alive in December 1580. (Pitcairn's
Crim. Trials, vol. i. p. 89.)
[597] John Schaw of Haly, near Largs, in Ayrshire.
[598] Andrew Hamilton of Lethame, in Lanarkshire. He was Captain of
the Castle of Dumbarton in 1546. He went to France on a mission in
1550, and had a charter under the Great Seal of the lands of
Drumcross, in the county of Linlithgow in 1552. He was at the Raid of
Stirling in 1571, and died before 1585. (Anderson's House of Hamilton,
pp. 320, 469.)
[599] Alexander Earl of Glencairn: see vol. i. p. 72. He died in the
year 1574. (Register of Confirmed Testaments.)
[600] Andrew, second Lord Stewart, of Ochiltree or Uchiltree, in
Ayrshire. He succeeded to the title in 1548, and survived till near
the close of the 16th century.
[601] Edward Lord Crichton of Sanquhar, ancestor of the Earls of
Dumfries (now represented by the Marquis of Bute.) He died 23d May
1569, and was succeeded by "his son and air, Robert, now Lord
Creichton," who was then a minor. (Register of Confirmed Testaments,
8th March 1573-4.)
[602] Sir James Sandilands, Lord St. John, and afterwards Lord
Torphichen: see vol. i. p. 301, vol. ii. p. 125.
[603] William fifth Lord Hay of Yester, was served heir of his father
in 1559. He died in August 1576.
[604] Sir James Douglas of Drumlanrig, ancestor of the Marquesses of
Queensberry, was Knighted by the Governor of Scotland in 1553, and
appointed Warden of the West Marches. He died in 1578.
[605] William Cunningham of Cunninghamhead, in Ayrshire. He died in
January 1575-6. (Register of Confirmed Testaments, 17th April 1577.)
[606] In edit. 1621, "James Maxwell." As John sixth Lord Maxwell was a
minor at his father's death in 1552, and was not served heir till May
1569, it was no doubt Sir John Maxwell of Terreglis, (who became Lord
Herries in 1567,) whose signature was attached to the Book of
Discipline.
[607] George Fenton of Fenton was probably succeeded by "John Fenton
of that Ilk," to whom the three daughters of Patrick Quhitlaw of
Quhitlaw were served heirs-portioners of their grand-uncle (_abavus_),
30th March 1586. (Retours, Haddington, Nos. 399, 400, 401.)--In MS.
1566, the name is made "George Seton." As Lord Seaton was the head of
the family, there could be no Seaton of that Ilk; and George fifth
Lord Seaton never joined the Reformers.
[608] Sir John Gordon of Lochinvar, in Kirkcudbrightshire, the
ancestor of the Earls of Kenmure. In 1555, he was appointed Justiciary
of the Lordship of Galloway. He survived till the year 1604. (Douglas
and Wood's Peerage, vol. ii. p. 25.)
* * * * *
According to Knox, (see page 129,) who is followed by Calderwood,
Petrie, Spotiswood, and other writers, in addition to the above
Subscribers to the Book of Discipline, there were,
WILLIAM, EARL MARISCHALL.
JOHN, EARL OF MENTEITH.
JAMES, EARL OF MORTON, (afterwards Regent.)
JOHN, LORD LINDESAY of the Byris.
PATRICK MASTER OF LINDESAY.
SIR ALEXANDER STEWART, Younger of Garlies, (who was
slain at Stirling in September 1571.)
[Illustration: Hand written page]
THE FOURT BOOK OF THE PROGRESSE AND CONTINUANCE OF TREU
RELIGIOUN WITHIN SCOTLAND.
