[38] Quoted by Pitcairn, ii. 209. The Falkland letter, as we show later, was probably written by David Moysie, but must have been, more or less, ‘official.’ Cf. p. 100, infra.

[40] Many of these may be read in Narratives of Scottish Catholics, by Father Forbes-Leith, S.J.

[42] Carey to Cecil. Berwick, Border Calendar, vol. ii. p. 677, August 11, 1600.

[44a] Deposition of Craigengelt, a steward of Gowrie’s, Falkland, August 16, 1600. Pitcairn, ii. 157.

[44b] Pitcairn, ii. p. 185.

[44c] Pitcairn, ii. p. 179.

[45] Barbé, p. 91.

[48a] State Papers, Scotland (Elizabeth), vol. lxvi. No. 50.

[48b] Mr. S. R. Gardiner alone remarks on this point, in a note to the first edition of his great History. See note to p. 54, infra.

[52a] Apparently not Sir Thomas Hamilton, the King’s Advocate.