It is therefore clear that Moray, in arraigning his sister with the aid of her husband’s assassins, could suppress authentic evidence. Mary’s apologists will argue that he was also capable of introducing evidence less than authentic.

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]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PHOTOGRAVURE PLATES
Mary Stuart
From the Portrait in the Collection of the Earl of Morton.		[Frontispiece]
Mary at EighteenTo face p.[4]
Darnley about the Age of Eighteen"[10]
The Regent Morton
From the Portrait in the Collection of the Earl of Morton.		"[30]
Le Deuil Blanc
Sketch by Janet, 1561.		"[48]
House occupied by Queen Mary at Jedburgh"[94]
OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS
Bird’s-eye View of Edinburgh"[40]
The Old Tower, Whittingham"[116]
The Whittingham Tree
After a Drawing by Richard Doyle.		"[118]
The Whittingham Tree (External View)"[120]
Kirk o’ Field Site in 1646, showing Edinburgh University"[126]
Key Plan of Kirk o’ Field"[130]
Placard of Mary, 1567 (Mary as a Mermaid)"[174]
Two Sonnets from the Cambridge MS. (Plate A)"[344]
Examples of Mary’s Hand (Plates A B, B A)"[362]
Hands of Mary Beaton, Kirkcaldy, Lethington and Mary Fleming (Plate C)"[364]
Side of Casket with Arms of Hamilton (Plate D)"[366]
Raised Work on Roof of Casket (Plate D)"[366]
Casket showing the Lock and Key (Plate E)"[368]
Front of Casket showing Place whence the Lock has been ‘stricken up’ (Plate E)"[368]
Modern Imitation of Mary’s Hand (Plate F)"[420]