IN the former Bookis,[609] gentill Reidar, thou may clearlie see how
potentlie God hath performed, in these our last and wicked dayis,
alsweall as in the aiges that have passed befoir us, the promisses
that is maid to the servandis of God, by the propheite Esais, in these
wordis:--"Thei that waite upoun the Lord shall renewe thair strenth;
thei sall lift up the wynges as the egles: thei shall runne, and not
be wearie; thei shall walke, and not fainte." This promeise, we say,
suche as Sathan hath not utterlie blyndit may see performed in us, the
professouris of Christ Jesus, within this Realme of Scotland, with no
les evidencye, than it was in any aige that ever have passed befoir
us. For what was oure force? What was our nomber? Yea, what wisdome or
warldlie pollicey was into us, to have brought to ane goode end so
great ane interpryse? Oure verray enemyes can bear witnesse. And yit
in how great puritie God did establisse amanges us his treu Religioun,
alsweall in doctrine as in ceremonyes! To what confusion and fear war
idolateris, adulteraris, and all publict transgressoris of Goddis
commandimentis, within short tyme brought? The publict ordour of the
Churche,[610] yet by the mercy of God preserved, and the punishmentis
executed against malefactouris, can testifie unto the world. For as
tueching the doctrine taught by our Ministeris, and as tueching the
administratioun of Sacramentis used in our Churches, we ar bold to
affirme, that thair is no realme this day upoun the face of the
earth, that hath thame in grettar puritie;--yea, (we mone speak the
treuth whomesoever we offend,) thair is none (no realme, we meane)
that hath thame in the lyek puritie: For all otheris (how synceare
that ever the doctrine be, that by some is taught,) reteane in thair
churches, and the ministeris thairof, some footsteppis of Antichrist,
and some[611] dreggis of Papistrie;[612] but we (all praise to God
alone) have no thing within oure Churches that ever flowed frome that
Man of synne: And this we acknowledge to be the strenth gevin unto us
by God, because we esteamed nott our selves wyise in oure awin eyes,
but understanding our hoill wisdome to be but meare foolishnes, befoir
[the Lord] our God, layed it asyd, and followed onlie that whiche we
fand approved by him self.
[609] In MS. L4, is this note at the top margin, "This Preface was not
written by Mr. Knox untill the moneth of Maij 1566." This indeed we
learn from Knox's own words, in the second following page. In the MS.
1566, the commencement of Book Fourth forms part of one of the
re-written quires or sets.
[610] MS. G, has always "Kirk;" MSS. M, and L4, "Churche."
[611] In MS. G, "some" is omitted. In MS. L 4, "some degrees."
[612] In the margin of MS. G, "Witness the tippets and cornered
cappes."
[Sidenote: THE FIRST PETITIOUN OF THE PROTESTANTIS OF SCOTLAND.]
In this poynt could never our enemyes caus us to fainte, for Our first
Petitioun was, "That the reverent face of the primitive and apostolick
Churche should be reduced agane to the eyes and knowledge of
men."[613] And in that poynt, we say, our God hath strenthened us till
that the work was finished, as the world may see. And as concerning
the suppressing of vice, yea, and of the abolishing of all suche
thingis as myght nureise impietie within the Realme, the actes and
statutis of the principale Townes reformed will yitt testifie: For
what adulterar, what fornicatour, what knawin messe-mongare, or
pestilent Papist, durst have been seen in publict, within any reformed
town within this Realme, befoir that the Quene arryved? And this
victorie to his wourde, and terrour to all fylthie lyvaris, did oure
God wirk by such as yit leave and remaine witnesses (whither thei will
or not) of the foirsaid workis of our God. We say, our God suffered
none of those whome he first called to the battell, to perishe or to
fall, till that he maid thame victouris of thair ennemyes: For evin
as God suffered none of those whome he called frome Egypt to perishe
in the Red Sea, how fearfull that ever the danger appeared; so
suffered he none of us to be oppressed, nor yit to be takkin from this
lyeff, till that mo Pharaoes then one war drowned, and we set at
fredome, without all dangear of our ennemyes; to lett boyth us and our
posteritie understand, that suche as follow the conducting of God can
not perishe, albeit that thei walked in the verray schaddo of death.
[613] See the Petitions referred to, in vol. i. pp. 306, 333, &c.
[Sidenote: THE CAUS OF THE TRUBILLIS OF THE KIRK WITHIN SCOTLAND
FLOWED FROME THE COURTEIRS THAT SEEMED TO PROFESS THE EVANGELL.][614]
[614] MS. L 4, adds to this marginal note, the words, "and did it
not,"
But frome whence (allace) cumeth this miserable dispersioun of Goddis
people within this Realme, this day, Anno 1566, in Maij?[615] And what
is the cause that now the just is compelled to keap silence? good men
ar banished, murtheraris, and such as ar knowin unworthie of the
commoun societie, (yf just lawis war put in deu executioun,) bear the
hoill regiment and swynge within this Realme? We answere, Becaus that
suddandlie the most parte of us declyned from the puritie of Goddis
word, and began to follow the warld; and so agane to schaik handis
with the Devill, and with idolatrie, as in this Fourte Booke we will
hear.
