[{207b}] Bain, i. 569. Randolph to Cecil, November 11.

[{207c}] Ibid., i. 568-570.

[{208a}] There was a small guard, but no powerful guard existed till after Riccio’s murder.

[{208b}] Bain, i. 575. Randolph to Cecil, December 7.

[{208c}] Ibid., i. 571.

[{209}] It is plain from Randolph (Bain, i. 575) that the precise feared that Mary, if secured by the English alliance, would be severe with “true professors of Christ.”

[{210}] Keith, iii. 384, 385.

[{211a}] Knox, ii. 300-313. Pollen, “Mary’s Letter to the Duc de Guise,” xli.-xlvii.

[{211b}] Bain, i. 568, 569.

[{211c}] Ibid., i. 585. Randolph to Cecil, January 2, 1562.