[415] Such coffers were carefully covered. One had a cover of crimson velvet, with the letter ‘F’ in silver and gold work (Maitland Club, Illustrations of Reigns of Mary and James). Another coffer, with a cover of purple velvet, is described in a tract by M. Luzarche (Tours, 1868).
[416] Nau, p. 48.
[417] Tytler, iv. 324, 1864.
[418] Diurnal, p. 127.
[419] Laing, ii. 293, 294.
[420] Bain, ii. 322.
[421] Laing, ii. 314-318.
[422] Tytler, iv. 323, 1864.
[423] Labanoff, ii. 213.
[424] Bain, ii. 576.