For whill that Papistis war so confounded, that none within the Realme
durst more avow the hearing or saying of Messe, then the theavis of
Lyddesdaill durst avow thair stowth in presence of ane upryght judge,
thair war Protestants found, that eschamed not at tables, and other
open places, to ask, "Why may nott the Queyn have hir awin[616] Messe,
and the forme of hir Religioun? What cane that hurte us or our
Religioun?" And from these two, "Why" and "What," at lenthe sprange
out this affirmative, "The Quenis Messe and hir Preastis will we
manteine: this hand and this rapper sall feght in thair defence, etc."
[615] This "dispersioun of Goddis people," refers to what occurred
shortly after the murder of David Riccio, when besides the persons who
were implicated in that outrage, many others, like Knox himself, who
had rendered themselves obnoxious to the Queen, were obliged to fly
from Edinburgh for safety. As Knox was employed at this time, while
residing in Kyle, in continuing his History, this may serve to
explain, although not to justify, the very strong language which he
frequently uses in mentioning Queen Mary, and the license of the
courtiers.
[616] MS. G. omits "awin."
The inconvenientis war schawin, both by tongue and pen; but the
advertissaris war judged to be men of unquyet spreatis. Thair credytt
was defaced at the handis of suche as befoir war not eschamed to have
used thair counsall, in materis of greattar importance then to have
resisted the Messe. But then, my Lord, my Maister, may nott be thus
used: he hes that honour to be the Quenis brother; and thairfoir we
will that all men shall understand that he man tender her as his
sister; and whosoever will counsall him to displease her, or the least
that apperteanes unto hir, shall not find him thair freind; yea, thei
ar worthy to be hanged that wald so counsall him, etc.
[Sidenote: THE CORRUPTIOUN THAT ENTERED IN THE QUENIS COURTE.]
[Sidenote: THE THEOLOGIE OF THE COURTE, AND THAIR REASSONIS.]
These and the lyke reassonis took suche deape roote in flesche and
bloode, that the trewth of God was almost foryett; and from this
fontaine (to wit, that flesche and blood was, and yitt allace, is
preferred to God, and to his messengeris rebucking vice and vanitie)
hath all our miserie proceeded. For as befoir, so even yitt, althought
the Ministeris be sett to beg, the Guard and the Men of war maun be
served. Though the blood of the Ministeris be spylt, it is the Quenis
servand that did it. Althought Messes be multipleyed in all quarteris
of the Realme, who can stop the Quenis subjectis to lyve of the Quenis
religioun. Althought innocent men be empreasoned, it is the Quenis
pleasur: sche is offended at such men. Althought under pretence of
justice innocentis be crewellie murthered; the Lordis shall weape, but
the Quenis mynd must be satisfeid. Nobillis of the Realme, Baronis and
Counsallouris ar banished, thair eschaittis disponed, and thair lyves
maist injustlie persewed. The Quene hes lost hir trusty servand Davy:
he was dear unto hir; and thairfoir, for hir honouris sake, sche maun
schaw rigour to revenge his death. And yit farther, albeit that some
know that sche hes plainlie purposed to wrak the religioun within this
Realme; that to that Romane Antichrist sche hath maid hir promeise;
and that from him sche hath tackin money to uphold his pompe within
this Realme; yit will thai lett the people understand, that the Quene
will establisse religioun, and provide all thingis ordourlie, yf scho
war anes delivered.
[Sidenote: THIS WAS WRITTEN WHEN THE SECOUND RANK OF THE LORDIS WAS
BANISSHED.][617]
[617] The Glasgow MS. of Book Fourth, as stated in the preface, vol.
i. p. xxxiii. formed originally a separate volume, and was written
apparently some years earlier than the first three Books. It contains
marginal notes, so nearly _verbatim_ with the MS. 1566, as to leave
little doubt of its having been copied from it, probably about the
year 1580. But to the above marginal note, after "banisshed," there is
added: "Anno 1566, after Davie's slauchter."
Yf such dealings, which ar commoun amangis our Protestantis, be nott
to prefer flesche and blood to God, to his treuth, to justice, to
religioun, and unto the libertie of this oppressed Realme, let the
warld judge. The plagues have bein, and in some part ar present, that
war befoir threatned; the rest ayproaches: And yitt who from the heart
cryis, "I have offended; the Lord knows: in Thee onlie is the trust of
the oppressed; for vaine is the help of man." But now return we to our
HISTORIE.
