The Mystery of Mary Stuart

by Andrew Lang

She aunswered y^t there was no recept against feare.

I aunswered y^t mye L. had no feare for anie thinge he knewe in him sellf, but onelye of the colde and vnkinde Wordes she had spoken to hys servant.

She aunswered and said y^t he woulde not be a fraide in case he were not culpable.

I aunswered y^t I knewe so farr of hys Lordsh. y^t he desired nothing more than y^t the secretts vf everye creatures harte were writtē in theire face.

She asked me yf I had anie farder com̃ission.

I aunswered no.

Then she com̃aunded me to holde mye peace.

The Wordes y^t I rememb^r were betwixt the Kinge and the Q. in Glasco when she took him awaie to Edinbrowghe.

The Kinge for y^t mye L. hys father was then absent and sicke, bye reason whereof he could not speke w^th him him sellfe, called me vnto him and theise wordes that had then passed betwixt him and the Quene, he gaue me in remembraunce to reporte vnto the said mye Lord hys father.