CONTENTS

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Introduction[vii]
[I.]Dramatis Personæ[1]
[II.]The Minor Characters[28]
[III.]The Characters before Riccio’s Murder[45]
[IV.]Before the Baptism of the Prince[71]
[V.]Between the Baptism and the Murder[105]
[VI.]The Murder of Darnley[123]
[VII.]The Confessions of Paris[154]
[VIII.]Mary’s Conduct after the Murder[171]
[IX.]The Emergence of the Casket Letters[193]
[X.]The Casket Letters[208]
[XI.]The Letters at the Conference of York[237]
[XII.]The Letters at Westminster and Hampton Court[266]
[XIII.]Mary’s Attitude after the Conference[283]
[XIV.]Internal Evidence of the Letters[290]
[XV.]The Six Minor Casket Letters[322]
[XVI.]The Casket Sonnets[344]
[XVII.]Conclusions as to the Letters and the Possible Forgers[346]
[XVIII.]Later History of Casket and Letters[365]
APPENDICES
[A.]The Supposed Body of Bothwell[371]
[B.]The Burning of Lyon King of Arms[374]
[C.]The Date of Mary’s Visit to Glasgow[379]
[D.]The Band for Darnley’s Murder[381]
[E.]The Translations of the Casket Letters[385]
The Casket Letters:
LetterI.Published Scots Translation and English Translation at Record Office[391]
"II.Published Scots and English Translations[393]
"III.Original French Version at Hatfield[414]
"IV.Original French Version[416]
"V.Original French Version at Hatfield[417]
"VI.Published Scots Translation[418]
"VII.Scots Version[419]
"VIII.Original French Version[420]
"IX.The French ‘Sonnets’[422]
Crawford’s Deposition[427]
Index[433]