* * * * *
[Sidenote: THE QUENIS LAST ARRIVAL IN SCOTLAND.][618]
[618] In MS. G, "The Quenis arryval from France."
THE nyntene day[619] of August, the year of God J^m V^c threscoir ane
yearis, betwix sevin and aught houris befoir noon, arryved MARIE QUENE
OF SCOTLAND, then widow, with two galayis furth of France.[620]
In[621] hir cumpany, (besydis hir gentilwemen, called the
Maries,)[622] war hir thre uncles, the Duck D'Omall,[623] the Grand
Priour,[624] and the Marques D'Elbuf.[625] Thare accumpanyed hir
also,[626] D'Anweill, son to the Constable of France, with other
gentilmen of inferiour conditioun, besydis servandis and
officiaris.[627] The verray face of heavin, the time of hir arryvall,
did manifestlie speak what confort was brought unto this cuntrey with
hir, to wit, sorow, dolour, darknes, and all impietie; for in the
memorie of man, that day of the year, was never seyn a more dolorous
face of the heavin, then was at hir arryvall, which two days after did
so contineu; for besides the surfett weat,[628] and corruptioun of the
air, the myst was so thick and so dark, that skairse mycht any man
espy ane other the lenth of two pair of buttis. The sun was not seyn
to schyne two dayis befoir, nor two dayis after. That foir-warning
gave God unto us; but allace, the most pairt war blynd.
[619] In MSS. A, M, and L 4, "The twentie day."
[620] The Queen arrived in Leith harbour on Tuesday the 19th August
1561, and landed on the following day.
[621] In MSS. M, and L 4, instead of the next five lines, there is
substituted this sentence, which is also copied by Calderwood, (vol.
ii. p. 142,) "Shee brought with her als faire Jewells, pretious stones
and pearles as wer to be found in Europe. Her tapestrie, and other
stuff wer brought to Leith, in October. The verie face," &c.
[622] Celebrated in Scotish Song: see "The Queen's Marie," in Sir W.
Scott's Border Minstrelsy. One of the verses in this ballad of Mary
Hamilton, thus names them:
Yestreen the Queen had four Maries,
The night she'll hae but three;
There was Marie Seaton, and Marie Beaton,
And Marie Carmichael, and me
Bishop Lesley in describing the persons who accompanied the young
Princess in her voyage to France in 1548, (see vol. i. p. 219,) says,
"Of the quhilkis thair was four in speciall, of whome everie one of
thame buir the samin name of Marie, being of four syndre honourable
houses, to wyt, Flemyng, Levingstoun, Setoun, and Beatoun of Creich;
quho remanit all foure with the Quene in France, during her residens
thair, and returned agane in Scotland with her Majestie, in the yeir
of our Lorde J^m V^c lxj yeiris." (History, p. 209.) And in his
account of the Queen's arrival in Scotland in 1561, he repeats that
she was attended "with many ladies and gentillwemen, speciallie the
four maidis of honour quha passit with hir Hienes in France, of hir
awin aige, the name everie ane of Marie, as is before mentioned." (Ib.
p. 297.) Buchanan, in his verses, The Pomp of the Gods at the Marriage
of Queen Mary, 29th July 1565, speaks of her _five_ Maries. When she
arrived in this country she was still in her first dule or mourning
dress. But on the 11th November some change was made in the dresses of
her pages and maidens; and one of the entries in the Treasurer's
Accounts on that day, is as follows:--"Item, be the Quenis Grace
precept, to Jacques de Soulis, talliour to hir Grace, to gif the
Madynnis efter following, viz. to ---- Flemyng, ---- Betoun,
---- Sunpartew, ---- Levingstoun, ---- Seitoun, ---- Wardlaw, to by
thair secund dule, ilk ane of the said five, ix lib., and to the said
Wardlaw, x lib. vij s.--Summa, £55, 7s." There was also furnished
black stannyng for clokis, and black velvet to 14 dames, damosels, and
maidens, "to be thair secund dule;" to the extent of £144, 18s., and
£112, 16s. 3d. Also, on the 18th, £4, 10s. for gray mantill claith, to
be a gown, lined with green, for hir Grace's Fule; and on the 28th,
£23, for "quhite tafiteis of the cord," and "red tafiteis of the foure
threidis," to the Lady Seitoun.
[623] Claude de Lorraine, Duke d'Aumale, third son of Claude Duke de
Guise, was born in 1526. He was in the army, and gave proofs of his
courage. He was killed at the siege of Rochelle, by a cannon ball,
14th March 1573.
[624] Francis de Lorraine, seventh son of Claude Duke de Guise, was a
Knight of Malta, Grand Prior, and General of the French galleys or war
vessels. He distinguished himself in the wars with the Turks in 1557;
and died from the effects of his exertions at the battle of Dreux, 6th
March 1563, aged 29.
[625] René de Lorraine, Marquis d'Elbeuf, was the youngest son of
Claude Duke de Guise, and was born in 1536. He became successor to his
brother Francis in 1563, as General of the French galleys; but he died
in 1566, aged 30.
[626] Henry second son of Anne Duke de Montmorency, and Constable of
France, is known in history as the Seigneur de Damville. He was born
in 1534, and upon the death of his elder brother in 1579, he succeeded
to the Dukedom, and survived till 1614. (Anselme, Histoire
Genealogique, vol. iii. p. 605.)
[627] In the Queen's retinue, among other persons of note, was Peter
de Bourdeille, known by the name of the Sieur de Brantome, of which he
was Abbot. He was attached to the Court as one of the gentlemen of the
bed-chamber to Charles IX., and Henry III. of France. He owes his
distinction to his posthumous Memoirs, which serve at least
sufficiently to illustrate the licentious and corrupt state of manners
of the time. In his _Vies des Dames Illustres_, there is a _Discours_
on Mary Queen of Scots, who, he says, on the day of her nuptials with
Francis, "paroistre cent fois plus belle qu'une Deesse du Ciel." He
died in July 1614, at the age of 87.
[628] In MS. G, "surfece weitt." MS. L 4, follows that of 1566, in
"surfett."
[Sidenote: THE QUENIS FIRST GRACE IN DISPYTE OF RELIGIOUN.]
At the sound of the cannonis whiche the galayis schot, the multitude
being advertissed, happie was he and sche that first myght have the
presence of the Quene. The Protestantis war not the slowest, and
thairintill thai war not to be blamed.[629] Becaus the Palace of
Halyrudhous was not throughlie put in ordour, (for hir cuming was more
suddane[630] than many looked for,) sche remaned in Leyth till
towardis the evenyng, and then repaired thitther. In the way betwixt
Leith and the Abbay, met hir the rebellis of the craftis, (of whom we
spak befoir,[631]) to wit, those that had violated the authoritie of
the Magistratis, and had besieged the Provost. But, because sche was
sufficientlie instructed, that all thai did was done in dispite of the
religioun, thai war easilie apardoned. Fyres of joy war sett furth all
nyght, and a cumpany of the most honest,[632] with instrumentis of
musick, and with musitians, geve thair salutationis at hir chalmer
wyndo.[633] The melody, (as sche alledged,) lyked hir weill; and sche
willed the same to be contineued some nightis after.
[629] Instead of this sentence, in MSS. M, and L 4, we find, "Shee wes
honnorablie receaved be the Erle of Argyle, the Lord Areskin, Lord
James, and other Noblemen, and the Citizens of Edinburgh. Becaus," &c.
[630] The Queen's arrival was earlier than was expected. On the 7th of
August, the Treasurer had paid messengers passing "with clois
writings" of the Lords of Secret Counsall to the Nobility and
Magistratis, and others, "to be in Edinburgh with thair honorable
cumpaneis to the Quenis grace enteres furth of France, _agane the last
day of August_." It has been seen that she landed on the 20th of that
month.
[631] See pages 155-159.
[632] In MS. G, "of most honest men." MSS. A, and L 4, "the most
honest."
[633] Brantome in his account of the Queen's arrival, takes notice of
the thick fog (grand broüillard) which prevailed, so that they could
not see from one end of the vessel to the other. His account of the
serenading of the pious minstrels, is very unlike that of the text.
His words are,--"Le soir, ainsi qu'elle se vouloit coucher, estant
logée en-bas en l'Abbaye de l'Islebourg, qui est certes un beau
bastiment, et ne tient rien du Pays, vindrent sous la fenestre cinq ou
six cent marauds de la ville, luy donner aubade de meschants violons
et petits rebecs, dont il n'y en a faute en ce pays-la; et se mirent à
chanter Pseaumes, tant mal chantez et si mal accordez, que rien plus.
He! quelle musique! et quel repos pour sa nuit!"
[Sidenote: THE QUENIS FIRST MESSE.]
[Sidenote: LORD JAMES [HIS] FACT.]
[Sidenote: CONVOYARIS OF THE PREAST.]
With great diligence[634] the Lordis repared unto hir from all
quarters. And so was nothing understand[635] but myrth and quyetness
till the nixt Sunday, which was the xxiiij of August, when
preparatioun began to be maid for that idoll the Messe to be said in
the Chapell; which perced the hartis of all. The godlie[636] began to
bolden; and men began openlie to speak, "Shall that idoll be suffered
agane to tack place within this Realm? It shall not." The Lord
Lyndesay, (then but Maister,)[637] with the gentilmen of Fyiff, and
otheris, plainlie cryed in the close, "The idolater Preast should dye
the death," according to Goddis law. One that caryed in the candell
was evill effrayed; but then began flesche and blood to schaw the
self. Thair durst no Papist, neathir yitt any that cam out of France
whisper. But the Lord James[638] (the man whom all the godlye did most
reverence) took upoun him to keap the Chapell door. His best excuse
was, that he wald stop all Scotishe men to enter in to the Messe. But
it was, and is sufficientlie known, that the door was keapt, that nane
should have entress to truble the Preast; who, after the Messe, was
committed to the protectioun of Lord Johne of Coldinghame,[639] and
Lord Robert of Halyrudehouse,[640] who then war boyth Protestantis,
and had communicat at the Table of the Lord. Betwix thame two was the
Preast convoyed to his chalmer.
[634] In MS. G, these words are added to the previous sentence. MS. L
4, follows that of 1566.
[635] In MS. G, "understude."
[636] In MS. G, "which perceaved, the hearts of all the godlie." In
MS. M, "The hearts of the godly being pierced with that grosse
abhomination, began to bowden and swell." In MS. L 4, "pierced all the
heartis of the godlie, that they began to bowden and swell."
[637] Patrick, eldest son of Lord Lindesay, was styled Master of
Lindesay, during his father's life. As already noticed, he succeeded
to the title in 1563.
[638] Lord James Stewart, Prior of St. Andrews.
[639] Lord John Stewart, a natural son of James the Fifth, had the
Priory of Coldingham conferred on him in his youth. He has previously
been mentioned (_supra_, page 88) as having joined the Reformers.
[640] Lord Robert Stewart, also a natural son of King James the Fifth,
by Euphemia Elphinstone, daughter of Lord Elphinstone. He had a grant
of the Abbacy of Holyrood in 1539, when only seven years of age. See
vol. i. p. 458, and a subsequent note in the present volume.
[Sidenote: THE END IS NOTT YITT SEANE.]
And so the godlie departed with great greaf of heart, and at after
noon repaired to the Abbay in great companeis, and gave plane
significatioun, that thai could not abyd that the land which God by
his power had purged from idolatrie, should in thair eyes be polluted
agane. Which understand, thair began complaint upoun complaint. The
old dounty-bowris, and otheris that long had served in the Court, and
hes no remissioun of synnes, but by virtew of the Messe, cryed, "Thai
wald to France without delay: thai could not live without the Messe."
The same affirmed the Quenis Uncles. And wold to God that that menzie,
togitther with the Messe, had tacken good nyght at this Realme for
ever; for so had Scotland bene rydd of ane unprofitable burthen of
devouring strangearis, and of the maledictioun of God that hes
stricken, and yitt will strike for idolatrie.
[Sidenote: THE PERSUASIOUN OF THE COURTEOURIS.]
The Counsall assembled, disputatioun was had of the nixt remeadye.
Polytick headis war send unto the Gentilmen, with these and the lyke
persuasionis, "Why, allace, will ye chase our Soverane from us? Sche
will incontinent return to hir galayes; and what then shall all
Realmes say of us? May we nott suffer hir a lytill whill? We doubt not
but sche shall leave it. Yf we war not assured that sche myght be
wonne, we should be als greate ennemyes to hir Masse, as ye should be.
Hir Uncles will depart, and then sall we reull all at our plesour.
Wold not we be as sorry to hurt the Religioun as any of you wald be?"
With these and the lyke persuasionis, (we say,) was the fervencie of
the Bretheren quenched; and ane Act[641] was framed: the tennour
whairof followeth:--
[641] This Act is not contained in the existing volumes of the Privy
Council Records.--In MS. M, the Act itself is omitted, but its purport
is briefly stated.